Figured I would post my thoughts on my clones from the last run. Take everything I say with a grain of salt, as I didn’t really grow the plants out to the true potential. Everyone is being flowered out again now, but I think I got a good overall impression of the plants, despite not having them reach their full potential.
Grape Pie - Grape Stomper x Cherry Pie Cannardo
Probably the most narcotic of all the plants I grew last round. I find it to be a good strain to smoke about an hour before bed. I always have a soft spot for plants that bring on good sleep, and this plant checks that box. I grew this one in a 4 foot 2x2, in two gallons of soil, so I ended up with some pretty tiny nugs. They are fairly light in the flavor department. A light sweet grapey flavor, but probably the least flavorful of all the strains I grew last round, with a musky fruity scent to it. I’ve got another one in flower now in 5 gallons of soil, and it’s looking a lot more promising. I think if it had stronger flavor, it would definitely have a spot in my garden for a few grows, so I’m excited to see if I can get some stronger flavors with a better grow.
Rainbow Belts - 2.0 Rainbow Belts #20 x Rainbow Belts F1 Archive (Basically a Zkittlez backcross?)
Easily wins the flavor award of all plants I’ve ever grown. When somebody describes loud flavor, this would be the plant I would compare all future flavor bomb plants to. It’s tropical forward with a gas finish that is stellar to smoke out of a vaporizer. The flavor is so strong, I have specific volcano bags that I only use for this strain, as the flavor stains the bags, and you can’t taste anything else when smoking a different strain a bowl or two later. Before you run out and do everything in your power to get your hands on this plant, the high is not stellar. It’s nice. Very typical slighttly indica leaning hybrid. Has a light stone to it, to where I enjoy smoking this one first thing after work, and staying pretty functional, but overall feeling some relaxation. I would rate it almost as a bit of a novelty strain, as it’s so unique, that it’s worth growing just for that. And it’s incredibly photogenic if your into that. I’ll probably drop it after this next run, but in a year or two if somebody offered it back to me, I would probably be intrigued to grow it again just for the flavor explosion in the smoke!
Rudeboi OG - Irene OG x Faceoff OG bx Archive
This is a really nice plant to grow, and smoke. It has nice dense, frosty, light green colored buds, with as @iamyou_youareme put it doughy savory flavor. It wasn’t like that as it grew, but it’s transformed into this really savory baked good flavor, with a nice easy going OG high. This is good daytime getting fucked up weed. Take it to the beach, have a couple drinks, and smoke this, and you are feeling no pain, have a little heavyness in the head with an overall soothing, uplifting stone. Doesn’t make me tired, but is utterly relaxing. I think I’m going to be getting Irene OG so I may let this one go just to make room for that one, but if I wasn’t picking up another classic OG strain, I would hold onto this one until I did!
Double Dosidos - Dosido F2 - Archive
Another flavor bomb. Nice lemon forward, gassy finish flavor. Was a real easy grower. Grows like a shrub, short and stocky with very dense buds. Unfortunately, it’s not a winner in the high department. I think this is the kind of weed that makes people dislike GSC derivatives. It’s got this brain slowing, numbing high that isn’t that long lived. I find it to best later in the evening before bed, but in general I find it to be the opposite of uplifting, and I haven’t backed this one up. I remember smoking some Dosidos years past from the dispenary that I really liked, and was excited to try growing it, but either my tastes have changed, or this f2 didn’t live up to it’s parents. Either way, I’ll probably avoid anything Dosi related in the future.
Blueberry - Old Blueberry seed stock f2 selected by Archive
I didn’t grow this plant out to it’s true potential, but I love it nontheless. I didn’t really train it, or do any pruning the first round, and ended up with a lot of larf, and very few filled out nugs. It probably needed another few weeks, but based on how I dry my plants in the tent they are grown, I harevest everyone at once. This time around I have pruned heavily and am hoping to get some denser flower clusters. Great blueberry scent, with solid blueberry flavor on this one. It’s a little lighter than I would have hoped, but it has dreamy effects, that when smoked in larger quantities are uplifting, and I would say slightly sativa dominant. I love smoking this one before bed, so I can lay around day dreaming rather than sleeping. It makes me a total space cadet and is great for listening to ambient sounds, and is closer to psychadelia than most weed I grow in the sense it really makes me feel more emotionally and physically, with it’s light body high. I will keep this one around for a while. It’s a winner!
T-1000 - Purple Urkle x Triangle Kush CSI
An excellent purple strain! Very deeply purple nugs with that classic musky purple, grapey, earthy flavor and smell. It’s a little bit less narcotic than the Grape Pie, but the two are very similar, with the big difference being that the T-1000 makes me feel more alive, and uplifted, while still having fairly sedative effects. I really appreciate weed that makes me feel stoned, but also uplifted emotionally at the same time. It’s like having a cup of hot tea in the winter after smoking it, you just feel relaxed and content. I think the Triangle Kush has added a good amount of potency compared to what I’ve found in GDP. This one will also keep a spot in my garden for another grow or two!
It’s been fun growing all these different varities. I do think the overall quality of the smoke from clones has been higher than growing from non pheno selected seeds. Someday I would like to hunt my own phenos, but where I’m at now with essentially a 2x4 to flower out, I think clones will be my choice until I get an incurable case of russet mites. It just makes more sense for my set up, and I really enjoy growing proven plants. Even my worst plant, the double dosi, had some really standout aspects, which I can’t always say about the worst seed plant in my tent. Anyway, thanks for following along!