So here's the bad news... I'm just about done smoking this beast and... nothing. Nothing that even looks like a seed. The
next logical conclusion is to pop the seeds from the PCK and select another male. The pollen was just too old. Well, settle
in for another year folks, I'm just getting started with this project. I see the mistakes I made and will adjust. Here's the
Weed Porno from the Apollo 13, 73 days, dried for 9 days cured for 2 weeks.
Smoke Report
The bud below weighed 1.2 grams before breaking it up and discarding the stem and a couple of shake leafs buried in the
dense clusters of calyxes. I carefully broke it down by hand, because I was searching for seeds. These buds are STICKY. The
smell is pungent and has a rotten fruit mixed in with a stinky skunk smell, as advertised. It breaks up nicely, the 9 day dry
and 2 week cure resulted in near perfect nuggets. This plant was flowered early, but still yielded 3 solid ounces and some
extra grams. This is one of the side branch nuggets, not even a big one, not that small either, the average side bud was
slightly less than a gram, but the tops of those branches were over 2 grams. Into the paper it goes. I used Zig Zag Ultra
Thins so the paper didn't interfere with the delicious flavor I already know Apollo 13 is famous for. While lighting it, you can
already smell the Lemons. The rotten fruit skunk smell becomes an undertone that turns slightly more earthy. The room fills
up with the smell of dankness, for no other word can describe it. And this is before I even lit the joint. I am just preburning
the tip to get a nice even start. The first drag, I pull hard to try to capture that skunky taste, but I don't find it going in.
Instead, it tastes like I just put a Lemonheads candy in my mouth. Behind it is another smell that has a hint of Ammonia
behind it, making the overall taste going in feel like a lemon cough drop or lemon based cleaning product. Blowing it out is
when you get the rotten fruit skunk taste. It comes out thick, and you can taste it leaving a stain of lemon behind. Effects
are immediate, as an elevation feeling takes over. I raise the joint back up but pause because the cough was coming. That
is how the cough works with Apollo 13. It creeps. the first one comes faster than the ones after the following hits. BOOM.
The first one is easy and it actually feels good to cough, and you can clear your throat pretty effectively with these coughs.
The second hit is where the rubber really hits the road. The flavors are more intense than the first hit. I resist taking a huge
hit, fearing the creeping cough coming. The cough is easy to work around, you don't get it from the smoke as it goes in or out.
Just some time after. This time, my ears started ringing and my heart started banging in my chest. As I blew this hit out,
I could feel my whole outlook shift (this was the first J of the day) from whatever drab mood I was in to something else.
I can't really explain it, its like a feeling inside your belly that rises up and tingles out of your fingertips (making it easy
to hammer out a story like this one no prob). I began coughing, and it kinda took over for a minute, and I let it. It was a
hearty, deep in the chest cough. I pulled one more hit, this time going for bust. I pulled on that joint till I couldn't squeeze
another drop of breath even into my mouth or a nostril. The cough followed the smoke out of my chest and left me coughing
violently for the better part of 2 minutes. Pretty sure my face turned red and my eyes are still bloodshot. That is where I
usually stop with Apollo 13. Usually because some form of ADHD that only crystal meth addicts know about kicks in. Dishes
get done. 2000 word essays fall out like turds. Songs get written. Gardening becomes an adventure instead of tedious labor.
That is the best way to describe it for me. Two hours go by before I even looked at a clock. I crept back to the back porch to
blaze the roach back up. For the touch up, I might take 2 hits, I might take 5. With Apollo 13, these retouch hits actually
give you a stimulant buzz once again - unlike most other strains, which, hitting a half joint is usually the last thing you do
before you wake up the next morning. With Apollo 13, there is no need for coffee, unless you can't shit lol... but seriously, I
reduced my coffee intake from 3 cups when I wake up to 1 and an average of 1 gallon of tea per day down to less than 1/2
of a gallon. But does it work for pain? It is awesome for pain. Pain relief for me is a must - I have a cervical spine injury.
But the whole reason I wanted to get off of pills was because of the shitty way they made me feel most of the time. With
Apollo 13, the pain melts away on the first hit and there is NO shitty tired doped out feeling. As intense as the stimulant
effect of this strain is, I am happy to report that the rumors and sales pitch is also true: NO PARANOIA. I don't know if that
matters to most sativa lovers out there, but for those with Psych problems, it is something you might want to check into.
Paranoia is a very real side effect of a lot of strains, and being Paranoid is not fun for everyone. With Apollo 13, there is
zero paranoia.
I know this: There will be a lot of seeds on here to fux wit... see ya in a couple weeks...
