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Breeder's Description - 'Mothers Finest'
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Every mother will tell you she doesn't have a favourite, but add this strain to your collection, and you'll have trouble deciding on your favourite mother. An Indica-Sativa cross, as funky as they come. Don't be fooled by the shorter flowering times and heavier yields of Mothers Finest®, her Sativa breeding are evident from the first toke.
Flowering: 50-70 days.
Height: 140-160 cm.
Yield: up to 120 gr.
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| Grower reports: 3 |
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Grower Report: The Medicine Man |
Mothers Finest from Sensi Seeds |
| Overall Rating: |
9 |
Effect: |
All in the head |
| Potency: |
10 |
Stature: |
Average size |
| Yield: |
9 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, Indica / Sativa |
| Ease: |
7 |
Indoor: |
Varied maturation times |
| Appearance: |
9 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
9 |
Odor: |
JuicyFruit gum |
| Taste Level: |
9 |
Taste: |
JuicyFruit gum |
| Grower's Tils: |
9 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
- |
Mother’s Finest won the cup in 2002 for best Sativa. It’s a cross between Haze, Jack Herer and a secret strain that Sensi says is a Juicy Fruit relative.
Mother’s Finest caught my interest because it won the Sativa cup and it has an impressive heritage. It turned out to be the best Haze hybrid I’ve grown. I’ve grown SAGE, Super Silver Haze, Northern Lights x Haze, Skunk x Haze and C99. Mother’s Finest blows them all away. It has a wonderful soaring Sativa high.
I grew out 7 females and ended up with 3 phenotypes. One pheno was Indica in appearance. it grew short and compact and finished at 3’ in 50 days. The second pheno looked Sativa in appearance and finished at 4’ in 56 days. The third pheno has more Sativa influence and finished at 5’ in 70 days. The dry yields ranged from 2.5 – 5 ozs.
The plants in the photos were the most compact of the females. The short plant is the 50 day pheno. The other plant is one of the 56 day phenos.
The short Indica looking phenotype has really impressed me by having a very strong, clear, energetic high and finishes in 50 days. It blows my mind that Sensi has created such an outstanding strain. The compact pheno will make an excellent quick finishing SOG strain in my garden.
After smoking Mother’s Finest, it’s easy to see why it won the cup for best Sativa. I tip my hat to Sensi Seeds for creating a truly wonderful strain.
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
260w to 400w |
| Average Plant Height: |
48 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
5.00 |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Tree |
| Fertilization: |
Chemically fed |
Veg: 1000 watt HID lights at 62.5 watts per sq ft.
Flowering: 400 watt HPS lights at 75 watts per sq ft.
Coco coir, Jack’s Classic and drip irrigation.
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Grower Report: PerhapsYourGiddyAunt |
Mothers Finest from Sensi Seeds |
| Overall Rating: |
8 |
Effect: |
Varied effects |
| Potency: |
9 |
Stature: |
Somewhat tall and lanky |
| Yield: |
8 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, primarily Sativa |
| Ease: |
7 |
Indoor: |
60 to 65 days |
| Appearance: |
8 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
7 |
Odor: |
Juicy Fruit gum and citrus to Haze |
| Taste Level: |
8 |
Taste: |
Varied |
| Grower's Tils: |
9 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
- |
The phenotypic expression was wide and varied but all were very obviously sisters and brothers. If I had the space they would have kept a few of the males as they were big and handsome with already enticing stem smells.
Out of 12 seeds, 7 were female, all were large and liked to branch, all continued to grow in height well into budding and 5 of them had running tips. One, which they ended up calling the Jack Herer pheno, had tips that ran by up to eight inches off the main bud mass (although this could have been compounded by the tips getting too close to the light and stretching from heat stress).
One lady was finished in 50 days but the taste and high was not what I was looking for and it didn't clone well. Three of the ladies were still going strong at 65 days and were cut because of needed space, so it is hard to report accurately on their true high and taste. One looked and smelled like Thai, was very lanky and needed at least 3 more weeks in bud so the high of the dry bud was not developed. The same can be said for the other 2 that needed more time but they were huge with massive loose broom like buds that also needed a few weeks to finish but would have finished alot larger than the Thai pheno.
The 3 that came down on 60 days were the contenders for keepers, the JH pheno mentioned before was out because of its running tips and one had a crazy paranoia inducing high and not much taste, so that was out.
