BlackJack Clones 2020 (I-III)

This is a review for BlackJack by Nirvana Seeds. I’ve done this strain quite a few times but never with this type of a bug twist. No complaints with early life, these clones were exactly how I pictured batch rotation going, and was going to be the new HPS christening. Little did I know the mite storm would soon be upon them .... It was sad losing the most impressive buds I’ve grown to cobwebs. There is a history of some treatment as they entered flower, but it was not complete, and the high heat low humidity environment caused the population to exponentially grow. I lost a sense of the smells and aromas. As well as the stickiness of the bud. I released many ladybugs to help take down the numbers. The BlackJack then spent some time outside in the Canadian Maritime summer climate, which also drove off the spider mites. I bud washed at the end (which is described below) and this salvaged a good portion of decent quality bud. I was still able to appreciate the density under HPS and the strain’s genetics once again. But, a good proportion of flavour and smell was lost. Effects were still present, sativa leaning, but present for both. I do find it just an overall slathering of effects, just generally stoned. Of some of the mited plants these were the least crystally, however this strain isn’t normally over the top with trichomes. Overall, I’d rank it a 6.5/10. I have indicated 7/10 but its certainly low leaning if its a seven. I have some other mite plants to follow and so this rating makes more sense in a larger scope. The bud was good, it wasn’t of poor quality, but it was a bit stringy where it was damaged and covered and overall stripped of some of the sweet smell.