That sounds good. Although you said wicked weed had taken a turn you didn't like at one point so you may just be watering down your keeper clones.
Have you thought of selling them and breeding that way for preservation sake.
Also to go about it that way may take a decade or more and in the end you might have just wanted to produce what female breeding can produce at least untill the right stud is found.
Hi Californee,
Thanks for posting with your suggestions.
It's been almost two decades since Wicked Weed went bad. LOL! I finally worked my way out of it by being extremely picky about what I outbreed with, and searching through my seed stock looking for winners while I wait for something superior. I'm finding excellent ones now. The thing about the Wicked is that it is great weed, early, and has nice buds. It is hard to find fine quality weed, and almost impossible to find early ripening fine quality with nice sized buds. My SAGE and Bangi Haze select cuts are more clean and clear pure cerebral/trippy sensory stimulants, but Wicked Weed is no slouch in quality and it is more potent and energetic. Most pollen chuckers compromise by adding something more fat budded with stupor/couch lock effects. I'm thrilled that I don't have to, thanks to my Wicked Weed. Wicked Weed is what makes my crosses earlier and sturdier without compromising quality.
I'm not breeding for specific old lines, though I have toyed with the idea since I have been lucky to have found some great ones lately. It is too much work and my time is limited. I'm breeding for the high/effect that can be grown in my climate.
If it causes angst to see me not give up on something that was once great but took a wrong turn, then this tale will kill you. I have some seeds from the greatest weed I ever smoked. It was a special Neville's Haze. It was better than the Thai Stick that I smoked as a youngster. Unfortunately, it was a Dr. Grinspoon phenotype, if you know what I mean. So... I did what nearly everyone does. I crossed it with something good but had better buds. I also back crossed it with the original mom. I searched through dozens of children, and never found one that measured up. I have just a few seeds left. I'm waiting to find something that is in the same ballpark as that Neville's Haze mom that I let go of due to no buds forming when grown indoors. These seeds have been idle for about 15 years. If I happen to stumble on something even remotely as good as that special Neville's Haze freak pheno, I'll try and crack those seeds and pollen chuck another generation of seeds to look through because I will never give up on genetics that once threw a chemotype like that all time great one.
Best,
ThaiBliss