After 49 days of flowering, The Doc noted “Some of the hairs are about to turn brown, while bud formation is still becoming denser. It has turned out one of the two plants does produce somewhat tighter buds than the other. But both plants are giving a superb sativa plant performance, still looking like 100% tropical sativa. After 56 days, the first big yellow shade leaves fell off, together with the increasing amount of brown hairs giving The Doc the idea that his two Mekong High plants were about entering into maturity. After 63 days of flowering, The Doc reported “In the past flowering week, both plants have noticeably put on even more bud weight. What a fantastic finish, they are definitely on the home stretch now. Resin glands are small, but abundant, spread extremely dense all over the calyxes and flower leaves, making the buds very sticky. The plants are giving off a delicious bitter sweet and herbal scent. I cannot find a single male flowers on them, these two sativa queens have proven to be 100% female, indeed. I will give them another two or three days until harvest I think.”
After 65 days of flowering – just in time, after about nine weeks of flowering – harvest day had come, The Doc pulled out his harvest scissors and made quick work of the two Mekong High, they could easily be harvest due to their high calyx-to-leaf ratio and extremely thin flower leaves. The Doc is well-known for his excellent gentle way of drying buds, effecting a slight fermenation which gives the buds a refined deliciously mild and organic scent in the end, his Mekong High buds really smelled like sativa landraces from the good old days, a wonderful sensual delight that caused his heart to happily beat faster. But it beat even faster when he read the total harvest weight on the scales: One plant had yielded stunning 153 grams of finest sativa buds, and the other still amazing 112 grams! That left The Doc quite astounded, as he hadn’t expected such a huge result, with regard to the fact that the buds did have a gracile structure, but the sheer myriad and length of tops altogether had added up to that terrific outcome.
Then it was about time to test the dried buds, and it didn’t come as a surprise the Mekong High weed could definitely fulfill The Doc’s high expectations. The taste was pleasantly mild and delicious, somewhat herbal and also containing a slight haze note. The high of the plant that had become a little bit taller in the end, the one with the more fluffy buds, rushed into The Doc’s brain like an express, effecting an unbelievably clear and energetic sativa kick, making his head so light he even almost didn’t feel it any longer. The high of the other plant with the tighter buds and also a little more resin had a similar effect, but also brought in a slightly psychedelic note, perfect for a fancy play of thought and any kind of creative work.
The Doc underlined that his grow room was illuminated by the heavy light amount of 1,600 watts and that this was a one of his guarantees for bringing about such a high yield. Without a doubt, Mekong High requires plenty of light for producing such tremendous amounts of flowers. Needless to say The Doc was totally enthusiastic about Mekong High from beginning to end, she has instantly conquered a firm place in his big sativa heart.