I'd like to share some bud pics of my recent harvest of HBK V3 that has been curing for 5 weeks. This was my first grow after not growing for a few years, I used to grow for my dad who was a cancer patient but stopped when he passed away. I decided to start growing again when my state legalized home grows, this was also my first time growing in coco, I usually grow in soil but wanted to give coco a try.
I had 5 seeds left of HBK V3 and ended up with 3 females which I labeled A,B and C. I'd say this strain is very hardy, I had some issues growing in coco and also some light cycle issues due to a bad timer but no intersex issues at all. I harvested these at 8.5 weeks but I think they need to go a little longer, probably 10 weeks.
Plant A: This one had a pole plant structure and a higher bud to leaf ratio than the other two. The trim job wasn't as easy as the other two but the terpenes are the best on this one. It has a very sweet fruity smell in the jar but when you break it up its a little more complex, fruity/sour/cereal milk smell. The smell and taste gave me nostalgia of Cap'N Crunch Berries. Nice relaxing body high without being sedating, makes muscle pain melt away.
Plant B: This plant was your typical Indica, short, big fan leaves, smaller/rounder buds. Nothing real special to talk about for smell and taste, a little bit of sourness but mostly earthy kush with an earthy/hash flavor. This was the stoniest of the three, makes a good night time smoke.
Plant C: Another pole plant almost identical to plant A, bud structure was like a 50/50 ratio between plants A and B. The one has a sour smell and taste but nothing sweet going on at all. The high is short lived but a lot like plant A, relaxing while still functional. I'm reserving judgement on this one because I screwed up and locked it out towards the end of flower.
Overall pretty good smoke, I was having some trouble with germinating old seeds so I tried to get some clones of this while in flower. Unfortunately nothing rooted for plant A but I did get clones of B and C. I'm going to flower them again but in soil like I'm used to, I know from my last grow of this strain that I can do better.