Once I found out that my afghani and WR were male/hermi I knew one of the best things to do was replace the strain. I called up a buddy and he got me 9 of the saddest looking, mouldy stemed, small over watered clones you had ever seen, in about 3 weeks. The new strain was Juicy Fruit. Of those 9, 7 were useless to me and ended up not even worth my time within a few days of trying to nurse them. The 2 that survived grew ok but had mould damage to the base of the stem. As soon as they were big enough I topped them and rooted the clone to be mothers and through the original 2 clones in the flower room march 30. Once the new set of clone grew I topped them again, rooted the clones and they are now moving through the line as I wait for each new clone I can take off the JF.

But what has happened to the Alcopulco Gold? When I moved it into the house it looked just like a little bushy tree with a 1/4" stump. Up under the skylight she stretched right out and 5 main stalks took over. I took it down and watered it in the sink with my regular houseplants and must admit forgot about it sometimes to the point where it was wilted and never transplanted it. But it seemed to like the early winter sun from the skylight well enough in the steamy bathroom to stay pretty and got lots of kind compliments from unknowing admirers. Then one day I took it down to water it and there were long white pistals everywhere past the bottom quarter and not a single male flower above that. I thought ok lets play with a little simple breeding. I pruned it down to the main 5 branchs(well 4 and little tall number 5) and thinned it right out. I then picked the lower male flowers and dusted and set them right on top of the new buds. Then i ran and grabbed some WR pollen and put it on the top of a separate bud, and left the othe 2(3) alone. I put it back up in the bathroom and let it be. Needless to say it got pretty much the same sad level of care.

As time went on the days got longer and the buds fluffed and grew but I didn't want them to regress. Since there were no more male flowers on it I put it in the flower room with the rest of the plants and watched it puff out amazingly. I wasn't planning on harvesting it just for smoke, I wanted to wait till seeds rattled in the calyxs. But as time went on the calyxs were'nt swelling or busting open.

While AG was in the veg room the yellowing started to set in and move up the plant with the increased light to process soon I had 18" sticks, no fan leaves, with just loonie sized fluffy buds at the top with their bud leaves. But the damned thing kept growing and prevaling with larger buds than I ever expected for such a tortured plant.

A few weeks ago upon close inspection I noticed a hollow bract/calyx with two hairs coming out. and when I pulled on the hairs a tiny shrived seed was attached. they were everywhere. I figured that withholding water caused the seeds to regress after a point in production. With no reason to wait any more and no idea how long the plant had been flowering I took the tighter top buds and left two branches with small lower buds on it and moved it back into veg where it sits now with little buds.

Since I was doubtful about seeds I was hoping to reveg it and take a nice healthy clone to make a mother.

The bud dried of course and we have found 5 well formed seeds all at the nodes close to the mainstem that survived. The bud itself smells lemony, with a touch of spice. It smokes well and has a lovely energetic high, I love it so much that my small stash of what is left is rationed.

While my flower room was in production earlier I was able to get alot of construction done to the room, including lights, fans, and placement of plants into three stages but that will be discussed next time and hopefully I can make up some pics to go with it to creat a more complete picture....

ps there is so much more to come and lots that all happens silmutanitously including an outdoor grow and issues with that, just give me time and bear with me, and you will learn alot of what not to do and just how much abuse a plant can take.
Chronic Chrissy Reviewed by Chronic Chrissy on . New location, New strains, New adventures, and New Problems It will take me a while to catch you guys up. This isn't my first time growing. http://boards.cannabis.com/closet-cabinet-growing/97106-first-dedicated-dryer-grow-6-norhterns-3-afghanis.html That show had to be shut down with the sale of our house. The plan was to move in, set up and get going again. But plans never seem to work out that way. First my clone connection fell through. Then I spent a few bucks on seeds but had germination problems due to a water softner. This whole Rating: 5