Bubblegum Clone 2019 (I)

This is BubbleGum by Sonoma Seeds. The genetics are Indiana Bubblegum. This regular clone was from a friend of a friend who had the seeds, and the lineage of cloning off of that. This particular clone lived in multiple tents and had a long pre-life. Came as a small, yellowed plant. Likely had spider mites before I received it. Dealt with fungus gnats and spider mites, not even realizing the latter, until eventual recovery. It wasn’t completely resistant, so mid range rating, it did need maintenance. Once it got healthy, it was on! Great mid stage to late stage vegetative growth. Good leaf formations once it hit its stride. I used soil amendment but in hindsight too much. Other plants slightly after Bubblegum, including a plant fatality, revealed the veg. time as not enough and the soil too hot. If you consider how much leaf was growing in and through the buds - this is nitrogen! Clearly, Bubblegum can tolerate high amounts of nutes. The liquid plant food did not help, but better managing soil amendment would improve this grow greatly. This plant also had some experimentation time under 10/14 lighting. I was trying to see what that effect was on flowering and yield. Flowering is certainly triggered faster, but yields likely down. So, I expect this could be a large yielding variety. The smell while growing was a very light sweet, perfect description is actually bubble gum. It had no sharpness or snap to the aromas. However, tastes upon vaping are more herb/musk/skunk like; not quite cheese-like, I feel that may be misleading, but its not as far from cheesey as you’d think. The deep undertone is sort of sweet. Perhaps with longer cure the palette changes. The effects are lovely. This is an indica for sure. While I don’t feel the immediate crushing body and eyelid weight that something like Hash Plant provides, I find Bubblegum makes me tired. Not couch locked, I’m articulating sleepy tired. This is a good pre bed variety, I find it is the polar opposite of insomnia. Trichomes seem to be in abundance. The buds are covered in crystal. I have clones going already in flower, and really like this strain. I expect it could easily climb in ratings if I correct the numerous mistakes. And this one didn’t turn out that badly anyway!