Crop King Seeds - Black Indica Strain Contest - 2016
Black Indica - Crop King Seeds
Type: Indoor / Outdoor
Growing: Easy - Moderate
Flowering Time: 8 Weeks
Indica/Sativa: 80% Indica
THC: Moderate
Yield: 2.62oz, 74 grams
Genetics: Pure Kush X Afghan
In this review, I am going to tell you a little bit about the growth, the harvest, the smell, the high, and what we liked about the Black Indica.
The Growth
Black Indica took a couple days to germinate.
On the first few weeks of the vegetative stage it was apparent she was an indica dominant strain. Big/Huge fat fan leaves, dark green, short stubby.
I went above and beyond with the use of most techniques. I super cropped, low stress trained, topped multiple times and even tried fimming and cloning.
How did she react? Black Indica is a very strong and hardy plant. She went through hell and recovered quickly, usually by the next day or two.
My cloning experience was great. With rooting powder, I got 100% cloning success. I ended up keeping three clones out of 12 due to space reasons. You could do a sea of green with this strain on 1 gallon or .5 gallon pots, straight from clone to 12/12.
My recommendation if you are using a 250w or less HPS to veg in a 2'x2'x5' space is to flip when she is about 1.5' tall. She will develop some spaced internodes during vegging. You will be able to put 4 plants (3 gal pots) in a 2'x2'x5' space easily yielding 304g or more.
I would top her once and low stress train some branches. I would keep her vegging for 3-4 weeks maximum. I have tried mainlining her, for the added time, and my space constraints, I would not do it again.
The Black Indica will stretch about half her veg height. The stretch will be tight internodes so you can achieve nicely packed long colas.
The colas blew up in the last 2 weeks of flowering. Lots of sugar leaves, which can be used for extracting.
My fattest cola was just a tad bit smaller than the diameter of a 591ml Pepsi bottle.
Harvest
Sticky sticky sticky stinky. She developed lots of trichomes and my camera may not be able to show this that well.
I harvested a few days before hitting week 9, lots of cloudy trichomes, about 20%-30% amber trichomes, perhaps 10% clear trichomes. It really depended on the area I was sampling from.
I am currently curing and will cure for 3-4 weeks.
On my next black indica harvest, I will wait until 50% amber trichomes are developed. No clear trichomes.
Smell
Black Indica smell started to develop at the vegetative stage, approximately 2 weeks-3 weeks.
I get an earthy, skunky and some hints of citrus or pine.
You will need a carbon scrubber for this grow.
The High
Relaxing mild narcotic.
It creeps on you, mild head high feeling pressure on the front of my head, heavy eyes, and then it goes to your body. Some pain relief properties, great for insomnia, mild couch lock. A little dry mouth effect and I do get hungry with this strain.
Don't expect to be very energetic or productive during the use of Black Indica.
What I Liked
I really loved how strong and durable this plant is and how fast she recovered.
I also liked her smell a lot, and the high was great for night time.
I would recommend this strain for those looking to relax and snooze with mild pain relief.
From seed to harvest perhaps 12-13 weeks.
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