Origin Story: Roof Boltz F2 by Gnome Automatics

Story from Dan, Owner and Breeder of Gnome Automatics

With this being my first true photoperiod line, I wanted something that was unique. With the market full of options I wanted something that would stand out, especially from an auto focused breeder. Over the years I have played and bred with photo period plants to add flavor and new profiles to the autos I create. In doing so, I have been lucky enough to come across a few plants that have really left an impression on me. Some of them from hunts and then selected by breeders to become clone only, to ones that have made an impact on the local legal market. Needless to say, my options at times were overwhelming however, I was still able to find two that really stood out to me, and for very different reasons.

The mother of this line was MelvinZ from Seattle Chronic Seeds. This plant was a selection that he made from a seed hunt and then became clone only. He decided to share this with me, as a surprise when I purchased some of his Dr. Grinspoon IBL for my seed vault. Knowing the history of this cultivar as well as the terp profile and resin production, I was excited to add it to my garden. It checked most of the boxes for me, except one, and that was flower density. The flavor and the effect of the flower were fantastic, but there wasn’t much to go around once harvested.

Then comes the father of the line, Candy Breath. The male that was used in the original cross was selected for its strong candy aromas, resin coverage, and most importantly the dense flower sets it had. The mother that was selected from the same seed stock, had nice dense flowers as well. This showed potential for enhancing the flower sets in the offspring. Stem rubs left your fingers smelling of hardtack candy, something that I have personally never experienced on a male. Most of the time males tend to be “typical” when rubbing the stem, but this male was different.

The idea was to blend the two and hope that they would enhance each other. The offspring were along the lines of what I was hoping for. Searching through the F1 was really a treat. There were a lot that leaned towards the pure MelvinZ profile, but had denser buds. The whole F1 hunt that I did to make the F2 actually came out with better flower sets than the original MelvinZ. The Important part though, were the few that came out that really had a candy punch backed with the Z Gas that MelvinZ in known for. These were the ones that I was after, they also left a little dark fade treat at the end of flower in both the leaves and the flower.

The mother that was selected for the release of the F2 was a beautiful blend of dense flowers, resin coverage, candy gas with some vanilla cream as a finish. The male for the F2 was similar to his father with large flower clusters and sweet-smelling stem rubs. I believe this pairing will only enhance what this new hybrid has to offer. This was my attempt to bring an experience to people that I have had a few times over the years. To grow something in your garden that you’ve read about or a friend has had before. I wanted folks to find a keeper in a pack that meant something to them.