Final El Niño pics and Smoke Report.
This was 4-16-10 68 days.
This is the report I did on my home forum, c/p here.
I grew out a 5pk, 3 plants made it. Not much uniformity.
I'm going to rate them individually where applicable. The plants were referred to as A B and C.
#1-Strain:>El Niño - GHS Fem.
(White Widow X Haze)
#2-Appearance:>8 Short and stocky. Huge fat Indica fan leaves.
Really thick main stems.
A plant - Very frosty, really grate coverage.
B plant - Airy, foxtail buds. Most stretch.
C plant - Buds were more dense but lots of leaves with out lot's of snow. Shortest plant.
#3-Taste:>6.5 This is tough, the bottom line is that taste is not a very remarkable feature of this strain.
A plant - it hit's the tongue sweet, but unflavored, like sugar, but not candy. It goes to a non-descript earthy flavor after that.
B plant - a bit like Hay, with an after thought of weed.
C plant - it's got a bit of a tang, like clover, but it's well cured (6wks) so it's not that uncured chlorophyll taste... it goes almost bitter at the end.
#4-Aroma:>6 Similar to the flavor profiles, not much odor, growing or cured.
The aroma has just gotten better around wk 5 of the cure.
A plant - I asked a friend to analyze this for me and after careful assesement he pronounced it "Blue Urinal Cakes, not the pink ones, the blue ones, when they are new". I'd have never come up with that but I can detect a hint of cleaner or chemical (not fuel) in it. Hint of floral scent but too hard to name.
B plant - Again, Hay, but now with a strong foundation of weed smell.
C plant - Not quite skunky but clearly something stronger to this aroma than the others, a little like wet dog.
#5-High/Stone type:>7 It's kinda strange, it's like I got the spectrum.
A plant - Really nice/complex, you feel it in your head on the first exhale, makes your nose twitch. You get about 20min of a non-paranoid head trip, mental journey, not frantic. Visual perception vivid. Then it settles down into your body but not too heavy. Long lasting. Mild munchies.
B plant - Takes a min to notice, then it's in your head, and that's where it stays. To me that serves a purpose, not so bad to have around for the daytime but you have to keep smoking. No munchies.
C plant - Takes a few to kick in, somewhat balanced but by far the most body effect. It's sorta sleepy with more munchies than the other 2.
#6-Source:>Dr. Chronic.
#7-Price:>$45 or so, don't remember exactly.
#8-Potency:>Not great. 6.75/10
A plant - 7.75, it's def worth smoking.
B plant - 6
C plant - 6
#9-Overall Rating:>6.75
#10-Overall Description:>This is purported to be a WWxHaze. I saw no signs of Sativa influence in the growth of these plants. They were short and fat.
The leafy C plant sprouted some bananas in there too, so keep a close eye.
The A plant made the grow worth it.
#11-Would you Reccomend:> No, I would not. I got one really nice plant in this pack and I'll keep it around, at least for a bit, but this pack didn't provide me with the quick (relatively) flowering Haze high I'd hoped for. And I do not feel like it is possible for the listed lineage to be authentic based on appearance and effect. I do not recommend Feminized seed, I bought them for the comparison with Shanibaba's La Niña and chose the cheapest option.
#12-Smokers General Comments:>I wasn't really expecting that much from this strain so the A plant was a nice surprise. The Hermaphrodite wasn't really a surprise. I've killed the clones/mothers for the B and C plants.
Thanks All.
Grat
