Note on the SLH high.
@Stunger -- I just re-read your latest post / wrap-up on the Mulanje Sherbert over on your thread and she sounds like strong stuff! It just made me think about "strength" as a trait of the weed I grow. In my experience weed is always strongest right after harvest. It can be downright incapacitating. This past year, the Malawi was the strongest weed I'd ever had. It put me in another world where I could simply sit and stare for hours. Actually, though, tbh I have to say that I will limit myself to being incapacitated when I don't have to interact much, drive, or converse. If I need to go out and do things, interact, run errands or walk the dog, I prefer a high that is energising, uplifting, and enhances concentration with a euphoric feeling.
That is why Super Lemon Haze became a favorite and I'm writing this because you've mentioned now that you may be growing that strain in your next grow. SLH can give you a euphoric cerebral zing with an underlying relaxing body buzz, but here's my tip to anyone growing SLH from GHS feminized: The SLH harvest window for me in my climate(s) is in the third week of Oct, say between Oct 14 and 21. That seems early for a "haze", but of course SLH isn't pure a haze, it's a Super Silver Haze x Lemon Skunk, and Lemon Skunk is ripe for harvest in early October. So if I wait longer, say, into November, the effect is less of what I look for.
I harvested SLH in 2020 in California on Oct 23, and this was just by accident that it turned out just right for my taste. I needed to catch a plane, so I just harvested it without a lot of expectations. But to my surprise it turned out so well, and last year I grew SLH in two climates (north side and south side of the mountains) and harvested SLH on several dates: Oct 14, Oct 23, and Nov 5. This is Northern Hemisphere, and I suppose you'd need to figure out when the plant is ripe to your specs for your climate down under, but my point is this year I would harvest in mid-October here. It just turns out that the third week of Oct, from say the 14th to the 21st is going to be about right for me. I say this because the Nov 5 harvest lost some of the cerebral zing but gains a more relaxing effect. I do enjoy that weed, but I actually prefer the earlier-harvested weed because it is more uplifting, euphoric, and my best weed for everyday use.
Cheers
I'm of course pleased that my experience with SLH tipped you over, but I hope you find you also like this plant. My recent post shows the last "original" SLH fem from my 2020 GHS 5-pack, but as you know I also grew seeds last year, and I've a number of SLH crosses that will comment on later this season. Hoping to find a male amongst those as they commence flowering. With a little luck I'll be growing a new cross next year: 75% SLH and 25% Michka. All the best to you! Emeraldo
