Planet Diesel

The Original Diesel from Schroomy420 always seemed just a little bit danker/skunkier than the Sour Diesel.  But they were so similar it was basically like comparing the OG cuts.  Same same, but different? 

Over the years I’ve convinced myself. I think the Original Diesel makes better hybrids as well!  Haha.  But let’s be real here.   Diesel is one of the harder profiles to put into seed form (especially F1) and get results that match or exceed the parental diesel’s quality.  

In my experience, the best shit shows up in the F2’s and beyond. Mostly.  And I don’t think Diesel is any exception to that general rule. The “F1” line is where you make your selections in the direction you’d like to go.  It doesn’t mean the first generation is going to be the end all be all.  But that active work and selective pressure of inbreeding on that first generation eliminates a lot of the deleterious genes and individuals that are hiding in these old “sport” polyhybrids.  And doing that work helps, massively, to narrow down the gene pool into a workable population size.

The Planet Purple F2 male has proven time and again to play well with other plants and lend his incredible resin content and plant performance to his progeny.  The male moves in unison, symbiotically with the flavor profile of the Original Diesel.   Deep sweet fuel-y diesel. In this “F1”, some lean a little more earthy/doughy like sherb/cookies, some turn a little brighter and more effervescent from the Z in the Planet purple.  But the best ones that are an eclectic mix of old school burnt rubbery chemmy fuel and diesel-y sweet oily sherb Z notes are best, in my opinion.  These plants tend to be in the medium flowering time range.  65-75 days. The long flowering ones typically retain too much of the diesel’s long flowering attributes. Which are generally undesirable.  But don’t count all of them out!  If taken the distance (80+ days) some of those long flowering ones will really show out and may become your favorite smoke!

In my opinion, this line is an excellent starting place for an Original Diesel breeding project.  I’ve been holding the Schroomy420 Original Diesel clone since 2004.  There’s no question as to its’ provenance.  And she’s bred with a modern, proven, champion male.  It just needs a couple of generations of good selections and inbreeding/generational in-crossing to pull some of the best profiles out of the Original Diesel line and thrust into the dominant part of its’ gene pool.  At that point, you will truly have the Planet Diesel in the palm of your hand.