CKS Super Silver Haze
STRAIN: Super Silver Haze
MEDIUM: 80% ProMix4 Peat/20% perlite
POT SIZE: 20 gallon
NUTES: FloraMicro 2 part lucas
SUPPLEMENTS: Cal-max, Pro-silicate, Molasses
LIGHT TYPE (veg): 600W MH
LIGHT CYCLE (veg): 18/6
Veg Time: 3 months
LIGHT TYPE (flwr): 600W HPS
LIGHT CYCLE (flwr): 12/12 (11/13 3rd last week 10/14 last 2 weeks)
GROW DIFFICULTY: HARD
AROMA: Nothing like any weed I've smelled before
FLAVOR: Citrus-y but in the orange peel kind of way
SIZE: Obnoxiously large and out of control
YIELD: 18oz
WEED TO SEED: 7 months
EFFECT: Very happy, uplifting, motivating
Review:
This was a great learning experience. I grabbed different kinds of seeds hoping to get a clear, first hand idea of what the differences are between strains. Boy did I get more than I bargained for.
I had popped 5 seeds up front to let these veg, I thought that's what I wanted to do. I had 2 plants survive and I was in no hurry to flower them, I wanted some good sativa bud so I let 'em grow. Well once I had a couple of plants out of the way I figured it was time to put this girl to flower. She'd vegged for 3 months along side an AK I had so I transplanded her into a 20 gallon pot I got an actual tree in and put em in a scrogg together.
Well I was a little concerned up front because she was so much smaller than the AK beside her that was just DYING to grow but I let 'em do their thing. Within a few weeks the SSH had completely taken over my little 3x3x7 tent and was practically shading my ak to death. By the time the AK finished, the SSH was just starting to put on bud. I had been wrangling this girl to keep her shoots curling around inside, below the light but she just kept stretching, up into the light and beyond so I had to start trimming her back.
I came to the conclusion, based on my reading she must be a straight Haze pheno. She was lanky with the hazy leaf shoots poking out all of the terminal buds. Then the buds started growing in and getting big. I thought I was gonna have a 1+ pounder on my hands.
After 3 full months of flowering I wasn't seeing an end in sight. I was watching the trichomes, looking for them to start to turn but I read much later that Sativas don't necessarily tell you when they're done that way. Regardless, I figured I'd start reducing the light time to entice her to finish off. I started to reduce by 1 hour and used some dry KoolBloom to get her to finish. I flushed for the whole final month after that basically and just let her live out another month before finally saying enough's enough and just chopped her.
Sadly I didn't get many end of life pics because the camera went out of commission but she was a beast! Unfortunately, none of the nug was very dense despite being under the brand new 600W HPS. Apparently this is another Haze trait (?) but these nugs were big and airy and looked like something I would have normally made fun of. They were big and airy and NOT particularly frosty.
Smoking it was nothing special. Kinda dry burn feeling in the throat, not particularly tasty as I expect bud to be either. I rolled my first fatty after letting it dry for a week. I burned it almost to myself and when I was done I looked at my wife (who doesn't smoke) and thought "Damn, didn't even get me high". Then all of a sudden I felt this familar, cotton behind the eyes kindof a feeling and I realized that I was high, I was REALLY high, it just wasn't high like I'm used to feeling, this was all in my head. This kinda solidified the "haze" conclusion for me. I LOVE the high I get from this weed and I'm convinced I did a pretty good job in the end, I just wasn't aware of what to expect from this strain and pheno (I think).
In the end, I'd like to try this strain again. I'd like to get see some more of what the genetics can do because I KNOW there are some popular, hybrid pheno's available, I just didn't keep any of them alive.
Pics:
SSH with the AK together
After the AK was removed:
1 big donky dick branch/bud (This actually is from a harvest video, I'll try to rip some more pics from it):
STRAIN: Super Silver Haze
MEDIUM: 80% ProMix4 Peat/20% perlite
POT SIZE: 20 gallon
NUTES: FloraMicro 2 part lucas
SUPPLEMENTS: Cal-max, Pro-silicate, Molasses
LIGHT TYPE (veg): 600W MH
LIGHT CYCLE (veg): 18/6
Veg Time: 3 months
LIGHT TYPE (flwr): 600W HPS
LIGHT CYCLE (flwr): 12/12 (11/13 3rd last week 10/14 last 2 weeks)
GROW DIFFICULTY: HARD
AROMA: Nothing like any weed I've smelled before
FLAVOR: Citrus-y but in the orange peel kind of way
SIZE: Obnoxiously large and out of control
YIELD: 18oz
WEED TO SEED: 7 months
EFFECT: Very happy, uplifting, motivating
Review:
This was a great learning experience. I grabbed different kinds of seeds hoping to get a clear, first hand idea of what the differences are between strains. Boy did I get more than I bargained for.
I had popped 5 seeds up front to let these veg, I thought that's what I wanted to do. I had 2 plants survive and I was in no hurry to flower them, I wanted some good sativa bud so I let 'em grow. Well once I had a couple of plants out of the way I figured it was time to put this girl to flower. She'd vegged for 3 months along side an AK I had so I transplanded her into a 20 gallon pot I got an actual tree in and put em in a scrogg together.
Well I was a little concerned up front because she was so much smaller than the AK beside her that was just DYING to grow but I let 'em do their thing. Within a few weeks the SSH had completely taken over my little 3x3x7 tent and was practically shading my ak to death. By the time the AK finished, the SSH was just starting to put on bud. I had been wrangling this girl to keep her shoots curling around inside, below the light but she just kept stretching, up into the light and beyond so I had to start trimming her back.
I came to the conclusion, based on my reading she must be a straight Haze pheno. She was lanky with the hazy leaf shoots poking out all of the terminal buds. Then the buds started growing in and getting big. I thought I was gonna have a 1+ pounder on my hands.
After 3 full months of flowering I wasn't seeing an end in sight. I was watching the trichomes, looking for them to start to turn but I read much later that Sativas don't necessarily tell you when they're done that way. Regardless, I figured I'd start reducing the light time to entice her to finish off. I started to reduce by 1 hour and used some dry KoolBloom to get her to finish. I flushed for the whole final month after that basically and just let her live out another month before finally saying enough's enough and just chopped her.
Sadly I didn't get many end of life pics because the camera went out of commission but she was a beast! Unfortunately, none of the nug was very dense despite being under the brand new 600W HPS. Apparently this is another Haze trait (?) but these nugs were big and airy and looked like something I would have normally made fun of. They were big and airy and NOT particularly frosty.
Smoking it was nothing special. Kinda dry burn feeling in the throat, not particularly tasty as I expect bud to be either. I rolled my first fatty after letting it dry for a week. I burned it almost to myself and when I was done I looked at my wife (who doesn't smoke) and thought "Damn, didn't even get me high". Then all of a sudden I felt this familar, cotton behind the eyes kindof a feeling and I realized that I was high, I was REALLY high, it just wasn't high like I'm used to feeling, this was all in my head. This kinda solidified the "haze" conclusion for me. I LOVE the high I get from this weed and I'm convinced I did a pretty good job in the end, I just wasn't aware of what to expect from this strain and pheno (I think).
In the end, I'd like to try this strain again. I'd like to get see some more of what the genetics can do because I KNOW there are some popular, hybrid pheno's available, I just didn't keep any of them alive.
Pics:
SSH with the AK together
After the AK was removed:
1 big donky dick branch/bud (This actually is from a harvest video, I'll try to rip some more pics from it):
