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This method is specifically for starting regular marijuana seeds. Growing them to maturity and either keeping or discarding the males.
It’s a simple way to start seeds and some points on the process.
I personally prefer to start seeds in soil. But the standard “paper towel” method is a good way to begin.
Runtz Gum is slightly sativa dominant and mixed with Kwazulu, a pure sativa from Africa, it is 3/4 sativa at least.
Easy to grow with that Runtz Gum aroma!
I usually keep plants that I am working with no larger than 3 feet tall. If given the right conditions however, this plant can become quite large and bushy.
Runtz Gum is around 28% THC while Kwazulu is in the lower 20’s.
“Montana Jack” was created by joining my pure Afghan strain (indica) with the well known “Jack Herer” (Haze hybrid with Northern Lights #5 and Shiva Skunk cross. Created by Sensi Seeds in the Netherlands in the mid 1990s.) Sativa dominant.
I grew a large female a couple of years ago with really amazing results. She was about 12 feet tall.
One of the first plants I grew was a pure Afghan strain.
I crossed it with Red Diesel which I kept the original plant for a couple of years.
After the first time it flowered I set it in the backyard behind the shop figuring it was finished.
There it was totally neglected and it sat out in the elements a couple of months. I know it frosted a couple of times and I decided to set it in the shop where it slowly re-veged and kept growing.
At the time I was growing plants in plastic buckets, which I no longer use. The Red Diesel grew for two years in the bucket and the third year I put the plant in my greenhouse and let it flower for the third time. The Red Diesel in the square bucket is that plant.
I cut this clone yesterday and I didn’t get to finish the process, so here it is on YouTube.
I simply placed the new cutting in a small amount of water and placed a plastic bag over it so it wouldn’t dry out.
Usually at this point I trim all the leaves back a little taking all of the tips off. Except for the new forming leafs in the center. As long as your scissors or shears are clean the new cutting won’t be hurt. In fact, you are giving it its best chance of surviving.
If the clone is large enough I will leave some of the lower leaves whole. They are usually small anyway and it doesn’t hurt but helps the cutting as well. By leaving that small leaf or two the cutting can also draw moisture from the leaf until the roots start to grow.
It normally takes 10 days to see viable root growth. So in the mean time those small leafs add moisture to the cutting.
It seems to help also if the fresh cutting is placed in a small amount of water with a clear plastic bag over it for a day or two. After a few days in the water the stem will get this callous whiteish kind of look to it and that’s a pretty good sign that the roots are forming.
I notice that the cutting will usually look healthy and the leafs perky rather than droopy.
It’s a good idea to replace the water every 3 days at the most. More on this later.
The third picture into the video shows a close up of a small branch that would make a good candidate for a cutting. Snip it off close to the main cola. Wherever possible I try to leave several inches long for the stem and another 4 or 5 inches above ground.
Notice also in the next picture the pistils that have formed signifying that your cutting is a female….if that is what you want. I have kept clones of males that I favored.
The soil mixture I use is listed on my website and I will probably do a YouTube video one day on the subject.
I use about 1 oz in a tiny solo cup of regular epson salt. 2 oz each of blood meal and bone meal, and 4-6 oz. Of bat guano. Mix together and add two tablespoons for the small grow bag that the clone is going in. The rest of the mixture is for the soil that the clone with roots will be transplanted into.
Mix up enough soil/nutrient mixture to fill the clone bag. It’s helpful to dampen the soil to put it into the bag, rather than being dry.
Use a clean pencil and poke a hole almost to the bottom of the clone bag. Then take your fresh cutting and apply dry rooting powder 2-3 inches from where you cut it off on the stem.
Place the cutting into the soil and water. I like to keep the clone bags in a clean tray and let the bags remain sitting in the clean water. Make sure you change or replace the water daily after you water the soil…or no more than 3 days should it sit or it will get swampy.
If you add enough fresh water every day and dump the excess this will encourage the new root growth. Just remember to keep the soil damp for several days.
