NIGHT OWL – PRE 98 EPISODE 1 F4 STRAIN – AUTO FEM – 3 PACK

Welcome to the first iteration of my Bubba Kush auto work, Pre 98 Episode 1!

This project started back in 2016 while I was living with Ronin Gardens. I had acquired quite a few stellar clone only varieties while in Colorado and the Bubba Kush was no exception! She was short and thick with super dense, swollen calyxes, and dark dank smells that the Pre 98 had become synonymous with over the years. Everything about her seemed special from the get go, Since I was already quite familiar with the Auto Skywalker and enjoyed everything about it I decided to use it to lay the autoflowering foundation for this project. Fun fact, the same Auto Skywalker male was used to create the Wizard’s Apprentice (Cheech Wizard from Bodhi Seeds x Auto Skywalker) and Pre 98 Episode 1!

The F1 were consistently Bubba dominant plants. Short and stocky, fat fan leaves, and extremely dense covered in silver resin that put out those famous scents that the Pre 98 is known for, with an added layer of earthy OG from the Skywalker. Since they were all so visually similar and the smells were on point, I pollinated multiple females and selected the next generation after a thorough smoke test. The flower with the most sedative effects was selected and used to move on with the F2 generation.

At the F2 stage things really started to open up in terms of genetic variation (see “Outlier Z F4” below). The majority of the autoflowering plants were exceptional mixes of Bubba and Skywalker. Earthy, dark scents with the same dinner plate fan leaves and shorter stature. The fan and sugar leaves didn’t get the same dripping levels of frost that some of my other varieties offer, but the flowers themselves were absolutely caked!

I selected my two favorite Bubba dominant plants to move forward with the F3 generation. They were both great. This one was selected to move forward into the F3.

The F3 were truly a pleasure. Easy plants that could take a solid feeding from early on. After their hefty veg stage, transitioning into flower they were already in need of more nutrients than the Roots Organics Lush super soil had to offer! They were supplemented with Biobizz and Canna Bio liquid feeds during flower and managed to come out extremely dense even with the early issues.

The F3 flowers put out a mixture of rubber, gassy notes and still carried something mysteriously minty along with them, but the coffee became much less prevalent. Structure, resin, density, they checked all the boxes, but without the overt and instantly recognizable coffee scents of the clone only I didn’t feel quite right using “Bubba” in the name of this cross, so with a new plan of action the name “Pre 98 Episode 1” was decided on.