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Breeder's Description - 'Blockhead'
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Blockhead - This is a new addition to Spice of Life Seeds. The mother was selected from seed developed by one crazy yanqui. The exact origins are somewhat of a mystery. It is strong pot. The feminized mothers were fairly homogenous, although from several of the line, and another more extreme sativa. This mother had indica-like buds on a sativa sized plant. Crossed with the same SwT father as Sweet Tooth #3!
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| Grower reports: 4 |
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Grower Report: Bacchus |
Blockhead from Spice of Life |
| Overall Rating: |
6 |
Effect: |
Nicely balanced |
| Potency: |
7 |
Stature: |
Average size |
| Yield: |
7 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, primarily Indica |
| Ease: |
9 |
Indoor: |
55 to 60 days |
| Appearance: |
6 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
3 |
Odor: |
Some sweetness, low odor |
| Taste Level: |
6 |
Taste: |
Sweet and fruity just like Sweettooth #3 |
| Grower's Tils: |
7 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
April, |
I started 2 seeds. One male and one female. Another easy strain to grow from SOL. This one appeared to me to be a Sweettooth #3. Fat leaves and super vigorous grow. Low odor and she sucked up the nitrogen.
I vegged her for about 6 weeks and then flowered for 57 days.
The smoke has a nice sweet/fruity odor. The buzz is not as couch-like as the normal Sweettooth #3. It has a nice mix of head/body buzz to it. Though it will lock your ass to the couch if you over do it.
Overall a real easy plant to grow. And some very pleasant smoke.
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
260w to 400w |
| Average Plant Height: |
72 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
2.00 |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Bush |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
I start all seedlings in 1 gallon pots and put them under 160 watts of Fluros and when they reach 14" in height I re-potted them into 5 gallon buckets and moved them under a 400 watt HPS.
My Soil mix - I use Black Gold Coco mix as a base and add 1/3 cup of blood meal and 1/3 cup of bone meal. 2 tablespoons of Dolomite lime.
That's it. If during flowering I start to see any yellowing I have been adding some bat guano mixed into their watering.
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Grower Report: TheHerbalCultivator |
Blockhead from Spice of Life |
| Overall Rating: |
8 |
Effect: |
Somewhat heady |
| Potency: |
9 |
Stature: |
Average size |
| Yield: |
8 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, primarily Indica |
| Ease: |
9 |
Indoor: |
60 to 65 days |
| Appearance: |
9 |
Outdoor: |
Oct 1 to Oct 15 |
| Odor Level: |
7 |
Odor: |
sweet and musty |
| Taste Level: |
8 |
Taste: |
mustish and fruity |
| Grower's Tils: |
9 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
February, 003 |
10 seeds were started. the m/f ratio was 5:5
all plants showed sex in veg and the males were tossed.
2 were more sativa and 3 were more indica, sadly the favorite sativa was lost, after a failed revegging. The favorite indica(bh2) has survived and thrived.
clones easily, often the 1st to show roots.
bh2 grows a single cola and a few bottom branches. she has long big but slender leaves.
responds well to being topped, you'll get more top colas.
bh2 does not stretch much in flower, and sets flowers pretty quick. resin is visible from 2-3weeks buds tighten up after 4-5w and the plant is ready from 8-9 weeks, and will readily change into beautiful colors, the smell is similar to sweet tooth but muskier and much milder.
The finished plant is a little leafy, but it is easy to trim, most is sugar leaf and the trimmed buds have a block like appearance.
fresh plants smell fruitier as the buds dry&cure, they become more musty and honeyish.
The smoke is thick yet smooth, the flavor is sweet&musty, the high comes pretty quick it's pretty heady at 1st but by the end of the joint you are most defiantly stoned, and not very talkative and usually hungry.
I'm always eager for the next blockhead harvest.
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
2100w to 5000w |
| Average Plant Height: |
24 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
- |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Perpetual Harvest |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
The blockheads and other plants have been flowering under 600w hps, 4200w in total.
They were vegged under a mix of 400mh and hps 1200-1600w total.
they are grown in an organic soil mix.
Some of the foods used are; Bat guanos, bio-grow-biobizz, algabloom-plagron, hornmeal.
They are hand watered.
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Grower Report: strain fiend |
Blockhead from Spice of Life |
| Overall Rating: |
9 |
Effect: |
Couchlock, body stone |
| Potency: |
9 |
Stature: |
Somewhat short and squat |
| Yield: |
9 |
Phenotype: |
Varied phenotypes |
| Ease: |
9 |
Indoor: |
- |
| Appearance: |
10 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
8 |
Odor: |
fruity/skunk-ish |
| Taste Level: |
9 |
Taste: |
fruity, lingering after taste |
| Grower's Tils: |
9 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
June, 0 |
I originally started four seeds in peat pellets and only two became female. I put the four seedlings under two 250W metal halide's to vedge, to start in 16 oz. clear plastic solo cups. I used ocean forest soil mixed with 1/3 perlite for the first few weeks the seedlings were fed light doses of canna rhyzotonic. After a few weeks i started implementing a more aggressive feeding approach, using bio bizz grow and algamic as directed. I killed the males and watched the females grow short and squat, bushy is the only way to describe these ladies.
