Re: Xlr8's Hydroponic Adventures and Photos from the Garden - 2012
All is well with the gals in the bloom tent tonight. I spent about 45 minutes tying down branches to keep the canopy as even as possible. I've been spending a little time on it almost every night. The Chocolope is a freakin' bush! It really reminds me of the Jack the Ripper in how compact it is and how "branchy" and dense it is. Very strong Sativa traits being expressed. I'll need to give her a good trim once the stretch is done.
The 2 Super Lemon Hazes and the Deadhead OG both look great as well. The SLH plants are starting to stretch pretty good already, and aren't as dense in their foliage as the Chocolope (same with the Deadhead).
Moms are still doing great too, and I've been giving a lot of thought to what I want to keep and what I want to possibly cull. I only wanted to keep one mom between the Jack the Ripper and the Deadhead OG from the last grow, but I like them both so much for different reasons, and I'm having a difficult time culling either from the mom pool.
On that note, I thought I'd share a little more about the Jack the Ripper, Deadhead OG, and OG Kush now that I have been vaping them for a month or so now, and am on my second grow with the Deadhead and JTR.
Here's why I just can't let go of the Jack the Ripper pheno I have:
- Short, compact Sativa (very handy trait indoors!)
- Fantastic taste and smell (the Lemon taste is startlingly lemony and very tasty)
- Above average high and unique experience (it is a creeper BIG time. It takes 15 minutes to know what you've got, then BLAM!). The high itself is a happy, giggle high, and it does a nice job with my nerve related pains.
- Really vigorous and likes everything I give it - perky and happy most of the time without much effort.
- Side branches like to grow very uniformly once topped, making it easy to bush out.
Here's a few cons to the JTR:
- Branchy and compact to the point of difficult to work with, and needs a lot of trimming in bloom.
- Unless vegged for extended time, it WANTS to be small. (This is both pro and con - the con here being yield).
- Mold risk due to compact nature if not properly trimmed/maintained
Favorite things about the Deadhead OG:
- Good yielder. Without much vegging, and in a crowded space, it yielded over 4z.
- Frostiest buds I've grown to date
- Super potent - this would be a one hitter quitter for less seasoned tokers. Probably the most potent bud I've grown - at least close to or equal to it.
- Quick hitter - Sometimes I get high while still vaping it - no creeper with the Deadhead!
- Very pretty buds with huge calyx's, fun plant to grow
- Super vigorous and extremely resilient
- Nice mix of indica and Sativa. Branches are more like an indica, buds like a Sativa, and has Sativa qualities to the high. It will knock you out at the end a bit, indica style, unlike the Jack the Ripper.
Not so favorite things about the Deadhead OG:
- I'm not a big fan of the indica knockout at the end, though there is a definite time and place for it.
- The taste is superb, but it unfortunately gets a little old sometimes. It's a diesel/chemical/lemon pledge sort of taste that smells sublime, and tastes great 'til you get sick of it. I don't see myself getting sick of the "smell" but the taste is already getting a little boring (but certainly not bad).
- Not as good at nerve pain relief, but nice for aches and pains nonetheless.
Oh yeah! I almost forgot,
I have a bunch of seeds that are a mix of the Deadhead and a Jack the Ripper male from my breeding experiment last round. I most definitely need to grow some of these in the next round!!
What did we decide to call those? Deadhead Jack? Along with the JTR/OG Kush cross I made, too (OG Ripper?).
Now I'm getting a bit excited about those seeds!
Lastly, the best bud I grew last round was actually the OG Kush, quality of medicine wise. I didn't, unfortunately, keep a clone from it, though. I knew that would happen - the one I didn't clone would be the one I treasure the most to vape.
OG Kush is pretty well documented, but I really love the high. It's a motivated, creative, giggly high that will leave you getting things done. I feel so motivated with the OG! The taste is really hard to explain on the one I grew. Not really lemony like some I've heard. Chemical-like, somewhat, but very good. Maybe a little bit of chocolate to the taste, believe it or not.
The downside, and one reason I'm not too bummed about not having a clone, was that it grew small, underwhelming buds and was a really finicky plant to grow. Not easy to please, and a lot of work for a little medicine. BUT, oh what medicine! I have more OG seeds, and will search for a pheno I like - until then, can't wait to try some of the seeds from the cross with my JTR male. I was sceptical about how good OG Kush would really be, but it's great. Right up there with the Chocolope from 2 grows ago, which is still my favorite.
Hope everyone's gardens are green!
