Pinkie Pie

bf80255 · Jun 30, 2015

Caterpillars are all over the place!!! im not going to spray though I want to find the particular plants that put off the least appealing blend of terps and work that into a more pest resistant line.

A1 X B1 solid purple plants have now begun to display pink pistils

B1 F6 tote has developed a light purple on every plant

B1 F5 still recouping from getting dropped last week

RoostaPhish · Jul 1, 2015

Beautiful, I really prefer running autos to pulling tarps myself. And those little tote beds are great. The only downside is that I only have one line to work with. There are banks that offer auto selections were I am from but there have been a lot of fake seeds/banks in our area lately. Luckily the seeds I have are regular not fems. The way our numbers system works out here the autos really give us the ability of that early harvest without pulling tarps, while having our full season plants vegging near by. Anywho, real pretty keep it up!

aridbud · Jul 1, 2015

found another intersex female in the TD X PPA1 tote (all 3 intersex females have come from this line) Was able to remove it before it opened up any balls but I spread it open a bit for picture taking purposes.

Finding hermis is a good thing, I dont want this trait around in my lines so I stress the fuck out of all my girls and cull with rigorous standards I have an absolute zero tolerance policy for hermis.

Hermy traits are tricky to deal with and can return in future generations.

Our own preference, definite male or female characteristics, not "intersexed".

To each their own.

Sorry to hear of the mini calamities ...dogs, dropping totes, caterpillars. Yikes! Hopefully better finish ahead!

bf80255 · Jul 2, 2015

yea autos are great arent they?

yes its a very complex trait

thanks for the support bro, these caterpillars are really slammin me hard haha

something local growers have to deal with every year though, hopefully pinkie gets stronger and stronger deterrents to them and local growers can use less pesticides, maybe just wishful thinking

dogs will be dogs :/ just glad these are for seed and not for bud or id be hurting, that tote is still recovering.

bf80255 · Jul 2, 2015

TD X PP Update

3 or 4 displaying pink pistils.

almost every plant of any line that display pink pistils are dark purple budded plants.... hmmmm.....

kips0n · Jul 2, 2015

mmmmmmm looks soooo goood, i want few seeds if you have

love this color and suuugar :biggrin:

bf80255 · Jul 3, 2015

kips0n said:
mmmmmmm looks soooo goood, i want few seeds if you have love this color and suuugar

send me a pm

bf80255 · Jul 7, 2015

whittled down the males to just 1-3 per pot and only the most vigorous/frosty males were allowed to reproduce, I also had to remove some green males from my A1 X B1 as I am electing towards dark purple in this line (pink pistils seem to correlate). Pollen was shaken into sandwich baggies and applied to just about every plant, it was hard finding viable pistils on a lot of them because the caterpillars are causing spots of necrosis all over my plants, I used a Qtip to apply the pollen and 1 or 2 from each tote that I selected as "superior" have been Extra pollinated and will be marked for special handling during harvest.

stupid caterpillars keep coming in droves! Im keeping them in check but they are persistent!

kips0n · Jul 7, 2015

nice! im pmed m8!

bf80255 · Jul 16, 2015

seeds are starting to form up on a few plants, caterpillars continue to eat away big chunks of bud but they seem to be handling it well enough.

the TDxPP are taking the brunt of the damage and huge sections of plants have been lopped off by big fat monster caterpillars >:/

colors are coming in nicely on most of the pure PP

bf80255 · Jul 22, 2015

Update on the new totes
growing very well and I spotted myy first few males in the bunch today.
ive included pics of 3 seperate males in case anyone needs help identifying males early on

these are pure A1 (pink pistil)
and B1xA1 (6 dark purple B1 moms+1 big A1 daddy)

RoostaPhish · Jul 23, 2015

Have you considered using some of the light weight insect cover made for gardening to help alleviate the caterpillar problem. They hardly block any intensity. And you would only need a small amount to cover each tote. We made it into like a box.

mahps · Jul 23, 2015

Hi, if you have the possibility to buy Succes Bayer Natria Bio, buy this because it works very well with caterpillars!

aridbud · Jul 23, 2015

Shade cloth a better alternative to chemical....just my few pennies of experience.

bf80255 · Jul 23, 2015

RoostaPhish said:
Have you considered using some of the light weight insect cover made for gardening to help alleviate the caterpillar problem. They hardly block any intensity. And you would only need a small amount to cover each tote. We made it into like a box.

that's a great idea ill have to remember that! thanks

not trying to stop the caterpillars in the original 3 totes because I want to see which plants are the most and lest appealing to them.

bf80255 · Jul 23, 2015

mahps said:
Hi, if you have the possibility to buy Succes Bayer Natria Bio, buy this because it works very well with caterpillars!

I appreciate the tip bruthah but the only insecticides I use are neem, (organic) insecticidal soap, beneficial predators and my hands

@aridbud I totally agree, no need to use harsh chems when you can just eliminate the issue in the first place.

mahps · Jul 23, 2015

bf80255 said:
I appreciate the tip bruthah but the only insecticides I use are neem, (organic) insecticidal soap, beneficial predators and my hands

@aridbud I totally agree, no need to use harsh chems when you can just eliminate the issue in the first place.

I know, but neem oil some times doesn't work alone, you wrote insecticidal soap, which kind of soap? Yersterday, i read an article about the use of marseille soap with cannabis, but i'm not convinced.

i think that the hands are the best method but you should be very patient to remove each caterpillar.

RoostaPhish · Jul 23, 2015

Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive, stay alive, yeah!

bf80255 · Jul 24, 2015

Tote Update!

most bud growth has slowed dramatically in favor of seed development, as is expected, only a week or 2 to go before these seeds can be harvested and I can make some hash

The TD took almost all of the major damage from the caterpillars while the A1xB1 remain largely uneaten.

first 2 pics are A1xB1 the rest are TDxPP

bf80255 · Jul 24, 2015

2nd Tote Update

went through and culled a bunch of males and a few weak growing plants from these 2 groups

also pulled aside and save 3 studs from the A1xB1 population and 4 from the A1-P for pollination

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