Hey guys,
Going for a two for one here!
I've mentioned previously, but for those who may have missed it, the next evolution to our auto catalogue, that we intend to really separate ourselves from the other breeders and seed banks is to begin the relatively long but fun road of creating Mephisto bx lines.
'What is a Mephisto bx line?' you may ask..
Well to explain further, the current Mephisto strains available are the crosses made in a time period ranging from 2-4+ years ago. For example 24 carat to Toof decay that is just being released.
To make a brand new auto from scratch takes 4 generations of breeding to make it 100% autoflowering. If you work 365 days a year, it's possible to do it in less than two years, but life or work doesn't always allow that.
All the first lines of Mephisto strains were made with automatics we developed for breeding from various sources, most were auto x auto hybrids that were bred for up to 5 generations to familiarise ourselves with their traits, how they performed, how dominant they were in crosses.
It was good learning and valuable work to undertake, however no matter how much refining done, without the introduction of fresh, high quality photoperiod genetics the potency was always the stalling point.
We later had all of these strains thc tested and confirming our suspicions Thc levels were between 5-10%
These strains were bred with the high quality stable of photoperiod cuttings acquired as elites or self selected 'keepers' from seedlines of high heritage.[/COLOR]
4 generations of breeding and we have the first generation of the Mephisto family, which have so far tested at 15-20% thc
For the bx (backcross) lines we are going to take our now much improved autos and use the, to donate the auto gene back to more elite high quality photo periods, this will reduce the overall % of auto/ruderalis in the genetic makeup, after all we are just looking to insert the day neutral auto-flowering gene to the mix, now keeping potency as high as possible and certainly not just 'watering down' the carefully selected photoperiod parent.
The following is the first part of the bx line collection:
Auto blues (Sheffield blues x purple indica auto) x the livers
Livers and blues are closely related heralding from the same area - both clone only oldskool strains, nearly identical, that have been around since the 90's. The livers we at Mephisto say is like the supercharged version of the blues. Don't get me wrong the blues is banging, the livers is just more.
We have the livers cut running perpetually in our flowering room, so now is as good a time as any to introduce some auto blues pollen and begin the process all again!
On the 10th of December batches of auto blues regular and chem city blues regular seeds were potted into soil.
Just a few for show:
On the 29th of December all had shown sex, @ approximately day 17 from sprouting.
Packed tightly as per usual!
As you can see, very uniform and flat! Temperatures have been slightly on the low side too but all are looking sturdy. We used 3 lights and had 150 plants to work through for selection.
Also was chem city blues (it never hurts to have an optional cross to hand
)
It's the opposite to most people growing regulars, we are only after the males, and 10 of each strain were kept for further evaluation before pollination will happen.
The females we disregarded, well waste not want not, we are adding two more planters to our flowering room and for the first time I will see how well autos do on 12/12 from just a few weeks old.
The last run we placed autos under a 12/12 light schedule from about midway through their cycle and then finished surprisingly nicely, so we will see how they do from roughly a quarter of the way through.
We have had good success with beds/planters, plants loved our beds outdoors and we thought we could save a lot of work by disregarding pots inside, beds are more forgiving the key, and thing we've been sussing out is how many plants and at what size to put them in.
As its a perpetual room it's straight into flower as soon as they hit the bed.
Here is one of the 4 beds of livers, these ones are about 2.5 weeks from being planted in the beds
there's 32 in the 2m x 1m bed - this will yield 1kg approx
As per usual we are on a budget and these are relatively cheap to build and resource.[/COLOR]
A breakdown of price is as follows:
Pallets for base (x2) - free
Wood sheets (x5) - 50 euros
Tarpaulin - 5 euros
Soil (bio is lightmix x10) - 100 euros
Hydroton clay pellets - x2 bags - 30 euros
You will need:
drill/driver 18v cordless phone we find easier
Screws/nails
Jigsaw
Total cost - 185 euros
Total time to build - 1-2 hours
On with the photos!
Here is the space the bed will be positioned it, previously the room had a walkway of boards in the middle of the room.
Prep-work here was just to bleach and mop the area.
Here are the pallets - pre-cut and spaced to the required dimensions
Here are the pallets now secured together with the base boards attached - 2 boards used here!
Now with all sides fixed - two boards for the lengths and one cut in half for the ends
Tarpaulin inserted - The wood is treated OSB ply but the tarp offers protection and keeps it tidy
Holes drilled into tarp+base for drainage
Hydroton layer - soaks in a lot of the water, so the run off when watering is minimal to none
Soil - biobizz light mix nice and fluffy! - Plants just spaced out still in their pots on the surface
Now potting in with a sprinkle of 'black pearl' underneath the rootmass!
planted and watered in!
Also the soil will be good for two runs, with a light ammendment and mix between the first and second.
Then a good mix, worm humus, bat guano, and more black pearl with two fresh bags of soil will do for another two runs, so quite cost effective!
That's it really, I'll post some photos of how the autos progress under 12/12, I'm thinking they may stay pretty short but the buds should be very nice all the same, time will tell!
cheers mitch!
