Yo whuttup guys. Sorry I've been totally BOWLshitting on this journal for a while now. A few of you have seen the results of my subcool grow in that TGA Grower's Club thread but for anyone who hasn't I should tell you Sub has some wicked potent genetics. Plus I got 7 out of 9 females on that first run. Vortex is narrowly my favorite but they're all dank as hell. So for those of you who haven't been following that TGA club thread here's a few pics. For everyone else I also got some new stuff afterwards.
These first two are Jillybean. I had two phenos. One was a very small yielder but had super potency with a orange cleaner type smell. The second was a lot better yielder with a more creamy orange custard smell and taste. Potency is also extreme with the second pheno and both phenos get a very dark purple to the leaves.
Next up was Chernobyl. One pheno was very sweet peppermint with enormous yields. I thought subcool's gear was all small yielding but this particular plant is one of the best yielders I have ever come across. Too bad the potency was not up to par with the rest. No pics of that one because I didn't end up keeping it. The other pheno I got is definitely keeper material though. Not as big a yielder at all but it has a super sour grapefruit zest to it that is crazy to smoke. The smell hangs in the air forever. Potency with this smaller yielding pheno is top notch.
Then we have the Vortex. I got three females/phenos with this one. One was a very good yielder but kind of stretchy. Taste is like a minty hash. Very hard to describe but dank. Here's a shitty pic of it.
The second pheno was equally stretchy but didn't yield so great. No minty smell or taste at all, just hash. Blonde hash to be specific. Killer potency but I have no pic because I didn't keep that one either. I think the final pheno I got had the same qualities but even better. For those that don't know this strain is supposed to very like Cindy99. I'm assuming this last pheno is most C99 dominant because it finishes so much faster than the rest. C99 is supposed to flower real fast, around 50 days. Plus this is the most potent of all the TGA plants I grew so far. When growing it smells like pure dog shit. After dry and cure it's more like cheesey hash. The high from this strain is dangerously strong. My stepbrother turned ghost white and needed to lay down after smoking it. It doesn't look as impressive as some of the others but something about it just gets you wrecked.
I'm not sure exactly where I left off before but the two Qleaner I had turned out male. I planted 4 new Qleaner seeds a few days ago. One turned out to be a freak. It sprouted two taproots and is growing all funny.
I'm also trying out a 100% organic grow at the moment. I'm at week 5 with the first test plant and it looks great. I'm pretty much switching everything over to organic at this point. I'm using botanicare pure blend pro, calmag, and liquid karma. Notice in all the previous pictures that even though the plants look pretty healthy the leaf tips are burnt all to hell from salt/ph problems that were nearly impossible to correct. This organic lineup is so much easier to use. This is my first test plant, a Bubba Kush. A little burnage to the leaf tips but nothing like the chems.
This is a younger Chernobyl which is also liking the organic program.
Here's a finished Bubba Kush grown with chems.
So at the moment the strains I continue to run are as follows:
TGA Jillybean - dreamscicle pheno
TGA Chernobyl - sour grapefruit pheno
TGA Vortex - minty hash pheno
TGA Vortex - C99 pheno
Cannacopia BC Roadkill Skunk
Cannacopia Bubba's Kush
GreenHouse Lemon Skunk
GreenHouse Cheese
This lineup provides me with a great variety of flavors and all have exceptional potency. I'm hoping to move to a new place soon and finally have the space to run through the rest of the TGA beans. I'll keep you guys posted on the Qleaner and the organic nute performance.
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