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hush's Silver LA grow
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Day 62, and I'm not seeing any ambers yet:
I still need to harvest tomorrow, even though there are no ambers. But I guess someday I'll have to let this plant go longer than 9 weeks. I harvested at 8 weeks last time, because I had to, and it was still knockout sleepytime bud. So this time with an extra week I thought it would be done. Oh well.
I still need to harvest tomorrow, even though there are no ambers. But I guess someday I'll have to let this plant go longer than 9 weeks. I harvested at 8 weeks last time, because I had to, and it was still knockout sleepytime bud. So this time with an extra week I thought it would be done. Oh well.
Lookn good hush... I harvested mine at 10 weaks and it is fire... Mine was all purple buds with a silver tint to the buds from all the resin... Mine yielded about 1.5-2.0 zips... The buds on mine were very long buds that went up the entire stem... I am pretty impressed with her... But ... I also had a la woman and I like her even more then the silver... Great pics hush...
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Inspired333
Looks nice n sugary. How long and what size was she vegged for before ya flipped (I might have missed that info) ?
I was watching a few YT vids on hempy's, with coco though, looked really interesting. Seems one could - if they wanted to - go real organic with it? maybe not though.
I was watching a few YT vids on hempy's, with coco though, looked really interesting. Seems one could - if they wanted to - go real organic with it? maybe not though.
I honestly don't know much about organic container gardening, so I can't weigh in on that. As far as how long I let the plant grow before flowering... I don't remember. I would have to go back and read the thread from page 1. I think I let it go about a month or so, with constant LST.
Anyway, I harvested, but it was day 64 instead of 63.. I only managed to get decent pics of some buds, not any whole plant shots. It's too bad, too, because this is a colorful plant! Beautiful burgundy red hues with the light green and yellow hues of late flowering.. What a beauty! Some fan leaves were almost completely red in color. I've never grown red weed before!
But I'll take pictures of the dried buds when those are ready. They came out with a purplish red color to them too.
Anyway, I harvested, but it was day 64 instead of 63.. I only managed to get decent pics of some buds, not any whole plant shots. It's too bad, too, because this is a colorful plant! Beautiful burgundy red hues with the light green and yellow hues of late flowering.. What a beauty! Some fan leaves were almost completely red in color. I've never grown red weed before!
But I'll take pictures of the dried buds when those are ready. They came out with a purplish red color to them too.
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Inspired333
Tasty looking for sure
liptonlizard
New member
Wicked, can't wait to see it plucked
Okay, here's my first set of observations about this strain:
First of all, the appearance... it is one of the most colorful strains I've grown in a very long time. I had forgotten about how much I enjoy the "superficial" characteristic of color! Pretty much all of the buds have gone a purple color. There is varying degree of green chlorophyll color to some of these buds, meaning some are a light green mixed with purple hues, and some are entirely purple with red/orange hues. All of them are covered in crystals giving the overall appearance of all the buds a decidedly silver color. Very beautiful! I wish I was a better photographer so I could have shown the whole plant better in this thread. Maybe next time I'll get my wife out there with her camera.
Secondly, the bud structure is not very indica-like, other than how dense they are. They are rather very much like haze bud structure, that sort of "spiky" look that the flower leaves and calyxes provide. There is also a slightly lower calyx to leaf ratio than purer hazes. Just from the look of the buds, one gets the immediate impression that, surprisingly, this plant is not so indica-heavy after all. Yes, the flowering time is a bit longer than typical indica, so that might be a giveaway, but I honestly was not expecting any sativa characteristics like this. Pleasant surprise!
On to the smell... The smell has been pungent and spicy, all along. Even before harvest, there was more of a culinary spice type of aroma in the grow room, as opposed to that skunky stink. I could never particularly put my finger on it, but it's like a cooking spice, like maybe nutmeg or cinnamon, but not exactly either of those. It was elusive to me. Pleasant though! Then finally after the first buds were dried and smokable, I was able to give it a try. The aroma stayed the same, even in dried form, but now there was a recognizable haze scent accompanying it. DAMN those haze genetics always seem to find a way to come through, even when there is only a trace of it in the family tree, don't they?!
