Hi,
Sorry for the lengthy delay in getting this out only I was having problems with pictures. The problem now seems to be resolved so here, after a bit of a cure and smoke, I can give a better report on the final offerings.
So, I had 1 Frisian Dew planted directly into the ground along with two Biddy Early along with a further 2 Frisian Dews only these were potted, albeit in rather large tubs.
In brief, as may be expected, the ones in the ground performed much better. Admittedly I prepared the bed prior to planting with fish and bone meal along with bat guano all mixed into some pretty cheap compost so this may have helped along the way with overall performnace.
Frisian in the gournd
This plant was a monster. It would easily have gone to 8ft plus had I let it but owing to its location I had to keep it inconspicuous and so pruned it late in veg back down to around just over 6ft. Come crop time, this baby yeilded 12 1/2 ozs, alone! Here are some bloom shots not too long before the chop -
This plant was literally awash with buds like this that were nice and sticky without being stinky. They still had a lovely smell to them but didn't reek the entire garden out.
The smoke on them at this stage is more of a heady one i'd say. Tends to make me on the sleepier side of stoned without locking you into that couch as they like to say.
Biddys in the ground
Had some high hopes for these girls. They grew with a nice structure and had the most beautiful skunky aroma during their growth stage. However, they were later into flower than the Frisians and, despite an awesome, probabbly never to be repeated, summer, they didn't really finish as well as they may have liked.
Being that bit later into flower they needed longer outdoors and as a result started to get mould despite a distinct lack of rain. Just the simple fact of more mist and morning dew along wit23332h a naturally more humid environment once the more intense summer sun had gone proved too much for these to resist. Gutted really as they are meant to me mould resistant, as are the Frisians, but these just didn't seem as hardy.
That said, they threw out some sick colours. I'd grow them again just to look at ;) Here's how they looked one night -
The purple one in the foreground in one plant and the greener one at the back is another. Colour aside, as I have said, they weren't up to much. The buds didn't put on the weight and density of my other strain and so in the end we decided if wasn't worth the hassle of trimming it all and so made one big ball o' hash!
I did keep maybe a half oz back to cure and smoke but as of yet i've not even tried it. Something i'm gonna leave until christmas I think before even testing.
Frisian in the pot 1
Now, this one shocked us a bit. We were expecting some purpling from her, all the pictures we'd seen prior to the grow showed nice light purple as in the pics above, but this girl went PURPLE!
Again, aside from coulour, she didn't do too much else to impress, only yielding about 2 1/2 oz from the entire plant.
It's purpling, i'm reliabley (or maybe not) informed, comes from the father's genetics. Apparently around one in ten are a throw back and go entirely purps.
This one I have sampled and, I must say, I like, a lot! It's a much more uplifting buzz, which, considering it's the same strain as the one I described two above, surprised me a little. Despite colour I was expecting a similar sensation from it but evidently not.
I'm putting this one into long cure as I have high hopes for it in the new year and beyond besides which I find it too pretty to burn ;)
Frisian in the pot 2
This was the runt of the litter. It didn't purple at all and stayed for the entirety of the grow a more pale shade of green than the rest. Again, it yielded little, a touch under our purple girl, and so, again, we decided against the chore of trimming and put it to hash.
We got a nice ball out of it and so were happy. This is the first hash we've made were it actually stinks of skunk as opposed to that usual hashy smell.
So .... in conclusion, from my experience, the Frisian is that keeper strain. It coped all around a lot better in our environment and, when grown in the ground, can be a really high yielder. Its smokes and tastes nice and has a most pleasant effect on the body.
My girlfriend uses it for pain, whereas i'm a pleasure user, and we're both satisfied.
One question I do have - my big Frisian, whilst all female, threw up a few seeds in amongst the buds. Does anyone know if these are likely usable, and if so will they be female as they were grown from female seeds?
Any input on this is much appreciated!
Any questions you have please feel free to ask and I'll do my best to answer. I'm not an expert, but any info I do have i'm more than willing to share.
Thanks for looking!
