Nooooo!!! F'ing Mites I hate the little bastards, its like they were bred just to F*** up Weed. Are you seriously gonna strip the whole grow? Any chance you can spray first with something like Spidermite Control or Neem at the very least? But then again you gotta do what ya gotta do I suppose.
Anyway on to more pleasant things, Smoke Report!!!!
Ok, I had 2 phenos which I've narrowed down to 1 keeper, the other was good but not quite on par with the other which is a shame coz it had really nice hard buds but less of a yeild.
This is the 1 I ditched (well I won't grow it at the mo but I couldn't bring myself to chuck it completely, she will bloom again 1 day).
It had really greasy buds and soo much resin that were hard to the touch and pretty dense, it just never really packed on much weight (average yeild per plant about 1oz). The smell from this 1 was so-so kinda typical ganj and skunk, nice but nothing special (about a 6). The taste was about the same, smooth and slightly skunky (about 5-6). I have to say the hit from this little lady was pretty good, all in the head to start with which is good (for me) then blends into a functional body stone without you really noticing then you are pretty much stoned all over lol, oh and it was one hell of a creeper, the head high for me took at least 5-10 mins to kick in fully that lasted about an hour, then the body stone was kinda just there without you noticing if that makes sense. All in all I did like this pheno (overall about a good 6) just not as much as this next plant.
This is my keeper and she will be around for a long time, well unless I get an exceptional SAGE n Sour next.
This girl stood out right from veg, but really caught my eye about 2 weeks into flower. All the usual desirable traits but her smell really reminds of Bubble Gum/Blueberry-ish. A little bit of a skunky funk so the smell carries but at the same time it catches your attention because of its sweet berry/gum smell.
So for me thats worthy of an 8 I think, I just can't stop smelling it, yummy!!
The yeild is another reason she won't be going anywhere any time soon, I think she averaged about 2oz a plant and is capable of more with a good prune and space so a 7 there, shes no Big Bud but this girls got personality.
Taste, well it's a hint of skunk (again lol) but its got some kind of sweet berry taste too, it's a little too hard to describe but its very tasty so a 7-8 on that one.
The High, ohh man the high. Without writting an essay on it I'd say it is very similar to the first pheno only about 3 times stronger! You really know you've had a smoke after this one. Little rushes up your neck to the back of your head then on to your eyes, a sort of boggle vision- you know when you move your head and it takes another milli second for everything to catch up, that coupled with slight peripheral distortions like "did that just move or am I really stoned?"
I really love the high this gives me, active and trippy then relaxing, it's gonna take some beating. I rate the high at about 8-9 for my tastes anyway. I took some to a party the other day, a couple of "veteran smokers" really liked it and one so called Vet threw a BIG whitey for about 2 hours, teach him to run his mouth about "I can smoke a 1/4 a day", I kept politely pointing out that it's not quantity etc but he wouldn't listen, oh well.
So overall I must say I love this strain and I've still got 8 beans left (could i really find another keeper heheh). I must say a big thank you to shanti for releasing these genetics, you rock dude!!!!
Hope I haven't bored you all with my long post.
Till next time, Peace
Jammy