New Year's Haze

I have a lot of respect for Mr. Nice Seedbank and Shantibaba, and they have some of the the genetic building blocks (haze, Afghan, skunk) that were originally worked by Nevil. I decided to pheno hunt through Mr. Nice Seedbank Angel's Breathe because the parents (Mango Haze x Afghan Haze) are so well regarded. Nevil has commented that AB looks like a great strain with some great flavors and highs to be found. I'm looking for an uplifting, euphoric, cerebral energetic haze high with some really good flavor, and I realize the pheno I'm looking for is probably going to need 12+ weeks to flower. This is my third grow so I think I'm ready for the challenges presented by long-flowering, stretchy, nute-sensitive haze hybrids. I hope to have a few nice plants harvested around the new year, hence the title of this grow diary. My plan is to grow out up to 10 plants from seed, take clones, and flower the clones in October, when my flower tent is available. This should reduce my flower time by about 2 weeks compared to flowering seedlings. I'd like to flower a couple males outside before it gets too cold, so I can collect some pollen and make some F2 seeds. I'm growing in coco hempy buckets and using the General Hydroponics flora series drain-to-waste (DTW) feed schedule, with supplemental CaliMg. This week was only tap water (100 ppm) + a few drops of GH Rapid Start after most of the seedlings were up. A week after I popped the seeds, I have a 90% germination rate, with one still in play. These seeds were slow to germinate, some needing 6+ days, and I helped #2, #5 and #8 along by removing the embryonic membrane with tweezers. These seedlings will go into 6" square pots with coco next week. And we're off!