anyone grow or smoke Satori?

I have three little Satori seedlings started. I'm probably looking at another 3-4 months before I even taste it, and that's if i get a female out of three. I've seen in a few threads people starting some up, or getting the beans. Come on someone, Show off your Satoris

or at least tell me how it smokes.

pliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink!

Really? Nada?

I grew it a year or so ago, good potent smoke and easy to grow, good producer. My only beef: not that tasty. I made many crosses but haven't grown them out. A good Sativa for a first time grower.

frmrboi said:

I grew it a year or so ago, good potent smoke and easy to grow, good producer. My only beef: not that tasty. I made many crosses but haven't grown them out. A good Sativa for a first time grower.

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Thanks frmrboi. How many did you grow out? I'm hoping your growing and smoking lots of high grade bud has made you jaded LOL . BTW what is your favorite Sativa?

I'm really glad you said it is potent though, I've heard a few on other forms say they like the taste and didn't like the potency.

Whatever their other characteristics they are VERY healthy and fast growing.

Thanks again, you are always helpful FB

Boooooooooooooooooiiiiiiiiiing!

pinkus said:

How many did you grow out? BTW what is your favorite Sativa?

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5, I got the seeds in a trade, I'm not a good judge of potency as I have a low tolerance for THC (I get high really easily). I grew it for the anti depressant/anxiety/restless leg syndrome properties not the high.
Best Sativa was Blaze (Blueberry X Haze). I've crossed it to Satori but not grown it out yet.
I smoked some unknown Kush a couple of days ago that was the most potent weed I've smoked to date, but it's not my cup-of-tea I'm a sativa man.
(PS I'm offline and posting from a library computer with a limited time online)

frmrboi said:

5, I got the seeds in a trade, I'm not a good judge of potency as I have a low tolerance for THC (I get high really easily). I grew it for the anti depressant/anxiety/restless leg syndrome properties not the high.
Best Sativa was Blaze (Blueberry X Haze). I've crossed it to Satori but not grown it out yet.
I smoked some unknown Kush a couple of days ago that was the most potent weed I've smoked to date, but it's not my cup-of-tea I'm a sativa man.
(PS I'm offline and posting from a library computer with a limited time online)

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I'll try to be specific in my questions then. Did it finish in the stated 65-70 day? does it really work for the purposes you stated? does it give you energy? did you have more than one Pheno? What did it taste and smell like? I almost exclusively vaporize now and even schwag can taste good.

Thanks again for all the time and help. Are you still out of the grow game for now? I really missed it when I stopped for close to twenty years. I sure appreciate your experience so it's still being used either way.

I just sampled a bud I cut at 60 days. About 85% cloudy trichs, the rest clear. I'd have to say that it is a very potent sativa. It gets me HIGH. Not stoned, but high. And pretty long lasting too. I'm still feeling it 4-6 hours after smoking a single bowl. It really makes me want to speed when driving. Not that I'm impatient, it just seems like 55 is really slow.

I've only smoke a couple grams so I can't get too detailed on the high yet. But so far I'm really loving it. It's been years since I smoked a sativa that was this potent. The only other known strain I have to compare it to is GH church, and at this point I'd have to say I really prefer the satori. Both to grow and to smoke.

I have yet to smoke any cured satori yet, so I'm sure the taste will greatly improve. But I'd say it has an overall sweetness to it, with a strong earthy undertone. I think the taste would really be something pretty special with a couple weeks of curing.

I think this plant was the more sativa dom pheno. It always stretched more than the other satori that was started at the same time right beside it. When put into 12/12, it was basically about a 2' tall lollipop. After a couple weeks of flowering it had doubled in height, and it just exploded with new growth. I'm not the most experienced grower, but I have never seen anything else grow so fast so quick. It also had the largest fan leaves I have ever seen.

My other satori started flowering only about a month ago. It seems to be much bushier, with little stretch. It also looks like it will be a heavy yielder. I also started a 3rd satori about a month ago. I'm hoping for a male this time, so he can knock up my church and my safari mix. At this point my satori has been 2/2 female. My safari ratio is 1/2.

