| Well, let me first start off by saying that I chose this strain because I wanted to see if feminized seeds were all they were cracked up to be. With just a few hermies and minor problems, the 100% female sex rate surpasses the hurdles! In my eyes, they are a little too pricey, so I will be sticking with standard seeds from now on, but are worth the $ for 100% beautiful women.
Early Growth:
Sprouted 3 seeds in a paper towel with a light mix of Superthrive in the H2O. 100% germ. rate (obviously). Planted all three 2 days later into small square pots with a mix of Pro Mix BX soil w/ a little extra perlite and vermiculite for added drainage. Watered with a light mix of Superthrive until the sprouts popped out of the soil. Saran wrap was placed over the tops of the pots to increase humidity and to keep from drying out. Aired twice a day, everyday. After second set of true serrated leaves appeared, transplanted into 4 gal. pots w/ Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil and extra vermiculite & perlite, using a dose of Superthrive to help with shock and any slight root damage that occured.
Mid Growth/Pre-Flower:
Growth was pretty vigorous throught this stage in their lives. 2 of the plants showed the expected Indica over Sativa ratio, but one plant leaned a little more towards the Sativa side than the others (thinner leaves, slightly taller). These girls sure like nutes. After about 3 weeks after transplant, had to start fertilizing with their waterings using store bought distilled water. I used Fox Farm Grow Big for the veg. ferts, w/ Nature's Best Liquid Trace Minerals as directed (give or take depending on the needs of my girls). All plants were topped once at their 5th node. After the second to the top node on each plant was alternating, they were thrown into flower all together. No preflowers that I could see for this strain.
Flowering:
Well, this is where I ran into my only problem with nute def. I didn't give them enough N after switch from 24/0 to 12/12. Some of the lower fan leaves turned a little yellow and a couple of the ends got crispy. A few feedings of a little grow ferts, and I was back on track. About a week and a half after light switch, I had nice white/pinkish pistil's peeking out! About 2 weeks after that, I had some nice little girls going on! For the flower ferts, I used Fox Farm Big Bloom & Better Harvest's Fossilized Red Seabird Guano. 3 1/2 weeks before harvest, I found the first set of hermie bannanas on the biggest top (cola). From then until harvest, found various hermie bannanas on the plants, mostly on the lower bud sites. The hermaphrodite trait in this strain sucks, but it's not too extreme. Harvested w/ 80/20 milky/amber trich's, at 59 days from 12/12 switch.
Harvest:
All three plants were harvested at the same time by cutting the main stem and hanging upside down in the grow room. Oscillating fan kept on 24 hours for air circulation. Temps were lowered to around 55-60 degrees to delay drying time (about 6 days). Averaged 1 1/4 oz. per plant dry weight.
Curing:
Tops where put into their own jars, mids and lows put into others. As of this writing, the bud has been curing for about 2 1/2 weeks now.
Smoke Report:
Now here is my favorite part of this strain rating. The Smoke Report! Well, Im going to do this in real-time to type down what this bud does to me----*opens jar*. The smell of the jars is fantastic! Very dank, smells like good weed, just not real powerful *grabs bud, packs bowl*. When the bud breaks and crumbles into the bowl as you press down, a breeze of earthy, dank smell graces your nose. It's a beautiful thing! Trying to type with my left hand now is a little trickier due to the resin coated finger-tips *grabs lighter, tokes first hit*. Goes down nice and smooth! After exhaling, a distinct taste of hash is left on your tastebuds! Nice! *takes second toke*. Same thing, except I just coughed up a lung! Went down a little too smooth and I took a little too much smoke for my lungs to handle. Still tastes pretty damn good! After waiting for 3 minutes, I'm feeling pretty good. Not much of a creeper. I'm pretty damn high for 2 hits.
In conclusion to this strain report, I would say that this strain is a decent, good tasting, pretty potent, easy to grow, good undercover grower strain. Hermaphrodites are a pain in the rump, but can be controlled by snipping them off and carefully watching your plants and keeping stress down to a minimum, especially with light leaks during the dark portion of the 12/12 cycle. Be safe all! I'm out!
Garden Information for this report 400w MH for veg. state 400w HPS for flower Pro Mix Bx Fox Farm Ocean Forest potting soil Perlite Vermiculite Fox Farm Grow Big Fox Farm Big Bloom Better Harvest's Fossilized Red Seabird Guano Nature's Best Liquid Trace Minerals |
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Report added by: L.V.DUBB
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