Strain reports

Environment: Glasshouse Method: Low Stress Training Medium: Soil & coco fibre (50:50 mix) Nutrient: Bat and seabird guano Grow time: 30days Flower time: 60days Plant Structure: Short and stocky Bud structure: round calyx Scent: skunky Effect: happy Yield: ---

Outsider is labelled as an ‘outdoor’ plant but the strain acts like it could also be grown indoors happily enough. The seeds were sown inside in soil and each cracked early with a nice thick root. The seedlings grew really quickly, but stayed low. At 710 days the plants went outside into a glasshouse. After 3-4 days they were re-potted into a large bucket with some other plants. The bucket has a base of clay pebbles, topped off with a 50:50 mix of part-used soil and fresh coco-fibre with added sea bird guano. A wire strawberry frame is then attached to the bucket to aid training. Outsider is really good for LST methods because the main stem and side-branches are really strong and easy to bend. After 30days the Outsider was starting to dominate the bucket with its big dark wide leaf patterns. The plant was ready to force-flower; otherwise it would have taken up more than 50% of the space allowed in bloom. By placing the plants into an even larger black bucket (with lid) ever night, it tricked them into thinking it was winter.

In bloom, under glasshouse conditions, all the plants were fed a bit of bat guano tea. The pre-flowers on the Outsider showed quicker than the other x2 female strains in the bucket. The main stem was moulded onto the frame, like an old tree trunk. The branches were trained inwards. At 21days bloom the calyx began to form rounded buds with thick white hairs. Some branches were seeded with pollen from a male plant in the bucket at this point. The main stem was twisted to oneside and left de-seeded. By 40 days flowering the Outsider still had a nice healthy colour in the leaf. The buds had some nice resin coating them.

The main thing about Outsider is the strains overall health. The genetics stand out, which is why it was put to seed. The plant is a lot like Holland’s Hope, smaller but still fit and strong. The thick leafs on Outsider and good girth makes it stand out from the crowd. Next time some Outsider will be staying indoors with more light to make some very oily/sticky buds, for real. The smoke from the main bud was happy with a taste of skunk. Not bad for an early grow outside in spring.

Environment: 400watt Method: Standard and Bonsai Medium: soil Nutrient: water only Grow time: 30 and 90 days Flower time: 65 and 68 days Plant Structure: pretty indica Bud structure: sticky flowers Scent: fruits Effect: heavy relaxing stone Yield: --

Ten Bubbledust were sown directly onto a damp tray of compost. The tray was placed into a prop. at 20c. In 48hours all the seed sprouted roots and the prop. lid was removed. Next the seedlings were thinned out. Only x4 went into new homes, x2 went outdoors directly into the vegetable patch. The x2 seedlings with the nicest profile were transplanted and kept inside on a window for about two weeks.

The two indoor plants were put in medium sized tubs and placed under a 400watt bulb for 11 hours per day. The closet measures 4x3x6ft. The soil used was designed for cannabis. Extra perlite was added to the soil to aid aeration. An oscillating fan was used. There was no extraction. A rich sickly smell overpowered the whole house at about 28days bloom. The buds were only fed water. At 35 days the flowers and shade-leaf were covered with resin - speechless.

The buds looked ready to smoke at 50-60days, the calyx swelled out and twist-up as they matured. The fruity ‘grape’ smell was then noticeable. The profile of these BD was dense, with broad fan-leaf on fat main branches. The outdoor BD where transplanted about 30days later. One of the plants was male. The other was placed under LST to make a bonsai plant with twelve branches.

In bloom Bubble Dust makes some really pretty indica buds to look at. The buds take a while to naturally dry. To smoke BD is fruity with a heavy relaxing stone. You can taste the Bubblegum and the petrol taste of Angel Dust in the undertone. Even the finer trim-leaf (not fingers), dried first, tasted fruity and gave an immediate stone.

Environment: 1000watts + Method: Seed to standard Medium: Bio-Biz All-Mix Nutrient: Canna Grow time: 25days Flower time: 65-70days Plant Structure: Christmas tree shape Bud structure: Dense colas Scent: Lemon-skunk Effect: Stoned Yield: 50grams +

We wanted to give Sensi Star a grow in our garden. From five seedlings four healthy plants were grown. The others struggled in the extreme heat of our room. The plants were potted-on each time they grew into bigger pots. One plant grew taller in the vegetative cycle, but all plants looked very uniform with the same leaf spread. At about 25days the Sensi Stars were placed into the flowering room. After sexing, three plants were females and were potted into final pots of Bio-Biz soil. One plant was male. It was composted.

Planted with a selection of skunk clones the Sensi Star grew slowly at first. Soon they shot up above the other clones, growing into neat compact bushes. The plant structure is not too tall and not too bushy and each plant was uniform in height and width. The coned shaped tops made these Sensi Star plants look like small Christmas trees from a distance. We noticed a buildup of THC at five-six weeks into flowering. By this time we stop feeding.

During flowering they seemed to handle high summer temps well. The leaves were all close together. We could tell that the plants needed more airflow not more food, because some leaves where scorched. The rough edges started to yellow early and stayed like this until harvesting. Two of the Sensi Stars turned out as we’d expected. Tight buds on bushy plants with pyramid tops. One plant got groovy and made those funky colas that look like lots of balls stuck together. The hairs stayed white on this plant and were ready for harvesting quicker than the other two.

The buds shrunk some when hung. To smoke Sensi Star tastes lemony when harvesting young, and much headier when left to ripen off. Sensi Star definitely improves with age. The plants went to just under ten weeks before harvesting. The yield we thought was OK (above average) for this sort of plant in our garden.