Afghan Kush under Solar Storm 400

[Evol Seeds]

Welcome to my grow! I have been at this grow for a few months but will get you quickly caught up.

Strain: Afghan Kush Special
Sex: Female: Pure Afghan Kush
Stabilised male hybrid: POLLEN OBTAINED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS. Male is obtained from a determined quantity of plants growth with a mitotic inhibitor that gives us polysomic plants. This mutant hybrids has been selected and classified with the best properties in order to obtain a new potential genetic in a new cross
Way of cropping: Outdoor/indoor
Genotype: 100% Indica
Harvest time: 8 weeks indoor/ middle of October outdoor
Yield: 400-450 gr/m2 indoor/ 400-550 per plant outdoor
Medicinal value: High.
THC Level: >20%


soil: Harvest Organic Potting Mix
Lights and Sched: 400w Solar Storm LED 20-4 for veg and 12/12 flower

Pots: 5gal plastic grow bags

space:roughly 3.5ft x 2.5ft closet(usually have mylar all around but am preparing to move so it is not up)

Ventilation: one small fan(I need more but will be moving soon so am not too worried for now)

Nutes: Fox Farms trio and Emeral Triangle (usually use FF but got free samples of ET and they seem to be doing well)

I ph water and runoff to 6.4 - 6.6 but not the soil itself.


this is the budding clone mother grown under a blackstar 240uv

This is the clones after growing small roots and transplanted into party cups. also some autos but ignore those.

the slowest root system to develope. also the point I like to transplant into lager pots.

one was put into a 5 gal pot to be the next mother and the other put into 1 gal pots to prolong the time it takes them to get big. (have to move soon and dont want to move a bunch of 5ft tall plants)

I have auto's groing with these as well but again just ignore them

 

[Evol Seeds]

here you can see it working. the 5gal plant is growing fast and the others slowly.

here is what they currently look like. I FiMd the 5gal plant and also put the rest of the plants into 5gal pots. I also topped one and will let the others grow naturally to see what method is best for this strain.

here they are under the SS

I will do weekly updates from this point. any questions just ask

 

[Evol Seeds]

I also wanted to add that this strain will be used in some of my breeding projects. I love Indica and sativa but kush is my personal prefrence. I wasnt sure about this strain but I can tell from the budding mother that this should be quality smoke. also I am selfing the plant with colloidal silver that I make.

 

[BrownThumb]

Posting to the new thread so i don't have to look for it....

 

[Evol Seeds]

Thanks for stopping by BrownThumb!

here is a quick update with some pics from today.


Mother AK

The Clones

 

[BrownThumb]

This Afghan looks a lot like what I am running (also an Afghan land race from WOS).

 

[Evol Seeds]

Do you have a grow log on here or some pics?

 

[BrownThumb]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=246051

 

[Evol Seeds]

Today I could smell the budding AK from outside the room. It has a very pungent almost sweet Kush smell that seems to stick to my clothes after I leave the room. It honestly almost reminds me of a cheese strain because its so pungent. Needless to say I am very happy about this.

 

[unspoken]

POLLEN OBTAINED FROM GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS. Male is obtained from a determined quantity of plants growth with a mitotic inhibitor that gives us polysomic plants. This mutant hybrids has been selected and classified with the best properties in order to obtain a new potential genetic in a new cross.

Can you explain what this means? You plan on using it in a breeding project so I'm guessing you feel like this is a net benefit?

I have this strain too as a freebie and was thinking about popping it. It doesn't look very frosty from the pics. Would you agree or am I just not seeing it?

 

[Evol Seeds]

Basically means that they made mutant males and pollinated good females. The possible benefits are endless but so are the possible flaws. This plant was chosen in its late seedling/early veg stage because of its healthy appearance nice branching/node spacing. I believe that you must start with the most basic pheno selection and work your way up to things like potency and yield.
Oh and yes it is getting frosty but trichs didn't start developing alot untill week 5 of flowering. the cylaxs are covered but not much on leaf. I will get some better pics up with my good cam.

 

[GMT]

So you created a tetraploid male producing diploid pollen and pollinated a diploid female. This would give you triploid offspring which are of low fertility. Is that in order to try to reduce other people's ability to breed the strain on? Why if creating a teraploid male, would you not also create a tetraploid female to breed to, creating offspring which should also be tetraploid to work with?

 

[Javadog]

Is the goal a clone only breed?

