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Obama Kush (Afghani x OG Kush) Day Before Chop

Strain is Obama Kush (Afghani x OG Kush), which is a really popular strain in my state. Seems like every dispo in the area carries a jar of it. Regardless, it is some straight kill no doubt :joint:

Unfortunately up until this point I've only had this very small area to veg in:

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The four plants started in starter pots under a 4-bulb T5, then went to 1 gals under the 4-bulb, then to 5 gal smart pots under a 6-bulb T5. Because of very limited space I did a decent amount of topping, but didn't have any real room to train them at all for the most part.

Because of the small veg area, I ended up throwing the 5 gal smart pots into 10 gal plastic pots on the day of flip (still in the smart pots), filling in the space between with more coco. I also tied down the plants in the first week of flower which I'm sure stressed them out. All in all the situation was far from ideal but I tried to make the most of it.

Alright, enough excuses, time for some pics! Plants were vegged for about 8 weeks, and flowered for about 8 weeks. All these pics are from today, day 59, and I will be chopping them tomorrow.

Right when the lights turned on:

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Tray looks filled in enough right? Well after defoliating and pulling off the fan leaves with no crystals on them it was a way different picture...

Through method 7s:

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Through method 7s:

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Through the method 7s:

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Cola shot through some method 7s:

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Cola shot through some method 7s:

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No method 7s, with flash:

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No method 7s, with flash:

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The buds are just straight caked... Can't tell as much with the method 7 pics, here's another one with flash and no method 7s:

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A smaller bud, with flash:

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YUMMMMM

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Definitely a stinky plant. Kinda like a sweet skunt smell, but it's hard to describe. Anytime you bump the tray it reeks like hell.

Goal was to pull 2lbs from the tray (there are three 600w HPS above it) but honestly don't think I'll get that much unfortunately :(

When I got the clones I was told that it is a pretty moderately yielding strain, not very big buds. I might also be dealing with root aphids (not sure yet), and I've never seen anyone elses Obama kushs growing, so it's hard for me to tell if these bud sizes are normal or if they are smaller than average...

I'm also finally finishing up a proper-sized veg space, so in the future I can actually have plants that are bigger and will fill in the screen much better in future runs. I still have a lot to learn about canopy management and maximizing a scrog screen though!

Either way I'm excited for the smoke, it's definitely a very nice strain.
 

Chunkypigs

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pretty plants! thats really nice. I always figured Obama OG was just regular OG renamed. looks very different.
 

Nspecta

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Killer lookin' Obama Bad Habit...Dank Frank is right...Mendocino Purple x Bubba Kush, made the cross back in '06 & my boy @tigardfarms cracked that bean the following year...you definitely are doing her justice, she's a beauty.
 
Got her all chopped down today:

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After seeing it all on the rack I feel slightly more confident about the yeild... with other strains 1 shelf rack is usually like 1.5lbs, so maybe I'll hit 2. Who knows though considering every strains density is different.

The aftermath:

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I actually find it kind of beautiful in it's own weird way... Love looking at the stem structuring.


I think the Obama = Mendo Purps x Bubba...fwiw.

Nice looking garden, either way. Hope you hit your goal.


dank.Frank

Thanks for dropping by Dank Frank! I was just going by what leafly said actually for what the genetics are... I definitely trust icmag more than leafly though so I went ahead and asked the guy I got it from. He said it was Afghani x OG kush also :dunno:

Killer lookin' Obama Bad Habit...Dank Frank is right...Mendocino Purple x Bubba Kush, made the cross back in '06 & my boy @tigardfarms cracked that bean the following year...you definitely are doing her justice, she's a beauty.

See above! I don't know what to think now lol. I definitely trust the guy I got it from... who knows though he could be misinformed ? and is tigardfarms a user on here or something? I saw the "@" symbol so I kind of assumed instagram, but couldn't find it on there.

Thanks for dropping in! :tiphat:

Well done king!!look goody!

pretty plants! thats really nice. I always figured Obama OG was just regular OG renamed. looks very different.

Nice job!

Thanks guys!

Nice job on the Obama was this 8 weeks from the flip or pre flower ?

Thanks
GA

Thank you. It I chopped it 60 days after flipping. So just over 8 weeks flower.

Man iv been looking for a cut of that for a long time. Any ideas were I can get one

Well if you're in OR it shouldn't be too hard to find, it seems like the buds are in every dispensary around here... I got the cut from a local dispo (actually the only one in town I personally feel safe getting cuts from) which had it available for a few days. I'd go on leafly and see what you can find out. Good luck!
 
Just picked up a clone whIle in Portland this weekend
Hopefully it's fire

Any word on numbers yet

word, which dispo did you pick it up at?

No #s yet... still drying them (I like to dry them slowly), probably put them in bins in 2-3 days. Burp them in the bins for a week or so, then trim them up and jar them... So probably won't have any #s for like 2 weeks at least. I like a good dry/cure :dance013:
 

dank.frank

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Nspecta - MADE the seeds the Obama cut was found in...read his post a bit more carefully...and his buddy sprouted the particular seed that is know called "Obama Kush"

It is, without question - Mendo Purps x Bubba...

The guy you got it from is misinformed. You should correct him and tell him you got the correct information from the person who MADE the cut...

It's a great looking plant - and you seemed to have done her justice. Beautiful flowers... :respect:

Ugh, I really hate the name of this plant though....ROFL....cannabis being named after politicians...ick. :joint:



dank.Frank
 
Nspecta - MADE the seeds the Obama cut was found in...read his post a bit more carefully...and his buddy sprouted the particular seed that is know called "Obama Kush"

It is, without question - Mendo Purps x Bubba...

The guy you got it from is misinformed. You should correct him and tell him you got the correct information from the person who MADE the cut...

It's a great looking plant - and you seemed to have done her justice. Beautiful flowers... :respe

Ugh, I really hate the name of this plant though....ROFL....cannabis being named after politicians...ick. :joi

dank.Frank

Got it! :tiphat: It certainly brings into question where the heck leafly is getting their information from??? Considering how big of a website it is for cannabis and how much traffic they get, you would think their information should be spot on! Somebody needs to shoot them an email or something...

Another problem with cannabis is people will sometimes name something it's not, which made me wonder if there could have been multiple crosses which were both named Obama Kush? who knows. Nspecta - if you read this - does these flowers look like the cross you made? That would certainly verify the genetic lineage I think.

Buds are still drying... took one of the smallest ones last night and trimmed it up. All I did was cut 2 of the tiny fan leaves off and snip a few leaf ends up:

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No flash on any of the pics! I'm really stoked to see the final product, I think it should be stellar.
 

Nspecta

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Got it! :tiphat: It certainly brings into question where the heck leafly is getting their information from??? Considering how big of a website it is for cannabis and how much traffic they get, you would think their information should be spot on! Somebody needs to shoot them an email or something...

Another problem with cannabis is people will sometimes name something it's not, which made me wonder if there could have been multiple crosses which were both named Obama Kush? who knows. Nspecta - if you read this - does these flowers look like the cross you made? That would certainly verify the genetic lineage I think.

Gorgeous looking Obama @Bad Habits...While there are mutltiple hybrids/cuts that are all named Obama Kush (from Portland, San Diego, Michigan, Etc...) what you have is without a doubt the Portland Obama Kush.

My buddy and I actually talked with Leafly at the HT Seattle cup a couple weeks ago and are working to help them correct some of their erroneous lineages on certain strains. :tiphat:
 
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