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spyralout

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I thoroughly love reading your reviews. Thank you again for putting in the time to do this. My GOW is on deck for the flower tent and it can't come soon enough.
Thank you my friend. It's a pleasure and an honor. Especially when it's some serious fire. This particular pheno almost hit 9.0 overall and although subjective, it is an indicator based on consistent testing methods and somewhat consistent bioassay testers 😄Put it this way. GP didn't hit 9.0 overall but it's up there with GOW. It's just that GOW has that ability to take you to a happy zone and that's always a big plus no matter what high you're looking for. Maybe after some more people grow out GP with different methods and whatnot we can start hunting for desirable characteristics and do a GP test revisit.
 

spyralout

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good stuff !!!! Been waiting on this one and a 9lb Hammer mix to incorporate in 2020 .
You won't be disappointed. Watch the stretch on certain phenos. We have a GOW #1 ran in RDWC long curing so we'll report back with that later.
Seriously, you can't buy highs like this from the dispos or delivery services in this region.

God O War =
Ghost Train Haze x 9 Pound Hammer
 

Phylex

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Thank you my friend. It's a pleasure and an honor. Especially when it's some serious fire. This particular pheno almost hit 9.0 overall and although subjective, it is an indicator based on consistent testing methods and somewhat consistent bioassay testers 😄Put it this way. GP didn't hit 9.0 overall but it's up there with GOW. It's just that GOW has that ability to take you to a happy zone and that's always a big plus no matter what high you're looking for. Maybe after some more people grow out GP with different methods and whatnot we can start hunting for desirable characteristics and do a GP test revisit.
I actually really like this aspect to your personal grading scale and that 10's aren't thrown around loosely. In my position I'm tasked with evaluating and grading all aspects of subordinate's performances and while fair, I never give 10's. My philosophy is there's always room for some improvement and one can never be perfect. If I give someone a 9 in a performance standard, they've crushed it. But I'll still give them some feedback on something that can be improved upon after explaining the things they've excelled at. 7's are still doing a great job, I'm just a tough evaluator. I have some peers that give 10's to everyone but I feel like it's BS and little effort was put into the evaluation. I really appreciate everything you put into these evaluations.
 

Heathenraider

Heathen Basterd
I actually really like this aspect to your personal grading scale and that 10's aren't thrown around loosely. In my position I'm tasked with evaluating and grading all aspects of subordinate's performances and while fair, I never give 10's. My philosophy is there's always room for some improvement and one can never be perfect. If I give someone a 9 in a performance standard, they've crushed it. But I'll still give them some feedback on something that can be improved upon after explaining the things they've excelled at. 7's are still doing a great job, I'm just a tough evaluator. I have some peers that give 10's to everyone but I feel like it's BS and little effort was put into the evaluation. I really appreciate everything you put into these evaluations.
I have never grown a 10 and probably never will.
 

spyralout

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I actually really like this aspect to your personal grading scale and that 10's aren't thrown around loosely. In my position I'm tasked with evaluating and grading all aspects of subordinate's performances and while fair, I never give 10's. My philosophy is there's always room for some improvement and one can never be perfect. If I give someone a 9 in a performance standard, they've crushed it. But I'll still give them some feedback on something that can be improved upon after explaining the things they've excelled at. 7's are still doing a great job, I'm just a tough evaluator. I have some peers that give 10's to everyone but I feel like it's BS and little effort was put into the evaluation. I really appreciate everything you put into these evaluations.
Giving boosted scores is like those participation trophies they give kids now. It creates a false sense of accomplishment which ends up being a disservice to the one being evaluated. I have a similar mindset in my position at work as well. I am all about open communication and continual improvement. That "carrot" or sometimes chip on the shoulder is what drives the true go-getters to always strive for better instead of being butt hurt and end up spending energy nursing an ego rather than using it as building blocks for the greater good.

Feel free to call BS on me too lol I got thick skin and big shoulders ;)😄
 

Phylex

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I have never grown a 10 and probably never will.
Amen to that.

Haha, me neither. 😣😣😣
But we'll sure have fun trying. 😎😎😎🤗🤗🤗
Most definitely.

Giving boosted scores is like those participation trophies they give kids now. It creates a false sense of accomplishment which ends up being a disservice to the one being evaluated. I have a similar mindset in my position at work as well. I am all about open communication and continual improvement. That "carrot" or sometimes chip on the shoulder is what drives the true go-getters to always strive for better instead of being butt hurt and end up spending energy nursing an ego rather than using it as building blocks for the greater good.

Feel free to call BS on me too lol I got thick skin and big shoulders ;)😄
Lmao. Absolutely. Don't change a thing. You're crushing it man. As my step mom would say, "I'm over the moon" with your smoke reports. You and I are very alike. I value honesty over fluff. I tried getting some feedback early on from some other friends and it's always the same. Here's their reviews - "It's really good," "It's fire bro," "I really liked it," and one in particular always said, "Call High Times." That one always cracked me up. Nothing at all what I was looking for, but I love them anyway. Great friends but useless evaluators. :ROFLMAO:
 
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I'm right there with ya on the scale. Damn near had to exit a forum once cus I said that the Chem D clone was only an 8 for me. Some dude argued...like they do...that I didn't have the real cut..blahblahblah...and couldn't see it cus Chem D was his "10"...LOL. Poor fucker.
 

