Super easy strain to grow. Started seed indoor May 15 and transplanted to farm garden right into rototilled soil by May 30th. Harvested on Aug 15 or roughly 90 days start to finish. No nutrients added. Some irrigation from well water but otherwise rain-only irrigation. 100% organic. Site has full sun exposure.
The main downside of growing directly in the garden is that resin of lower buds became quite dirty. Next time will use a mulch layer to keep dust and dirt down around the plants.
Sour Stomper has lots of sticky stinky resin. My garage smelled great for about 10 days during the drying cycle (wife not impressed).
In July pollinated a lower branch with feminized Mephisto Double Grape pollen and was able to harvest about 100 decent looking seeds.
I had some aphid attack on adjacent plants but this variety was clean so seems less prone to attack by those little jerks.
Yield was surprising to the upside and I think could yield 200g/plant grown under ideal conditions.
I would definately grow this strain again and highly recommend Mephisto lines. Definately some of the stinkiest stickiest bud around.
Aug 15: Chop day. Local conditions being very dry and hot brought on some unexpected pest pressure in adjacent varieties. Interesting that this plant had no aphid attack or visible bugs whatsoever compared to other varieties.
Fresh flower has funky sweet/sour berry odor. Buds came out fat, dense and heavy. Buds are highly resinous and very sticky and have best structure out of all varieties grown this year.
Pleased with the yield. Will report dry weight when available.
Buds are quite attractive with a bit of purple a bit of pink showing... looking forward to drying, curing and testing.
@NorthernAutos, lol, yep. Best autos I've grown are Mephisto and FastBuds 😎🔥. Going out today with some feminized Double Grape pollen to make seed stock for next year👌
It’s crazy hot right now. And about five weeks ago the problem was freezing overnight temps….these plants have experienced about a 40 C range this year. I’m spraying water on a hail net to let it evaporate and mostly just hoping they make it. Will also use some kelp extract as several online sources recommend this to recover from heat stress.
@Northern_Ent, thanks for the ideas/input. Interested to see how this turns out. Indeed heat stress will be a factor. Unfortunately I tend to these only once a week. Watered in heavily last weekend and soil generally had good moisture content already. Should be ok. Risk now is whether extreme heat stunts veg growth and the plant goes into survival mode and puts all energy into reproduction/flowering...
NorthernChemist
