Alright, the Time Bandit smoke report is way overdue. Sorry it took me so long, I don’t really have an excuse.
Anyway, here’s a couple pics of the nugs:
All four plants really turned out very similarly. It’s pretty difficult to tell the difference between them, whether by looking at them, smelling them or smoking them.
Smells: They all smelled pretty much the same once they were dried and trimmed and getting put into jars. Only the #6 exhibited any sort of different smells. That one had a sort of fruity, like dark fruit/berries, not citrus, smell in addition to what I would call “typical Time Bandit smell.” And I say that just based on the fact that the other three smell exactly the same. But after a few weeks in jars, the fruity element that the #6 had going on had disappeared. Now they all smell the same. It’s a sort of musty, vegetal, savory, onion-y and sour smell. But not sour like a Sour Diesel or lemony or anything. It reminds me more of an extra extra sharp cheddar or like this cave-aged Gruyere I used to get from Trader Joe’s a long time ago. I don’t think I’d say the Time Bandit smells “cheesy,” though.
But I guess maybe it does haha, if it’s making me thing of Gruyere.
Taste: All four of them taste pretty much exactly the same, too. Very, very good. Reminds me of the Golden Triangle/GHash tester I grew last run, very exotic, aftershave/cologne and a little bit of soap, too. I actually haven’t smoked any of this in about two weeks, so it’s possible the flavors have evolved some.
High: the highs on all four are identical. That’s actually one of the reasons it took me so long to post this report, just because I’ve been trying to see if there were any sort of subtle differences that I could pick up on. But there haven’t been. I even gave a few nugs of each TB to a buddy of mine who’s pretty good about being super-observant re: high types to see if he could pick up on any differences, but he agreed that they’re pretty much identical.
That’s not a bad thing at all. It’s pretty strong weed (two bong rips is enough for me), with the kind of high that, to me, seems par for the course with the GHash crosses that I’ve grown. Classic hybrid “up then down” kinda high. Like the Clusterfunk and the Golden Triangle tester, it’s ideal for smoking before doing the whole “getting ready for bed” routine. First hour is happy and thought-provoking, second hour is more relaxing. I’m certain, though, that if you smoked more than two bong rips, it’d probably be pretty debilitating right off the bat.
Just as an aside, I gave some of the Time Bandit to my friends Erica and Jo, both of whom prefer Indica-leaning hybrids to Sativa-leaning ones and they both went apeshit over it. Jo even mentioned that she took some to a BBQ last week (yes, I scolded her for going to BBQ’s and for sharing joints with people) and she said everybody she smoked it with was like,“What’d you give me…?” So there’s that.
Anyway, they turned out well. Good plants and worth a grow for sure. I’ll do the Goji report at some point here pretty soon, I just have not been smoking much lately. For my own reasons… haha!
