Bombastick - mainlining 16 colas

I really enjoyed both growing and smoking that strain! The speed of growth during the vegetative stage was spectacular. It's like nothing could have stopped her! She was able to build a strong rootmass and big healthy leaves in a few days under cheap IKEA bulbs. And she exploded when I moved her under a 110W smd ("quantum board"). She was transplanted twice, and each time I switched her container I noticed some crazy roots all around the AirPot. Solid genetics in here, for sure! She was a pleasure to work on because her stems were flexible enough to bend them continuously, making the mainlining process very easy. No snap, no slow recovery, no toxicities nor deficiencies, and no light stress... She asked for more and I gave her the maximum I could, in terms of time, pot size, quality/quantity of light. I was not expecting so many side-branching so pruning was mandatory, as well as defoliating its large fan leaves. She needed some air at her feet. If you want to work on the same project, and plan to mainline a THC-Bomb in a quite short space, I would recommend to stop the training at 8 main colas, pushing to 16 was a bit crazy, since the buds were really close from each others during late flowering. But once again the quality of the genetics showed up and she was not affected by mold/mildew or any late-flowering disease. She just faded out nicely, and drove its last energy into resin production. The harvest was easy since that plant had a good leaf-to-bud ratio, plus she offered me some nice scissor-hash during the trim! No issue at all during drying, that was done in 16 days (8 days on the stems upside-down, and 8 days on a drying net). Curing was done conscientiously, by opening the jars everyday for almost 3 weeks. Then comes the smoke test! What a pleasure to enjoy your homemade product after so many weeks of work! The final product looks great in the jars, and even better in the grinder, her dense dry buds litterally explode once crushed, a small bud results in a big joint! The high will hit you after a few minutes, and will last for more than an hour. It is - in my opinion - an afterwork or party strain, it will not glue you to the couch but will make you feel energetic, happy, and creative. Definitely a social strain to share with good friends! The taste is not that unique (it can make you think of other strains) but still very nice, some notes of citrus, pepper, with an earthy dominance.