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hola icmag brothers and sisters i hope you are all safe happy and high.
this thread is about a strain called Speed Queen from Mandala Seeds. i started this strain after hearing a ton of good stuff about this seed company in the canna-press and also after some research on various canna-fora. checking out their site i read more and was impressed with their breeding strategies and their intolerance for genetic weaknesses in their breeding stock. after all the fantastic praise I was equally impressed and maybe a little surprised with the price of the strains from Mandala but it's great that the company shares my fair trade attitudes. these people are are a real benefit to the community as a whole, bringing something fresh, combining landrace genes and old school collections, rather than rehashing whatever the latest big ting is.
breeders description:
i started a pack of the Speed Queen (full grow thread - click here) from which i received 8 females from 10. flowering resulted in three fairly distinct phenotypes all of which were lovely to watch bloom. the first was a supa-quick, firm, stacked budded slightly purpling type which i am calling SQDT1 for ease! this pheno was the most common type (4 of 8) and was pretty much done in 55 days as advertised but i cut all bar one at 56/7, i let a single plant go longer (62 days) and noticed no real difference, yield was negligibly larger and the high appeared unchanged, but more on the high later! the aroma of this pheno on the plant was a curious mix of sweet/citrus and tangy hash tones. yield was OK, the incredible density of the buds made them look small but i reckon they weight up just fine despite not owning a device to tell you!
the second pheno (Speed Queen Light Type - SQLT) was a slightly slower type, greener bud with less swollen bracts as flowering progressed, the complete flower formation had a more spear sativa structure than the more even SQDT1. the aroma on the plant of this type leaned more to the sweet end of the sweet:hash mix, almost candy sweet. generally SQLT and SQDT1 had similar growth profiles, similar stretch, similar leaf structure, the only difference was the flower structure, aroma and flowering time. this second pheno went 65 days and was less common that the SQDT1 but there were still 3 of this type. yield on this pheno was a little better than the first type but final structure was similar, tight rock hard buds.
the third pheno (Dark Type 2 - SQD2) was entirely different to either of it's sibling types and there was only one amongst the eight. the aroma of this plant was entirely deep, pungent, narcotic hash plant. the flower structure is totally different to the others more leafy (and what leaves!) but under those leaves in classic indo/pak indica/aghanica. there is something intensely old world about this plant, perhaps this is the indian landrace in this strain showing through. she went longer than the rest and was cut at a full 10 weeks with cloudy trichs and very little amber. yield was fine.
after these phenos were dried and cured the SQLT and the SQDT1 ended up very similar, so similar any distinctions are too subtle to document, as such for the rest of the report I will seperate only SQDT1 (meaning both SQDT1 and SQLT) and SQDT2.
SQDT1 - these took around 5 days to dry and have been jarred for a few weeks before sampling.
Appearance: the appearance of the final cured buds was great. nice solid structure, plenty of trichome coverage and a range of colours from pale green through orange hued to an almost purple across the two SQLT and SDT1.
Aroma: opening the jar the aroma is a strong but not overpowering smell of tangy sweet hash. smelling each bud results in little aroma but when they are broken a sweet but tart hash smell becomes pronounced, the sweet tartness comes from a tart berry aroma, raspberry is the closest i can get. it's very nice, and reminds me of the aroma left on my fingers after breaking up and preparing good, fairly fresh but presed kif.
Taste: once rolled into a nice joint the taste continues the medicinal hash flavour with a grapefruit crossed with melon subtle undertone. the smoke is smooth but slightly sharp and has a lovely cool expansive effect in the throat lungs, inexperienced smokers could well be prone to a little coughing.
