Belladonna

Sultry Sativa … Belladonna is one of our original old school strains. This classic plant is a multi award winner and is as popular now as when we introduced it 15 years ago thanks to a quick harvest time combined with classic sativa energy .

When we released it at the end of the Nineties it quickly became an overnight classic with growers in the USA, Spain and the Netherlands due to its commercial potential and outstanding forum reviews. It is a versatile plant that will adapt effectively well to most environments and repay the grower with a combination of strength and yield.

Perfect Hybrid. Deadly Beauty

Belladonna is a balanced hybrid (60% sativa / 40% indica) which can be described as a real old school Paradise Seeds classic. One of the company’s original strains it has won numerous cups and awards over the years thanks to its excellent flavours and an uplifting effect that borders on the conscious shifting.

The product of crossing the Dutch classic Super Skunk with a potent Malawi sativa, Belladonna has a flowering period of 60 days (and is ready in mid October outdoors) and its estimated yield is 500g per m² indoors / 1000g per plant outdoors. While this plant is a good recommendation for growers in all regions (with great resistance to mold), this grow report follows an indoor grow by Mr Planter.

Germination and Vegetative Stage

Five original Belladonna seeds germinated very homogeneously and without fail. An Osram Planta-T (600 Watts) served as a light source that, in addition to the ten Belladonnas, also illuminated ten plants of another variety. Ten days after germination, Mr. Power Planter transplanted the young seedlings to six litre pots filled with a good soil mix from the local growshop.

The Belladonnas turned out to be indica dominant in terms of growth, the plants were very short and compact. However, they exhibited stronger side branching than a typical indica, and also the leaves were much narrower than for example those classic wide Afghani leaves. The plants were growing with quite a good uniformity, there were no big differences in height and width.

Flowering Stage

Four weeks after germination, Mr. Power Planter induced flowering (by switching from 18 to 12 hours of light). The female Belladonnas, exempt from one slightly taller lady (75 cm), had reached an almost identical height of only 60-65 cm when harvest time came after 55 to 60 days – which was exactly the time period stated in the Paradise catalogue.

So the five Belladonnas combined a moderate flowering time with a short height, bushy growth, and, best of it all, excellent buds. They were tight, broad and very resinous, also having a favourable calyx-to-leaf ratio, with lots of small, closely packed calyxes and orange hairs.

Harvest Yield

Yield: 21/23/23/25/32 grams

Smell and Smoke Report

Their smell was sweet`n fruity, a pleasure to the nose. The plants yielded an average of 25 grams, well satisfying for such small plants grown from seed. Both trippy sativa and stony indica effects were perceived when smoking the dried buds. So the high was complex and strong, lasting for a long time. The Belladonna flowers had a sweet full-bodied flavour that was very tasty, although having lost that fruity note after the drying process.

Verdict

Belladonna is a rewarding strain that gave a good performance in Mr. Power Planter`s test grow. Apart from its look and nature, also the price of Belladonna is very nice. Truly an attractive lady in any respect…

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