Candy Rain Pheno Hunt

So my broski @Gno702 sprouted a pack of his Candy Rain beans on 7/1/19 and some of course took longer to pop so about a week difference on age. We have 10 plants from that pack, a few were a little runty looking but they are in there because you never know.

I have them in my 2x4 tent under a COB LED using Luminus CXM-22 Gen 3 3500K COBS. The light is dimmed to about 300 watts when its on "high" because 480 watts is way overkill for that space.

Running a flood and drain with GH Flora 3 Part. Easy peasy.

Candy Rain is a Cookie family product Gelato 33 x London Pound Cake.

Normally I would do a no veg SOG in there without any topping or training. I topped them yesterday so they would branch out. I will take cuttings from the bottom branches after they get bigger. By topping them I will get more cuttings than it I just took one longer cutting off the top. I will also end up with 2 top colas per plant if I do things right. I will then have cuttings for each plant all numbered to match. I will give half of those to my bro to hold and I will hold a copy as well. If we find any males we can toss those clones. Any winners become mothers. That is the plan. Extra attention will be paid to the labeling of the cuttings in order to insure there are no mixups. Lets see how it goes!

Here is a picture from today. They just got their numbers today, left front is number #1, left rear is #2 and so forth from left to right so the far right side has #9 front and #10 rear. I put the shorter ones on the left.



This is when they were potted on 7/23

Your doing work ! It’s enjoyable to follow .

Looking forward to the results
I have a cut of Candy Glue you might like if this isn't your fancy
Lots of cookie crosses kill
Renfro you have so many different grow experiences and I find myself stuck in a groove
Like stuck in my ways but curious

I know...I know we all get bored but, you ever run a big SOG ?

Can I add this to the next list? Lol

So I was taking some cuts off the Candy Rain plants today as they are going into flower. Taking cuts off the bottoms, I topped them a little while back to make them branch out and to give two colas per plant.

Here is an interesting little branch, don't see this all that often but it does happen...



I forgot to take pics of the whole tent today while I was down there and my back is killing me so perhaps tomorrow.

Flowering day 4 update:

Pulled 5 Candy Rain males out of the tent



Lots more room in there now.



Sad thing is the males were all some of the bigger plants

Looking good bud, hope you find something real good.

Hey man was just sitting here and thought about this hunt, curious to know whats things looking like? I know your a busy guy but if you get a sec can you give us an update!

They are growin, looking good, odd thing is zero odor, i mean none. I can rub sugar leaves and nothing. Around day 33 I believe.

A shot from today

Day 64 Candy Rain pheno hunt update. This is the lowest odor strain I have ever seen. I mean really no odor. I wonder if thats the breeders intent, will see how potent it is but I don't see me personally running this again unless it left me utterly wrecked upon smoking some. Will let her go a little longer and see what she does but it's time to start thinking about the next shot gun run.

Renfro said:

Day 64 Candy Rain pheno hunt update. This is the lowest odor strain I have ever seen. I mean really no odor. I wonder if thats the breeders intent, will see how potent it is but I don't see me personally running this again unless it left me utterly wrecked upon smoking some. Will let her go a little longer and see what she does but it's time to start thinking about the next shot gun run.

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I've always felt that Cookie Fam aren't real breeders. They are pollen chuckers who pheno hunt then super hype their best cuts.

Renfro said:

I mean really no odor. I wonder if thats the breeders intent

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They intended it to smell like it was raining candy.

Well at least the seeds weren't expensive...

Hopefully there is a flavor even though they don't stink. Good luck

So how are they doing? Any smell yet?

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So how are they doing? Any smell yet?

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Still doing. Fan leaves are almost black, I still can't smell anything.

Thanks for the update. As a someone still new to all this I have to ask, why are the leaves black? Is this a purple starin?

They went from green to purple to black. Honestly I dunno @Gno702 might know.

Well good news. The Candy Rain is getting more purple, calyxes as well as the sugar leaves. Fan leaves are almost black. Best news though, I am starting to get some of that candy ish smell. Will see how she does. One thing about me I never chop early.