Then after lighting it up, the smell instantly becomes something else... CATHOLIC MASS!! Which brings me to the flavor. It tastes the way it smells while burning, which is like that incense they use in Catholic church on christmas. What is that, frankincense and myrrh? Although, I want to say it also reminds me of a sandalwood type of smell. Nonetheless, overall, it tastes like the smell of Catholic incense. There is also a hazy flavor underneath it, too. (So, that haze is all over the place, right? I had no clue there was going to be so much of it coming through in this one!)
The high, though, is not particularly a haze one. It's what I was expecting, and had already experienced the last time I grew this plant out, when I was testing to see if it was worth keeping around as a mother. Except last time I harvested early, at 8 weeks, so I knew it wasn't an accurate representation of what it would be. But this time around I harvested at 64 days, which is in the window that the breeders recommend, and yes, that extra week made a lovely difference. But back to the high... yes, the high is an indica one. Nice, heavy, relaxing high. There is a giggly head high going on too, which is nice. It's got more of a head high than my Sadhu does, so that's a nice change. But it is definitely more of a night time medicine. It gets my eyes feeling pretty droopy and red, too. I'm guessing I would look pretty stoned if I was out in public after smoking this one.
Those are my initial observations, after having smoked on this for about 2 days now. I was not expecting so much haze presence from this one... I honestly was expecting more of an Afghani presence. I then had to admit to myself that I didn't know too much about the history of this strain, and what genetics went into it. I just remembered what the strain description had said, and based my expectations off of that. So I looked into this strain, and of course, it doesn't surprise me that the haze comes through. It's not that distant. According to DNA's website, this is a cross between Silver Bubble and LA Confidential. Silver Bubble is SSH x Bubblegum, and LA Confidential is OG LA Affie x Afghani. So, right away we can see that 50% of this plant's genetic makeup is Afghani genetics, and only 25% comes from SSH, which is not even a pure haze... yet, the haze comes through!
I have to say, I'm really impressed with this strain, and it makes me want to try some of DNA's other work. Also, I have to say, I'm confused by the DNA and Reserva Privada designations. When I received this freebie seed, the pack it was in was labeled as "Reserva Privada Seeds Silver LA," but now all the stuff I'm finding about this strain is labeled as DNA Genetics, and it is on DNA's website, not on Reserva Privada's. The same thing happened with another strain I got as a freebie from the same order, Stacked Kush. They both came labeled as Reserva Privada, but now everything I look up suggests that they are both under the regular DNA label. I don't understand. But I don't particularly care, either. I'm just saying, it's confusing when seed companies operate under 2 different labels like that.
I'm thinking I should try out their LA Confidential, because a straight afghani like that would be an awesome addition to my stable, and I'm guessing the beautiful colors of this one come more from the LA Confidential than from the Silver Bubble.
First of all, the appearance... it is one of the most colorful strains I've grown in a very long time. I had forgotten about how much I enjoy the "superficial" characteristic of color! Pretty much all of the buds have gone a purple color. There is varying degree of green chlorophyll color to some of these buds, meaning some are a light green mixed with purple hues, and some are entirely purple with red/orange hues. All of them are covered in crystals giving the overall appearance of all the buds a decidedly silver color. Very beautiful! I wish I was a better photographer so I could have shown the whole plant better in this thread. Maybe next time I'll get my wife out there with her camera.
Secondly, the bud structure is not very indica-like, other than how dense they are. They are rather very much like haze bud structure, that sort of "spiky" look that the flower leaves and calyxes provide. There is also a slightly lower calyx to leaf ratio than purer hazes. Just from the look of the buds, one gets the immediate impression that, surprisingly, this plant is not so indica-heavy after all. Yes, the flowering time is a bit longer than typical indica, so that might be a giveaway, but I honestly was not expecting any sativa characteristics like this. Pleasant surprise!
On to the smell... The smell has been pungent and spicy, all along. Even before harvest, there was more of a culinary spice type of aroma in the grow room, as opposed to that skunky stink. I could never particularly put my finger on it, but it's like a cooking spice, like maybe nutmeg or cinnamon, but not exactly either of those. It was elusive to me. Pleasant though! Then finally after the first buds were dried and smokable, I was able to give it a try. The aroma stayed the same, even in dried form, but now there was a recognizable haze scent accompanying it. DAMN those haze genetics always seem to find a way to come through, even when there is only a trace of it in the family tree, don't they?!
