testing Sour Power X Biker Kush from Karma Genetics in ORGANIC live soil

[choom]

My testers landed in time for an eventful
Earth day germination, 9 out the 10 came
up around the 28th with the 10th sapling
coming up around the third of May. Here
is where we are as of the first of May '14.



The vigor of the plants are impressing me
daily, and display a desirable variation of
leaf widths - I really like #5, #9, and #2's
stout uniformity so far, and #7 and #2 are
expressing purple stems while the others,
a vibrant lime; #7 is also noticeably narrow
compared to the others. Here they are as
of the third of May. I'll have a current log
of their present state at the end of today
or tomorrow depending on how lethargic
this Spring flu has me moving around here.


#10 in the foreground just coming up at the time




I really love the different shapes and sizes..can
anyone give me insight in the form of a rough
guess as to which way my numbered phenos
may lean? I'm sure I'll have to narrow down
2 or 3 different keepers by the look of things!

I'm so grateful to be testing these out for you
Karma, and for the 100% success rate! Really
top notch gear so far, the old man is impressed
as well. The flavors from these will satisfy many
looking for relief, and I'm crossing my fingers for
a prime stud, glad that I'll be able to keep them
running on top of just harvesting + storing pollen.

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[choom]

Here is where we are the 10th
of May. I'm absolutely thrilled
about these plants, nobody right
now can understand just why I'm
lividly excited.. I've never had a
feeling like this and I'm very sure
of it's sincerity. #9 is probably my
absolutely favorite if I had to pick
at the moment though #3, #1, and
#7 come strongly into my mind.
#1 has the largest leaves, and
most overlapping of the stock,
while #9 is similar; w/ tighter nodes
and slightly more stout structure.
#7 has the farthest spacing leaves
and with that, sharper teeth serrations
on the leaves. It sticks out from
the rest of the saplings easily....
#10 and #2 are the runts of this
litter, though I'm sure will express
their own unique traits later on...
Thank you again, we've been busy!


#1 through #9


#10, the smallest of the runts,
catching up slowly but surely..


#1 - #10, out from under the T5's


A little limelight for #9, one I enjoy.

In time, depending on our work load,
updating will become more frequent.
It's blood, sweat, and tears out here!
Literally!! Google maps might think we
were trying to build a space shuttle
observing the crude air ducting I had
to haul out, some of it got me really nice.
It isn't seen, though isn't big or gnarly,
but a pretty peculiar deep snug toothing.
Always wear gloves..I was breaking down
soil wearing a pair, just had em off for a bit!



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[DamnUglyDogE]

Someone seems to be having a blast over here... Solid...

Vibes like that will make these ladies shine all the better,should make for a great show...

Pulling up the bucket for the long lurk....

Looking great choom...
Green vibes headed your way....


D.U.D.E...

 

[choom]

way belated, but moving along!

way belated, but moving along!

I originally intended with having
batches of photos more often,
though seen bunched together
the progress in stages shows in
a way that I like, heres Karma's
Sour Power X Biker Kush babies!


Here they are under the T5's
about the 20th of May or the
same week. I REALLY love these


This was after their move to
the halides and a few weeks
before being topped which I've
done 2 days before the most
recent pictures were taken;
which was the 12th of June.
I have cuttings of all 10 phenos


Here they are on the 16th after
bushing out a bit, phenos 10 &
3 vigorously reacting; esp #10!
I also have to note that still #7
expresses the most sativa looking
structural traits and character,
while having hallow stems along
with #9, #3, #7, #5, and #10..
I still remember #9 and #3 being
TANGY nummy like with a rub, &
#7 and #10 were nice as well and
similar at the same time in smell.

Personally my favorite still remains
pheno #3, here's a close up of it.



I'm grateful for everything and intend
on uploading more pictures often, but
as always I never know how busy things
will be, but I have an idea in my head
with impending events and changes what
the pace of things should be like for a
while so I'll be able to work around it.

Thanks for stopping by D.U.D.E., your
BATK is super trippy!! Everyone stops
by and takes an extra glance at it, &
regular patients gaze at it like an exotic
animal at the petting zoo. I'll give a more
active show with those of these strains!

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[RandomMan]

Looks like things are coming along nicely. Good work.

 

[yortbogey]

excellent work...

 

[Karma G]

Looking good there Choom, love your dedication and detail.

 

[a.k.a_Herb]

choom! man they are looking good. mine have thinner leaves and are about three feet tall now, I just topped the four females,, how long they got till you flower them?

 

[CARE giver]

Germed em on earth day hell yeah .

Pretty plants dude.

 

[choom]

Hows everyone been? Wanted to throw
some pics up a week ago but its been
how it's usually been production wise,
when I settle into my personal room
I won't need to work nearly every
day out in the woods, shooting
more shit around the mag....



On the 22nd out of those
cuttings I took, I uppotted
phenos #1, #4, and #9 as
their roots were expressing.
I'm going to take a peek at
the cubes again, assuming
more will be encouraged to
move into a cozy 4-inch pot.



Here are phenotypes 1 - 10.
left; 1-3 middle; 4-6; right; 7-9
and solo on the far right is #10.

I topped these plants at the
same exact node to observe
their differences reacting to
it, #6 is my new favorite though
#3 and #7 still remain intriguing,
with viable cuttings of each
plant rooting away with 1,4,9
already put into 4-inch pots.