High: the high is a mellow floaty summers day staring at the sky kind of high. mostly in the head, kinda spacey but with a relaxing but not over powering body load, this won't have you stuck to the couch but muscles relax and tension lifts. as a daytime smoke the high is deceptively powerful, amongst like minded folk your happy grin and relaxed attitude will seem normal but step into the wild world of the "straight" and your grin will mark you out! hehe. i myself have fallen foul if this, having a pinner at lunchtime and then mid conversation that I have started with a probable non smoker I realise I am probably rambling happily with a shit eating grin and hell, i probably stink of pot! hehe. it's a good weed for smoking with friends, cerebral but giggly and fun, perhaps even a little drunk rather than clear and functional or introverted. i wouldn't drive or operate anything more complicated than a lighter after too much of this!
Medicinal Uses: My partner is a diagnosed MS sufferer and believes this strains works well (for her) to relax muscles and relieve mild spasms.
SQDT2 - these took around 5 days to dry and have been jarred for a couple weeks before sampling.
Appearance: this doesn't look quite as good in the bag unless you give it an unjustified over tight manicure as the bud is fairly leafy (but the leaf is COVERED in trichomes). it is however intensely crystally and very very "dank looking" as a friend commented.
Aroma: the aroma on these when you open the jar is a musky aroma reminiscant of a good widow, individual buds have a limited hashy aroma but when broken the buds rlease a sharp hash tang with a musky, funky undertone.
Taste: in a joint the taste mimics the smell released on breaking almost exactly except the funk comes through, deep, earthy, with a hint of sour. the smoke is heavy with none of the cool expansion of the SQDT1.
High: the high on this is far far more stoney. definately knock you on the arse weed and not a day time smoke. however if you assume that it is not social you'd be wrong as again despite being sitting down your mind is ticking and a shit eating grin is spread wide over your face, perfect for a very lazy evening round the fire with close, like minded friends.
Medicinal Uses: My partner is a diagnosed MS sufferer and believes this strains works well (for her) to relax muscles and relieve mild spasms however due its power this is of limited use.
I like this strain a a lot and everyone who has commented on it has agreed.
Thanks Mike (& the quiet Jasmine) for blessing the community with great genes with a great vibe and at great value.
Mandala Seeds
this thread is about a strain called Speed Queen from Mandala Seeds. i started this strain after hearing a ton of good stuff about this seed company in the canna-press and also after some research on various canna-fora. checking out their site i read more and was impressed with their breeding strategies and their intolerance for genetic weaknesses in their breeding stock. after all the fantastic praise I was equally impressed and maybe a little surprised with the price of the strains from Mandala but it's great that the company shares my fair trade attitudes. these people are are a real benefit to the community as a whole, bringing something fresh, combining landrace genes and old school collections, rather than rehashing whatever the latest big ting is.
breeders description:
Mandala Seeds said:
i started a pack of the Speed Queen (full grow thread - click here) from which i received 8 females from 10. flowering resulted in three fairly distinct phenotypes all of which were lovely to watch bloom. the first was a supa-quick, firm, stacked budded slightly purpling type which i am calling SQDT1 for ease! this pheno was the most common type (4 of 8) and was pretty much done in 55 days as advertised but i cut all bar one at 56/7, i let a single plant go longer (62 days) and noticed no real difference, yield was negligibly larger and the high appeared unchanged, but more on the high later! the aroma of this pheno on the plant was a curious mix of sweet/citrus and tangy hash tones. yield was OK, the incredible density of the buds made them look small but i reckon they weight up just fine despite not owning a device to tell you!
the second pheno (Speed Queen Light Type - SQLT) was a slightly slower type, greener bud with less swollen bracts as flowering progressed, the complete flower formation had a more spear sativa structure than the more even SQDT1. the aroma on the plant of this type leaned more to the sweet end of the sweet:hash mix, almost candy sweet. generally SQLT and SQDT1 had similar growth profiles, similar stretch, similar leaf structure, the only difference was the flower structure, aroma and flowering time. this second pheno went 65 days and was less common that the SQDT1 but there were still 3 of this type. yield on this pheno was a little better than the first type but final structure was similar, tight rock hard buds.
