Easy to grow, strong and resilient. This grow went very smoothly. If easy and low maintenance is something your looking for this is worth considering. Was able to take anything I threw out it and the better of the two plants I split the main stem when flipping to flower and setting up the scrog net. Was able to grow in both low and high humidity and could take dry periods without wilting. Structure is also very good for scrog. Clones very easy. Almost a perfect plant to grow in my opinion.
Very awesome compost tea. Added 3-4 times throughout he grow keeps my plants praying and the soil balanced and alive.every time I use it my plants are visibly healthier and put on faster growth
I think the neem seed meal on top helping detour pests and having balance nutrition for veg I think It helps with terpene and trichome development and flavor but I could be wrong. The azomite adds micronutrients and a nice amount of soluble silica.
The first plant growing under the Ac Infinity 240w yielded 5.33 oz buds, 1.18 oz of larf, and 3 oz of trim. The second plant growing under Bestva 400w light yielded 6.66 oz bud,1.16 oz larf and 2.42 oz or trim
.I started trimming at the end of day 13 of drying, despite only getting stem-snap on one of the stems, the rest only bending. I thought I let my galaxy get too dry so I wanted to try trimming this "wetter". The tent didn't fluctuate from 60/60 much at all. I knew it was going to take a while so decided to pull and an all-nighter and started around 7 pm after work and finished around 3:30 am.
My trimming area was a bit dry(35-45%H) so i ran my humidifier and placed my controller probe next to me to keep things in check. In reality, it was so dry I just needed to run it full blast. The plants were pretty smelly the entire time they were drying and never got too strong a "green" smell and were smokable right off the dry/cure racks, and burned to gray/white I didn't defoliate much at all, only the dead stuff when harvesting, and the bigger fan leaves still had some moisture in the stems when trimming, but once into jars, I was only sitting around 53-57 percent after a few hours, which is not what I expected at all because I thought I started trimming a little early. I thought I would be closer to 62-65 range once jarred and would burp them down to 58-60 Waited a little longer and a few bumped up to 57- and 60 but a few still most around 55 so I added some fresh fan leaves and after a day most are around 58 and a few 60-61.
The smell coming off the grinder is very strong. But the smoke flavors I don't think will show until a few weeks in jars. The first time i smoked it I got a little giggly. A motivating and stimulating smoke. The flavor is unique, but get a slight licorice-like aroma, followed by citrus/pine/floral/gas. It is very smooth, even in the bowl. Burns even and thoroughly without needing to relight.
As far as the yield goes, I'm satisfied but not as much as I thought it was going to pull. I think I may be underwatering, and maybe not pushing my nutrients as far as I should because it seems like I have everything else dialed in, and I do have an EC probe and check my soil mixes and run off and I try to stay 500 -700 for veg, and 700-100 for flower but I might bum up to around 1,200 for flower and see how it goes. It should be enough for me and my family, but I am not sure if I will have too much material to make rosin this time around. Going to try out some hemp THCA distillate and batter I got for a good price for now instead of smashing too many of my nice nugs
@MindFlowers68, ah thanks for the heads up. I grow for fun and my wife is the main smoker in the house. And she hates anise flavor lol. Maybe I'll hold off on the Durban unless I can avoid that pheno. Also looking at their Shaman strain
What a beautiful plant! The canopy looks great. You can see the good care during the vegetation. Great job! you've got it pretty much in cruise control
@Exotic_Gardener, Thank you, These plants have been so easy from day 1. That longer veg time is going to pay off I think. Although I think I could have filled the canopy a week or two sooner had I not still had my last plants in the tents and transplanted the Durban sooner. They were under that little p1000 in the 2x2 most of that veg. Take care!
@Lemonhazelover, Love the effects of Durban. Also looking for that classic Lemony fruity pebbles kind of bud. I have the flavor in mind just don't know what strain it is, if you have any suggestions for that kind of flavor? Obviously lemon haze, but maybe Ak47 or sour diesel is what im thinking of? Deffs more of a fan of the classic strains.Ordered some more Seeds including some Greenhouse Seeds Co. Neville's Haze, and sweet seeds Black Jack
@Jimmy_chonga,
Thank you! The Durban was a fun grow. I've heard there are two main phenos of Durban. One has a lot of turpentine and the other has lots of aniseed like I got with these plants. I never smoked anything that tasted like it, and not big on licorice but this does taste very good.I enjoy it, but
it's not something I would want to have smoke every day. It's pretty much a pure sativa feeling, which is the main reason I grew it. The onset of the high is kind of long and not the strongest but it helps me focus
@Exotic_Gardener, Very excited to smoke this flower. Thank you. Very awesome plant for scrog. It didn't even stretch too much after switching the lights. It did grow very fast in late veg though, even under the p1000 in the 3'x2'x4' cool grow tent.