Laughing Buddha

How do you rate a male plant? For its life it was strong, but I had to murder it, for I didnt want it canoodling with my ladies. I know the female flowers of this plant to be a nice and well liked bud. Sadly, however, I will never taste its sweet nectar. I leave a bong rip tribute in place of harvest photos. Dont hate me, dont hate Beans, he's sweet BEans, not sour BEans. HE didnt do this on purpose..... Just like China isnt sending unlabelled seed packs to north america. Oh well, strange times, this is relatively low on my stress radar. 10/10 would do again Seriously though, big ups to @BeanswithPork for the gift, and the back and forth mail game we have going on

It's a great sativa. Absolutely recomended. Love it.

Not my first time growing Barney’s Farms Laughing Buddha, not my last. This slowly worked my way into my favorites and for now remains #1. Consistently larger yields (within my grow environment) and potent sativa product of utmost quality. This most recent time I didn’t get the big yield I was expecting, but the result was worth growing - superb. This one is a regular clone of Monster Laughing Buddha 2019 (II). This plant narrowly avoided a huge fungus gnat problem, resisting those pests with the move to 12/12 and stronger fan, and other pest problems that happened later in my veg. tent. Buddha seems to be resistant both indoors and outdoors. The rush to move to flower did save problems, but also resulted in a smaller plant going into flower. This may have contributed to the smaller yield. That, and the cold temperatures, and maybe other factors I’m discovering as I get better at growing. Other than this, flowering was a breeze. No issues, plenty of swell and big crystaly bud. Very aesthetically pleasing. It may give other iterations of Buddha a run for their money. Very strong smell of pungent, fuel, not sour diesel, and maybe with some sweet tones this time. Just fantastic. I would give it a 10/10 on account of the bud quality, but that is only by a hair as the yield was down.

This write-up reviews a Laughing Buddha clone that was primarily grown outdoors. The original genetics comes from Barney’s Farms. This clone is a regular clone. It was rooted and grown indoors under LED lights, and then transplanted outdoors directly into the ground as a full grown plant. The projected window is mid to late October, and I cut slightly early (around October 10th) as I spotted mold on a bud. Overall, the big detractor is my outdoor location and there was a big risk of light pollution in flower. Two nearby plants were seeded badly by a large industrial floodlight. Laughing Buddha has also experienced some seeds, although not as many. So, does a light stressed induced hermaphrodite produce pollen? Was Laughing Buddha cross pollinated by Hash Plant (and wouldn’t this produce feminized seeds)? Was Laughing Buddha also stressed from light? If this was the case it proves that light stress does not have to be direct light. Whereas I docked those other grows big time for a loss of quality through seeding, I will only subtract a small amount in this case. I suspect seeds are common in outdoor grows. I had already performed LST before moving outdoors so this plant had many crowns that got huge. I was very happy with bud density and size, on a direct comparison the buds were less dense than Laughing Buddha indoors. The strength of Buddha’s yield comes from the bunches of bud that spot the branches. If you allow this strain to get big, it will reward you all the way up the branch. Whereas bud density was less, overall yield was much more than indoors. 134 grams would be more then I usually get indoors, and I composted lots of subpar or veggie bud - I only spend time with the nice crowns and main stems. Taste, minus the odd seed, is nearly identical to indoors. Slightly less strong, the smells are almost the same. Fuel like, sour, not like sour diesel at all. I find the outdoor buds less harsh and pungent, and maybe more of a sweet deep undertone? Not like berries. I find Laughing Buddha hard to describe. A sour fuel is the best description, but I think that misplaces people when they think of strains they have experienced. So overall we have determined that Laughing Buddha is a huge yielding strain indoors and outdoors. It is resistant to mold and pests where other plants are vulnerable. This is good because it allows you to keep it outdoors longer, and it has a looooong flowering time. In the Canadian Maritimes that trait is important. Its unclear on how it did in terms of stress in my particular environment. Taste is pretty much the same, just less pronounced with the outdoor version. Bud density is comparable both indoors and outdoors. Other than seeds and just not quite the same quality bud as indoor, I am quite happy with this strain as always.

This is Laughing Buddha from Barney’s Farms. Great genetics that prove to be elite time and time again. This time, it was a monster cropped clone (a clone taken from a flowering plant). The strain is a strong grower, loves plant food, and is resistant to mold and pests. This plant’s direct neighbor got a splotch of mold, while Laughing Buddha remained unharmed. There were literally no issues with growing, a perfect experience and harvest. Compared to a similar aged outdoor Laughing Buddha, the indoor produced much denser buds covered in more trichomes. Buddha is a good yielder and I netted almost seventy grams of really nice elite, dense product, composting anything below large nugs. The tastes and smells are strong pungent, fuel and sour like (but I would not describe it as Sour Diesel). At first it really hits you and you wonder if you even like the fragrances, but its quickly addicting! The flavors cure nicely. The effects are strong sativa, I am guessing very high THC levels. I usually gravitate towards indica effects, but after taking a few days off of Buddha, and then going back with this harvest, the effects were much more pronounced. So I’m boosting the rating to 10/10. Its a sativa, but its pretty much the best genetics I’ve encountered. This is a must-grow.