It's taken me almost a year, but, slowly but surely, I've caught up to the end of this thread, so now it's time to contribute.
Y'all have inspired me to buy a good few Bodhi packs. I'm a single-seed grower, no pheno hunting for me. I tend to enjoy just about every plant that I can manage to keep alive to maturity. Variety is the spice of life, but I'm generally a high potency indica smoker for 20+ years here in Northern California, these days mainly Cookies and OG's.
So, that's where I'm coming from when I say this:
I've grown out a few Bodhi plants over the past few months, and I have a few thoughts to share. (Oh yeah, I don't take notes, count days, or much any of that. I pretty much make sure the pH fluctuates between 5.5 - 7.0, and that's it. Give 'em a little bit of this and that when they need it lol.)
Plant #1: Larry Lotus (One seed, one female)
This plant needed a good cure more than most. My go-to cookie plant will knock you out right out the tent, so I sometimes forget to give it a good cure before judging a new strain. This plant grew beautifully; stacked up with two big crystally colas, but it didn't smoke like Larry. Nothing like it. Genuine Larry will give anyone a nice cerebral knock, but this did not have it. No terps, no potency. So, I shelved her.
A month or so later, I saw a Larry plant online, and I started craving Larry, so I broke back into the jar. At this point, it has a knock reminiscent of Larry, as well as some delicious, nasty terps. Larry seems lemony to me, but this was like nasty, rude lemon funk. It kind of reminds me of how DNA's 24K makes Tangie taste so rotten and foul, yet still tangerine-ish. That's what's going on here.
My verdict is in: I'm going to give her one more run, fill up a jar, and let her go. I don't have the rest of the pack, so that will be it.
Plant #2: Goji OG (One seed, one female)
Oh boy. What they say about Goji is so true. When it comes to growth, she just really can't be stopped. I have run my single cut in one-gallon, two-gallon, and three-gallon bags, and the three-gallon was the way to go. (With most strains, 3 gallon doesn't increase my yield much.) But any way she runs, she just goes and goes and goes. And her smoke... boy, that is one positive, introspective experience. Nice dense and thick smoke, narcotic enough to relax a heavy indica chainsmoker, but a nice happy mood. I put her right up there with Gelato to smoke, but immeasurably better to grow.
The verdict: I am going to get all the mileage I can out of this one seed, before I explore the rest of my pack. Perhaps, I will soon crack another, in hopes of finding a male to make a huge batch of F2's. (I imagine that I could flower a huge Goji F2 seed plant in the backyard in April and May.... hmmm.... This bad girl would probably make a load of seeds!)
Plant #3: More Cowbell (Original - Three seeds, two males killed for space, third one was female)
This is a nice, solid plant. It makes some really top-notch, large cookie buds. The plant structure is amazing compared to most cookie plants. I would say that this is as potent and fast-acting as any cookie hybrid. I would say it is more potent than Dosidos, but maybe a little less than GMO, and definitely less euphoric than Sherbet or Gelato. In other words, it still KICKS ASS.
In reality, though, like almost every cookie hybrid out on the market, it's a step down from the original. The Forum Cut has a density and instant effect that is undeniably better than this ONE FEMALE PHENO I grew of More Cowbell. My SCOUT MASTER clone still reigns supreme.
The verdict: Running 2 three gallons under the COB's right now, keeping the clone, and I have another clone that I believe I am going to reverse pretty soon here. While not quite as devastating as the Scout Master, it's structure, combined with still A1 top-shelf effects, make this what I think is the ideal reversed-pollen "father" for some exciting fem seeds. (I always have a bunch of interesting plants in various stages of flower, and I personally like to run about 50% fem seeds, so I thought I'd make some female cowbell hybrids. I think that is a superb idea!)
Plant #4: Raspberry Hashplant (One Seed, One Female, Popped another seed, got a boy!)
(Goji Raspberry Pheno x 88g13hp) Wow. I have to admit, I like this plant even more than my one pheno of Goji. The effects are just about the same as the Goji, very elevated and thoughtful, but it does have a bit more of that THUMP that I gotta have. This plant is also wild and unstoppable when it comes to growth, maybe even moreso than her mama (Goji.) The first run was practically 12-12 from seed, in a 1 gallon bag. When I noticed she was a female, I chopped the top and rooted it, and let her finish flowering. She ended up a beast of a plant, just about filling up a quart jar from a 1 gallon plastic grow bag.
The real story on RHP is this: Once I filled up that jar, my lady and I smoked NOTHING else until the jar was gone. I have the best of the best strains on hand, pretty much always. This was all we wanted.
I decided to give her one last run, in a 3 gallon smart pot, vegged out real fat, sitting dead-center in the tent. I couldn't justify keeping my Goji plant, this one,
and trying out Soul Mate and Soul Food, both of which I recently picked up. So, I kept the Goji, since those seeds are no more.
I popped one more RHP, just for kicks, and it was a boy. I have one branch in a cup of water right now. I'm hoping to get a bit of pollen for a few F2's before the big girl finishes up. Timing actually looks perfect.
Not all of my Bodhi has been girls. I have had some occurrence of males:
2 SSDD
Field Trip
Nikah
2 Granola Funk
I have some thoughts on the hashplant father
I really like the 88g13hp hybrids. I think they have enhanced structure over almost any original and wonderful vigor. I also think they really excel at conveying a decent representation of indica plants to those who can't access original or at least selected clones. The hashplant daddy doesn't change too much about the terps or quality of effect. With some strains, like Goji, I imagine that it increases potency, and that is why Raspberry Hashplant, Soul Mate would be excellent choices. RHP gave me all the outstanding quality of a Goji high, with added kick. On the other hand, for other, strong strains, I can't help but think the hashplant drags the potency down just a tad. Given the choice of Girl Scout Cookies or More Cowbell, I would generally choose to smoke the GSC... but I'd take the Cowbell over just about anything without cookies
That being said, if you live in a place where original or at least selected cookie cuts are not available, go get you some cowbell. Seriously. That's pretty much the real deal, and it is sooo great.
As a matter of fact, after all this typing, I think it's time to pack a bowl of MORE COWBELL!
(I forgot to mention Cherry Queen, who people seem to be interested in. I grew one of them. Maybe I'll post about it tomorrow.)