9 out of 10 seeds popped. With 3 dying due to general seed-newbiness. Another was killed when not watered! So I was left with 5 seeds; out of which I luckily got 4 females and one stud. The male was chopped when identified, and the 4 females were transplanted into 3.5L pots filled with coco. After indentifying the various pheno's (1 x swt#3 pheno, 2 x 50/50 pheno's- high of the ortega and taste of the tooth, & the Ortega pheno) the ortega pheno was chosen to go onto my NFT tray under 1200w of hps with her 3 sister pheno's in pots filled with coco sitting next to the NFT, on the sidelines.
The ortega pheno branches out alot and would do well as a bush or in a scrog. The buds are not long but phat and very very dense. Watch out for mould!! I got hit by it late bloom only found when harvested... The high will put you out... simple! The taste is hashy and spicy.
The 50/50 pheno's I had were both sweet as hell with the smaller yielding one being the better/sweeter smoke of the two. The high leans toward the ortega; pretty stuppifying! The taste is sweet and hashy
The swt#3 pheno was a strange one... grew out mutated in veg. Then looked like it was'nt gonna put on any weight and then packed it on in the last 2 weeks. It could've gone 60-65 days and would've had a better smoke & heavier yield. tatse was sweetish, but kinda dull.
All in all this is definatley a good strain. I got a keeper from 5 beans! Taste, high & yield are all there.
Not a good strain for bubble- yield or taste, IMO. Total yield was- 1042g from 13 plants- 10 oretga on nft tray and 3 other pheno's in coco.
pics:
#1- bloom room days from harvest #2- 3 pheno's in coco #3- oretga pheno cola #4- oretga pheno cola #5- oretga pheno cola #6- oretga pheno cola #7- 50/50 pheno buds (pheno-1) #8- 50/50 pheno buds (pheno-4) #9- swt#3 pheno buds #10- Oretga pheno buds