The first few exciting weeks
of observing plant structures
is finally starting to display
noticeable similarities with phenos.
Some that are lanky and have
similar hands (1 & 3 are good
examples), few squat, some
completely uniform. It's been
a lot of fun and again I'm very
thankful for Karma providing me
these beans, and Clarence for
getting them to me safe & sound.



Here we are about the 22nd before
being moved into their own cab with
plasmas for the time being, boss man
is in somewhat of a pickle and preparing.



I conclude this entry with a close-up
of my new structural favorite, pheno 6



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[RandomMan]

Looking good choom. Thanks for the update....good vibes.

 

[DJXX]

choom they look great...i just sexed them and have five back in veg...it'll be a few weeks before any pics are worthy of showing..beautiful work...DJXX

 

[Mikenite69]

Nice work choom wish mine would of showed. Damn those plants have some big ass fan leaves. I loved my last karma testers killer weed your in for a treat.

 

[choom]

It's been swell everyone, thank
all of you for tuning in & asking
about everything! Here we are
as of the 10th of July, Summer
2014. Group shot w/ #6 on left.
I'm assuming it's boron & other
trace nutrients, but the hands
coloration has gotten better a
bit since going the extra effort
to put on a full watersuit going
into my pond to muck it up and
get ripe black water from bottom,
opposed to just filling my jugs at
the edge of the pond lazily. MUCH
more improvement from this as
you will see in the next few photos.



I really love it when the weather
is nice enough to bring them out
it really showed in production in
the sun on the hottest days, esp
during the few heatwave weeks!
Here they are in the foreground of
my outdoor girl, Querkle hit with
an unknown but very dark & trich
laden male. It's very nice but due
to not knowing the male's lineage,
it somewhat morally irks me from
working with it, in some vague ways.
This would be the 13th of July here.


#6 beautiful tight & stout on the far right


Another view, though I'm wanting to get
more of these pictures I have up that are
individual shots of plants that IMO, really
show off the structural and hand/finger
variations. There was just one specific
pheno of the lot that was really unhappy
for a while, the same way the tips and
some coloration was happening with them
all though more so (seen IMO as the only
yellow in the 3rd & 4th picture here ITT).

Phenotype #6 still reigns my all-time fave.
Here's another group shot from the other
day, and here's my new thread pertaining
to my current run of Red Eyed Genetics'
NL5 bX1 & a pack of Bodacious to run too!

Things have been amazing for me and the
place looks fantastic with the extra amount
of landscaping and general gardening I've
done since taking over a week of personal
time away from work. Few more patients
want me to be their provider as well, so I'm
going to be the best damn provider I can to
my patients until the laws change next year.
Fucking Mason County..don't fuck with MMJ!

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[DJXX]

looks good choom...after sexing i only have two girls, i got 7 boys....wish i was male hunting...i'll update my thread when pics are worthy...DJXX

 

[choom]

7 boys!? OH BOY!! I do hope
I'm going to have a nice range
of stud selection this round,
I'm extremely eager to see now!!

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[DJXX]

yeah get you a stud to go with your NL cut...make a buttload of beans...send some in to the bay....i know lots of peeps who would love some Northern Lights...DJXX

 

[choom]

Blueberry..Headcheese..Querkle..
Sour Lifesaver..this elusive NL5..
I think would all love a date with
Karma & Hortilab's diverse gene-
pool!! It's going to come down
to choosing the best of these..
I'm hoping my {SSH X NL X Malawi}
X Sour Bubble#22 pheno1 is a
girl, which is odd for myself as
I'm usually gripping the edge of
my seat for a real champion to
dust the best female cannabis,
but if it does turn out a male...
That would be very interesting
hit with my favorite leaner pheno
females from this fun test run..
My {SSH X NL X Malawi} X CBD#4
pheno 2 plant is consistently
producing 3 branch nodes now,
and it will be interesting to see
how many more nodes it still
expresses this same trait. I have
pictures of pheno1 as well as pheno2
I speak of now, but will update
those in the 'crosses you've planned'
creative megathread in due time.
I personally haven't seen #1 in a
while because it's at my old work,
though will most likely see it and
take cuttings eventually whenever
I get papers and orchids and what-
evers left around lol. My future is
coming into fruition, and I'd love to
have all of you be apart of this future.
Thank you again Karma & Clarence, &
everybody on ICm for stopping by this
test run of Hortilab's Sour Power crossed
with Karma's vetted Biker Kush male!!

This is an industry example of how vendors
should coexist and collaborate with each other
towards the same goal with the same mission!

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[DJXX]

want me some headcheese someday....gotta be epic...DJXX

 

[choom]

There's tight restrictions
on this Headcheese cut
because the source has
always and always will
enter it into concentrate
and flower categories at
cups, but I'm absolutely
positive there aren't any
restrictions to crosses &
or S1's...Also pertaining
to live soil mediums you
were asking me about in
the other thread, I forgot
to mention there's a lot of
life besides the diverse
microherd in the soil like
worms most commonly..
I'll see a majority of shit-
beetles, long things, and
rare but it'll just crack me
the fuck up; there will be
a chuckle fucking ant colony
inside of the soilmass..queen
and all!! It's completely harmless
and infact beneficial to all
of the lifeforms involved..
early on I'd always freak
out when I saw different
specimens in the soil, &
would ask "Is this shit okay?"

Now whenever I see worms
of all things, I forget that
non-live mediums don't have
them, or if so at least not on
purpose. I always forget about
not having critters in the soil
mass being an actual concept..

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