Neville's Haze, in search of a keeper

[Swifty]

The time has come to see if I can find a keeper in this notorious strain.
I pulled them out of the fridge yesterday and will start them as soon as the NHM are ready.
This strain is kind of my holy grail and I feel that I'm more capable growing them now than 10 years ago.
The last straw was purchased in 2013 (Thank you S.) and have been kept in the fridge.
Since they are quite old I will start the 3 straws in one go, same method for germinating like the NHM from last year.

Looking forward to the journey and eager to see the destination.



Greetings.

 

[Fish]

Can’t wait for this one @Swifty!

 

[fatty arbuckle]

I'll be watching your progress. I'm starting my search but due to my setup and situation I'll be doing a slow crawl through the nevilles. Probably 1 at a time and comparing and contrasting versus the prior and making a decision on the better one before popping and flowering another. Over and over until I have a king (queen) of the hill. I hope you find something special. What qualities are you prioritizing? I'm searching for the up up up high. Everything else is negotiable.
Peace,
Fatty

 

[pleased420]

Nice!
Looking forward to this one, too!
Good luck on finding a gem like your famous keeper cut of SSH!

 

[Wobby]

Looks like a challenge Swifty, it shall be interesting what you find

 

[Amoril]

damn bro, x3

I was thinking about germing my Nevilles Haze, too. or my SSH. only have 1 pack of each.... but i opted to try germination on a 17 year old pack that ive always considered special. Dont want to jinx it, yet, so I wont say what it is... hoping I get at least a couple of plants out of i

 

[Ptree]

This is great man !!

 

[Grünhilde]

uh yeah yes!

 

[bigiron]

let's go, do you plan on flowering the seedplants or from clone?

 

[Diesel840]

Bring on the Dreadlocks and Foxtails! @Swifty

 

[Swifty]

Thanks everybody, I will try my best.

What qualities are you prioritizing? I'm searching for the up up up high. Everything else is negotiable.

This is also my priority but I like to have al my senses triggered so a good taste and smell is also important.

let's go, do you plan on flowering the seedplants or from clone?

I will do the same as with my NHM selection run in the first selection stage bigiron.
For me it is the most economical way to pheno hunt.

 

[Swifty]

I just placed them in water with 1% perioxide (1 part peroxide/ 2 parts tap water).
Thank you for the info @Amoril, I appreciate your post about it.

Plan is to soak them for 24-48h and then plant them in soil or peat cubes under a heating mat.
I have both, still deciding on that one.




Shanti was generous again, thank you.

 

[Amoril]

One thing to note, the peroxide seems to speed the soak up some. I've seen roots in 8-12hrs on some, and have had several abandon the seed husk entirely by 24-36hrs in peroxide

So keep an eye on them

 

[eazynz]

Good luck @Swifty bring on the

 

[Soulman]

Yea buddy!
Looking through 60 seeds, I’m sure you will find a keeper.

 

[Swifty]

24h in and they all sunk to the bottom now.
I did notice that there are small air bubbles attached to the seeds this morning, this kept them floating but as soon as I gave them a swirl they sank.
So far no tales Amoril, I will refresh the water and wait untill tomorow.


Thanks @eazynz and @Soulman!

 

[Amoril]

24h in and they all sunk to the bottom now.
I did notice that there are small air bubbles attached to the seeds this morning, this kept them floating but as soon as I gave them a swirl they sank.
So far no tales Amoril, I will refresh the water and wait untill tomorow.


Thanks @eazynz and @Soulman!

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yeah i thought it was interesting that the 1% h2o2 makes them float

good luck!

 

[Swifty]

One thing to note, the peroxide seems to speed the soak up some. I've seen roots in 8-12hrs on some, and have had several abandon the seed husk entirely by 24-36hrs in peroxide

So keep an eye on them

I saw the same thing happen Amoril.
Yesterday morning I saw only a couple splitting and some tiny white tails and by the evening (48h soak) there were several that left their husk.
I don't know if this is good or bad but I did sweat when handling these fragile sprouts.
So I got 60 seeds (Good count or lucky guess @Soulman!) in a tray with cover, temp in the dome is 23°C.
It is fairly warm here, I won't use the heating mat for now.

Here you see them just before planting:



Some seedlings that already left their husks:



I did not dare to push them deep in the holes.
Now the waiting game begins.

 

[Amoril]

What ended up working for me was using a small teaspoon to remove the delicate ones from the water, and I liked it so much I do it for all seeds now.

The SSH I recently germed had several that shed their seed husk, and when planted, those all survived. Hope you have a similar experience

 

[lozac123]

Wowie Swifty, that is some run. Good luck with it. I have never used hydrogen peroxide to germ seeds, but between you getting a 60/60 on this run and Amoril's germination thread, it is something I will be looking into in the future!