the third pheno (Dark Type 2 - SQD2) was entirely different to either of it's sibling types and there was only one amongst the eight. the aroma of this plant was entirely deep, pungent, narcotic hash plant. the flower structure is totally different to the others more leafy (and what leaves!) but under those leaves in classic indo/pak indica/aghanica. there is something intensely old world about this plant, perhaps this is the indian landrace in this strain showing through. she went longer than the rest and was cut at a full 10 weeks with cloudy trichs and very little amber. yield was fine.
after these phenos were dried and cured the SQLT and the SQDT1 ended up very similar, so similar any distinctions are too subtle to document, as such for the rest of the report I will seperate only SQDT1 (meaning both SQDT1 and SQLT) and SQDT2.
SQDT1 - these took around 5 days to dry and have been jarred for a few weeks before sampling.
Appearance: the appearance of the final cured buds was great. nice solid structure, plenty of trichome coverage and a range of colours from pale green through orange hued to an almost purple across the two SQLT and SDT1.
Aroma: opening the jar the aroma is a strong but not overpowering smell of tangy sweet hash. smelling each bud results in little aroma but when they are broken a sweet but tart hash smell becomes pronounced, the sweet tartness comes from a tart berry aroma, raspberry is the closest i can get. it's very nice, and reminds me of the aroma left on my fingers after breaking up and preparing good, fairly fresh but presed kif.
Taste: once rolled into a nice joint the taste continues the medicinal hash flavour with a grapefruit crossed with melon subtle undertone. the smoke is smooth but slightly sharp and has a lovely cool expansive effect in the throat lungs, inexperienced smokers could well be prone to a little coughing.
High: the high is a mellow floaty summers day staring at the sky kind of high. mostly in the head, kinda spacey but with a relaxing but not over powering body load, this won't have you stuck to the couch but muscles relax and tension lifts. as a daytime smoke the high is deceptively powerful, amongst like minded folk your happy grin and relaxed attitude will seem normal but step into the wild world of the "straight" and your grin will mark you out! hehe. i myself have fallen foul if this, having a pinner at lunchtime and then mid conversation that I have started with a probable non smoker I realise I am probably rambling happily with a shit eating grin and hell, i probably stink of pot! hehe. it's a good weed for smoking with friends, cerebral but giggly and fun, perhaps even a little drunk rather than clear and functional or introverted. i wouldn't drive or operate anything more complicated than a lighter after too much of this!
Medicinal Uses: My partner is a diagnosed MS sufferer and believes this strains works well (for her) to relax muscles and relieve mild spasms.
SQDT2 - these took around 5 days to dry and have been jarred for a couple weeks before sampling.
Appearance: this doesn't look quite as good in the bag unless you give it an unjustified over tight manicure as the bud is fairly leafy (but the leaf is COVERED in trichomes). it is however intensely crystally and very very "dank looking" as a friend commented.
Aroma: the aroma on these when you open the jar is a musky aroma reminiscant of a good widow, individual buds have a limited hashy aroma but when broken the buds rlease a sharp hash tang with a musky, funky undertone.
Taste: in a joint the taste mimics the smell released on breaking almost exactly except the funk comes through, deep, earthy, with a hint of sour. the smoke is heavy with none of the cool expansion of the SQDT1.
High: the high on this is far far more stoney. definately knock you on the arse weed and not a day time smoke. however if you assume that it is not social you'd be wrong as again despite being sitting down your mind is ticking and a shit eating grin is spread wide over your face, perfect for a very lazy evening round the fire with close, like minded friends.
Medicinal Uses: My partner is a diagnosed MS sufferer and believes this strains works well (for her) to relax muscles and relieve mild spasms however due its power this is of limited use.
I like this strain a a lot and everyone who has commented on it has agreed.
Thanks Mike (& the quiet Jasmine) for blessing the community with great genes with a great vibe and at great value.
Mandala Seeds
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this kinda makes me want to go ahead and pop some of my speed queen...
