As I learn to navigate the forum, I figured I’d do so by showcasing some of my keepers/ past grows! I am a 100% coco grower who uses fermented plant materials as a nutrient source. I don’t get too heavy into it, but it works for me. I’ll hit my plants with Mighty Plant Compost Teas bi-weekly, as well.
This girl can grow quite large, with several kolas forming. In flower, her nose is a triple-split of floral, earthy, and creamy latte. In smoke, she offers a floral hibiscus overtone with the signature Mendo Breath earth. Super potent, and I could not have asked for a better pheno in the limited seeds popped. She exceeded all expectations.
Here is the prettiest strain I’ve ever grown out. Never bred her due to herming, but loved the time spent together. She looks like an evil Disney princess was growing in the black garden. Her smoke had notes of a floral dill blend!
This cut fell into my lap by chance encounter. It is a cross of Oreoz and Devil Driver. The gentleman in Colorado [allegedly] hunted hundreds of females, and this earned top ranks behind his infamous “#8”. Structure was the only category it received any negative marks. She made up for it in spark plug dense buds. I yielded 5.14 dry ounces from a single plant, 3-gallon fabric pot, under a MarsHydro 100W.
She had the most incredible terp profile. It was as if Chanel made a powdered cherry scent for women, beautifully married to church incense undertones. It wasn’t quite Piff, but definitely made you double-take when first hitting. I’ll miss her!
Strawberries n Cream x Purple Taippan Male, keeper. Was completely blown away by discovering this gentleman! He’s the reason I’ve yet to pop the SSK. Have to get as many crosses out of him as I can!!!
i grew some moby dick this year. just tossed the clone, but it smelled exactly like this. cherry with sandlewood/church pew sort of smell. g13/hz x widow. yield was trash so i tossed it. smoke some today…it’s really good.
@splinter7 nice! It was definitely a combination I never knew I needed in my life. I’m looking to secure the cut again, but she’ll run me a grand! Looking to keep her, and either my Pugs Breath or finalized Strawberry cross that I make. This will be my 4th consecutive year breeding, and it’s wearing me out. I’d like to just “enjoy” growing again, for a bit!
@blowdout2269 it’s all subjective. $1,000 is a mortgage to most, and a weekend of work for some. Unless someone is causing harm to others with their financial decisions, let them enjoy the fruits of their work. Surely, most people on the forum are sitting on several hundreds of dollars of unopened beans they swore they’d pop, but the “next pack” just kept coming. No sense in shaking fists at the Lexus dealership while driving by in a Corolla. Just live within your means.
Though I completely understand your statement and the sentiment behind it…I think you took my comment the wrong way my friend.
If someone can and will pay that for clones, great, thats their business. I’m not doggin on them, or am envious for something I dont have. Hell, I could drop a G on clones if I wanted to, but thats crazy talk. Plus, I have priorities.
I was more or less referring to the asshat peddling cuts at these prices. To each their own, but damn. The greed in this industry never fails to amaze me.
Then there’s the other side of the fence…my devils advocate:
Hell, he/she can ask what they want. Doesn’t mean that they’ll get it. But if they do, more power to em. It wont last. The cut will get out. But to take advantage of the market and get while the gettins good. Thats business.
@blowdout2269 All good, friend. I tried to make my response a more all-encompassing one, rather than making it feel directed. I failed to execute. And generally, I do share your exact sentiments in regards to people selling cuts at exorbitant prices. In the case of MileHighDave, specifically, the guy will quite literally run 500 seeds of the same strain just to pheno hunt. At that point, he’s in the hole $8,500 for the seeds alone. Factor in utilities, nutrients, and hundreds of man hours? I don’t mind paying him for his work. Same with Chris Lynch, of Cipher Genetics (formerly Compound), he’ll run 1000+ seeds of his crosses when hunting. But those that hunted a single pack, and slap their name on a cut just for its bag appeal are whats wrong with this space. Or the people who S1 cuts, don’t test them, and simply pump them into the market (all shade to Copycat) Most cuts should be no more than $100, and thats simply because buying the pack otherwise would set you back that much (on average).
@cYx I, personally, agree with choosing for vigor. Yes, and obviously, it would be nice to have other qualities. But at the end of the day, we are all playing the genetic lottery. I think it would be nice to focus on vigorous growth, while still chasing the frost, the taste, the effects. It surely will take us longer to hunt down, but the results speak for themselves. Cheers, my friend.
Sour Strawberry F4; a single seed I tossed into a shot glass because I could not contain the excitement. Courtesy of @InTheWoods, via @Tejas . Really praying for a male. The stem rub gives subtle notes of NYC Diesel type Sour. I do not believe this is the SK leaning type, with the longer middle leaf. Day 22, under a 100W.
