Kandy Kush (fem) & Blue Widow (fem)

[Micsog]

great show! :thumbsup:

[EvilCartman]

Well, it's been awhile. Sometimes life gets in the way, I'm sure ya'll can relate. I reckon a lil' smoke-report is in order.

The Blue Widow is some good medicine. It loses a little of the White Widow "punch", but the Blueberry smoothness makes for a nice smoke. :thumbsup:
With a 45-day cure, this was one of the smoothest-smoking Widow crosses I've personally sampled. Taste is sort of an earthy, hashy-blueberry. Very pleasant tasting. Harvested at 5-10% amber, effective for appetite stimulation and relaxation/anti-anxiety. Quite manageable, this medicine won't completely disassemble you.

Kandy Kush is IMO, spectacular. I think the proper term is "FIRE". The Reserva Privada cross between TW and OG, is something to try. Highly recommended. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
The KK got a 60-day jar cure, though I didn't detect much change after about 30 days. The sweet smell is overpowering. A sweet, dank, fruity, earthy goodness fills the room as soon as ya crack the jar.
(An elderly patient made the comment:"It smells like an angels armpit!") :angelsmiley:
The smoke is sharp and fruity, OG sweetness with a tart finish. It tastes sooo good that it's easy to take too big of a hit,...there may be coughing.
Go easy on the KK, even at less than 10% amber, she'll make ya pretty stupid if ya overdo it. Made some "Firecrackers" and the taste is very mild, good medicine for edibles.

This run sold me on KK, she's a keeper. BW didn't make the cut as a mom, though I would certainly grow it again.


Killa, just to report on the PWx(PKxPR).
Planted all 10, got a few rather weird mutants that didn't do much, grew to about 6" and on the third set of true leaves,...the growing tip just stopped. :weedpoke:
I could make out the tiny developing tip, but all vertical growth seemed to have nearly stopped. Of the other seven, five turned out males. I collected pollen from two that showed some promising early purple coloration. Of the two females, neither shows strong color. I've got one almost done (7 1/2 weeks), she's putting on a nice-lookin' Cola for being the youngest, smallest plant in the tent.
Gonna run the PKxPR F2s' next round, with a packet of DJ Short Grape Krush. Going it "old-school" next run, no fem beans. Crossing my fingers for some color.

My whole "purple" excursion in the tent was a bit of a bust, color-wise.
Ceres' Seeds Purple (fem) appears to be a good producer, but didn't deliver on color for me.
Dutch Passion Purple (fem) was an unmitigated disaster. :wtf: I still have 4 more of these beans, so I'll give them another chance, but this plant is my most disappointing *ever*. Grew well, didn't appear to be having any issues, but at 6 weeks flower, she _erupted_ into the worst case of hermaphroditism ever. Top to bottom, every bud, to some degree. Yanked her out of there. These are gonna be some of the worst "air-buds" ever. There's decent trich production, but these buds didn't fill out at all. Looks like a big ol' batch of brownies in the future.

Disclaimer: I'm not griping about the DP Purple bean, as sometimes...$hit happens. This run included the (over)application :glugglugf Bushmaster, so the Dutch Passion plant may have reacted negatively, I dunno. Better luck next run,... I hope.

Here's a few pics:
Ceres' Seeds Purple
Ceres' Purple with PWx(PKxPR) to right
PWx(PKxPR)
PWx(PKxPR)
Kandy Kush

[EvilCartman]

Here's a look at the BW, KK and the X2 coming out of the jars, in natural sunlight, with flash. :jointsmile:

[DogtowN]

Looking sweet EC. Did you grow the KK the same way this time? It looks nice.

Like the coloring on that X2 bud. Hairy buggers! :smokin:

[EvilCartman]

Did you grow the KK the same way this time?

They were clones taken ~4th week flower and were pretty branchy to begin with, so I didn't top them as I intended. There were at least 6 tips on each. Last run there was the one KK, this time there are four, and it has been a pain. The stems need help, so the tent is a tangle of support wires running all over. Moving a plant is out of the question. Sucks.

Next KK run will be a single plant, likely ScrOG. Dealing with tying up all these tops is tiresome, and makes access difficult for me.

Someone suggested using a silica additive to beef up the stems, I may try that. I'm open to suggestions. Love the strain, but would like to make growing it a lil' less labor-intensive.