| I grew out a pack of Bogbubble not knowing what to expect. I had heard great reviews but was still skeptical as there were some BOG bashers, and others claiming "average" potency. I now know that these people didn't know what they were talking about or got a poor phenotype.
I started a pack of seeds and out of 15 only was left with one female!! Fairly dissapointing as I saw a lot of variation between the plants. One male was especially special, as it grew the largest leaves, thickest stalk, and a pungent odour. The phenotype of the lone female looked to be almost a sativa/indica mix. It still had the tight internodes, however the leaves were not as thick.
I took 6 clones from the female and rooted them in perlite and vermiculite. Then placed them into the 6" netpots full of rockwool. The plants grew a lot faster than they had in the soil pots they were started in, but the veg growth was extremely slow. I had to harvest by a certain time, so I has forced to flower before they had a chance to reach proper size for the space.
The went through veg cycle with no problems. The stretch during the first two weeks of flower was minimal to say the least. They seemed to continue growing at their original pace, and then stopped after around 3 weeks of flower. They didn't fill out the screen I made but there were still enough buds to make it a worthwhile harvest.
They were under a 940 watt HPS as well as a 430 watt HPS. There was an inline fan for exhaust, and passive intake was used. During the last two weeks of flower I was busy with school work and made the mistake of neglecting my babies. One specific incident had the pH dropping to the low-mid 3's for two days. The plants had a rough time with this and it showed in the growth, i beleive through a magnesium deficiency. Next time will try to perfect the nute cycles, as I didn't quite get the handle of "feeling" how much nutes to put based on the plants, but I have picked up quite a bit of knowledge from this first DWC grow.
The plant growth characteristics were not very acceptable in my books, but the buds that started to grow and swell made me not even think twice about them. Thick, juicy, white buds were starting to make my room smell like someone spilled some sort or artificial sweet odour in the air. It really smelled like those little round cheap peices of gum that are multicoloured. Well the plants smelled the way they taste. Once it was time to harvest I had sampled several buds on an almost daily basis and the stone was impressive to say the least. Every person that smoked the buds said that it was some of the best bud they had ever seen. Even a police officer commented on how crystally the bud was and asked if I knew where it came from...LOL!!
The stone was a stong buzz that hit immediately. It gave you about enough time to make a meal, get comfortable, and prepare to pass out. You wouldn't necessarily fall asleep, as the buzz prevented you from closing your eyes. It did make you not want to move, which is hard if your an active individual. This is definately movie, tv, end of night type of buzz. One dealer who goes through literally pounds a week commented that it was some of the strongest bud he has smoked, even superior to a white widow he gets thats supposedly an amazing mother. But for all I know its lowrider, or Top44 being sold as "the Chronic"!!..(by the way, check out my chronic, serious seeds grow report. another great strain).
This is definately a plant to grow and keep in the garden. As soon as seedsdirect has bogbubble back in stock I will keep a pack for a later date. Maybe i got lucky with the one female, but if not then there are a lot of pheno's to chose from that hopefully have better growth characteristics.
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Report added by: iamhorse
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