connormcleod47 ***UPDATE 10/31/26***
Hello Everyone! Today I begin my cannabis breeding journey, I plan on documenting the entire process & will be starting off STRONG!
I've managed to narrow my entire collection down to 47 strains, I will be running 47 singular seeds in order to start, these will be split up amongst one 4x4 & 3 5x5's for now, this run is moreless a taste testing, I should be able to get a general idea on what I'd like to work with while kind of playing the lotto in regards to singular phenotypes selection wise, I will then narrow my selection down even further until I'm left with 3 strains I can hunt through thoroughly, this grow will be seperated by breeder here on GrowDiaries, I Will also drop a link to my 1st video down below for anyone who is interested in following along :P
Cannabis Breeding Project Episode #1: The Game Plan + Rockwool Cube Prep/Germination (4K): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1F1dJo02ak
My goal on this 1st run is to have 36 females going into flower so I can run 9 plants per tent, I currently have 250+ strains on hand & it's hard to try & narrow those down to 47 let alone 3 so I may end up doing this twice, this will be a mixture of regular & feminized seeds, I'm bound to run into a couple males along the way & I definitely want at least 1 female per reg before I pop the remaining seeds, I think 2 runs makes the most sense, once the runs are completed I want to pick 3 strains that really stand out & I will hunt through the remaining seed prior to crossing a couple of winners, from there, I will take this creation & gradually work my way towards an S1, I plan on stabilizing my cross through 3 to 5 generations before I self, the S1 will be used to create an entire line amongst others so I have some variety, a majority of my selection consists of legacy/land race type strains although There are a few newer ones on the list I'm genuinely curious about as well, I also wanted to ensure I end up with a couple washers this time around so I can test out my new freeze dryer!
I will be using the same products as always, 100% organic, the only thing that has changed is the scale of my grow & the size of my nutrient bottles, there may be a fair bit of copy/paste in throughout the diaries as I have to try & manage 16 tabs at once & the plants are seperated by breeder, I want to try & keep up with these diaries daily or it will be every other day at the very least !
Strains in this portion of the grow are as followed:
Wappa (Unknown due to breeder secrecy) - Paradise Seeds
Sensi Star (Unknown due to breeder secrecy) - Paradise Seeds
I will be back with another update on the day of the transplant, all 47 of my seeds have germinated sucessfully within 1.5" rockwool cubes, I will be moving them to 1 gal pots shortly :P