It’s best to keep a clear plastic bag over the clone for several days. If you remove it and notice the cutting beginning to droop, put the bag back over it immediately. I have probably lost more cuttings by removing the cover too soon. I do like to air the clones out once in a while. You are usually safe after 5 or 6 days. Just be aware of the cuttings looking saggy or droopy.
After ten days you should start to see the plant looking vibrant and starting to grow. Leave it in the grow bag until you see the roots starting to poke through.
The easiest way to remove the bag is cut with scissors on two sides from top to bottom
The first pictures are of the male “Duck Web” plant that became the father for all of my “Hawaiian” mixes!
The remaining pictures are of different stages of growth and flowering.
I had a Freak Show male that was crossed with a “Green GrapeFruit” female, and though the interesting oddities from the FreakShow didn’t show up, some really beautiful colors did!
Hawaiian x The Sin - “Hi Sin”
“Hawaiian” is aka for a plant that I grew from a male “Duck Web” and female “Apple Blossom” plant.
I liked the sound of Hawaiian rather than Duck Web and it has roots in Hawaii plus it was shorter then, “Duck Web Apple Blossom”.
So “Hawaiian” it became.
Duck Web is pure indica and with a lower 20’s THC level. The Apple Blossom (Humbolt Seeds) is also a pure indica. It is said to be 28-30 THC.
“The Sin” from Anesia Seeds, is 60% sativa, 40% indica. It has an amazing 38% THC. I suspect the “Hi Sin” is easily low to mid 30’s THC..
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Imperium Is another high THC plant from Anesia Seeds. It’s slightly sativa dominant at 60/40 %.
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The plant is dense and heavy and I have been using it on several mixes.
While the three females were in the greenhouse last year, I also had a male “Montana G-14 Orange” that pollinated them.
I first used “Montana” as a substitute for an “AfghanJack x Malawi” plant that I grew a few years ago, calling it, “Montana Jack”. This was an Afghan plant that I crossed with a Jack Herer female, and then with a pure Malawi Gold.
Everything else that I have that uses “Montana” in the name, is in reference to a Critical Mass male that I used to pollinate several different females.
With that said, Montana Peanut Butter Breath x Purple Haze is;
“Montana” that is, Critical Mass male x
“Peanut Butter Breath” female x
“Purple Haze”.
A fellow grower friend of mine gifted me these “Lebanese Red Gold” seeds which I crossed with my Critical Mass male. I would like to note that “Critical Mass” was also called “Big Bud” back in the late 70’s. Known for its large heavy flowers that tended to bend plants over as they grew so heavy they couldn’t support themselves.
So I only had one Critical Mass seed that actually grew of the 3 or 4 I was gifted. It happened to be a male and I decided to use him as a pollen donor on the females I had at the time. Wanting to make the children he produced more personal to me, I began calling them, “Montana” this or that. As our subject here is a “Montana Lebanese Red Gold”.
As you see in the pictures it is a vigorous plant. Mine in the greenhouse got to about 9 feet tall. I also had to invent ways to support the heavy flowers! I would say this plant is going to be fairly equal as to sativa or indica.
Montana Sunset Rainbow is a result of my male “Montana G-14 Orange” and “Montana Lebanese Red Gold”.
Pretty evenly matched sativa/indica inbred marijuana strain.
The plant grows bushy with lots of flowers. When tip ends are clipped a few times while maturing this plant can even be more bushy!
I have been working with and breeding Runtz Gum for almost 10 years. Mainly because the plant is just easy to grow and the aroma of its flowers. It’s sweet and kind of reminds me of juicy fruit gum.
There are some pictures that were from my first greenhouse built attached to my work shop. It was roughly 12’ x 6’ and down in the ground about 4 feet.
Later, I rebuilt the greenhouse to what is is today. 6’ in the ground with concrete stairs. 12’ x 20’ with the roof continuing down from the shop. I used clear plastic roofing and it lets in a lot of light being on the South side.
The first year I had 8 plants in the room and later found that it was too many and the plants got too big.
Today, 3 plants is just right as they easily reach 9’ and larger.
The plant grows bushy with lots of flowers. When tip ends are clipped a few times while maturing this plant can even be more bushy!