Phylex

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Testing update:

I'm going to shelf 9lb. Blueberry #2. (9lb. Hammer x Hyper Blueberry Blast) Two of my test subjects were showing intersex issues so they were all culled. I'm uncertain if it's genetic or environmentally influenced at this point so I'm siding on genetics to be safe until a much larger test run can be completed. Environmentally I changed the light cycle to run at night. This is my first run at doing so. I'm not 100% certain light isn't leaking in from my mushroom air filter during the day, and I did find a pinhole in the tent lining. Rather than blame potential unconfirmed stressors, I'm going to err on the side of caution and not release them at all. I may retest them in the future, but as of now, I don't have a dedicated timeline when that will happen if at all.

I'm on the fence with releasing 9lb. Blueberry #1. (Hyper Blueberry Blast x 9lb. Hammer) More so now because of my findings with #2 recently. Before the intersex issues presented with #2, I wasn't happy with my test subjects yield and over all flower structure. She was sexy early on, but she never continued to progress to an acceptable level as she matured. I've been waiting for more data from @spyralout test grow. His latest updates looked promising as the flower structure was much better and nothing like my experience. I have yet to hear of any intersex issues which is also promising as well. Based on how things go with his findings, it may not get shelved entirely, but it's release will be delayed until more testing can be done and I can feel confident in a decision either way.

Everything else so far seems to be coming along nicely.
 

Texagonian

Outlaw
Amen to that.



Most definitely.



Lmao. Absolutely. Don't change a thing. You're crushing it man. As my step mom would say, "I'm over the moon" with your smoke reports. You and I are very alike. I value honesty over fluff. I tried getting some feedback early on from some other friends and it's always the same. Here's their reviews - "It's really good," "It's fire bro," "I really liked it," and one in particular always said, "Call High Times." That one always cracked me up. Nothing at all what I was looking for, but I love them anyway. Great friends but useless evaluators. :ROFLMAO:
Sounds like my smoke testers who came back with shit like.... dope, fire, bomb, dank etc. I had to send long distance to get a half way decent report. @spyralout has the gift to articulate and project clearly what he’s experiencing without fluffing or pumping an ego. Most refreshing!
 

spyralout

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Sounds like my smoke testers who came back with shit like.... dope, fire, bomb, dank etc. I had to send long distance to get a half way decent report. @spyralout has the gift to articulate and project clearly what he’s experiencing without fluffing or pumping an ego. Most refreshing!
That's fucking a very cool thing to say and an even cooler observation. There's a time and place for everything. If something is off the charts, then definitely say so. But no need to make exaggerations. At the same time, if something is off, then elaborate the best you can and not be a dick about it (or at least try lol). I find when body and mind are working in harmony (lol the Zen monk in me 😄) the best representation of ideas one tries to convey are more genuine and natural.
 

AlienAthena

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Thanks man! Appreciate the opportunity to run these. Omfg it stinks in here lol. HA is purple?
- XF2 & XF3 - similar strong berry
- XF4 - STANK WTF?? slight berry but more dank stank like Skunky BO.
Check out XF4 weird crinkly 90s Swap Meet ninja star leaves
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Second pic looks like there’s some nanners. Not sure though I could be wrong. Just wanted to point it out so you can check
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spyralout

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Thanks for that. I will check a bit deeper.
Good catch @AlienAthena. Looking at them now IDK how I missed these. Found them on the undersides of two lower buds at different nodes.
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Looks like I'll be watching for seeds. This could very well have been stress induced however, several other plants of various strains were under the same conditions of stress and have not shown anything weird (at least what I've seen so far). With the jungle I've got going on it can be tough to wade through everything so something was bound to be missed.
@Phylex my apologies for missing this, I will be much more vigilant with things now and in the future.
 

spyralout

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Testing update:

I'm going to shelf 9lb. Blueberry #2. (9lb. Hammer x Hyper Blueberry Blast) Two of my test subjects were showing intersex issues so they were all culled. I'm uncertain if it's genetic or environmentally influenced at this point so I'm siding on genetics to be safe until a much larger test run can be completed. Environmentally I changed the light cycle to run at night. This is my first run at doing so. I'm not 100% certain light isn't leaking in from my mushroom air filter during the day, and I did find a pinhole in the tent lining. Rather than blame potential unconfirmed stressors, I'm going to err on the side of caution and not release them at all. I may retest them in the future, but as of now, I don't have a dedicated timeline when that will happen if at all.

I'm on the fence with releasing 9lb. Blueberry #1. (Hyper Blueberry Blast x 9lb. Hammer) More so now because of my findings with #2 recently. Before the intersex issues presented with #2, I wasn't happy with my test subjects yield and over all flower structure. She was sexy early on, but she never continued to progress to an acceptable level as she matured. I've been waiting for more data from @spyralout test grow. His latest updates looked promising as the flower structure was much better and nothing like my experience. I have yet to hear of any intersex issues which is also promising as well. Based on how things go with his findings, it may not get shelved entirely, but it's release will be delayed until more testing can be done and I can feel confident in a decision either way.

Everything else so far seems to be coming along nicely.

Glad these 9 Pound Blueberry I ran didn't show them although they're likely present. The multiple stressors without showing herm traits is an encouraging sign.
Unfortunately I spoke too soon. Hidden under some dense nugs were a couple nanners at 2 different nodes on 9PB3. 9PB4 did not have any. I did a thorough check under bright lights spreading everything.

Again my sincere apologies for not catching this sooner and mis-speaking earlier.
 
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