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:: Oregon Blues by: Hovering :: Oregon Ray's Genetics :: 2012
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Oregon Blues is Oregon Diesel x Jamaican Blueberry = (Blackberry x NYC Diesel) x (Jamaican x Blueberry).
Subcool gives some great detail about half of this cross in his original post: Oregon Diesel: https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/461591-oregon-diesel-perfect-pnw-plant.html which highlights the medicinal properties and early finishing of the Oregon Diesel strain. This magnificent Oregon strain is crossed with an amazing Jamaican cross that has been grown in family for 3 generations. What will happen from this union... let's see.
5 Oregon Blues were started on 06/03/12 using Subcool's Shoebox Rapid Rooter method. We flipped our Rapid Rooters upside down, pulled out a new hole in the bottom, wetted them down and placed our seeds inside. These starts were placed under 24 hour fluorescents until they sprouted. 4 of 5 made it to root. Woot!
Once sprouted, we put the rapid rooters into 1 gallon hard pots filled with Sunshine Mix4 soil and continued watering with BotaniCare's basic feed schedule. These 4 Oregon Blues were grown out under fluorescents for about a 6 weeks before heading under the MH for a couple weeks to harden them up. Each was topped to give us our keeper mothers for each pheno.
Let's pick this up in week 7 from germination…
UPDATE: Day 51 of Veg from germination.
Our 4 Oregon Blues 1 gallon testers have developed their 6 main heads and are ready for bloom at this point. We will give them a couple more days under the MH while we transition their nutrients to flower and then switch them to 12/12 HPS. These plants got worked over hard like all our 1 gallon testers do. Our hope is to stress the fuck out of them through our initial test run so we can see how they react. Primarily this has been an inconsistent routine with nutrients and light scheduling as these plants are moved around the garden through their initial 8 weeks of veg. They certainly get MAD love when they get attention... but they are testers and are treated as such. We have quite a bit of variation with these plants and they don't seem to be completely loving life (they are droopy and funky compared to other testers by their side). #1 is an absolutely crazy beatch that we have had trouble keeping low through the grow. #1-3 all have big phat leaves while #4 has the skinny leaves. I just don't know what to expect since I don't personally know the parents. I do have high hopes for this strain so we will see what happens..
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 17"
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 12"
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 10"
Oregon Blues #4: short, 8"
UPDATE: Day 10 Flower and looking for sex...
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 32" - Male?
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 26" - Female?
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 19" - ??
Oregon Blues #4: mid, 22" - Female
UPDATE: Day 14 of Flower and sexing... the stretch is crazy on these girls...
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 37" - Male culled
UPDATE: Day 32 of Flower. I reduced the heads on some of our Oregon Blues because they just couldn't keep up. These plants are voracious eaters and I am having trouble keeping up with their nutrient needs in the 1 gallon pots… Mostly I am loving the color and aroma these plants are giving off. My favorite is #4 for sure with the strongest coloration and sweetest aroma. You can tell by all the photos that I took of #4 that she's my baby...
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 33" - 5 head, purple hue, medium aroma
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 31" - 2 head, no purple color, light aroma
Oregon Blues #4: mid, 31" - 4 head, strong purple color and strong aroma, sweet grapey. yummers!
more to come...
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Oregon Blues is Oregon Diesel x Jamaican Blueberry = (Blackberry x NYC Diesel) x (Jamaican x Blueberry).
Subcool gives some great detail about half of this cross in his original post: Oregon Diesel: https://www.rollitup.org/subcools-old-school-organics/461591-oregon-diesel-perfect-pnw-plant.html which highlights the medicinal properties and early finishing of the Oregon Diesel strain. This magnificent Oregon strain is crossed with an amazing Jamaican cross that has been grown in family for 3 generations. What will happen from this union... let's see.
5 Oregon Blues were started on 06/03/12 using Subcool's Shoebox Rapid Rooter method. We flipped our Rapid Rooters upside down, pulled out a new hole in the bottom, wetted them down and placed our seeds inside. These starts were placed under 24 hour fluorescents until they sprouted. 4 of 5 made it to root. Woot!
Once sprouted, we put the rapid rooters into 1 gallon hard pots filled with Sunshine Mix4 soil and continued watering with BotaniCare's basic feed schedule. These 4 Oregon Blues were grown out under fluorescents for about a 6 weeks before heading under the MH for a couple weeks to harden them up. Each was topped to give us our keeper mothers for each pheno.
Let's pick this up in week 7 from germination…
UPDATE: Day 51 of Veg from germination.
Our 4 Oregon Blues 1 gallon testers have developed their 6 main heads and are ready for bloom at this point. We will give them a couple more days under the MH while we transition their nutrients to flower and then switch them to 12/12 HPS. These plants got worked over hard like all our 1 gallon testers do. Our hope is to stress the fuck out of them through our initial test run so we can see how they react. Primarily this has been an inconsistent routine with nutrients and light scheduling as these plants are moved around the garden through their initial 8 weeks of veg. They certainly get MAD love when they get attention... but they are testers and are treated as such. We have quite a bit of variation with these plants and they don't seem to be completely loving life (they are droopy and funky compared to other testers by their side). #1 is an absolutely crazy beatch that we have had trouble keeping low through the grow. #1-3 all have big phat leaves while #4 has the skinny leaves. I just don't know what to expect since I don't personally know the parents. I do have high hopes for this strain so we will see what happens..
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 17"
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 12"
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 10"
Oregon Blues #4: short, 8"
UPDATE: Day 10 Flower and looking for sex...
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 32" - Male?
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 26" - Female?
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 19" - ??
Oregon Blues #4: mid, 22" - Female
UPDATE: Day 14 of Flower and sexing... the stretch is crazy on these girls...
Oregon Blues #1: tall, 37" - Male culled
UPDATE: Day 32 of Flower. I reduced the heads on some of our Oregon Blues because they just couldn't keep up. These plants are voracious eaters and I am having trouble keeping up with their nutrient needs in the 1 gallon pots… Mostly I am loving the color and aroma these plants are giving off. My favorite is #4 for sure with the strongest coloration and sweetest aroma. You can tell by all the photos that I took of #4 that she's my baby...
Oregon Blues #2: mid, 33" - 5 head, purple hue, medium aroma
Oregon Blues #3: mid, 31" - 2 head, no purple color, light aroma
Oregon Blues #4: mid, 31" - 4 head, strong purple color and strong aroma, sweet grapey. yummers!
more to come...
