Lemon Cherry Cookies Auto: Pollination Setup & Parent Selection

The video begins by showing the selected female plants of Lemon Cherry Cookies following the previous update. At this point, everything is being prepared for pollination. The females are already showing clear signs that they are entering the optimal window to start receiving pollen, while the selected males are reaching full maturity and are about to release it.

From the original 160 base specimens, we're now working with 96 chosen females. This number may be refined further, but it's already a significant reduction in variation compared to the starting population.

For this run, male selection was done from 28 representative candidates, resulting in four chosen males that will be used for pollination. The main goal for this generation is to standardize color and structure. All four selected males strongly express dark purple traits and have a very similar overall structure, which is crucial at this stage of line development. Lemon Cherry Cookies Auto has displayed a naturally compact growth habit since the earliest generations.

Beginning with this generation, we aim to slightly increase overall plant size by selecting taller and more robust individuals, while keeping structural balance intact. This direction is driven mainly through female selection. The chosen female plants will play the main role in defining terpene profile and color, while the males ensure structural consistency and genetic stability in the population.

Why use four males instead of just one? At generations from f3 onward, the goal is no longer exploration, but controlled fixation. Using just one male for all females can quickly create uniformity, but it also causes a severe genetic bottleneck, increasing the risk of inbreeding depression and locking in hidden weaknesses. On the other hand, using too many males would add unnecessary variability and dilute the direction established in previous generations. Real stability is defined at the population level.