Dragons Flame Genetics - 2023 Breeder Log

Well, its 2023, and I figured with my next cycle, Ill start a new thread as so much of my grow style is about to change. Probably some of the biggest indoor changes Ive done in a decade. Ive been doing soil...well a long time now. But at my current rental, the workflow with soil isn't working for me. So much mess, and lugging plants and heavy pots around is no longer something I want, as double hernia repair already happened.

So...My next chapter...

I've been gathering parts, but long story short, I will be setting up one of my 5x5 tents with a 4 site RDWC system. I'm going to plumb it myself, but for all intents and purposes, its a current culture setup. I am using their 13 gallon buckets, with a 13 gallon epicenter rez. My current run is still a month out from harvest, so Its still in the plotting and planning phases, but soon enough!

My general plan for this tent will be for pollination projects of my top 4 strains. With less space then I typically have had over the less 15 years to do my typical level of pheno hunting / breeding / crosses etc, Ive decided focus on my absolute best, and let others handle working with cookies and hype.

So, my first run I plan to have the 4 plants as:

Blackberry Moonshine Bx1
Blackberry Moonshine #12
Modified Macberry Moonshine
Haole Moonshine #13 or possibly the chem 91 VA cut or my cherry pie x mac dragon, I haven't 110% decided on that last slot yet.

This first cycle in the current culture will be interest for sure, I plan to do a short veg, and flip, with the tent next to it housing which Blackberry Moonshine bx1 male(s) I select to seed the CC run.

Depending on how things go, I may convert the second tent over to RDWC as well, but will have to see how the maiden run goes.


Nute wize, Im pretty certain Im going to run the Vegaflora nutrient line, as several people Ive been inspired by use it and swear by its ph stability and with their RDWC they all said it takes very little ppms, and they dont get the bio film, algae growth, or any gunk building up in their system.

My paramount concerns with swapping over - I don't want to lug pots and hand water anymore. I want to be able easily keep the room, and tents, and work areas, pristinely clean, and I want to reduce mess and waste.

So anyway - Since no thread is complete with out some photos...

Heres the Modified Macberry Moonshine cut - This was bred by me in collaboration with twotoneGenetics.

Selected by Cannaessentials, and has been tested at 4.2, 5.9 and 5.4% terps across 3 runs. Highly mildew and mold resistant here in Oregon, throws down like the gmo, but takes 9 weeks instead of 13. Terps are skunkier, more garlic, less Thai food and bo then the GMO. Shes been hitting the shelves in oregon with raving reviews, and her returns in the wash were high like most GMO offspring. Shes in my top 10 smokes personally. No frills, no color, just solid green bud that is highly terpene rich and packs the wallop that we expect from green bud.

Blackberry Moonshine #12 - My longest running mother. I've been rocking with this gal almost as long as I've been with my wife. Tangerine Candy with skunky funky booze notes. Dank af, and resinous to the max. Breeding wize - she passes the skunk and tangerine notes heavily, as well as stellar resin content, and generally increases stretch, yield, and resistances to fungal pressure. In Hawaii she did have some Septoria issues if it was raging in the greenhouse, but even that - she was one of the last to show shows, and with ipm, you could keep it septoria free or atleast minimal septoria. Most mainland growers would never have to worry about that though, as thats mostly a tropical jungle pressure.

Indoors shes a solid 9 week line, outdoors she triggers fast in oregon, and is generally finishing up early october. In good years Id take her longer as obviously more time is better then less time imo.

She was also recently featured on the cover of the Grow Magazine.

Oregon? Did you move from Hawaii?

Blackberry Moonshine Bx1 - another fun collaboration between myself and two tone genetics. This is the daughter of the above blackberry moonshine #12 which was seeded by (Blackberry moonshine 12 x mac)

This cut was orginally selected by MischifMike, and then shared with me. She has a lot of the great traits I love about the BMS 12, but with some fundamental improvements. She yields better, has more color, has more bag appeal, and has a more standard nug shapes. Terp wize she has the Skunky notes, with some blackberry sour Febreze almost notes. Very complex to describe and doesn't really capture it. This cut is making waves in Oklahoma where its being heavily grown by carter creek cannabis. This cut Is in node labs tissue culture as well and is being licensed out for rec use. Shes exceptional smoke, with also being a growers dream. Very easy, not finicky at all, throws down with no fuss, doesn't mold or mildew unless things have drastically gone sideways. In Hawaii she showed more resistance then her mother line.

