12 days after switching to 12/12, 15 plants turned out to be female, 10 were male. I continued to feed Terra Vega this 12 days then switched to Terra Flores and B'cuzz bud booster 2 times a week.
Despite my belief the crop turned out to be mostly uniform with only two ladies showing a more Sativa dominated pheno. Most plants tripled in height the first weeks after 12/12.
I was really surprised at how fast the plants filled out. The buddage at 4 weeks 12/12 was already outstanding. Plants finished in 63 days without any problems.
Total trimmed and dry harvest was nearly 400g and leaved me pleased.
I find this variety good value, easy to grow, high yielding with good potency. Only the taste is a bit harsh.....
For Veg. I used Flouros, early flowering because Big Bud increases overall size about 300% after switching to 12/12. For Bloom I used 600W HPS. Standard nutes + handwatering. no extra Co2 and only 1 gallon soil pots (TEKKU ~15x15x25). Good ventilation is recommended.
Oldest commercial strain and I can tell you that I know why it got it's award at the Cup back in '89. Cheap seeds, hardy easy to grow plants, lots of sticky dank buds that you can sell by the quarter-pounder!!!
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Grower Report - HempKat on August 5, 2005, 3:47 am
The plant grew exceedingly well thru most of it's growth and produced nice tight nuggets average roughly the size of golfballs and several colas above ten inches in length (Some LST used in early veg) The buds were very sticky and trichome developement wasy dense with long thin resin glands giving t...continued
Grower Report - GrowinC on August 7, 2005, 11:19 pm
This was my first grow. I grew 5 plants of Nirvana Big Bud and 5 plants of Sensi Early Skunk together. Over all I found the growing process to be fun and fairly easy. I think the Big Buds are a very hardy and easy to grow strain which I'm sure made things a little easier for me. 3 out of 5 plants en...continued