 

[unspoken]

I don't think evol made that strain, I think it's from World of Seeds. Thanks for explanation, and I can't wait for the new pics. This has always kind of intrigued me, but I haven't gotten around to popping it yet. It does have a nice structure and I'm sure will be some good smoke. Seems like breeding with it could kind of be a crap shoot if I am understanding correctly. Would that be a line you would work extensively before (I assume) you sell it, or you just planning on making some crosses to it?

 

[Evol Seeds]

@GMT - unspoken is correct, I did not breed this strain I am using it in a breeding project.
I have not worked with mutations much in growing and this is all basically an experiment at the moment. I might end up spending a 2 years on this project before I know if it is worth it. but don't worry I have others going as well.

@Javadog - my goal is Fem seeds. I might also do a cross with reg seeds if time and genetics permit.

@unspoken - When you do pop it just remember that in flowering phase this thing LOVES the nutes. I'm up to 1 and a quarter strength. Breeding with this might be a big waste of time but it could also be the best thing I have ever done. Only time will tell.
I was working with crossing commercial strains with connoisseur strains like Godberry x Strawberry cough (Godberry). Had high yields but the SC taste/smell and a leaf bud mutation. unfortunately over 5 years of work was lost because of me trusting the wrong woman.
I also have an auto called "Babushka"(reg) that should be released by Oct or Nov. It is a very tiny Diesel type (miniature Russian rocketfuel) that can be gorilla grown in your personal outdoor garden. and I'm also working on the Kush van stitch(fem) genetics. I'm trying to isolate the single cola pheno while retaining all the properties of OG kush. I'm about 60% complete with that. If all goes to plan and stitch gives me the all clear it will be eventually be released as "Evol OG auto" on Seedbay

 

[BrownThumb]

Today I could smell the budding AK from outside the room. It has a very pungent almost sweet Kush smell that seems to stick to my clothes after I leave the room. It honestly almost reminds me of a cheese strain because its so pungent. Needless to say I am very happy about this.

Cheese is what a relative said when he first smelled the AK I am running. The thing is, the smell varies quite a bit and a bad smell off the stem in veg has absolutely no bearing on how the flowered adult will taste or smell. Then you get to think about the bud structure, the potency, etc. It's gonna vary from plant to plant. Also, wimpy branches on AK don't mean wimpy buds, these things puff up nicely in most cases, to the point of molding on the more dense pheno.'s if you don't supply good air circulation or moderate your watering (in soil) during late flower.

I don't think this strain is all that stinky, but yeah, it does throw a little scent once they are well into flowering. I actually like that they don't reek so much being a closet grower.

 

[BrownThumb]

I believe that you must start with the most basic pheno selection and work your way up to things like potency and yield.

That's one theory which I followed when I made batch of WOS AKLR and you know what, your eyes are probably as dumb as mine are. The only thing I was right about this strain, is one of the babaies I got looked mutated and funky and I thought it was special. It was a runt, slow growing and slow to flower, however, it turned out to be the star of the 3 females I got in flavor, density and possibly potency. My point is, it looked like a throw away until it finished and I checked it out with a bong, scale, nose and eyeballs. The 4th plant was the male and it sounds like the one you chose as your keeper pheno. It was super bushy and had me thinking it was a girl up until it wasn't. Yeah, it looked great! In the WOS AKLR line, in my limited experience, the better plants are the ones without heavy branching. They all try to throw you a big cola on top...every one. The other thing about those bushier pheno's, they seem to mature slower to much slower than the stubby, short wimpy branch version AND they don't bud as densely, more Sativa-like. They also don't stretch as much as the Sat. pheno., which is nice when your space challenged. I am sure there are exceptions, but that's my .02.

 

[Evol Seeds]

I always have backup mothers available if needed. I'm working with 3 other people and have much bigger grow areas with many plants. I decided to go with a bushier pheno because I don't want any of my strains getting too tall. My goal is to make strains that grow well under LED and also can be grown outdoors without being very noticeable. I do agree that in general the better plants are the ones without heavy branching but if I select well in the future I can have the best of both worlds.

 

[BrownThumb]

That bushy pheno I was talking about, the father of all of the AK seeds I have personally made, it also stretches way more than the stubby branched pheno's. I think I was not clear in my post above, sorry about that.

I hope you are able to isolate a pheno that is fast, dense and bushy, that would be cool as hell! I actually prefer the scent of the bushier ones I have.

 

[Evol Seeds]

Here are some better pics. keep in mid that the budding mother is only under a BlackStar 240uv and NOT the Solar Storm 400. I am happy with the performance of the BS240uv but in the future I will most likely just use it for autos only or as supplemental lighting.