We are D43 of flowering and I've smoked microwaved samples of all 11 sour strawberry diesel females. I keep a few Tylenol nearby for the headaches soon to come from smoking green weed. Eleven samples are a lot too, so I smoke 4 samples at a sitting, then take a break and do another set. I choose the samples that tickle my nose and give immediate effects, the exhale will reveal the taste. This is my method for predetermining the best females and hasn't failed me in 35 years growing. I'm smoking green weed and the lesser quality females tend to taste bad, really bad!It's easy to isolate the bad ones, however the best females will be enjoyable to smoke green and you get a sense of the taste and potency. Sometimes there are late bloomers that will improve in taste some, but overall it's the same at 40-45 days with strains that mature under 60 days, that's been my experience. This fem cross from Bogs Sour Strawberry and Bruce Banner #3 is off the chain, the best female seeds I've grown so far!!! I got lucky and blessed.
I've identified 4 phenotypes that are possible keepers. 4 other females have a decent taste, the last 3 are not good at this early time. If you grow out 10 feminized seeds you should be able to get the prized phenotype. It's still too early to tell which is the best, but I have 4 females I've selected as possible keeper. Pheno #1 and #2 are very similar with the sweeter diesel taste. They both hit me about the same with #1 tasting a little better, I like them both. #3 is the one that stands out, it has the most diesel taste and smell, but there is a strong sweet diesel taste on exhale, different from #1 & #2. #3 is the best tasting and most potent at D45. It has the most frost, a beautiful growth pattern and is a little larger than #1 and #2. #4 is the 1st plant I labeled as Stinky before flowering. It had the strongest odor before flower. It's still quite tasty with a shorter stout growth pattern and probably a nice keeper too, but doesn't have much diesel taste.
The sour strawberry finishes at 58 days, the bruce banner #3 at 62 days. It looks like these will finish earlier, maybe 55-58 days, the 4 keepers look about 10-14 days from finish.