Oldgoat1959
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I started running half clones/ half seeds a few years ago to split up the work load.
Two or three years ago I got some GG4 clones from DHN, along with a few others.
I gave two friends a GG4 teen and when it came time to plug them outdoors I noticed that the GG4 were really small and I put three in one mound.
The GG4 never got more than 3 feet tall and the plants collapsed about 3 weeks into flower. Branches all just collapsed.
Talked to the two friends I gave clones to and the exact same thing happened to their GG4.
All the other clones from DHN were great.
I don't trust buying clones anymore. I'm not sure what the problem was with the GG4 but all the talk of virus has scared me off for now.
Used to grow Dark Heart Nursery clones exclusively.If I can open a can of worms…. Hop Latent Viroid has been the buzz on the street the last couple weeks. I’ve heard numbers like if you have a clone, there’s a 30-90% chance you have it in your garden already. I’m also hearing there’s a 10 percent chance it’s passed down in seeds.
I bring this up because apparently it can pass between plants so easily as them rubbing together or using the same scissors to trim. Well, Bodhi mentions his Cali-O “dudded” out back in his potcast… Sounds like this is going to be one hell of a stir up in the industry.
“But Drew, these seeds grow fine!!” Sure, but when a hop crop tests positive for HLV, they burn it all down. Maybe not big implications for those of us growing our own medicine, but wild to think about nonetheless. Testing and fixing the viroid with tissue culture is definitely cost prohibitive and it’s been around since at least 2014 and GG4…
Anyways… definitely looking at my plants funny now, but I’m not so sure my seed stock is much better save for landraces and antiquities. Food for thought.
I started running half clones/ half seeds a few years ago to split up the work load.
Two or three years ago I got some GG4 clones from DHN, along with a few others.
I gave two friends a GG4 teen and when it came time to plug them outdoors I noticed that the GG4 were really small and I put three in one mound.
The GG4 never got more than 3 feet tall and the plants collapsed about 3 weeks into flower. Branches all just collapsed.
Talked to the two friends I gave clones to and the exact same thing happened to their GG4.
All the other clones from DHN were great.
I don't trust buying clones anymore. I'm not sure what the problem was with the GG4 but all the talk of virus has scared me off for now.