Do i have a unicorn or not
So being relatively new to growing cannabis ( 2 years under the belt ) and have been struggling with pest and mold resistance indoor and outdoor. I ran almost all indica or indica leaning hybrids, even the autos, because I believed that A. Sativas gave me anxiety and B. They were more mold and pest resistant if you didnt have to worry about late season rain ( aka indoor ).
Ran 3 special queen #1 autos and had amazing luck my first grow, no problems but some white spots on leaves from thrips. The next one was a mix of 6 autos all different indica leaning but with some 8 week and the longest 10 weeks flower all with powder nutes
For the next grow decided to go organic and living soil instead of coco/ perlite and powder nutes... THIS IS WERE THE NIGHTMARE STARTED after the fast run, decided to step up the game and do 6 different photos, they grew incredible but the trellis didnt alow pulling them out and trimming and spider mites TOOK OVER ever single plant was COVERED except 1 who was super health looking, only had webs were they passed over it to get to the other plant, its shape was perfect and it was a cherry pie, having been looking for that strain for 15 yrs and thinking I might have found a plant semi resistant to pests, culled every other plant, used daily scrubs of bleach water or h202 to clean the tent every day, changed the soil and used spinocide and other ipm which I did every day for 3 months, after 1 month of being sure the born was gone, cloned this cherry pie to fill the tent, ended up with a bunch of extra clones
In my area you can not grow outside without at least SOME powdery mildew damage, in my area outdoor growers loose 50% of their crop every year, a good year you only loose 25% to molds and fungi, im the yard were they were their has never been a plant that haven't got wpm its a pure breeding ground, it gets so humid it dosent even need rain just 100% humodity and the spores start to grow. But low and behold its in flowering now after 3 months in the worst spots that could be found to test their resistance and NOTHING they get rained on, not shook off, dont get sunlight untill 10 - 11 am so they stayed covered in dew AND NOTHING, I break their branches and purposely stress them out to try to force a herm or just see if I can find a limit, but NOTHING ITS INCREDIBLE, ive only grown 2 years but my family and friends ive helped and watched for over 20 years and ive never seen a plant not get wpm, botritis, or get taken out by bugs, this plant has not only done all 3, but it BLEEDS PURPLE if you add cold and the ph is a little off so its not getting phosphorus as much and its INCREDIBLE, the nodes are all 1 inch apart, its beautiful shaped, it smells incredible, I dont really know what the buds look like because of all the hold ups but they are finally starting to form on the ourdoor lot and looking INCREDIBLE
Tldr: have a cannabis plant that survived the borg, wpm factory, stress tests, and wins beauty contests and will turn out WEIGHT... is this as rare as I believe? Im 100% keeping a couple young clones to start a breeding program with regardless of what you guys think but, am I tripping or is a plant that check all these boxes really not as rare as my 20 years experience say it is....
Or are all the seeds sold now adays only breed for indoor or they are just crappy or focus on the wrong thing despite saying outdoor strain thats INCREDIBLY MOLD RESISTANT