I never reported back to this thread my results.
In Tent #1 we had 3x Critical HOG and 1x Cotton Candy. Trimming the HOG was the worst experience of my horticultural life, and after a 10 day dry and 2 month cure, it was the absolutely the worst tasting smoke I have ever had. Ran that in Tent #1 and #2 with different mediums, nutes, techniques.... and they came out the exact same. BLACKLISTED STRAIN for me! As for the Cotton Candy, even being surrounded and smothered by 3 Critical HOG, it yielded me 7.1 ounce dry!!
It's some of the best smelling and tasting smoke I've ever had, and up there with some of the most potent! I've run 2 clones to 9 weeks flowering since then, and they are looking and smelling amazing. So Tent #1 yielded me 7 from the CC, 5 from one of the HOG and 3 from the 2 others, for a total haul of 18 Oz's.
Tent #2 consisted of 2x Critical HOG, 2x Acapulco Gold and 1x Sage N Sour. You know my thoughts on the HOG, so we'll pass by that. At first, I thought the Acapulco Gold was going to be a total let down. Trimming it wasn't the most fun, but she yielded wonderfully. I think 5-6 Oz's each plant (I can't remember now, but I remember the total for the tent). At first I never thoughts I'd run it again. After a 1 month cure, oh mannnnn I'm so going to run this again! The gold definitely came out, and the nugs were dense as heck. The taste was extremely earthy and delicious! The effect was mellow and soothing. Rather long lasting. Had great comments about it! The Sage N Sour... this was a gem. Considering the cross was of Sour Diesel, the strain had a super fuelly smell and the Sage gave it this "sweet" touch that just made it stand out as it's own strain truly. Highly recommend Sage N' Sour! The yield was huge (also got 7.2 Oz's from her) and the nugs were dense as heck, and had loads of bag appeal. The effect was quite hitting, and very cerebral and uplifting. The taste was of fuel as well if I had to pin point it. Yummy stuff! I yielded about 27 Oz's total from the 5 plants in the 4x4.
So, in conclusion, never running Critical HOG again!! And Acapulco Gold turned out to be a winner, but I didn't even know it would until the cure. Nothing was the same after the cure, nothing! But that was a very good thing, because I had sworn it off just as I put them into the jars to cure.
Hope this helps, I know lots of people take a journal so far, and never report back. Heck, I didn't either, but honestly I thought the site was going down.
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