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hybridbuds
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Thanks for the post sub, looking forward to the Cheesequake
subcool
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ganjaluvr
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This is actually very very similar to a strain I'm currently (still) working on perfecting and stabilizing... its called P.S.P. (Purple Sticky Punch)
It's not as good looking as yours.. by no means. But its' decent for my first attempt at breeding. I've got pics saved on disk if anyone is interested, I don't mind posting them. Including you Subcool! If you just want to see what it looks like, I don't mind sending them to you.
Anyhow. This is beautiful!!! I'm never let down with TGA/Subcool genetics.
I also have another favorite of TGA. It's the 'A13' strain you carry... its just amazing. I fell in love with A13 the first time I glanced at it.. but all of TGA/Subcool genetics are top-notch IMO. anyhow, this is yet just another #1 example of how wonderful their genetics are.
anyhow keep up the good work guys. keep the goodness coming!!!
peace.
ganjaluvr
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hey man. if there is ever a museum built to showcase buds grown by experts.. like an art museum.. only in the frames you'll see buds grown by you.. and other people (growing experts) like yourself.. so people like me.. can get stoned and then visit the museum to view the goodness of perfection grown by you and other growing experts just like you.
just thought you should know that. keep the goodness flowing!
peace..
subcool
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Black Russian is one of the most amazing looking strains ever to be photographed and one of the main reasons that I am a writer, let me explain. I have been growing Cannabis and taking pictures of it for a little less than 10 years and I love documenting as many strains as I possibly can. To me a seed is like a box of cracker jacks and I cant wait to see the surprise I get each time I grow a new strain from seed.
I had never really submitted any work to a magazine before choosing the immediate feed back of the internet and sites like Overgrow and Breedbay until one day when someone I know sent pictures of my Black Russian clone into Hightimes and it was immediately published based on looks alone.
I decided if a plant I was growing was going to be in a magazine I better do it right so I used the text from the online post and the pictures I had taken to put together an article that I submitted to Danny Danko and the next thing I know I was a contributing writer to several magazines and now I have my own book published by Ed Rosenthal.
Black Russian went on to become extremely famous and to this day breeders offer crosses made using the hybrids I created using the Solid Purple female and the dark magenta male used to create the f2 we released. I do not like Black Russian and we offer no hybrids of the parents now and no one in our circle of medical growers still grows it. But Why? I thought it would be cool to tell the behind the scenes story and shed some light on why I dont smoke or even grow one of the most sought after crosses to surface in a long time.
Like everyone else I was blown away by the looks of the Black Russian female we found using seeds from Nebu. Jill had met him once and he had given her a few packs of his seeds and when I landed out west I had seen pictures of Nebus work and figured I had to give it a shot. We shared the 5 seeds with friends up north and I ended up with a few females and a few males and choose the female and male based on things I have learned to look for over the years. I actually asked Nebu if this was ok and his response was to have at it. Everyone but me was gaga over the Purple buds I thought it had a weird taste of musk and pepper that over powered the nice Grape smell and taste that lurked underneath each toke. Meanwhile everyone was Screaming give us Black Russian f2s so I did and they were released to the growing public. About 75% of the females found from seed turned an amazing color but I caught hell from every grower that didnt get a Purple phenotype. I thought I could improve the potency and taste possibly by crossing the strain with one of my favorite mother plants Apollo-13 and used the Black Russian male to pollinate A-13 and create the strain we called Sputnik. I grew out the new sibling cross and we found a nice ratio of Deep Pink females and ones that only exhibited solid white pistils and green coloring. The surprising thing was the buds from the non colored females was much better tasting and severely more potent than the females that grew Pink Pot.
I had never really submitted any work to a magazine before choosing the immediate feed back of the internet and sites like Overgrow and Breedbay until one day when someone I know sent pictures of my Black Russian clone into Hightimes and it was immediately published based on looks alone.
I decided if a plant I was growing was going to be in a magazine I better do it right so I used the text from the online post and the pictures I had taken to put together an article that I submitted to Danny Danko and the next thing I know I was a contributing writer to several magazines and now I have my own book published by Ed Rosenthal.
Black Russian went on to become extremely famous and to this day breeders offer crosses made using the hybrids I created using the Solid Purple female and the dark magenta male used to create the f2 we released. I do not like Black Russian and we offer no hybrids of the parents now and no one in our circle of medical growers still grows it. But Why? I thought it would be cool to tell the behind the scenes story and shed some light on why I dont smoke or even grow one of the most sought after crosses to surface in a long time.
Like everyone else I was blown away by the looks of the Black Russian female we found using seeds from Nebu. Jill had met him once and he had given her a few packs of his seeds and when I landed out west I had seen pictures of Nebus work and figured I had to give it a shot. We shared the 5 seeds with friends up north and I ended up with a few females and a few males and choose the female and male based on things I have learned to look for over the years. I actually asked Nebu if this was ok and his response was to have at it. Everyone but me was gaga over the Purple buds I thought it had a weird taste of musk and pepper that over powered the nice Grape smell and taste that lurked underneath each toke. Meanwhile everyone was Screaming give us Black Russian f2s so I did and they were released to the growing public. About 75% of the females found from seed turned an amazing color but I caught hell from every grower that didnt get a Purple phenotype. I thought I could improve the potency and taste possibly by crossing the strain with one of my favorite mother plants Apollo-13 and used the Black Russian male to pollinate A-13 and create the strain we called Sputnik. I grew out the new sibling cross and we found a nice ratio of Deep Pink females and ones that only exhibited solid white pistils and green coloring. The surprising thing was the buds from the non colored females was much better tasting and severely more potent than the females that grew Pink Pot.
