Hawaiian Puff Clone 2020 (II)

This is a Hawaiian Puff clone from Lucky 13 seeds. This distributor provides regular seeds only so previous to this diary my friend and I grew a seed out and selected a clone to preserve the lineage. Jumping ahead, I had a fatal mistake this summer leaving my heat mat on, during a heat wave that even had my unfinished basement up to almost 30 degrees C. So, I lost many clones of different varieties, including my last clone of Hawaiian Puff. This triggered immense mourning. However, it turns out Lucky 13 provides some freebie seeds with every seed pack ordered (so yes, you can get multiple freebie strains in a single order) and so the last purchase we actually recouped this legend strain as a freebie. This was in fact the second time getting it as bonus from Lucky 13. This grow goes way, way back in time and so I was still using a different variety of soil amendment and still constructing my current veg. tent. It was also one of the first plants to experience the HPS fully in flower with no mites (its own pest population notwithstanding). The size worked out well for stretch, and the bush was ideally positioned. I’m not sure there is a way to grow Puff without training and using LST, it just off branches and becomes round, and leafy. It has the same annoying structures as a White Widow. It is best kept pruned and maintained. The thick tangle of a canopy makes it prime for mites and other pests, be prepared for pest prevention. Even after annihilating the spider mites elsewhere, they found sanctuary on Hawaiian Puff much longer as I slowly got at them. I did get rid of them completely, but the last few weeks finishing up outside would have also been a future chess move. No need. As stated, the last couple weeks outside gave Hawaiian Puff time to finish up, frost up due to temperatures, and also go the ten weeks of flower without holding things up. Despite it not having the strength to stand and being the most ugly mess, the colours displayed were beautiful. I was really able to fade this one without the overbearing deficiencies that may limit a plant. The smell wasn’t strong from afar, but the buds were DANK. Harvest revealed nice bulbous flowers, it was very deceiving. Lots of yield. The smells and aromas are faint compared to when ground and vaped. It is a strong, pungent, smelling salts like whiff of must/dank/fuel. I keep referencing White Widow, or Super Silver Haze, because thats the type of aromas, but no relations with the high. The smell is also more notable than those above, Hawaiian Puff has that element or twist of bad/weird within the pungency that makes you want to go back and smell more. Potency is very strong/high and the effects put me into a sativa leaning haze. I repeat its strong, one of the most potent I have grown. It hits your brain but is so powerful just makes you sleepy too. All around effects with pronounced eye and brain pressure. It makes my cheeks and eye sockets sweat. Think about that, and if you’ve ever experienced the same you’ll know what I mean. I’ve cloned Puff before and its quite easy. The temporary discontinuation of the line was more an overall garden mistake and so I’m not really seeing that as strain or grow specific to Hawaiian Puff. I have at least had experience going through the process and have given many clones away. I can’t really criticize Hawaiian Puff much at all. Just being a pain in the ass to maintain all the leaf veg., and the trimming during harvest is real; selecting a female from regular seeds is not for the faint of heart; flowering to really finish the buds takes a long 10 weeks. These three things could be criticisms but I would also grumble, complain, and bitch if I saw others on GrowDiaries whining about the above, so I don’t really consider them as real negatives. The genes are well worth the wait! I’ve be stretching to come up with negative aspects. The reality is Hawaiian Puff deserves a 10/10. Trying to limit or deny the score would be insincere. At least one growmie got a sample, and perhaps an observation is that its more difficult to share clones or regular seeds, compared to sending growmies a single feminized seed. It actually puts them in a position where they need to 1) get over themselves and do some female selection, and 2) support Lucky 13 seeds, another example of a great, small (Canadian) seed distributor that gets no advertisement space on GrowDiaries because they don’t pay into the model.