BlockHead had a very dense inner construction, large fan leaves blocked important light from reaching the inner parts of the plant, carefully training this plant would be ideal. I didnt train this plant, but i did manage to try to FIM one of the blockheads(bh2) and left the other one alone(bh1). This was my first FIM attempt and i dont know if i did it correctly but BH2 had a very peculiar growth patter, resembling a crowded NYC apartment building(lol). i vedged for about six weeks 3 gallon containers, and saw the ladies get to 16 and 19 inchs tall before i put them into 12/12 photoperiod.
I flowerd these gals under a 1000w hortilux HPS switchable ballast in 5 gallon buckets. In 12/12 they did not stretch much, their final height was 22 and 26 inches tall. Since i only had 3 plants in 12/12 and the other one being much larger, the canopy was totaly un even and was slightly frustrating to work with since i hand feed. The ladies were fed mixtures including : Bio Bizz bloei, top max, and budswell bat guano worm casting tea. The smells during vedge were very faint, but in the later period of 12/12 the smell can get quite heavy, i can only imagine if i had grown 10 or 20 of these block heads in a large room...a carbon scrubber would be advised. This is my first experience with spice of life seeds and it was great, S.O.L.'s buds are amazing, aside from totaly lush green growth block heads also have incredibly thick and dense buds, wich change colors to hues of violet blue and purple. This plant was so beautiful that it won POTW on sept 28 2004(b.t.w - thanks to all who voted for me) A simply spectacular plant, easy to grown and some of the best smoke ive ever grown.
SMOKE REPORT
Block Head, appears blocky when manicured and trimmed out, leaving thick trichome covered nuggies. From about the 3rd week into 12/12 i was drooling to smoke some of it and finally i get the chance, allow me to share with you my experience. I rolled up a bone dry 1.0 gram into a club cabare rice paper with no glue, only the fibers to keep things together. upon lighting it you get a faint fruity aroma quickly swept away by a citrus/grapefruity type after taste. A hint of skunk is there but im not quite sure, a fine smoke i held a breath in to check the expansion and it was there. i coughed a bit and my eyes waterd, and off to the couch i locked. Red eyed and hungry, 20 minutes later i was found devouring left over pizza. What can i say, i simply love block head, im convinced this is the best smoke ive grown to date. I plan on growing all of the spice of life seeds, id kill for a pack of Blue Sattellite #2 since i cant find them any where.
respect the resin (*(*strain fiend)*)*)*) 12-13-04
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
410w to 1000w |
| Average Plant Height: |
- |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
- |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Bush |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
large walk in closet
ocean forest soil
2 x 250w MH for vedge
1000w HPS hortilux for bloom
bio bizz grow, bloom, algamic.
earth juice microblast
budswell bat guano/earth worm casting tea
maxicrop liquified sea weed
canna rhyzotonic
465 cmf blower
a/c in
temps never exceeded 80º or dropped below 65º
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Grower Report: Mosfed |
Blockhead from Spice of Life |
| Overall Rating: |
8 |
Effect: |
Somewhat couchlock |
| Potency: |
9 |
Stature: |
Somewhat short and squat |
| Yield: |
7 |
Phenotype: |
Mixed, primarily Indica |
| Ease: |
8 |
Indoor: |
55 to 60 days |
| Appearance: |
9 |
Outdoor: |
- |
| Odor Level: |
8 |
Odor: |
Fruity, grapefruit, sour, strong and pungent, spicy |
| Taste Level: |
8 |
Taste: |
Sour, fruity, spicy, full, deep, rick, smokey |
| Grower's Tils: |
9 |
Sexes: |
Standard (M/F) |
| SI Rating: |
Not Listed |
Vintage: |
August, 2005 |
Finished 1st gen of clones from a 2 phenos of Blockhead seed mothers. Similar in characteristics - rather short and squat, smelly, heavy trichome production. Currently finishing 2nd gen of clones.
Easy plant to grow - hungry for Nutes, especially in flowering.
Sensitive to pH fluctuations and growers should be very aware of this. Dolomitic lime is a must in a soil mix. If not, be prepared to adjust pH and be careful about over Nitrogen mix due to salt production.
Somewhat sensitive to heat stress. Wasn't the happiest of plants in the 90 degree range. Happier with the light further away than I am used to. Similar growth characteristics in clones as to the seed mothers.
Heavy trichome production from the beginning of flowering. Especially from abour 2-3 weeks into flowering. Finished at about 60-65 days.
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| Garden Information for this report |
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| Bloom Wattage Used: |
1100w to 2000w |
| Average Plant Height: |
36 |
| Average Yield per Plant: |
4.00 |
| Pruning or Plant Style: |
Perpetual Harvest |
| Fertilization: |
Organically fed |
Soil mix (equal parts - perlite, vermiculite, potting soil) grow in a long thin space.
Plants in two central rows.
2 x 600w universal ballasts. MH bulb until 2 weeks into flowering. HPS bulb after that.
Bio Bizz - Bio Grow until 2 weeks in flowering, Bio Bizz thereafter. Superthrive used in repottings.
Watering every 2-3 days. Feeding every other watering at full strength.
Injected CO2 at 2000ppm from a tank with a regulator.
1 oscillating fan spreading CO2 over canopy. 1 patton air circulator to move CO2 off ground. Air cooling on both light hoods.
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