DragonsbloodF4 x OMG Testers
Flower time: Whoo, I was not quite prepared for this, these both went 103 days, and probably could have been okay with a few days longer, although they were ready at 15 weeks. Around week 4, I didn’t think this plant was going to be worth much of anything, because of how it looked, and being used to growing shorter flowering strains. However, I was mistaken, by the time it was finishing up around week 12-14, it really started to show how impressive It would be. I just needed to wait a little longer for a strain with this long of a flowering time.
Stretch: The two females I had in flower both doubled in size during flower, possibly double.5. It really wasn’t unreasonable for a plant that grew for this long. I’d imagine grown outdoors it would grow pretty big.
Issues (stress): No herming or stress to note with either of the two females I had in flower. They were fed average to heavy feedings of Mega crop and showed no signs of stress, took to it just fine. Transplanted and took between different tents and light intensities just fine. No issues with pests, mold, or major deficiencies.
Plant size: Both were big girls, with the largest cola’s I have seen in my tent, good leaf to bud ratio. The plants was always pretty big during flower. While not very mature looking, at week 5 it was as big as everything else that finished at week 9/10. One plant I topped once and once I gave severe LST to, tied it down in almost a circle, because in part of its life it was outgrowing the tent it was in. I think that the topped one did a little better, each of the 4 cola’s grew massive, consistent sized bud, and was easy to maintain with 4 stakes. The non-topped one did just fine, but was a little messier and ugly looking.
Yield: Yield was good, I got 6 full quart mason jars from each plant. The buds were very light and fluffy, sativa looking buds. What filled each of those 12 jars is well worth it. Trich covered, resinous, sticky, stinky pale green buds.
Aroma: Grapefruit, Grapefruit, and more Grapefruit! Sweet bitter citrus, if I had to find something behind it, it would be grapefruit and lime. A week or so into cure, one plant is retaining pure grapefruit/.lime smell, and one is more of a grapefruit with some skunky notes coming out. It is REALLY pleasant, definitely on my wife and I’s top Aroma/flavor list for sure. Top 3 of all time.
Flavor: Just like the Aroma, grapefruits with a bit of candy lime to it. It has a very clear, distinct flavor to it. You could tell somebody with minimal experience to try and find those notes in it, and it would be very easy for them to do so. It lingers in the mouth too which is really nice. Both plants share the same taste, grapefruity and I cannot distinguish much of a difference between the two in the flavor dept.
Effect: This is a really wonderful smoke, through and through. Starting from a very flavorful smoke the second it hits your mouth and lungs, you can feel a nice stoneyness in the back of your face and eyes. Nothing overwhelming, but certainly enough to know that you are high. But where it really shined through for me was its ability to put me at ease in public. Normally I do not like talking to people or going out of the house much, but when I went to the hardware store yesterday after a couple small bong hits, I was at ease chatting with the worker about a project I needed some parts for, and didn’t feel any normal fears or anxieties I do when I leave the house. It was also just a general happiness increaser. On par with the flavor, this is a really wonderful smoke for its effects. No couchlock noted, am able to smoke a fair amount and still be active in my daily activities.
Bag appeal: This bud looks pretty good, but it is NOT what the flavor of the month buds are looking like, rock hard and void of any foliage. Very loose and airy, light fluffy sativa structure buds. All very big for the most part, but do not weigh a lot. Trichomes ALL over, sugar leaves completely coated and worth keeping on a lot of the nugs. So if you’re looking for the lastest trend in bud, this is not for you, but if you know what you are looking at, it is pretty nice.
Overall impression: This one really threw me for a loop. I had no idea what to expect after week 3 in flower. It kept growing and growing, but so did the buds it produced. It wasn’t maturing at all, just…growing. I’m glad I didn’t pass a final judgment so soon. I chopped them at day 103, and they honestly could of probably gone a few more days. I just had to get on with life. I think that if this plant was grown outdoors in a climate that can really go the distance, this plant would be amazing. I really would like to see what some outdoor testers could do with this plant. This is a really good plant, and I am more than happy with the final product. Good all day smoke, bountiful, easy to grow, but the only problem was how long it went, at least for somebody who wasn’t quite expecting it, although that is my fault.
Keeper?: Personally, I would run this again if I could. I think that outdoors it would be even better. I saw some major potential in this line.Of the 9 seeds I popped (one got dropped and lost during planting), and I culled 2 that were looking gangly and stunted early on, so out of 7 that made it to flower, 2 were female. However, they were both very similar in flower time, structure, flavor, everything for the most part. So if this is a common phenotype to be found, I think people will be happy, as long as they are aware as to what they are getting into.
