2 Decades of Growing by Subcool

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This is a thread that has become quite popular as it details almost 2 decades of growing by one person. In between all the strains you are about to see is a whole lifes story including 3 different bust, and how in the end I became a legal grower!
Prepare a small stash and sit back and enjoy as I take you on a small journey through some great strains.
It may take several days for me to complete this project and one day I plan to turn this into a book but for now I am busy still growing Cannabis.

Super Skunk
Originally found by Squid in a pack Of Sensi in about 1983 this strain was one of the first I smoked that tasted like the dank I first started smoking i the mid 70's when it was called " Homegrown" but cost 100$ a lid when sacs of Panama were like 15$ it resembles our Hash Plant and I always felt they came from the same mom at Sensi you will see the resemblance later.
The SSK goes a full 65 and gets frosty and just smells like a dead body that was eatin by a swarm of angry skunks.

There were many strains before this one to but this is where it kind of gets started digitally the gardens before this were never recorded.

We still work with this plant some 20 years later!

Thanks Squid

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This strain blew us all away the first time we tasted her. many strain back then kinda tasted like there name but this one could not have been named anything else.

AE is a person that taught me alot and he gave cuts to many people back in the day and it has been shared world wide. I have always felt it lacked potency even taken to 70 days but the flavor is amazing and she does very well as a commercial strain yielding well and providing a bag appeal that is hard to top. It's smells like tangerines or ripe oranges, a bud tore open even has the sharp peel smell it is trully amazing.

California Orange by Eric77

You fill a room with these two strains and you can pull down 35 ounces per light in soil with c02 I know this because I did so.

I loved the taste of this strain but it simply lacked heavy potency and was best suited for wake and bake the buzz was happy and light.

Thanks AE77

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These are original shots from the selection down in FL what makes this so amazing is this intire room and all these strains went into the back of a Leo van and it was a chore to gain them all back. Some were lost forever but when this place was running full I have 43 different mother plants this is where alot of the work was done that gave us all the crazy moms we have.


This is Killer Queen many diff phenos,This strain tasted so good with the exception of the G-13 Dominant pheno it was deadly potent but taste is what I am about.

Also shown is Pheno #3 you can see the famous dreading the Cindy causes and compared to the G-13 Dom cola pictured above you can see the Grimm genetics in this girl.


This strain is was sent into canada and used to create some of our crosses that went on to sell out.

Killer Queen by Vic High

We are now about a decade into growing this amazing girl and although shes an oldie she is deff a goodie..

Thanks Vic High

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This one comes with a story.
gather round my friends,

I was visiting Pi when Sly sent him some seeds and some samples. The small bud was inside a camera case and the smell something I wont soon forget. They all smell close to me Genius, Apollo, Space Queen, but this one sample was extreme. Mango, Sick, Rotting Papaya, sour, tart, citris all of the above.
So we needed baggies for um... sandwiches yeah thats the ticket so we head out to the store to get 1 box and on the way we puff the joint.

So we only get a few hits each before we get to the store and the buzz is coming on very strong I mean like shrooms or something and as we enter the store eyes blazzing but half closed I'm sure we resembled Beavis and Butthead 30 years later.

We both grab carts and tear ass aound the store just looking at all the pretty colors and such and end up facing each other with out two carts in front of the Ziplocks.

We both die laughing I grab a box and we get the hell out before were arrested this was the south

Epilouge for months after any weed that went into this empty camera case smelled like Genius


( See Dry Bud Shots Below)
I used to grow both Genius and Apollo-13 but there so similar I decided to carry A-13 with me on lifes road trip. It is simply epic weed, but I still miss the taste and high. Last month Chemdawg cam out for a visit and brought like 9 samples of some of the dankest weed I have ever smoked that I didn't grow myself. His Genius was a treat for me and I also verified a original cut still exist.
This is the real deal

I am trying to keep these in order as I aquired or tasted them for the first time but some times I have grown the strains many times or smoked em again later in life when I had my new camera in that case I will try and include new photo's.

Thanks Soul and Sly
The Brothers Grimm

These next bud were grown by:
Chemdawg

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**Thanks to Oscilate for saving these pictures all these years for me and for turning me onto Photography. These were taken from 2000- 2001 prior to my incarceration these pictures were rescued and most have never been seen before by anyone with the exception a few famous pics from OG**


Long Long ago in a Galaxy far away there lived a humble farmer, I grew my fruits and sold them to locals and everything was good. I added C02 and my harvest went through the roof. I was pulling down 60-70 zipps every 60 days using a three room set up.

