Sickmeds William Wonder: Smoke report.
How did I get the stuff ready so fast? I "cheated". Actual harvest was several weeks ago, and grow report was "time delayed". Buds have been dried and curing for nearly a month now.
Final yield was about 2 ounces bone dry and heavily manicured. That may not sound like much, but its actually a respectable yield given that the plant was only 27" tall at harvest and grown under just half of a 250W HPS in a relatively inefficient setup without SCROG or SOG.
Onto the report. . .
Weight: Buds themselves are dense, and heavy for their size.
Scent: STRONG. . .this is one of those strains that really smells when dry, and when you open the jar, you know it. There is a strong and distinct herbal/weed scent, plus a hint of grapefruit and tangerine. The citrus component to the smell came out much more during the grind.
Taste: Smoke tastes like smell. Citrusy weed with hints of tangerine and grapefruit. Enough said. Like many/most taste of this one would probably be improved by a vaporizer.
Effect: Having been accidentally "couchlocked" by overly strong weed multiple times in the past (including more than once in Amsterdam, and the last time I tried William's Wonder), I've learned my lesson. The lesson is, if you don't know how strong the weed is, start SMALL.
So I took one small/medium bud, weighing 0.51 grams (see pic), then ground it up. Then I took 1/3 of the grind and rolled that into a thin "pinner" joint using an extra long "crutch" to take up space. So the test was done on a sample weighing a measured 170 milligrams; basically the smallest functional joint I thought I could roll. The rest of the stuff I rolled into a second smallish joint, "for later".
On smoking, I felt that distinct "pressure" in the head a few seconds after first puff. That's always the first clue that the stuff is strong, and I wasn't disappointed.
Typical 5-10 minute "creeper" delay then the full effect, of a nice warm indica body "stone" with relaxation. It actually wasn't as "wrecking" as I remembered from the '90s, but I'm sure that was due to the limited dose. Anyway, this small dose was enough for a pleasant "stone" for 3-4 hours of medium intensity. Next time I'd smoke a bit more, maybe 225mg, which I'd consider a full dose. More than that and I probably wouldn't be functional anymore (ie "couchlock") This is definitely not for operating heavy machinery, that's for sure!
The first time I ever heard of William's Wonder, it was billed as "Williams One Hit Wonder". Is this "one hit" stuff? Well, if by "one hit" you mean one ordinary puff from an ordinary joint, no, this wasn't for me. It also wasn't the first time I tried it, as I wrote in the
"one hit" thread six months ago:
Williams wonder. . .
When I tried it (which was in the mid 90s), one normal sized joint completely wrecked three people before it was done.
Myself and another hardcore stoner were totally couchlocked, and a third novice literally fell down! Each of us only had a few normal puffs.
If you did one bong hit of this, that would definitely be "enough"!
That said, with those criteria
I don't think ANY flowers are truly "one hit from a joint is enough" for an experienced smoker. I've never experienced ordinary weed that strong, and even decent grade water hash isn't "one hit" for me out of an ordinary pipe. But this was definitely up there in terms of potency, stronger than most, and probably as strong as anything I've smoked in terms of flowers.
If you figure that an average joint is probably about 0.75 g, and that by my estimation about 1/3 of that is probably enough to "couchlock" someone, then this seemed to be as potent as the stuff from the 1990s that couchlocked me and two of my friends from one "normal" joint. I can definitely get behind the SSSC description of two people not being able to finish a joint. Is it the strongest indica out there? Not having tried many of the super-potent indicas I can't really say, but purely by the numbers, my guess is "no". I'd imagine the strongest of the "OG"s are probably a little bit more potent than this, though this will still hold its own with many of them If you figure that unlike most of the "OGs" this strain offers high yield, is true breeding (ie all plants grown from ceed will be similar), and now readily available in ceed form, I think it still has a lot to offer compared to some of these "clone only" OGs.
So in sum, the Sickmeds Williams Wonder has lived up to the hype of high yield, citrus taste, and notably high potency. It was also super-easy to grow and I'll definitely be growing it again.
i can close the room and have the tent vent into the room, but I wasn't sure if it would affect the plants. I won't put it into the tent, just the room where the tent is in. Either that or I can place it just outside the room. That would be where I breath though, so no good. I want to avoid bringing the tent in my bedroom which is deeper into my apt and I can vent outside...I guess I could do it for a 3 month period and grow enough for the rest of the year. Just means 3 months of bringing nobody home 
