Purple Kush & LSD

Hey guys, back with my 2nd go around. I'm a little late getting this going - been SUPER busy. I'm not too happy with how my first grow went, but I learned A LOT. This time around it's Kannabia Purple Kush and either Sensi Afghani #1 or Barney's LSD. If you could provide me help with identification it would be much appreciated. Long story how I mixed up the seeds, and better left unsaid. Thanks for checking it out. Hope to provide a quality diary for Kannabia Purple Kush. I started the Purple Kush one week after the surprise strain.

Easy going. Second time around, easy as pie.

Hi guys, still looking for an ID on the mystery strain. Veg going very smoothly.

Gone mule deer hunting - no photos. Wife kept them alive. :-)

The closet is an absolute jungle. I added in a bit of cal mag over wk 3/4. They're gorgeous - going for big buds, so no topping.

Smooth sailing. Looking for an ID on the mystery strain. It smells like typical weed. No fruity smell at all. Purple Kush smells a little fruity.

Looking good. Purp kush had a catepillar on it chewing on the stem, but I found it early. Came from a tomato plant somehow? Put into flower on Sunday.

Coming along nicely.

I don't know what to make of the purple kush right now. I'm going on 6 weeks of flower and it's got tiny buds. I had a hint of potassium deficiency about a week ago, but I've been feeding heavy and they are very happy. I've heard there are three phenotypes, and I believe I got the one which will show no purple with tiny buds. The purple kush smells like wet shoes. I'm not really happy with the plant right now. I hope it smokes nicely, but so far the plant is a bust. Not impressed Kannabia. NO HINT of purple at 6 week mark. I think it's going to take 80 days+ to complete. I'm almost positive the other plant is an Afghani #1 now, because it's so stretched which is common in the strain. It also smells like coffee which is a sign growers have mentioned on the Sensi forum. It also seems like I got another slow bloomer in this phenotype, but it's putting out twice the bud of the purple kush. I think I have 4-6 weeks left before completion. MUCH slower than my first grow.

Well, I'm at day 1 of week 6. Purple kush shows no sign of purple, but has thicknened up the past week or so and has developed a nice softball sized bush of buds. Purple Kush still smells like wet shoes, pretty nasty. Afghani on the other hand has dumped the coffee twang in favor of a sweet cherry aroma. Smell has been minimal from both plants. I think so far you could get by with growing purp kush in an apartment. Gonna get a nice baseball size cola off of the afghani. I posted a good size comparison of the main cola on the purp kush vs afghani, and you can see there is much more mass to the afghani. I'm not too impressed with the purple kush mass at this point. If you grow it, at a minimum it needs to be topped even for the grower who doesn't care about big yields. I've read that it is a good candidate for training, and I'd have to agree. Have a little bit of leaf curl up on the purp kush, so a tad bit overfed. I've also done a bit of lollypopping and defoliating on the purp kush. Going to water Sunday with a bit of bud candy and re evaluate if I should feed next week sometime. I think the purp kush is going to go for awhile, so the advertised 60 days is bunk. I'm thinking it's going to be 75-85 days. What the hell Kannabia? My plants are super happy and my temps are about 61ish during day, and 68ish during nighttime when lights are on. Day 3 update of week 6: the purp kush hairs are turning rapidly orange and she has picked up a sweet peach smell. It's almost like this plant sparked up overnight and went into a new phase. We'll see if it puts on more mass. Weird plant so far. Afghani is going to give me a baseball bat. Still smells like sweet cherry. This thing is frostier than heck.

Now it's getting good. Purple kush smells like fresh, sweet peaches and the Afghani/LSD still smells of funky lemon/cherry. The purple kush smelled like shit at first, and now it's the best smelling bud I've ever smelled. I recommend growing it, but make sure to LST. I'm actually thinking this is LSD now due to the sweet smell. I have yet to find any mention of a sweet smell from Afghani #1. The first hit I will be able to tell, for I've smoked Afghani #1 before. Shit feels like morphine. I accidentally left the door open and let a bit of stray light in the first 6 hours of darkness a few times the past couple weeks, but I extended the dark period for 4-5 hours or so. It was very weak, indirect light. Then I let the timer go on as normal which was a shortened light period. I'm not sure if that was enough to cause the purp kush to hermie, but she's got a few nanners. I used a tweezers and plucked about 10 very small bananas off her. From online advice, I am choosing to ride her out being so close. The Afghani didn't herm out, so I'm thinking it's probably genetic. It is a strange plant, very slow to start flower and didn't put on a lot of mass although being VERY healthy besides a bit too much nitrogen. Then almost overnight she turned and started pumping out trichomes and the hairs started turning quickly. Both plants are a bit over fertilized right now, and I'm going to start flushing after one more dose of bud candy and calmag. I didn't expect the purp kush to complete at 8 weeks, but I think she'll be damn close. She's darkened up a bit, but no purp hues just yet. Temps are high 60s at night during light period and low 60s during the day. The Afghani is going to give me a main cola just shy the size of a spray paint can. Awesome plant, and super easy to grow. The purp kush has been a bit more pickier. On the home stretch now..

Well, I'm at week 8. Neither plant is near completion. Most trichomes are clear still with no sign of being milky. No sign of amber either. I'm thinking I'm chopping on February 4th. I don't want to let them go too long since both are shooting nanners. I stopped feeding and did at small flush at week 7, but it was too early. I fed them one more time, and I'm not going to be able to flush again for another week. The soil is just too wet. So I think I'll get a 10 day flush from it. This has been a hard grow, and purple kush has been a headache.

Both plants been sending out bananas, and I've tore them apart getting them all. I think the below average temp in my garage sent them into hermie mode. They are ready to harvest, but I'm going to go another week since I'm going to be out of town for work. Right now I'm like 70% milky, 28% clear, and 2% amber. Harvest will be on the 10th. About 2 weeks ago had a bit of potassium def, so I fed heavily the past 2 weeks to keep the buds looking decent. I'm gonna have a bit of seed, but I can deal with it. Flush has began. I'm fairly certain the larger one turned out to be Barney's LSD because of the lemony flavor and a tinge of purple at the end. We will see during the smoke. The LSD had more purple on it than the purple kush. I'm pretty pissed off I didn't get any purple from a strain advertised as purple kush. Kannabia needs more stabilization on that plant.

Overall, a decent yielder of large buds which aren't too dense, but literally have trichome dandruff. The smell is creamy, sweet, blackberry in the jar. Very strong psychedelic stone.

An interesting strain to grow. Slow bloomer up to 14 weeks to complete. Smells like sweet peaches in bloom. I'd say average yielder of smaller very dense buds. Smoke is cedar wood with a bit of diesel and something else. Smoke is similar to an Afghani or Afghan Kush. Not a whole lot of purple hues on the plant with was a disappointment. Didn't handle low humidity well (I live in the desert SW), and hermied easily due to temps or very tiny bit of light leaking under the doorway.