Sorry for the noob question, but could you explain the logic behind this approach and how you go about determining which one is the best one? I only have two outdoor grows under my belt with random seeds given to me. I basically just eliminate the males. For the upcoming season, I’ve invested in Useful Seeds including 50 Lucky Lime I won on an auction and a pack of feminized Chocolate Diesel S1’s.
If I’m understanding pheno hunting, you’ll start indoors with nine seedlings, then take a clone of each of the nine, veg the plants from seedlings for awhile, flip to flower, harvest and analyze, then take clones from the first clones of the phenotypes and then grow those outdoors. Is that basically the process?
Everyone's process is different but that is somewhat of the overall gist...
Thanks BD! Y’all doing this are passionate dedicated growers and must have some good setups.
Depending on the breeder, that's a good assumption to make. Also, something to keep in mind, price does not always dictate quality (@Useful Seeds puts out a damn fine product for ONLY 60$ and you get 10 beans). As for pheno hunting, starting with your first statement, you can actually do it pretty "comfortably" in a 4x4, and I've even seen dudes do it in solo cups in a 2x2, and then expand as your need or wants dictate. And the purpose of pheno hunting varies amongst breeders for me; but in general yes, I am looking for something unique that I like or my clientele would. For example, I've found @Useful Seeds fems to be pretty damn uniform but with slight differences amongst them; and those little differences can really make it shine in my eye. An example would be one of my favorite cuttings that I lost due to the fires was an Appalachian x Bag of Oranges which had this super musky odor on the front, but when ya smoked it, it tasted like orange creamsicles. Absolutely mouth-watering and just produced some donkey dicks. As soon as these Chocolate Skunks pop, I am gonna do a grow log on em (most likely a separate thread as to not clog up this one, but ill post pics here of em) so you can see what I do to pick "my winner" out of the two. And granted, I should pop the whole pack to see what's really in there, but I feel comfortable enough with just 2 beans I can get a decent look into those genetics due to @Useful Seeds ability/gift to keep uniform plants. I'm hoping I find one that is just straight-up funk (like camping sex after you've been in the woods backpacking for 2 weeks w/o a shower) but tastes like chocolate due to that Chocolate D in the mix!
Gorgeous
I have a haog cross.. what does it stand for?
My first Useful grow was orange cookie x chocolate diesel. Every plant was vigorous and brought great smell taste and looks. He seems to fly below the radar but I think he likes it. Katsu said he’s putting out the heat and I agree
Hello angels cut of og
Straight been running his stuff for 2 years now and everyone loves it
Straight fire. I had an emoji but it didn't transfer lol
I have some OCxCD coming down soon and I agree, it's uniformly a fire strain. An unusually high keeper pheno ratio.