And the Haole Moonshine #13 which is likely the one going into the 4th site...

Shes my newest selection of my most recent Haole Moonshine pheno hunt, and was chosen out of 50 seeds. She has skunky rancid oil fuel type terps, stellar density, narcotic heavy smoke, and stellar bag appeal. Easy to grow as well. This will be my first time using her with any males, so it will be very interesting to compare mother, daughter, granddaughter and a female selection from the father line (Haole moonshine is Blackberry moonshine bx1 x modified macberry moonshine male - since Im also going to have a female modified macberry moonshine) with the same male. If I go with these 4, they are all related, so it will be interesting to see in 1 tent, so many years of work, and how the lines compare in same environment and system.

Wattzzup said:

Oregon? Did you move from Hawaii?

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Yes - we moved from hawaii last july. We are now back in oregon in the same area we lived before moving to hawaii.

Dragonsflamegenetics said:

And the Haole Moonshine #13 which is likely the one going into the 4th site...

Shes my newest selection of my most recent Haole Moonshine pheno hunt, and was chosen out of 50 seeds. She has skunky rancid oil fuel type terps, stellar density, narcotic heavy smoke, and stellar bag appeal. Easy to grow as well. This will be my first time using her with any males, so it will be very interesting to compare mother, daughter, granddaughter and a female selection from the father line (Haole moonshine is Blackberry moonshine bx1 x modified macberry moonshine male - since Im also going to have a female modified macberry moonshine) with the same male. If I go with these 4, they are all related, so it will be interesting to see in 1 tent, so many years of work, and how the lines compare in same environment and system.



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BEAUTIFUL

wickytokes said:

BEAUTIFUL

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thanks shes definitely a looker

Dragonsflamegenetics said:

thanks shes definitely a looker

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awesome so i found your site cant wait for drop!

Traxx187 said:

awesome so i found your site cant wait for drop!

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she is released now, as of jan 15th she is live on the website.

Feels like forever, but starting to get things rolling. We are moved into our new place, which upgraded me into a medium sized garage, and out of flower tents again. The new place still has a lot of work to go, but starting to get it all together. one light in the first round will have the new RDWC setup, which will be the biggest shift in grow style in over a decade for me. The other light will be my standard style in soil. I plan after round 1, assuming I like what I see from RDWC, to add 4 more sites to make it an 8 site no soil, no medium, no more lugging pots, no more lugging around top dressing, or shop vacuuming up water and soil. Goal will be much much cleaner!

today was a good progress day. I added 2 20amp circuits into the garage, and got them all tested and working. Since we are in a rental I wasn't able to turn the power off to do it...while I mostly know what Im doing from having to wire up so many grow houses, working on a live panel was a bit more ass puckering lol. But, no shocks, and everything went fine. Now I can run all the equipment I need, and not have to any funny business to make it all work. The cloner roots are popping off nicely now. I had some special rubber balls a friend was showing me for medium ordered but they ended up shipping to my old place by mistake so ended up grabbing clay hydroton instead. I ran 3 of the air stones, but underestimated how much I need, so gotta go back to the grow store tomorrow and grab some more. Then I will get the system filled with the nute solution and get it plugged! getting pretty excited to see how this run goes! I also ordered some Elite reversal spray...I was going to go with a male...but I think I might beat my face one more time trying to reverse something. Prob the modified macberry moonshine...IDK. That gives me more time with the seedlings - can get clones pulled instead of planning on revegging them.

Anyway, I smoked some Hashburger and apparently Im rambling lol...

4 slots in the RDWC will be:

Haole Moonshine #3
Modified Macberry Moonshine
Blackberry Moonshine #12
Blackberry Moonshine bx1

Everythings rooted up in the aero cloner...Will also be replacing my moms as they got banged up moving.

Officially locked and loaded....

Haole Moonshine #3 (Ammonia / cat piss soaked tangerine funky terps)

Blackberry Moonshine Bx1 - Skunky tangerine Febreze with fuel terps.

Modified Macberry Moonshine - Garlic Skunk Funk

Modified Macberry Moonshine - another week down, and a week in the system now. She could definitely take higher PPMs.