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Apollo 11

The breeders description is as follows:


Apollo 11 is a awesome indoor hybrid that is Sativa dominant it has a high calyx/leaf ratio & finishes
flowering in 7 weeks or less. Expect some variation among individuals. When selecting a keeper I
would aim for the more short heavily branched plants with great amounts off dense, resinous bud
sites Apollo 11 and Ice Princess are similarly frosty and potent with different highs & flavors. Apollo
11 can be considered "smart weed", very cerebral and thought provoking, a happy high and a citrus
flavor.


I have found these grower reports on the net


This is actually the Apollo 11 G version of the Spice Bros. Apollo 11
(made from a mother exhibiting Genius traits). I germed 4, lost 2 due to
germ problems (my fault). Of the remaining 2, one was male and one
female -- but oh what a female.
I would say even tho mine had a vague lemon scent & taste that it
leaned more to the c-99 side for the high. The high was a nice balance
of indica and sativa - you definitely felt the indica influence and knew
you were stoned! But it wasn't couchlocky or anything and the head
high... well the head high was uplifting, cerebral, and when you smoked
enough -- SPEEDY -- hence the c99. The only time it was really speedy
was when I used a gravity bong -- it was like being on speed or coke for
about 1/2 hour.
This plant was only vegged less than a month and flowered at about 8".
Veg showed indica growth characteristics, flower sativa. It is not a
stretchy plant but will stretch up to the light if it's too far away, and it is
definitely a stretchy plant when it first breaks soil -- you better have
light on it or you're liable to end up with a 4" tall flopped over seedling
I'm growing 3 more currently and hoping to find a genius Regardless
of the fact that last grow was not genius it was still a fantastic plant and
I wish I'd cloned it If I don't find what I'm looking for in the 3 plants
I'm growing now I will definitely be buying more of these seeds.
I did not yield a great amount from this plant, but I also keep in mind
that it was flowered at about 3 weeks old/8" tall with no training of any
kind and yielded almost as much as the plants that vegged twice as
long. Also my yields suffered due to the pots used I feel with proper
techniques and longer veg time as well as improved training this plant
would've been a fantastic yielder.


and another one


I bought this strain back in 11/03 along with a few others. A11 is now
one of the top strains in my garden and will be for as long as I can see.
Out of 5 seeds I got four females and one male; the male was dicarded.
Of the four seeds all the phenos were above average and there were two
standouts. Of those two one was a winner with a capital W. That is what
I have kept to propogate and what I am basing this report on.
One thing before I start I would like to say. This has been the only plant
that I have ever seen that starts growing trichs in veg. On some of the
calixes and a small amount on the leaves.
I will just refer to my winner pheno as A11. Let's start with my one
complaint with A11, it sucks to clone and is very slow early in veg. It is
just really picky and hard to clone. Once I have it cloned it takes a while
for things to get started. Where more hardy plants will take right off this
can take a week or two to get its legs under it and start to grow. Once it
has started it is very easy to stress it out. I waited to repot one plant
and it got just a little root bound and started growing three and one
pronged leaves, once I repoted it it took a while to start growing normal
five stars again. Since I have learned to give it a little extra attention
and it seems to be doing great with some extra babysitting. Over all
once it gets started growing in veg it is pretty darn good and grows
angular branches very fast in a typical sativa form while still remaining
quite short.
When I flip it to 12/12 its growth really takes off with no memory of any
past problems and starts to really go nuts. At about 10 days its buds
start to form with trichs as well. It is the absolute first plant I have to
have trichs on it. And has them about a week before anyone else. It
stretches but not near what you would think being an almost full sativa.
Total stretch was about 25% of its size when flipped. I have indica plants
that stretch more than A11. So the size is very easy to contain and7 Images
won't catch you off guard at all.After it starts budding it's a drinker, it nearly drinks twice as much water
as other plants. Loves the nutes too; I never had any signs of nute
problems at all. She starts with a really sweet almost bubblegummy
smell in the fist thirty days but from there the smell turns more spicy
and citrusy. She finished in 47 days with the trichs cloudy and one or
two turning amber. I think it could go to about 50 days no problem if
you are looking for a little less up feeling.
The smoke is quite special. When you inhale you get a nice soft sweet
smoke that expands but not to much and is not a lung buster. On the
exhale you get a taste of the spicyness and a little sweet citrus
aftertaste on the back of your tongue. I heard someone describe it the
best as "you feel like you are smoking something exclusive". This really
is some special smoke.
The high is just as good if not better than the smoke in comparison.
After a couple of good tokes you are set for at least an hour. The high is
very much as advertised, "up and happy". I really agree with the "smart
weed" description. It is not crazy intense either unless you smoke a lot
and is very workable on. I built a whole vegetable garden in my
backyard on this stuff and it came out better than if I was sober. This is
my favorite skiing weed because it just enhances your ability in a very
fun stoned way. It's hard really to describe so just try it and find out for
yourself, you won't be disappointed with Spice Brother's A11.


Daniel
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