DWC_LED | Runtz

Grow: - easy - very vigorous - 2-2.5x stretch - easy to feed - easy to train - responds well to training - pretty buds - average internode distance - many small buds - near to no airy popcorn bud - good harvest quantity - the top half of the plant colored dark blue with 15-19c night temps - HERMAPHRODITE caused neighboring plants to have a few seeds... The flowers/buds: - look pretty (has some pink calyxes between the green calyxes) - have a unpleasant citrus/grassy foreground smell (I am NOT referring to the too-quick-dry hay smell!) - have a special casis/grape/fruity/heavy background smell which is very pleasant, however this did not yet come through in the cure (after 3 weeks) but it does fill up the room when opening the jar/grinding the bud, but doesn't come through in the taste when smoking/vaping - the trichomes took a bit long to ripen (cut after 79 days of flowering with still a lot of transparent trichome heads and nearly no 'orange' trichome heads - effect is on the weak side, definitely below average power/duration Extraction: - got 16g 45-220mc good quality 'ice water' hash - rosin presses pretty well, yields are above average (62%rh) - rosin comes out looking clean beige/creamy color at 80c - rosin comes out looking golden at 95c - rosin doesn't capture the nice heavy background smells :'( :'( so none of the fruity candy casis dankness so far.... - rosin has the unpleasant citrus/grassy taste... and is harsh on throat compared the the average rosin (I am NOT referring to the too-quick-dry hay smell!) General notes: - friends grew out the rest of the seeds in the pack, we all have different phenotypes with this pheno (that i got) having the most smell/color/vigorousness and yield. We all grow in hydro. - I am reviewing after only 3 weeks cure. Maybe after 2+ months cure something special happens that greatly improves the taste/smoking experience. Conclusion: - After 3 weeks of cure this is not a nice smoke. Taste-wise it has taste but not something I would call 'desireable' (my taste preference tends to align with cannabis competitions so I think I have a pretty standard taste preference for a 'heavy user' aka cannabis lover) - Effect is weak, not particularly uplifting/positive, just a bit standard cannabis effect it stands out the least of anything I smoked in the past months. ---> I would not recognize this strain as Runtz, I have had Runtz before from various shops, this one reminds me more of critical (the citrus/grassy foreground) and some dank grape/casis fruitiness in the background ---> If I would grow this again I would only attempt in "super soil"/"live soil" and go full organic because I am pretty sure the dank fruity tastes will show themselves much better during the cure experience. ---> For me this is definitely a strain that needs a long cure! ---> I used the rating guidelines, I give it a 4/10 because I would not grow it again, the flowers resulting from this grow are amongst the least impressive I have grown but look pretty and the plant was easy to grow. Also my friends had pretty different phenotypes and don't want to grow it again either. P.S. I am amazed by all the good reviews this strain has??? Maybe this plant only produces quality in full organics with soil as medium...