Life was good and elbos went for 6K and everyone had red eyes. I had to meet some new folks as I had weight just sitting around I ended up feeding a rat and you know the rest.

I did my time for the crime so it ain’t no biggie to rap about it.


I did most things the same back then with a few exceptions. I used a simple mix of potting soil and worm castings and fed my plants with an organic stew. I ran a 8x11 area with 2 1000’s on a mover that added 16” of travel to extend the normal 11x6 2 extra feet with no problems.

We grew alot of reefer back then...

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These quotes come from an old listing of Grimm Genetics.

If, as MrSoul says in a post reproduced below, growers of Apollo 13 are a cult, then this auction is your rite of passage. Long unavailable in seed form, we have decided to recruit new accolites auctioning off these F2 beans. Read the posts below, they tell the story of an awesome strain.




"Dude! You are pretty damn lucky having Apollo 13 seeds. That has to be one of the most powerful strains I have ever experienced. Add to that the fact that it's not available right now in bean form. Get it, grow it and clone it." Rhino
"Apollo 13 will never be available again, its Princess x Genius and it is killer —it's so strong I have had people accuse me of slipping something in the joint— it goes like this “shit that can't be pot, no way I can handle the Chronic (yeah right) no, no more dude I'm fine”, drop em and grow em." Webfish (board moderator)

"Apollo 13 is a cross between Genius and P75 (a presursor to C99). Sativa-dominant hybrid. Flowering time is 50-55 days of 12/12. VERY resinous buds with a high flower/leaf ratio. Smoke is lemon flavoured and the high is clear, cerebral & energy-inducing. You're lucky Bklyn, only 500 Apollo 13 seeds were ever made & the growers who got them are practically a "cult"... they RAVE about it!" MrSoul

"You're going to love Apollo 13! Grow them out ASAP! The plant is a mostly sativa cross, it needs lots of light. The high and taste put this one in my top 5, have fun and overgrow!" Greenbear

"GROW the Apollo FIRST!, it is WORLD class smoke!

Current A-13 in my medical Garden

More Apollo-13
"GROW the Apollo FIRST!, it is WORLD class smoke! But I have to warn you, after you have grown this cross of Cinderella and Genius, 90% of everything else you grow won't come close! So clone all your females, if you let this one slip through your fingers you will be bummed! The bud from Apollo has a sweet fruity/citrus taste,and a high that gives you the energy to go out and do something... even if you can't remember what it is! Every one that has smoked the A (my version is the A-13, Genius crossed with Cinderella88) has said it is some of the best they have ever smoked!" Greenbear

"I have sent G13 x Apollo13 to H.S. for the auction... Oh yea, my Apollo13 is every bit as strong as the famous G13 and way better tasting." Moderator at Overgrow

"Try Apollo, it has a real good up high and is VERY VERY potent. For me it only takes 2 or 3 hits and I'm blasted. Thats saying a lot, too. I'm 39 and have been smoking since I was 16, that should tell you how good it is. It takes quite good weed to get me high and Apollo does it. Apollo does not put out as high a yeild as Big Bud but it does have a large yield and it is a much better weed, the taste, high and smell are much better. I hope this helped you some." D&J

"Apollo 13: This skunky girl will make your eyes water with her pungent perfume. The delicate balance of Indica/Sativa makes Apollo 13 perfect for growers limited to a single strain. The long, fat colas and sparkling, sticky side branches really weigh in at harvest time. This is the type of smoke you can't hold down; it expands and “blasts off” from the lungs. The high is clear and cerebral, without a hint of paranoia. Her citrus flavor and happy high make Apollo 13 very popular at parties! Two hits and you can leave your own footprints on the moon. Flowering: 45-55 days Height: 120 - 150 cm.Yield: 400 gm/m2." Bros. Grimm original description

