Hi !

I've not long been a member of 420, but in that short time I've learned a hell of a lot (thanks UK420 ! )

I'm really struggling over strain choice. I currently have DP Euforia, though not overly impressed so far; a naff 'so-called Pot of Gold' that aint the best pheno I've ever seen ; Something supposedly called Mist of Destruction, but the information is wooly, and i can't be sure.

As far as I know thats a hybrid, an indica and a sativa

I'm looking to buy some new beans for 2007, maybe moving away from Feminised seeds and poss even dutch genetics. I've read a few posts about the various interesting new genetics on the block, and a bit about med qualities of various strains. I guess the problem is there is too much information. At the end of the day I'm just a noob and I could really do with relying on others experience.

Maybe if I list what I'm looking for in the new strains someone can offer some suggestions?

All my plants are grown in compost mixes with an emphasis on achieving organic, just never actually making it yet. I use 600Whps grolux lighting for flowering and 200W envirolight blue for vegging and propagation. I have plenty of space for bonsai mums and seedlings, but my flowering space needs to be used effectively (high yield strains not mandatory, but low yield strains are not what I'm after). I also dont have a lot of height. Basically 16 week 16 foot monster plants are totally out of the question at the moment, no matter how good the medicinal quality.

What I'm looking for is:

• strains good for controlling lunacy, of the bipolar type. Manic highs, depressive lows, need something for both (not necessarily in one strain).
  
• Anything with the kind of wallop to even dent the ol' lower lumbar pain
  
• Strains of medicinal use and of particular culinary value, pleasant taste, aroma, etc (e.g. I find the PoG quite 'spicy' and therefore quite tasty used in a savoury oil, for salads, pasta etc)
  
• Suitable medicinal strains for the 'Elders', things that wont rock their world, but might help such conditions as gout and arthritis

Im looking for 'keepers' and maybe stuff with good, stable (noob) breeding potential. building block type strains (no sk#1 please, been there, done that, can get it any time). Also strains that arent b*stards to grow would be helpful.

Cheers for any advice u ladies n gents might have for me, cos I'm itching to get something new and properly identified on the go





SS

a mostly sat is good for those up times in bipolar ( i'm bipolar and medicate thusly) i liked skunk no1 quite a bit(sorry i know you said no sk1), and g-13 isn't bad... i've heard that cheese is a really good selection as well, but it's cut only and i've never really tried it .. another one that's really good is blueberry... especially if you can find a sativa mix with blueberry in it such as esbxhw or clusterfuck....

for those down times i like a good pure indica, or mostly indica... black domina deffo a winner...

black dom is also good for those medical uses, though you should use it lightly as it will knock you out...
mazar is also reportedly very good for medical use...

thanks very much obscure shadow m8.

and dont get me wrong, I utterly adore sk#1, and pretty much benchmark all my smokes relative to that strain.. it just seems to work for me.

I was just looking for something new.. if theres nothing better, then I'll just restart a line of sk#1



SS

i'm sure that there are plants that are loads better, but i've just not tried them before... but sats seem to work best for the crazy times

Been feelin' a little low lately, but i think power plant is curin' me. Okay, i hate the taste, but after accidently takin' a bag of PP out with me t'other night and smokin' it all night or goin' without i ain't smoked anything else since. Shame what i'm smokin' is the mum i flowered off! But if sugarloaf, satori or leshaze don't turn out to be better "pick me up" weed then i still got 'alf a pack left.

Now what was the question again, this PP does make me babble so....

Whats wrong with the taste of it? and u referring to DP Powerplant? cos' I was thinking of trying that but went for Euforia instead.

Im well interested in how you do with the others, particularly the Satori as I have some of those ready to go into muck.



SS