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I<\/span>n a world of Blue Dreams and mystery bag-seed Cookie phenos, one might think the art of massive 1,000 seed propagation efforts in search of all-star genetics was dead \u2014 but that couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. Now, as preparations are made for the transition to the legal market, cultivators are putting more effort than ever into their brand\u2019s stamps on the family jewels. To find out how the masters unearth their gems, we reached out to some of SoCal\u2019s most respected cultivators and bean poppers: the Jungle Boys.<\/p>\n Since 2005, the Jungle Boys<\/a> \u2014 long associated with TLC<\/a>, one of Los Angeles\u2019s premier collectives \u2014 have provided Kush (that could be mistaken for gasoline by the blind) to a decidedly OG town.<\/p>\n Like many of their peers who\u2019ve been in it for the long haul, they had to fight off the DOJ\u2019s infamous \u201clandlord letters,\u201d but they\u2019ve checked every compliance and permit box over the years, positioning themselves to be one of the top producers of boutique cannabis in a state filled with sure to be short-lived, dollar store outfits.<\/p>\n Jungle Cake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The behind the scenes work to get their hottest new strains to the shelf can take years, after preserving mother plants and flowering hundreds to find those elite cuts.<\/p>\n We spoke with Ivan of the Jungle Boys to get the whole story.<\/p>\n \u201cA normal pheno hunt \u2014 depending on the variety and traits we\u2019re looking for \u2014 we\u2019ll get our hands on anywhere from 250 to 1,000 seeds, then pop all of them, \u201d Ivan said.<\/p>\n To illustrate the stringent standards used to select first-round winners, he pointed to a recent Jungle Boys effort to find a keeper phenotype of Mimosa, a cross of Clementine and Purple Punch \u2014\u00a0one of the best purples in SoCal: out of 200 seeds, they only found 12 keepers.<\/p>\n \u201cFrom there we\u2019ll narrow it down to six then four,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t keep anything that\u2019s the same or test higher in terpenes<\/a> than the rest of them \u2014 THC<\/a> numbers, it has to have it all.\u201d<\/p>\n A canopy of Purple Punch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The new genetic material they\u2019re working with typically need three runs to really express its full phenotype.<\/p>\n \u201cNormally on the first run, something we might not even have been looking for just needs to be dialed in and put in its proper environment,\u201d he said. \u201cThen we really start to see the ones we\u2019re going to keep.\u201d<\/p>\n This dedication has produced some of the most popular LA cuts in recent memory. Names like Orange Cookies and the aforementioned Purple Punch are prime examples of the best non-OG strains in LA, according to the masses.<\/p>\n The Jungle Boys are also famous for their representations of Northern California-bred strains like Gelato<\/a> and Cookies<\/a>. With such a high degree of production quality already available in-house, we asked Ivan what it takes for other genetics to get in the mix.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been getting free cuts from so many people for years, and we\u2019d just never talk about them again after they were grown out,\u201d he said. \u201cNot because they were bad or the people, they just didn\u2019t have it all.\u201d<\/p>\n They stick to the three-run policy when investigating genetics propagated out of house as well. In those second and third runs, they\u2019re able to decide if a cut checks all their boxes and \u201chas it all.\u201d<\/p>\n Sundae Driver #9<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Jungle Boys mother plants are numbered and tracked corresponding to their previous cycles. If they notice any shifts in vigor or rooting speed, they can narrow that down quickly and cut the fading genetics from the gene pool.<\/p>\n \u201cThe stuff that we pheno hunted, that we found, we know for sure what it is \u2014\u00a0we take vigorous notes on everything,\u201d Ivan said.<\/p>\n One of the biggest propagation hits for the Jungle Boys was Sundae Driver. Ivan said they had a lot more winners in that run than usual.<\/p>\n \u201cWith most strains, 99 percent of people would think it\u2019s the nicest one out there or best plants they\u2019ve ever grown,\u201d he said. \u201cWe just really narrowed it down and found the true elite. We have so many patients; even if we think it\u2019s desirable, is it going to do it for the patients?\u201d<\/p>\n Strawberry Shortcake<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The patients at TLC play a big role in Jungle Boys folklore, inadvertently selecting many of the famed cuts.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll normally never even hype up a pheno number and just say these strains are amazing,\u201d Ivan said, adding that with the recent Mimosa run, the most rave reviews circled around the #14 and #26. \u201cIt\u2019s unbelievable citrus and oranges with a little bit of that purple punch on the backside \u2014 it\u2019s really nice.\u201d<\/p>\n Patients also played a huge role in the now Infamous Wedding Cake OG.<\/p>\n Many new exciting lines are in the work\u2019s currently including Banana Punch, Grape Wedding Cake, Wedding Crasher and Orange Cookies x Grape Pie.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got a bunch of really cool stuff,\u201d Ivan said. \u201cWe\u2019re always popping seeds.\u201d<\/p>\n Do-Si-Dos<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ivan stressed the labor-intensive and time consuming nature of a Jungle Boys pheno hunt.<\/p>\n \u201cA single pheno project will take us anywhere from a year to two years,\u201d he said. \u201cAll the stuff we\u2019re releasing next \u2014 the Jungle Cakes, Grape Wedding Cakes and The White Weddings \u2014\u00a0 we\u2019ve been <\/em>working on that. We have those going in all of our rooms, but we keep them hush hush until we can really dial them in.\u201d<\/p>\n Once they\u2019re ready for a full release, they\u2019ll start showing samples off to patients, drawing from all the best variations that made the cut available.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot of people don\u2019t understand. They\u2019re like \u2018Why don\u2019t you have enough for everybody?\u2019\u201d Ivan said. \u201cThey don\u2019t understand the man hours, the rooms and the lights we set aside for all these seeds<\/a> is just tremendous. At any given time we have a couple hundred lights dedicated to seeds.\u201d<\/p>\n Sundae Driver #12<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Out of all the Jungle Boys\u2019 pheno hunt trophies \u2014\u00a0 those from recent years and those grown over the past 13 \u2014 Ivan puts the Jungle Cakes (WiFi #43 crossed with Wedding Cake) at the top of his list.<\/p>\n \u201cI would probably say the Jungle Cakes is the best thing we\u2019ve found,\u201d he said, adding that it was a full circle cross, utilizing his very first pheno.<\/p>\n \u201c[WiFi #43 was my first seed pop I did with OG Rascal \u2014 I popped 1,000 seeds. It\u2019s in a lot of gardens now and almost every breeder has worked with it,\u201d he said. \u201cEight years ago we found the WiFi #43 and now it makes one of our best crosses today.\u201d<\/p>\n Originally published in\u00a0Issue 27<\/a>\u00a0of Cannabis Now.\u00a0<\/em>LEARN MORE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n TELL US<\/strong>, what is your favorite strain?<\/p>\n The post On Pheno Safari with the Jungle Boys<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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