ossi_grower
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Hello there,
I recently found this community and was impressed by all the profound and valuable knowledge that's to be found on here! I also appreciate the discussion culture on here compared to quite a few other online cannabis communities.
So, here's my question with a bit of background about me and my project: I got into growing cannabis a bit short of 2 years ago. I started outdoors with Autofems for my first grow and just finished my first indoor grow short time ago.
As I read more and more on thr topic online and in books, both a strong interest in landraces and older heirloom strains and the wish of breeding my own cultivars tailored for my own needs and uses arose in me.
By now I got a rather small but in my opinion valuable collection of landrace and heirloom strains that I want to preserve but also use in crosses. I think that's the way to go as most modern strains are already crossed to death to the point where there is almost no genetic variability left, with all the negative consequences following with that.
Most I have for now are pure or mostly Indica strains but I also want to try and learn more about pure Sativa strains. I am growing a Highland Thai Sativa from the Thailand - Laos border region at the moment which has some very interesting characteristics. It 's said to have a dreamy and meditative, yet still centered high and isn't as racy as other pure Sativa lines. The terpenes are both musky and citrusy, something I enjoy very much in buds.
The down point is that it has an outdoor harvest time around december. I am in search of a strain to cross it with to lower it's flowering time at best to something between 10 to 14 weeks to make it practibale for outdoor growing at 50° nothern latitude, while not completely diluting it's characteristics. The MrNice selection seems like the perfect place to look for a plant like that. My thoughts have been using a fast flowering Sativa, maybe Haze hybrid to accomplish that.
So this are the strains I considered to use:
- ASH
- Early Haze
- Early Queen
- Early Skunk Haze
- Mango Widow
- N.H.S.
I won some of them in the auctions so practically I'd prefer them but if something else would be better fitting, I would consider that of course.
My other project is about some Indica lines, I have different Pakistani Hash Plant lines, a road-kill Afghani, a Persian Hash Plant and an unknown Indica bagseed plant (probably also a landrace or at least a line that's not heavily worked). With these I want to breed some fast finishing good yielding Indicas with potential for commercial use, too. Maybe you would say, just use an existing line for that to start with. I would like to have something unique, as all these plants have very distinct flavours and smells and I want to preserve their good qualities, but at the same time get the most out of them.
For these I thought about the following cross partners:
Critical Skunk
Devil
G13 x Skunk
Master Kush x Skunk
Ortega
Shit
I'd be happy about any input and opinion on my project and am thankful for a hint on my selection!
Best regards and have a nice week-end, ossi_grower
Edit: Somehow half of my post wasn't saved, added that in.
I recently found this community and was impressed by all the profound and valuable knowledge that's to be found on here! I also appreciate the discussion culture on here compared to quite a few other online cannabis communities.
So, here's my question with a bit of background about me and my project: I got into growing cannabis a bit short of 2 years ago. I started outdoors with Autofems for my first grow and just finished my first indoor grow short time ago.
As I read more and more on thr topic online and in books, both a strong interest in landraces and older heirloom strains and the wish of breeding my own cultivars tailored for my own needs and uses arose in me.
By now I got a rather small but in my opinion valuable collection of landrace and heirloom strains that I want to preserve but also use in crosses. I think that's the way to go as most modern strains are already crossed to death to the point where there is almost no genetic variability left, with all the negative consequences following with that.
Most I have for now are pure or mostly Indica strains but I also want to try and learn more about pure Sativa strains. I am growing a Highland Thai Sativa from the Thailand - Laos border region at the moment which has some very interesting characteristics. It 's said to have a dreamy and meditative, yet still centered high and isn't as racy as other pure Sativa lines. The terpenes are both musky and citrusy, something I enjoy very much in buds.
The down point is that it has an outdoor harvest time around december. I am in search of a strain to cross it with to lower it's flowering time at best to something between 10 to 14 weeks to make it practibale for outdoor growing at 50° nothern latitude, while not completely diluting it's characteristics. The MrNice selection seems like the perfect place to look for a plant like that. My thoughts have been using a fast flowering Sativa, maybe Haze hybrid to accomplish that.
So this are the strains I considered to use:
- ASH
- Early Haze
- Early Queen
- Early Skunk Haze
- Mango Widow
- N.H.S.
I won some of them in the auctions so practically I'd prefer them but if something else would be better fitting, I would consider that of course.
My other project is about some Indica lines, I have different Pakistani Hash Plant lines, a road-kill Afghani, a Persian Hash Plant and an unknown Indica bagseed plant (probably also a landrace or at least a line that's not heavily worked). With these I want to breed some fast finishing good yielding Indicas with potential for commercial use, too. Maybe you would say, just use an existing line for that to start with. I would like to have something unique, as all these plants have very distinct flavours and smells and I want to preserve their good qualities, but at the same time get the most out of them.
For these I thought about the following cross partners:
Critical Skunk
Devil
G13 x Skunk
Master Kush x Skunk
Ortega
Shit
I'd be happy about any input and opinion on my project and am thankful for a hint on my selection!
Best regards and have a nice week-end, ossi_grower
Edit: Somehow half of my post wasn't saved, added that in.
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