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[koshiva]

Not exactly great pics, or a great grow, but I sowed these three seeds(of the Bertha/Budforce line) the day after Ken was murdered to honour him or some shit.


The three seeds germinated a few days after they were sown as can be seen.

Since the resultant seeds produced two females and one male(Ken/he rose on the third day ), the male was allowed to cross pollinate the two females in order to produce seeds so that a new strain could be created which will be called 'FTM'.

[koshiva]

A little while later the seedlings have developed somewhat in their medium size milkshake cups with potting mix and all appear just like this. Since they were grown outdoors in rather cold weather, growth was not spectacular, but adequate.

[koshiva]

Moving along, the first pic is of the 'two females', the second pic is a semi close up of one of the females as is the third pic. The forth pic is of all three plants together...the two fems either side of the male Ken.

Here is the original 'Big Bertha'Big Bertha - YaHooka Forums which was the mother of the seeds/seedlings/plants you see in this thread

If any one recalled, the Bertha line(parent/s of these specimens) consisted of an amalgamation of two primary strains going back over a decade, one sativa and one indica, with a little more inbetween from elsewhere. It should be noted that in the case of the two females here, the fatter leaves indicate those two sisters sway toward the Indica side of the equation, but upon sampling their respective fragrances, one is certainly more pungent smelling than the other one which itself retains a certain fruityness of the original sativa. The male itself has little scent but appears to be a very fine specimen of a stud with an abundance of flowers or bannana's.

Too bad about the shite resolution on pics to save bandwidth issues blah...still...just ok enough to illustrate.

[koshiva]

The first pic here is of one of the females and the mantis voyeur...the second pic is the full blown male(Ken). The third pic is another of the male and mantis, and the forth pic is another of the male. This last pic I like because of the shadowing and is much better uncropped...

More to come later

[Cerebro]

I'm sure Ken would be honoured to have you create something new in his memory.
That mantis is awesome, it would make a fantastic familiar.
Makes me think of all the beasties that live around my plants.

[verklingen]

The mantid is really freaking me out.

Looking good though!

[Peace seeker]

the mantis is really cool!

[_tyranT]

that mantis is seriously badass as fuck

[Rinner]

That mantis is scary, I didn't realize at first you mentioned it in your post and I just clicked on the pics and nearly fell out of my chair

heh

[Dandaweedman]

It's smiling at me
Nice grow Kosh

[koshiva]

Thank you for all your positive comments peeps^

These three plants were harvested some weeks ago now and the two females I hung upside down in a cool dark place so they could dry 'slowly'. I did that so that the seeds would be sure to ripen completly before they were extracted from their pods.

Blah...imageshack can suck my balls! Its a shame Yhka could not have the space/bandwidth to allow the hosting of its own content..and increase the size of files which can be uploaded here. Too bad one has to host a pic on a site like imageshack then link it here etc. Besides, the resolution(small) on these pics is such that I can upload the pics here, but it just means that the quality is very poor. Maybe in the future we can upload pics to Yhka direct instead of helping out other web sites.

Ok...back onto Z plants....just three pics here...at about the day of harvest.

The first is the two females side by side, with the more Indica inclined one on the left and the more Sativa one on the right. Both though were trichomed up heavily and much more Indica in character though.

NICE!

that must be the happiest bug alive.

[koshiva]

^As you can see in the above pics, these plants, being grown specifically for seeds, have been left well beyond when one would normally harvest 'seedless' buds. By leaving the plants so long the seeds can ripen fully. In this case also, the cold weather has taken its toll causeing some purple on the fringes of the buds and damageing some leaves. Nevertheless, once cleaned up and the seeds removed, very nice smoke indeed.

At first I thought I would do what I ussually do not, and that was to smoke a joint of male flowers(Ken). It was a nice smoke and the flowers themselves had a faint sweet scent before combustion, which is unussual, and probably a good sign that this male was well suited for this cross. The inhebriation got from the male was unique. bongsmilie

A day later, I smoked some of the female buds and that was obviously much better...very sweet. Today having finished removing/processing/gradeing the seeds, I mixed all the female buds from the two fems (mascerated that they were) with the male flowers and will sample all three plants together. The remainder will be rolled into joints and given away.

Heres just a few more shite shots of the buds before harvest and notice the one bit of 'budrot' which I think was precipitated by the cold.

