I've decided to start a thread to document a new cross I've made, as it might be of interest to many people.
Folks may have noticed my posting about this mystery Jamaican plant I have for some time - check in my signature link for the main thread, and several other threads will throw up in a search. It's an unusual plant - presumably a hybrid - that my friend brought back from Jamaica as seed. I've gone over the story many times elsewhere so I won't again here, but the plant is exceptional, of that there is no doubt.
British Hempire, myself and the guy who got the seed had a little chat, and decided to name it Kentish Creme, after its location in Jamaica, and it's creamy taste - though that's not the only taste - it's a very versatile plant indeed.
Last year I decided to do a breeding experiment, using two distinctly different Flo males, a purple sativa-dominant plant, and a green indica-dominant. Whenever possible, I put some pollen on as many different strains as possible - Kentish Creme being one of them. For some reason, only the purple pollen took with the KC, and I got 18 seeds from a very small clone I used to breed with:
I've gereminated seven of the seeds recently, and have whittled down the F1 plants to four specimens, which are are about ten weeks old. Two are definite males, one is a definite female, and one is still undecided, presumed female. The plants all grew extremely symmetrically, and all have purple stems top to bottom with a minty/berry smell, fairly long but very mixed (between parents) leaf-shapes, and quite tight internode spacing. Here's two examples below:
The dark purple stems are definitely the Flo dominating, as can also be seen from the long stipules at the node. However, as these are F1s, I'm not too concerned about individual phenotypes at this stage.
I'm assuming for all intents and purposes that my Flo parent is 'true-breeding' - that may sound fatuous, but my tests so far, crossing with many strains, and incrossing with Flo females, have generally shown a stable and predictable outcome, so I'm expecting that its contribution will follow the Flo line, which is fine by me! The Kentish Creme however, did show many similarities to Flo when growing, particularly in branching and stem/bud formation, and I expect the F1s to be extremely vigorous and good-looking plants.
They grew so tall in my limited space that I've had to clone them all - four of each plant. These are all rooted and ready for potting, though I only need one of each for breeding. I've left the two male stumps in veg to better see how they develop, and put the two females into flower to get a better idea of times, structure, etc. They're very small, so I'll get no yield, but after four weeks or so I can then decide which male and female clones to use for breeding the F2s.
In the meantime, I just have a lot of pondering to do...
Folks may have noticed my posting about this mystery Jamaican plant I have for some time - check in my signature link for the main thread, and several other threads will throw up in a search. It's an unusual plant - presumably a hybrid - that my friend brought back from Jamaica as seed. I've gone over the story many times elsewhere so I won't again here, but the plant is exceptional, of that there is no doubt.
British Hempire, myself and the guy who got the seed had a little chat, and decided to name it Kentish Creme, after its location in Jamaica, and it's creamy taste - though that's not the only taste - it's a very versatile plant indeed.
Last year I decided to do a breeding experiment, using two distinctly different Flo males, a purple sativa-dominant plant, and a green indica-dominant. Whenever possible, I put some pollen on as many different strains as possible - Kentish Creme being one of them. For some reason, only the purple pollen took with the KC, and I got 18 seeds from a very small clone I used to breed with:
I've gereminated seven of the seeds recently, and have whittled down the F1 plants to four specimens, which are are about ten weeks old. Two are definite males, one is a definite female, and one is still undecided, presumed female. The plants all grew extremely symmetrically, and all have purple stems top to bottom with a minty/berry smell, fairly long but very mixed (between parents) leaf-shapes, and quite tight internode spacing. Here's two examples below:
The dark purple stems are definitely the Flo dominating, as can also be seen from the long stipules at the node. However, as these are F1s, I'm not too concerned about individual phenotypes at this stage.
I'm assuming for all intents and purposes that my Flo parent is 'true-breeding' - that may sound fatuous, but my tests so far, crossing with many strains, and incrossing with Flo females, have generally shown a stable and predictable outcome, so I'm expecting that its contribution will follow the Flo line, which is fine by me! The Kentish Creme however, did show many similarities to Flo when growing, particularly in branching and stem/bud formation, and I expect the F1s to be extremely vigorous and good-looking plants.
They grew so tall in my limited space that I've had to clone them all - four of each plant. These are all rooted and ready for potting, though I only need one of each for breeding. I've left the two male stumps in veg to better see how they develop, and put the two females into flower to get a better idea of times, structure, etc. They're very small, so I'll get no yield, but after four weeks or so I can then decide which male and female clones to use for breeding the F2s.
In the meantime, I just have a lot of pondering to do...
