Early skunk & incredible bulk retrospective grow journal

I know this is cheating but I started my 3 (sensi seeds) feminised early skunk in late April 2016 , I couldn't find too many complete grow journals or positive reviews about this strain. I thought I might have made a mistake in buying them but as they were only £20 I thought I would give them a try . Lots of people slag off sensi for poor germination rate but all 3 sprouted within a week.

I was also given 4 incredible bulk cuttings none were rooted and they took 3 weeks to show roots in jiffy cubes. Only 2 made it and started to grow well
IB cutting

One early skunk took quite a beating it was knocked off a wall by a gust of wind and snapped in two... so I made a cutting from the top half and it rooted quickly, while the other two grew steadily
Early skunk plants in veg

My two early skunk plants and bulk cuttings preceded to grow vigorously and I bought some 15 litre airpots to repot them into but at this point realised my small plastic greenhouse would not take 4 full size plants and I gave them away to a friend with a farm to put out in a secret spot.... I kept one early skunk that had been dropped and after that survived a slug attack eating half the stem!! This plant was hardy!
And I took a cutting from one of the incredible bulks this is in mid July.

I pretty much wrote of any chance of any kind of meaningful havest at this point.

Fast forward to the middle of August and I thought the early skunk was a male or at the very least a hermaphrodite. Nearly killed it off but thought I could cross it with the bulk to get some seeds for next year... the early skunk was getting bushy by now. But I over watered the bulk cutting and it was struggling.
Early skunk in full grow

Well it was a female after all!!
I think it started to flower in the last week of August?? As did the ib cutting but it was leggy and getting pushed to the side by the early skunk.

Colas forming on the early skunk. Looking like I might have a bit of bud to potentially harvest .

I was feeding her canna terra flora, zym, ryzotonic, and blackstrap molasses

Had been warm dry weather up until this point, then the rain started. And mold started to show on a few stems so I had to trim off a little nug

Meanwhile the bulk has been crystaling up nicely and it stinks. Not exactly incredibly bulky but some nice dense nuggets

Early skunk nearly ready and purpling up due to cold night time temperatures ... looks a bit like serious seeds biddy early to me? Buddy early is a cross of early skunk and warlock so I suppose it might look similar

To be continued....

It's been a month since the big chop chop. And the buds cured a little.

Early skunk smoke report.. I'm not the best at describing taste , effects but here goes ... as a Brit I usually skin up a joint using a little bit of tobacco and as a non smoker this gives me an awful head rush , so when I make a purey it's a lot nicer... the early skunk taste is nothing amazing but a nice earthy old school taste, the high is nice and mellow, an initial feeling of euphoria and positivity with almost an anti anxiety property . No couch lock at all. This is in comparison to the incredible bulk that just wipes me out no fun at all really! Then as the early skunk high settles in I have a profound sense of well being and calmness. If I were a musician I could imagine this being good creatively.

Weight of the early skunk was about 120 grams off one plant, so not bad at all and the incredible bulk was about 40 grams. I say about because I gave some of each away to friends before I weighed it all up.

Happy daze.

Please feel free to comment on this journal. Cheers

Early skunk by sensi seeds... I recommend it

Nice grow....Was surprized the IB didn't give you more buds...I have 2 seeds on their way....Good job!!!