In case you can't tell, I'm becoming a very big satori fan. Someday I hope to have some kali mist to compare it to, but right now I am very satisfied with mandala's genetics. Possibly the best $35 I ever spent.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Never heard of it and i know alot of strains show me some pics.

here is the mandala site

http://www.mandalaseeds.com/html/mandala_seeds_en.html

HowardWCampbell said:

Possibly the best $35 I ever spent.

Let me know if you have any questions.

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A long stoned rambling pro Satori post with a picture of wille is best endorsment i can imagine. thanks Howard!

i orignally only planted two. one came up in three days. the other was at seven and I planted another but left the other one. on the 8th day i decided I must have water logged it, so I very carefull started to tweezer away the jiffy mix, i lift one chunk and can seed a healthy tap root and the seed coat still on. I put the jiffy mix back and the next day it was up. It has actually passed the first one up.

I am very psyched! I'm glad they are growing so fast since I'm only going to run clones....I have some waiting to do.

ICmag has a breeders forum with Manadala Mike and Jasmin, but they have been absent for a long time. Are you going to do a smoke report?

Later and thanks

pinkus said:

ICmag has a breeders forum with Manadala Mike and Jasmin, but they have been absent for a long time. Are you going to do a smoke report?

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Have you read ANothers satori smoke report over there yet? I will do a smoke report once the buds have had a chance to cure a little bit. Did I mention that I'm really liking my satori?

pinkus said:

i orignally only planted two. one came up in three days. the other was at seven and I planted another but left the other one. on the 8th day i decided I must have water logged it, so I very carefull started to tweezer away the jiffy mix, i lift one chunk and can seed a healthy tap root and the seed coat still on. I put the jiffy mix back and the next day it was up. It has actually passed the first one up.

I am very psyched! I'm glad they are growing so fast since I'm only going to run clones....I have some waiting to do.

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Glad to hear you were able to save your seed.

Mine got big enough to clone pretty quickly. And so far I have not had any mandala clones die on me, even while experimenting with new soils. I have one clone that has been uprooted 3 or 4 times in the two months since I cut it, but it's still alive somehow. These are some tough plants.

HowardWCampbell said:

Glad to hear you were able to save your seed.

Mine got big enough to clone pretty quickly. And so far I have not had any mandala clones die on me, even while experimenting with new soils. I have one clone that has been uprooted 3 or 4 times in the two months since I cut it, but it's still alive somehow. These are some tough plants.

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They really are just vibrant and healthy. I swear I could see the difference in size after a ten hour span, and these are only under a 23w cfl.

How did you grow them, like mike advises?

HowardWCampbell said:

Have you read ANothers satori smoke report over there yet?

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Yes. I found a whole batch right after I first posted this thread.
http://www.icmag.com/ic/forumdisplay.php?f=76

pinkus said:

How did you grow them, like mike advises?

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I grow in promix bx. I mix in some dolomitic lime, espoma plant tone, and a little bit of blood meal. I occasionally have to mix in some epsom salts when I water. I veg in 6" or 8" pots, and transplant to 10" pots to flower. I flower under about 350w of fluoro lighting, and a 70w hps. I had a 400w hps given to me, as soon as I improve my ventilation I'll be hooking that up.

mmmmmmmmmmmoooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Forgot to add that I also used BMO FP and a little high P guano during flowering.

I really want to try another "name brand" sativa to compare to my satori. I can't remember the last time I had any bud that I enjoyed this much. I'd like to know if it's this strain specifically, or just any good sativa in general.

I've harvested a few more smaller buds, and will be harvesting the rest as soon as I have some room in my drying box.


Have your plants got "that" smell yet? I think mine were about 3-4 weeks old when it started. The stems of all my satoris get a very pungent, skunky kind of odor that just won't seem to wash off my hands. The plants themselves don't smell particularly strong, until you start to handle them.

Have you grown many other sativas?

pinkus said:

Did it finish in the stated 65-70 day? does it really work for the purposes you stated? does it give you energy?

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yes to all of your questions, Howards filled you in pretty good already so i'll leave it at that.
I'm not only out of the growing game i'm homeless, sigh.