Then after lighting it up, the smell instantly becomes something else... CATHOLIC MASS!! Which brings me to the flavor. It tastes the way it smells while burning, which is like that incense they use in Catholic church on christmas. What is that, frankincense and myrrh? Although, I want to say it also reminds me of a sandalwood type of smell. Nonetheless, overall, it tastes like the smell of Catholic incense. There is also a hazy flavor underneath it, too. (So, that haze is all over the place, right? I had no clue there was going to be so much of it coming through in this one!)
The high, though, is not particularly a haze one. It's what I was expecting, and had already experienced the last time I grew this plant out, when I was testing to see if it was worth keeping around as a mother. Except last time I harvested early, at 8 weeks, so I knew it wasn't an accurate representation of what it would be. But this time around I harvested at 64 days, which is in the window that the breeders recommend, and yes, that extra week made a lovely difference. But back to the high... yes, the high is an indica one. Nice, heavy, relaxing high. There is a giggly head high going on too, which is nice. It's got more of a head high than my Sadhu does, so that's a nice change. But it is definitely more of a night time medicine. It gets my eyes feeling pretty droopy and red, too. I'm guessing I would look pretty stoned if I was out in public after smoking this one.
Those are my initial observations, after having smoked on this for about 2 days now. I was not expecting so much haze presence from this one... I honestly was expecting more of an Afghani presence. I then had to admit to myself that I didn't know too much about the history of this strain, and what genetics went into it. I just remembered what the strain description had said, and based my expectations off of that. So I looked into this strain, and of course, it doesn't surprise me that the haze comes through. It's not that distant. According to DNA's website, this is a cross between Silver Bubble and LA Confidential. Silver Bubble is SSH x Bubblegum, and LA Confidential is OG LA Affie x Afghani. So, right away we can see that 50% of this plant's genetic makeup is Afghani genetics, and only 25% comes from SSH, which is not even a pure haze... yet, the haze comes through!
I have to say, I'm really impressed with this strain, and it makes me want to try some of DNA's other work. Also, I have to say, I'm confused by the DNA and Reserva Privada designations. When I received this freebie seed, the pack it was in was labeled as "Reserva Privada Seeds Silver LA," but now all the stuff I'm finding about this strain is labeled as DNA Genetics, and it is on DNA's website, not on Reserva Privada's. The same thing happened with another strain I got as a freebie from the same order, Stacked Kush. They both came labeled as Reserva Privada, but now everything I look up suggests that they are both under the regular DNA label. I don't understand. But I don't particularly care, either. I'm just saying, it's confusing when seed companies operate under 2 different labels like that.
I'm thinking I should try out their LA Confidential, because a straight afghani like that would be an awesome addition to my stable, and I'm guessing the beautiful colors of this one come more from the LA Confidential than from the Silver Bubble.
Alright well the drying is complete, and the final weight is in. Total weight was 80 grams buds, and 8 grams popcorn. So, 88 grams, or just over 3 ounces. If you wanna be specific, π ounces. 
With flash then without flash:
Pretty much all the buds are a purple color. Some of them are even a maroon crimson color. It just doesn't come through in these photos. This is colorful pot right here!
So, this is probably officially the lowest yield anyone has ever gotten under a 1000 watts before, lol. At least I know if I had put my normal 5 plants in there, this strain would have given me close to a pound. That's not bad. But yeah, I got 3 ounces. That's better than no ounces I guess.
Now I take vacation and when I come back I will start another grow, and this time I will fill the tent. I have clones rooting right now in preparation!
With flash then without flash:
Pretty much all the buds are a purple color. Some of them are even a maroon crimson color. It just doesn't come through in these photos. This is colorful pot right here!
So, this is probably officially the lowest yield anyone has ever gotten under a 1000 watts before, lol. At least I know if I had put my normal 5 plants in there, this strain would have given me close to a pound. That's not bad. But yeah, I got 3 ounces. That's better than no ounces I guess.
Now I take vacation and when I come back I will start another grow, and this time I will fill the tent. I have clones rooting right now in preparation!
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liptonlizard
New member
Super pretty, I really like LA con so I might try this out, sounds great and looks beautiful.
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