The pheno I kept had fully developed trichomes at 60 days, didn't have running tips, had the taste and high I was looking for (although I didn't know it until I found it) and cloned well. the absence of running tips meant the bud had a much closer structure than the others and much better dried apperance. The initial nose is of astringant citrus with a creamy after note, the taste has a Haze type then citrus bite but maintains the creamy after taste of the aroma. The high seems to have a very high ceiling, so you just get higher and higher, very cerebral very though enabaling. If you smoke loads you end up on manic speedlike missions but in no way is this unplesant as the high seems very reassuring and safe.
All this in a sixty day mostly Sativa plant, can't be bad, thanks Sensi and the Dronkers.
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
410w to 1000w |
| Average Plant Height: |
60 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
2.00 |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Mixed |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
2x400watt dual HPS/MH lights with air cooled shades, SCROG Sativas under one, SOG Indicas under the other covering about two and a half feet by five.
Soil/coca/perlite mix using Biobizz nutes (grow/bloom/fish/algamic/topmax) No Mercy supply CO2 tabs, Mycogrow soluble mycoryzhal fugus, Hydrotops triple F microbial activator. Top fed/irrigated every 2 to 3 days with some run off.
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Grower Report: Moonshineman II |
Mothers Finest from Sensi Seeds |
| Overall Rating: |
9 |
Effect: |
Somewhat heady |
| Potency: |
10 |
Stature: |
Average size |
| Yield: |
9 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, primarily Sativa |
| Ease: |
9 |
Indoor: |
60 to 65 days |
| Appearance: |
10 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
8 |
Odor: |
Sweet mint |
| Taste Level: |
8 |
Taste: |
Pine with a touch of menthol old time candy |
| Grower's Tils: |
10 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
October, 2003 |
I grew out one and a half pack of Mothers Finest, as I knew this strain had 3 phenotypes and I wanted at least a couple of "Keepers"...Out of 20 seeds I ended up with 12 females, 3 or 4 of each pheno..and one Exceptional example of each ..there were quite a few other females that were worth keeping, but why bother when I had a definite winner, and I am quite picky in choosing moms to keep...This is a multiple hybrid strain and the three represented were: Haze pheno (#11 for me) JackHerer Pheno (#5) and the "secret Juicyfruit realitive" which by all acounts is an(#2) Indica dominant Mapleleaf hybrid...Sensi was looking to bring down the haze flowering time while keeping the haze flavor and high..(how many times have they tried this?)..and the succeeded..
#2 Indica Pheno was a straight grower with no branching...Mine had extra buds forming at every leaf junction which made the plant look really filled in..From seed she finished in 65 days but I have been told clones quicken by as much as two weeks....Of the three phenos this one had the most perfect balanced high...Very Sativa, calm,soaring, exuberent, while the body was powerful and uplifting..the flavor was the lightest of the three reminding me of the "oldfashioned" hard candy I'd get at grandma's house during the holidays....
#5 the Jack Pheno was the largest yeilder of the three and the smelliest...she was done at 75 days ..and had the nicest haze flavor (same as the other two) but more of a jackherer twinge...the high was much speedier than the other phenos but not as pronounced....of the three phenos, this is my least favorite, but many of my friends love it...
#11 Haze pheno 90 plus days..this is not what sensi had in mind when they were producing this strain...much too long of a flowering time and absolutely no yeild...but quality is what this gal is about...I consider this pheno a find as many others who have grown MF have seen the Haze phenos but none have looked as beautiful and crystally as the one I seemed to have found.. she got overlapping light from 3K and even though the buds were crazy dense for a sativa there wasnt more than 40g on the whole bush...that hurts..but I wouldnt dream of lettin ANY of this bud out of my grasp...flavor was same as #2 and #5 old fash mint candy but this one is the sweetest of the three...there is more of a pine/menthol twinge to it also but you really only taste that in the first hit...the High of the haze is the strongest in the head but does have a lil energetic body high..but the headieness of the high is first class, clear,soaring and very calming and pleasing....my new favorite strain...
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
2100w to 5000w |
| Average Plant Height: |
52 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
4.00 |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Mixed |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
I use an organic mix consisting of:
bat guano,earthworm castings, shrimp meal, crab meal,fish meal, broken oyster shell, 60%perilite, coco fiber and a lil PSG and Rare earth organic sand....3khps...no extra food unless needed...but when needed Age Old Organics Bloom and grow formulas....
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