I got some freebie seeds in 2005, Durban Poison x Skunk #1. Well, I tried to germinate them in April 2006, all ten of them, but only one sprouted. (I guess they're free for a reason.) It's a Sativa-dominant strain, and I'm kinda height-constrained, so I almost killed this plant a number of times, but couldn't bring myself to do it, so it vegged for nigh six months in a 1/2 gallon pot. It got rootbound and droopy, but kinda big even so. I FIM'd it, got three main stalks, and pruned for yield a few times too, to bush it out some.

Well, a couple of week or so ago, I decided, what the hell, let's see if I can flower this thing. So, I transplanted it to a 5-gallon pot, and threw it in my flower cabinet (where I normally ScroG Indica-dominant strains). Inside the cabinet is a 400-watt HPS Hortilux. I thought perhaps the penetration of a 400-watt bulb would not be adequate, so I have sort of surrounded the plant with accent CFLs, eight 30-watt warm CFLs, and two 105-watt 4100k CFLs, for a total of 400 watts HPS and 450 watts of CFLs.

When I showed the woman this plant, she said, "Wow, that's a big mama!" So, that's what we named the plant, Big Mama. It's been in flowering 9 days now, and in that time it grew another foot. Nine days into flowering and I already have to tie it over to keep it from burning on the HPS light, which is pretty much as high as it can go.

Is this going to be doable, or is this plant going to grow too big for me? Who knows! I reckon I'm gonna find out though! Hopefully it'll be interesting, so I'm posting this here so anyone who wants to can watch me battle with this plant for the next couple of months.

I took some clones from it today (9 days into flowering). Not sure how those will come out, but we'll see. Not a big deal if they don't, really, but I figured I'd try, so there are 12 clones in a 30-site EZ-Cloner bubbling away. It IS a really nice plant, so if the clones come out, I'll find a way to make use of them. I won't veg them for six months like I did with this plant though. Heh.

Anyway, here's a pic from today, 9 days into flowering. Wish me luck!
jamstigator Reviewed by jamstigator on . Jamstigator versus Big Mama! I got some freebie seeds in 2005, Durban Poison x Skunk #1. Well, I tried to germinate them in April 2006, all ten of them, but only one sprouted. (I guess they're free for a reason.) It's a Sativa-dominant strain, and I'm kinda height-constrained, so I almost killed this plant a number of times, but couldn't bring myself to do it, so it vegged for nigh six months in a 1/2 gallon pot. It got rootbound and droopy, but kinda big even so. I FIM'd it, got three main stalks, and pruned for yield a Rating: 5