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I was at this point convinced that Purple Pot and Potency were not necessarily conducive. I stopped being so impressed with purple weed and preached Purple was just a color and not indicative of quality in any form other than looks. I passed the Mother and Father to a medical grower and ask him to keep them alive which he did not and it was about this time that everyone that was able to get a pack of my Black Russian F2s started showing them off online and things got crazy. I had no more seeds to give out and the few distributors still holding packs were getting prices never heard of for pot seeds. The last pack sold went for 1000$ and I need to make clear none of it went into my pocket thats taking advantage of people.
Once I moved out west I was able to sample some of the Kushs that people like so much like OG Kush, Bubbu Kush and Chemdawg and I figured out I dislike the flavor of Kush! No matter what strain or how well its grown I do not like the hot taste of Kush Indicas and I now understand why so many people loved the Black Russian, Sputnik and the hybrids that spun off of this work. It wasnt a bad strain just one I didnt like the taste of.
See some people love Blue Cheese Dressing and it makes others cringe the same can be said for flavors in Cannabis I just found this out to late. It did teach me that there are many many palettes and everyone has different taste. No longer do I rush so fast to judgment based on taste. Black Russian always got me really high if I actually smoked a few bowls I just rarely got past the taste of the first bowl.
Once I moved out west I was able to sample some of the Kushs that people like so much like OG Kush, Bubbu Kush and Chemdawg and I figured out I dislike the flavor of Kush! No matter what strain or how well its grown I do not like the hot taste of Kush Indicas and I now understand why so many people loved the Black Russian, Sputnik and the hybrids that spun off of this work. It wasnt a bad strain just one I didnt like the taste of.
See some people love Blue Cheese Dressing and it makes others cringe the same can be said for flavors in Cannabis I just found this out to late. It did teach me that there are many many palettes and everyone has different taste. No longer do I rush so fast to judgment based on taste. Black Russian always got me really high if I actually smoked a few bowls I just rarely got past the taste of the first bowl.
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subcool
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Once I relocated out west I was able to find an amazing tasting Urkle female that also turns an amazing color but nothing like the Neon Purple of Black Russian. The Urkle was however much much better pot and the strain we created with it Querkle is an amazing Indica with purple traits and a Grape taste that I enjoy every day! So I dont hate purple anymore and thats a very good thing. In Fact a new hybrid created using Querkle, Qleaner has become one of my favorite strains of all time! It taste like Grape Nehi Soda but has the added potency of Jacks Cleaner!
So thats it the story of a strain you may have seen and why now its more of an urban legend than seeds people can actually acquire. Several breeders do offer hybrids they created using seeds I created though and that is one hell of an honor.
Subcool is the Author of Dank Featuring Black Russian; Page 26
So thats it the story of a strain you may have seen and why now its more of an urban legend than seeds people can actually acquire. Several breeders do offer hybrids they created using seeds I created though and that is one hell of an honor.
Subcool is the Author of Dank Featuring Black Russian; Page 26
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glassblower3000
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good Info!!!!
rzza
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i wanted to know this as well.
HIGH 4 LIFE
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Nice prcs Sub the buds look good , an great story .
hybridbuds
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Ninecoats, this thread is daily bud shots. I don't know what else you are hoping to see here, but for the vast majority of us this thread is just fun to look at nothing more.
be nice and enjoy the show.
nl3004.kind
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agreed, however, everyone is in a different place at this time, we all are also going in different directions, ending up where *we* end up... there is no one way to do anything (especially grow weed)... if the purpose of this board was to rip people up all the time, i'm sure people would not post their successes and failures, both are important, so we all can learn... if that were the case i'm sure someone would have no compunction about ripping on your grow for ten pages, or start a thread about how makeshift it appears to be... but that is not the purpose of riu... the purpose is for us to learn, to connect with our fellow (wo)man, and to become better growers and advocates of our passion... not to be trolls... please behave accordingly... btw, nice looking plants... they look like they'll yield well! congrats!
Nine Coats
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Well now we talking mate, and just for the record, jump all you want on my grow Little Dawgs, this isn't a insult and we always learn from someone's object observations of our work. So, no problems for me there. If you have the time and an issue with me runnings, then this is the place for that discussion.
I'm a bear in the AM, so that is in there too. Seems many here are thin skinned? I did apologize, and do so again to any Nancy's that were hurt by my burning words LOL ! Above is the truth, and the truth will set you free , , , , , if the Little Dawgs on the porch wanna take's bite of the old Nine's, well, you'll be hard to find an unbitten spot !! Probably Sub's been bitten a few times too LOL! Old guys just end up bitten. Always speak your mind , , , I do !
