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Farmer's Zest

Farmers Zest

The Breeding Project

There is always something special about your first. It all started with a desire for a phenohunt, but in the most boggling way.

I had reached an intersection of basic skill and lack of top-level knowledge, it's a place where you know exactly what you don't know.
The only way for me to move past this point was to start getting my hands a little dirty.

I selected three different male plants out of 9 grown cultivars (36 total males were available for selection). Selections were based on minimal stretch, even canopy growth(minimal pruning), late-flowering, and the quantity of flowers.

The three selected males:

The pollinated female, a Sour Tangie by Crockett Family Farms. Grown and selected after two generations for mouth-watering loud citrus with deep purples upon flush. Very creative, but with enough of a sedation to slip into the couch and take a nice afternoon Saturday snooze.

The female was allowed to be open pollinated as it would have in nature by the three male plants; giving the chance that any seed could have been one of the three males. For the sake of interest: OG, BH, RB are the acronyms of the three males but also the hypothetical phenotype. ST is the female for this written punnett square: STOG, STBH, and STRB. If you haven't already done the math, it equates into about an 11% chance that a future selection will have the same father. This creates a large natural variation for a single open pollination season to provide seed stock for the future and help create a plant that can start a journey through time and generations of localization.

F1 Generation

Working around these plants takes you off into a trip through the citrus orchards and packing up the truck for the farmer's market. Sativa dominant phenotypes have been the minority share and appear at a much slower rate than it's indica counterpart. All plants have shown minimal stretch and respond well to toppings. The sativas have tended to be my choice of further hunts and the favorite I have come across smells of glazed lemon poppyseed muffins. Other phenotypes have ranged from sweet to sour with hints of sandalwood, pine, passionfruit, and sugared lemons.

The colorful explosions that come out of these plants are truly something to behold. Prepare for the entire spectrum of colors and to not be able to stop yourself from taking so many pictures. The only experience that can truly top this growing journey is smoking the bud itself. The Farmer's Zest got it's name partly because of the beautiful colors this plants display upon flush. While the end user is the purpose of each harvest, the grow experience is often overlooked. This plant is truly a joy of the farmer. From the smile-invoking whiffs of the often sugary lemons throughout flowering to the fireworks of colors displayed through the finish.