Going for a two for one here!
I've mentioned previously, but for those who may have missed it, the next evolution to our auto catalogue, that we intend to really separate ourselves from the other breeders and seed banks is to begin the relatively long but fun road of creating Mephisto bx lines.
'What is a Mephisto bx line?' you may ask..
Well to explain further, the current Mephisto strains available are the crosses made in a time period ranging from 2-4+ years ago. For example 24 carat to Toof decay that is just being released.
To make a brand new auto from scratch takes 4 generations of breeding to make it 100% autoflowering. If you work 365 days a year, it's possible to do it in less than two years, but life or work doesn't always allow that.
All the first lines of Mephisto strains were made with automatics we developed for breeding from various sources, most were auto x auto hybrids that were bred for up to 5 generations to familiarise ourselves with their traits, how they performed, how dominant they were in crosses.
It was good learning and valuable work to undertake, however no matter how much refining done, without the introduction of fresh, high quality photoperiod genetics the potency was always the stalling point.
We later had all of these strains thc tested and confirming our suspicions Thc levels were between 5-10%
These strains were bred with the high quality stable of photoperiod cuttings acquired as elites or self selected 'keepers' from seedlines of high heritage.[/COLOR]
4 generations of breeding and we have the first generation of the Mephisto family, which have so far tested at 15-20% thc
For the bx (backcross) lines we are going to take our now much improved autos and use the, to donate the auto gene back to more elite high quality photo periods, this will reduce the overall % of auto/ruderalis in the genetic makeup, after all we are just looking to insert the day neutral auto-flowering gene to the mix, now keeping potency as high as possible and certainly not just 'watering down' the carefully selected photoperiod parent.
The following is the first part of the bx line collection:
Auto blues (Sheffield blues x purple indica auto) x the livers
Livers and blues are closely related heralding from the same area - both clone only oldskool strains, nearly identical, that have been around since the 90's. The livers we at Mephisto say is like the supercharged version of the blues. Don't get me wrong the blues is banging, the livers is just more.
We have the livers cut running perpetually in our flowering room, so now is as good a time as any to introduce some auto blues pollen and begin the process all again!
On the 10th of December batches of auto blues regular and chem city blues regular seeds were potted into soil.
Just a few for show:
On the 29th of December all had shown sex, @ approximately day 17 from sprouting.
Packed tightly as per usual!
As you can see, very uniform and flat! Temperatures have been slightly on the low side too but all are looking sturdy. We used 3 lights and had 150 plants to work through for selection.
Also was chem city blues (it never hurts to have an optional cross to hand
)It's the opposite to most people growing regulars, we are only after the males, and 10 of each strain were kept for further evaluation before pollination will happen.
The females we disregarded, well waste not want not, we are adding two more planters to our flowering room and for the first time I will see how well autos do on 12/12 from just a few weeks old.
The last run we placed autos under a 12/12 light schedule from about midway through their cycle and then finished surprisingly nicely, so we will see how they do from roughly a quarter of the way through.
We have had good success with beds/planters, plants loved our beds outdoors and we thought we could save a lot of work by disregarding pots inside, beds are more forgiving the key, and thing we've been sussing out is how many plants and at what size to put them in.
As its a perpetual room it's straight into flower as soon as they hit the bed.
Here is one of the 4 beds of livers, these ones are about 2.5 weeks from being planted in the beds
there's 32 in the 2m x 1m bed - this will yield 1kg approx
As per usual we are on a budget and these are relatively cheap to build and resource.[/COLOR]
A breakdown of price is as follows:
Pallets for base (x2) - free
Wood sheets (x5) - 50 euros
Tarpaulin - 5 euros
Soil (bio is lightmix x10) - 100 euros
Hydroton clay pellets - x2 bags - 30 euros
You will need:
drill/driver 18v cordless phone we find easier
Screws/nails
Jigsaw
Total cost - 185 euros
Total time to build - 1-2 hours
On with the photos!
Here is the space the bed will be positioned it, previously the room had a walkway of boards in the middle of the room.
Prep-work here was just to bleach and mop the area.
Here are the pallets - pre-cut and spaced to the required dimensions
Here are the pallets now secured together with the base boards attached - 2 boards used here!
Now with all sides fixed - two boards for the lengths and one cut in half for the ends
Tarpaulin inserted - The wood is treated OSB ply but the tarp offers protection and keeps it tidy
Holes drilled into tarp+base for drainage
Hydroton layer - soaks in a lot of the water, so the run off when watering is minimal to none
Soil - biobizz light mix nice and fluffy! - Plants just spaced out still in their pots on the surface
Now potting in with a sprinkle of 'black pearl' underneath the rootmass!
planted and watered in!
Also the soil will be good for two runs, with a light ammendment and mix between the first and second.
Then a good mix, worm humus, bat guano, and more black pearl with two fresh bags of soil will do for another two runs, so quite cost effective!
That's it really, I'll post some photos of how the autos progress under 12/12, I'm thinking they may stay pretty short but the buds should be very nice all the same, time will tell!
cheers mitch!
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