The Daily Bud

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By now everyone should know of my work with Black Russian and Sputnik and how many people grow then out and swear by them as far as potency and yields and no one complains ever about flavor but I see people describing it as Berry Pepper or Spicy and that not really the flavor I was looking for when I started out. Everyone is crazy about Blueberry but to be honest its rare I find a female that actually taste anything like an actual blueberry anything. Sure there are the occasional rare yummy ones but its not like a super tasty keeper is in every pack. Now I must clarify this has nothing to do with Somas’s lavender I have smoked it several times and it doesn’t have the same taste, smell or look at this northern California original.

I have spoken with several people who grow this cutting also know to some as Urkle. Its easily recognized by her super short and slow growth pattern and later in bud her amazing transformation into a Lavender beauty just reeking of grapes and purple goodness.

 

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It my recent article The Color Purple I lay out why cannabis turns purple and other colors and explained why so many find it desirable. I have spend many wasted dollars trying purple samples both in the US and in the UK as well as Canada but until Sticky Lungs passed this cut to me I was not overly impressed with the taste of any of them and you know me I am into taste as much as potency. If Lavender has a down side its how slow she grows after rooting. In soil I take cuts a full month before the rest of my strains just so she can have a chance of keeping up. One thing Space Dude ( our Space Queen breeding male) is good for is adding some speed and stretch to most of his sibling crosses and we hope the combination of potency and heavy resins will make a killer cross.



I grew out the cutting Sticky gave me along with the Trainwreck and in the end I liked the TW grown in my garden about as much as his. The lavender fooled me though, it took so long to get going I had her in the rear of the garden and in the last 2 weeks she just filled out some massive rock hard colas that slowly started to fade to purple. Now I must stress I intentionally kept her in a warm area with no cold nights and I maxed out my super soil so that zero fading could occur. Basically I had the Nitrogen levels super high to make sure she was green to the end. If this girl turned colors I wanted it to be naturally occurring.

Lets Look at her growing up from Cutting.
The plants simply loved super soil it was just slow......
As the plant matured it was extremely dark green and total Indica at week 5 she was barely turning purple but it was all in the genetics because day and night temps were running in the high 70’s I didn’t add any fertilizers other than sucanat and sweatleaf.

 

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In the end the buds were a beautiful Purple, almost Black Plum colored and the flavor is out of this world. I like to contrast the taste with another strain like Jack the Ripper that’s completely different and lemony harsh. When you have a binger of lavender it taste so good I almost always take to much in and get a giant head rush. This isn’t whimpy bud either with a heavy Indica influence its buzz is great for night time. I like to pour a nice strong sweet coffee to go with a joint of this super sweet strain. I notice living full time with a bud garden some times my senses are numbed down and I have to leave the house to really smell what our weed is like.

Breeding in the winter is a bit different than the summer in that the breeding closet we use now is not heated and being remote from the home its cold as hell out there. He developed nicely but has been kinda hanging on here the last few days so I have decided to move the 400 watt light over him to warm things up and get the party started. I have lavender clones in two stages one budding now almost 27 days and one budding like 22 I will decide which one is best but the older one may be to far along to finish the seeds before finishing.

As I was photographing the older one I am thinking if the Dude goes off soon we may be in business but any longer and we will have to go with the one that has been in 12/12 less time. This strain does go a full 8 weeks so a seeded plant can usually go about 10 extra days so I will have to see what the boy does in this match up.
12/7/06

 

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More pics from the creation of Querkle

 

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Youd almost know the weed from these seeds is going to be epic.

 

[HIGH 4 LIFE]

Sub you explain every thing and give the best detailed smoke , grow , breeding reports on every thing . Thanks

Very nice.

 

[HIGH 4 LIFE]

Shit Sub I just looked at the cameras and lenses you use you got some money invested .
But I say its worth it because you got the best pics I have seen .

 

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I listed my full collection but most shots you see are taken with the D-50 and the 105 Macro I also shoot nature shots with the other ones.

 

[rzza]

i just used dangerview as a wallpaper. sweet pic!

 

[HIGH 4 LIFE]

I like the nature shots Sub very nice , and you did not like photography tell you became a breeder . You got talent at both . Very very nice work Sub !!

 

[glassblower3000]

holy!!!!dude, breathtaking shots Sub...is that crater???

 

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Yes Crater Lake its epic you just jaw gap when you see it the first time I must have said "Wow" twenty times

Sub

 

[Bhanghead]

haha! My childhood family summer vacations always involved stoping by crater lake on our way to gramps house.. that view brought back some memories.. great pics sub!

 

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Sure everyone post up there pics

Lets have a free for all.

Sub

 

[hybridbuds]

I have some cool pics, but they aren't crater lake. Just deciduous rainforest from the KY/TN/VA/OH area. Nothin special really, I like to blaze in that river everyday and I usually spot deer, foxes, snakes, etc... Lots of catfish down here

 

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Anything nice post em up, T Curtiss your pics were sweet bro you should leave em up!
Sub

 

[TCurtiss]

Anything nice post em up, T Curtiss your pics were sweet bro you should leave em up!
Sub

Will do

Please enjoy

One of my all time favorites

I plan to get this one framed for around the house

Walking a friends dog at sunset

My old stomping grounds

 

[rzza]

Will do

Please enjoy

One of my all time favorites

man im in awwe ...i love your pics. you should make a thread in toke n talk or something with a bunch more. and what is that in pic one?

 

[TCurtiss]

Will do

Please enjoy

One of my all time favorites

man im in awwe ...i love your pics. you should make a thread in toke n talk or something with a bunch more. and what is that in pic one?

Thank you

I may do that once I get done with the daily chores maybe we can have a community thread if great pictures or something like that

I do have a bunch more, I do enjoy taking pictures I had this great little neck of woods a 1/2 mile from my old place back east and would walk my roommates dog daily up there and mountain bike as well.

I have to head out and get things done

Have a good one

 

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TGA is always in one mag or another