Mango Biche x Iraqi tester
Flower time: I had a mini freak out during the end, and ended up chopping down one plant at week 13, and came to my senses, and let the other lady go til week 15. This was another long flowering strain, and probably has good outdoor potential.
Stretch: These plants just about doubled in size, if that. They really didn’t stretch super hard, which was nice. If it had been a stretcher, it would probably of been an issue running a 15 weeker indoors that stretched the whole time. I’d say it probably grew to its full size by week 5 or so, and just filled out for the rest.
Issues (stress): One of the two plants hermed on me, although it was minor, only in some branches. I didn’t notice it until I harvested and was trimming it up. The other female plant I did not observe any signs of herming. There were no issues with pests, mold, or extreme sensitivity to feeding. Went a day or two past its watering schedule a few times, always bounced right back the next day.
Plant size: In my opinion, it is a medium large plant, considering I had them in 7g fabric pots, under 820w of HID lighting. It had plenty of room to grow, but I am happy with the size it was. Managable in a small space, but not too small. The only issue is the branching was sort of thin, and required a lot of stakes to support itself. Not really a big deal to me, just worth noting that both plants exhibited a much thinner branch structure than of the Dragonsblood F4 x OMG did. The flowers were very resinous, very dense, much much moreso than the DBxOMG. They grew in a wizard hat/golf ball structure, spaced out nicely up the branches.
Yield: Yield was pretty decent from both of these plants, about 4.5oz each. It seems that’s generally what I pull from any Bodhi plant, grown in my setup, yields between 3.5-5oz per plant, So I would put that somewhere in the middle. However, the dense structure makes it look like a lot less than the DBxOMG, which yielded about the same weight, but took up 2 more jars per plant. As a personal grower, I was happy with the yield and would be content if it was average.
Aroma: This one is where the two plants differ a little bit. One is a bit more sweet skunky, not quite RKS, but definitely notes of skunk in there. I’m assuming that’s from the Iraqi. It still has the same sweet mango/tropical fruit note that the other plant has, but plant two has a much sharper, almost fecal/dirty diaper smell. Its worth noting that the smell comes on stinky/sharp, but finishes with that warm tropical/mango smell. On the plant I found myself describing the odor as “a mango orchard and the BO of the farmer harvesting them”
Flavor: Flavor is pretty good on this. Like the nose on each, but a little more muted. On the skunkier one, the taste is really earthy, in a good way. Like a good Kush taste.
Effect: This is probably the winner category of this strain. This is a pretty good counterpart for DBxOMG. Upon exhale, it hits you right in the brain. Always makes me look around kind of slowly at first, just sort of examine everything. Not quite a couchlock, but definitely a brainlock. Be prepared to do some staring off into space, forgetting what you got up for, went into a room for, etc. Really good for zoning out on at the end of the day. Will usually give me the munchies too, which is rare to have happen to me. Both plants’ effects are not noticeably different.
Bag appeal: Great bag appeal. The least important aspect of the plant to me, but this will appeal to the broader audience. Tight, dense, trich covered buds. They look really nice with a quality trim job. But, I don’t care as much about that, so I don’t trim as much. If it was important to one, these could be manicured into picture perfect buds. There was some minor foxtailing on the upper buds, but not like the ones Purple Wookie V1 throws.
Overall impression (be honest): I think this plant has potential, but again out of the 10 seeds I popped, I only got 2 females. I did cull 2 runts early before they were sexed, I just needed the space. Also ½ of the females I had hermed. It wasn’t bad, and I believe it was late in the flower. I really like the smell and effects, but the grow time was also kind of a downer. Like DBxOMG, I think this may do well outside, especially in a climate closer to the equator.
Keeper: Personally, I did not keep any cuts of this. Like I said about DBxOMG, It is just too long for me to keep going indoors. I think an outdoor grower would have a much better run at it and it could reach its potential that way. It also hermed, and that’s never fun. I’m only picking very, very immature seeds out nugs here and there, so its not a huge deal for me. I would try and have an outdoor grower test this before its written off, because I think It has a supreme amount of potential.
there we go, I have fulfilled my duty to pop full tester packs in a reasonable amount of time, grow out, and report back on my findings for both strains I was given. And to post them on the forums. Sending reports in now.