[Christoffer]

It's a beauty!

Seeds are legal in denmark you know

[Master M]

:droolsmiley:

[koshiva]

O rly ^ ...well now....and so they should be legal D....its 'bird seed' after all ...and make no mistake, it is the best bird seed on earth and makes birds sing sing sing Some of the seeds were not good enough for further use so I decided to roast them on a hot skillet(1 minute)...and then ate them hot. They were deliceous ...as I knew they'd be. In fact...from each of these females, there would have been enough seeds to feed one person for one day. Sure they wouldn't exactly be full up - but enough food to stop starvation - and yes...I believe these plants can help prevent starvation especially because they can grow in inhospitable enviornments such as arid, barren land where there is not much water, ie Africa. Feed the world with hemp seed.

'Turm'...he was a happy chappy, and ussually I don't like bugs much, but preying mantis I don't mind. Having taken pics of them sometimes, they literally watch you..that little black part in the eye must be like a pupil and it follows the camera lense.

I could not say enough about the seed itself. Even as small sprouts, like bean sprouts, they are great in sandwichs or salads. A while back I ground some fresh seeds into a paste and it became 'hemp pate' which was very nice on crackers or toast. Very nutriteous.

The seeds are 100% legal in England too D. As bird seed, or fish food. In other parts of the world though, these 'seeds' are considered the beginnings of satanic cults, the basis for terrorism...WOMD even....well according to the USA any way. To me though, as Veda said, 'Every seed is a promise'...and ain't that the truth...praise jah.

Ok some more pics....the first is the three plants harvested and looking rather...hmm....what else can you say but sad...

The second pic is bowls with the females buds and the male flowers...

Then there is the pollen....

and then the 'some' of the seeds(off of one females) themselves before they have been graded.

that must be alot of work.

[koshiva]

Ok a couple more and then I'm gonna have a smoke of all three of the specimens together and remember Ken, which is why this thread was begun at all. Tommorow I may post a few more pics with higher resolution(use that damn image shack crap) and that will be that.

Here the first pic is of some of the seeds before gradeing and then another pic after gradeing.

Any one who was curious, each female yielded only about 10 gms of nice sweet bud each, once the seeds had been removed. The male yielded about the same...so lets call it an ounze in total shall we. Harvest of the decade...hahaha....S eriously though, it is important to sacrafice what would normaly be seedless females and cross pollinate some of them for seeds.

In this case, the yield of seeds from these small plants was in the 'hundreds'. Now you can understand why those who sell seeds can make so much money. At $10 each, with the correct marketing, these seeds would be worth thousands of dollars, where the bud in total would be what...$200. Since I don't do that, the seeds are just seeds to me...the next generation. But for the adventurous....a large plant, well pollinated, can produce 'at least' ten thousand seeds. And yes...@$10 per seed, that plant would be worth, $100'000 dollars....'the most expensive plant on the planet'....all thanks to the USA war on drugs. I mean, imagine this then....10 of those plants would be one million....hahahah

Clones can be convenient, but seeds is where its at...and spread those genes far and wide.

The color of the pics leaves alot to be desired...but alas thats just the way the cookie crumbles. The seeds themselves are not huge but not small either...and I am sure they will produce some very nice plants. Soon, I shall plant three of the seeds to establish that they are fine(which I don't doubt).

[koshiva]

Originally Posted by turmaline

that must be alot of work.

Work? Thats some word right there. Spose its a passion. Is passion work? Thats another word...passion, gotta have it or no babies ...I am half way through spliff....

I was gonna mention, for such small plants...they were well pollinated well so lots of seeds. Practically every pistil got a pollen grain. Seeds do take time to extract, and for those, was probably 3-5 hrs to get the seeds out/graded. If one had thousands of them, there are basic mechanised processes which can get rid of labour. But for a few...twas meditative. Just to expand on that slightly, and I didnt do it this time, but...if you hold seeds/matertial like leaf/twigs etc on an angle on the top of a large frame/book/paper..shaker...thin k mining...hahaha,,,,t he heavy material will fall more easily/sooner with shaking/agitation. So seperation results. blahhh

[bongobongo]

once again kosh im caught up reading all of your posts and watching all your ladies, and that big stud ken

very good stuff, and very informative! keep it up buddy