Looking for smell/taste alternative of Passion #1 for indoor

[Only Ornamental]

Hi there,

I had a small Passion #1 (by DP) male this year (popped only 2 beans, one got eaten by snails) and used it for tea (simply dried leaves plus boiling water and honey *g*). The taste/smell is great (IMO the only good thing about that plant)! Recently, I ran out of it and thought to myself: Why not try an indoor grow in the winter garden?

Bad thing is, the Passion #1 is a preferably outdoor plant... Does anyone have an idea which strain smells/tastes like it? Mind, I'm not interested in smoke taste but tea taste!!

Now, my limitations are that I don't gonna install extra lights and would try it in the terrarium (600W of T5 and HQI for 2 square-meters but 2 meters above ground, and a weed-eating dragon LoL). So, I'd prefer a plant with rather low light requirements.
Obviously, I'd like to have the plant only for tea (leaves) and hence would keep it in constant vegetation. Therefore, a strain not flowering on a 14/10 light cycle (that's what my beardie has) would be preferable; or even one which could be kept at 12/12 plus some small light (3 W LED or 7 W energy bulb?) for a few extra hours to avoid flowering.
Other plus factors would be easy handling and growth in common soil, easy cloning, fast growth and a lot of leaves.

Anyone an idea whether there is such a strain?
If not, do I have a realistic chance to grow Passion #1 under these conditions and get something useful out of it?

 

[exploziv]

I've not grown or tasted Passion #1, but durban poison had great floral taste. the problem with it was it was just mild potency (used it to improve the taste in my joints, with more potent strains that had no or little aroma), but for making tea and low lighting conditions i'd recommend it.

btw, wash the leaves well and brew the tea with boiling water, from what i know, most reptiles carry salmonella on their skin.

 

[Carbon.Chains]

Hi there,

I had a small Passion #1 (by DP) male this year (popped only 2 beans, one got eaten by snails) and used it for tea (simply dried leaves plus boiling water and honey *g*). The taste/smell is great (IMO the only good thing about that plant)! Recently, I ran out of it and thought to myself: Why not try an indoor grow in the winter garden?

Bad thing is, the Passion #1 is a preferably outdoor plant... Does anyone have an idea which strain smells/tastes like it? Mind, I'm not interested in smoke taste but tea taste!!

Now, my limitations are that I don't gonna install extra lights and would try it in the terrarium (600W of T5 and HQI for 2 square-meters but 2 meters above ground, and a weed-eating dragon LoL). So, I'd prefer a plant with rather low light requirements.
Obviously, I'd like to have the plant only for tea (leaves) and hence would keep it in constant vegetation. Therefore, a strain not flowering on a 14/10 light cycle (that's what my beardie has) would be preferable; or even one which could be kept at 12/12 plus some small light (3 W LED or 7 W energy bulb?) for a few extra hours to avoid flowering.
Other plus factors would be easy handling and growth in common soil, easy cloning, fast growth and a lot of leaves.

Anyone an idea whether there is such a strain?
If not, do I have a realistic chance to grow Passion #1 under these conditions and get something useful out of it?

Growth in common soil, fast, and lots of leaves? Easy to keep in veg with 14/10?
A pure sativa seems to fit all the criteria and since it's not for smoking purposes, I don't think you'll mind the 14-20+ weeks of flowering
They don't need as much nutrients as other strains, they grow bigger and faster and generally have a lot of leaves. Plus the smells and taste are very unique.
Certain pure sativas even need less than 12/12 to flower, so keeping them in veg will be very easy. When they do flower, the stretch can be around 8x to 20x.
They do prefer a lot of light though, and their leaves are much thinner but I think overall you would have more leaf material.
Take a look at aceseeds and cannabiogen.
Growing the Passion 1 indoors is an option as well, a lot of outdoor strains do fine indoors.

Hope this helps
C-C

 

[Only Ornamental]

Thank you both!

@ Exploziv_GBB: Doesn't that smell like aniseed and liquorice with an oily, rank aftertaste (just what I've read a few times)? I like those spices but my wife not so much...
Besides, it's not on the skin but in the faeces . Don't worry, THAT part is under control.

@ C_C: How did you know that I would love to have some ACE or CBG F1's (don't think that pure lines gonna survive my experience well enough)? Already put some on next years wish list .

Although, based on my experience (only this years grow) I see a rather good correlation between 'indica-proportion' and taste (except Purple #1, which is nearly odour- and tasteless): Passion #1 >> Critical+ > Blueberry > Californian Orange = Original Strawberry Cough > Skunk #1 = Purple #1 >> Super Silver.
That makes me a bit uncertain... on the theoretical side, I love pure sativas but on the other I have never tasted one with certainty (I usually didn't knew what I smoked) except my 8 plants I'm testing this year which tells me that sativas stink ... Please tell me that it's just bad luck with my choice!

 

[exploziv]

My DP had a aniseed/spring flowers taste (very floral and quite sweet) with some earthy undertones.

Maybe you should describe the taste you're after, cause I bet not many people have tried passion #1.

 

[Only Ornamental]

Your description of the DP sounds great! From where did you get yours?

The problem with the taste of Passion is a bit, that it is hard to describe because it lacks anything special (if it were that easy I wouldn't ask here LoL): it had a very balanced, somewhat floral, warm, lovely, and mellow smell/taste with the typical notes of cannabis (e.g. caryophyllene), maybe a tick sandelwood... No edges or hints, no bitterness, neither spicy/pungent nor piney (maybe because it was a male?), also nothing citric/acid, no mint or other fresh or green notes, not earthy or woody, not tropical-fruity, no dark roasting aromas (chokolate/coffee)...
Thinking about it just reminds us of the perfect hemp tea taste but when we try to put a description to it... Figured it easiest to ask for someone who had tasted it and knows what I mean and now you tell me that this strains isn't such a bumper... why that?

 

[exploziv]

Was from DP regular seeds stock, bought some years ago (around 5).