"Apollo 11 & 13 are from the same mother plant (Genius). The father of Apollo 13 was P.75 whereas Apollo 11's dad is Cinderella 99. Apollo 13's mother was bred from a mysterious hybrid of Jack Herer crossed with an unidentified male which seems to have given it an unusually SHORT flowering period. Its scent is a pungent “Lemon Pledge” citrus with an undertone of acrid skunk. You really taste lemons when you smoke a joint. The high is STRONG, and starts hitting you while you're smoking it, rather than being a “creeper” high. It's easy to grow, matures rapidly, and manicures easily." MrSoul

"The potency of A13 and Cinderella are "on par" in strength, but the character of each high is unique. A13 is a more "happy, social high" although seriously potent. Cinderella has a bit more "paranoia-inducing" high. Neither one has the "couch-lock" effect -they give the smoker an "up", energetic feeling... good for doing something physical, as opposed to lying around comotose." MrSoul

"I grew out BG's A13 last year and have since grown out its progeny with great results. Mr.Soul said there would be a great deal of variation because of A13's genetic makeup, however its offspring were just as potent as the mom." Frank

"If your males are the A13 I agree it's too bad, however they'll create excellent progeny when crossed with the C-88. You have to be careful with both C-88 and A13 because it is easy to overdo the two on how high you can get and the racing of your heart kicks in or shit starts getting numb on you not to mention the paranoia that can kick in depending on your mindset before you started toking either strain. The Bros. Grimm will tell you you'll get much variation due to the genetics of both strains, however both bred with themselves have given me very even and similar offspring with growth characteristics and quality of high." Frank

We agree the smoke is epic and wait till you see the Bubble OMG

We recently finished replicating Apollo-13 X Space Queen in Vortex one of the most amazing hybrids I have ever created. You will see her later in the thread!

I have a stupid amount of Apollo Pictures like the Cheese at Olive Garden tell me when.

I love this strain!!!!

Thanks Brothers Grimm

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Well I just spent 9 days in Amsterdam and I can assure you they have nothing close to our bubble and certainly not anything like this.
Maybe its not a fair contest as I make this just for me and my patients with little regard for yeilds.

This is full melt and then some it actually disapears then so does your mind!!


I will show off how I make this in a how to thread later on..

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I was standing in line one year at the Bluebird waiting to get 4 grams of Malana Cream and the dude was offering Warlock for 50 guilder the reason we used to go to dam was to try new gear so we grabbed two packs and ran em.

Great yields easy to grow and a amazing strawberry flavor that just made everyone want this in fact people were choosing it over blueberry but to me the smoke was harsh, it lacked Resin and character it was quite average imo but it certainly paid for its own keep.

Warlock

Can't complain about the size.

I paid 50 Guilders for a pack so
Thanks Magnus!

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Somas Blues by Juan Moore

Blueberry X Soma something(Before Soma left Florida) I can't remeber nice hashy taste with Berry undertones. His Stoney Baloney cross is grown by Clips a member here I think.

His JC s1 x Cali O gave us 7-up a small inspiartion for our new Lemon Orange Cross Agent Orange

STP is an old friend and has had my back many times.

Thanks for the good times bro

Somas Blues
This plant was culled BTW remember me discussing hard choices?

You can't keep em all and some are simply better than others

She sure was fun to smoke!

Thanks STP

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This is the famous Batgirl you will see pics of her as well as Berry White and FrostyB on this thread many times.

I used a 6x7 walk in closet as a Duel Veg/Pre bud area with a 1K HPS. Both these rooms ran CO2 at about 1200 PPM and were extremely productive filling both areas. I also used a small 4x2 closet with 4- 4 foot High output florescents to start clones and seeds under.

This is FrostyB the local favorite Jacks Cleaner X Blueberry by Vic. This is the seed lot Bog used to make Lifesaver. We can see why It literally drips with resin and even though it resembles JC the Blueberry father was dominant and this was a lemon berry treat.


Using catalyst in the last stages of the bud cycle was a big thing back then, now I really on a more balanced soil mix to achieve the same effect even though from over head it looks like its been set on fire up close the buds are sweet and gooey.

One of the better tasting females we found in this hybrid with huge variation was Berry White, yes catchy name I know hehe. picking up heavy Blueberry flavor with an amazing amount of resin this one I wouldn't mind having back at least for a few runs in the last batch of JCB we ran I did not see a female that matched the character of these girl.


This cross was used to create JC bx and it went on to take third place in Gypsy's 420 cup.

I felt I could do better and we dropped this line but I always get e-mails asking where batgirl went!