I had seven PP S1's grow out and they weren't for me. A few had a fruit punch smell that really smacks you in the face. That was about the only thing I liked.
What didn't I like?
1)The high. Wasn't potent enough for me.
2)The yield. Biggest gave me almost an ounce. The rest 21 grams or less. Small buds on all 7 of them.
3) A strange problem. What I'm going to call "clogging of the arteries".
Three out of the seven stopped drinking @ 50 days. I was surprised but I usually figure out what's wrong quickly. Except two of them had me a bit baffled. Within 2 days the main top fan leafs died quickly on 2 of the 4 colas on the plants. I was like wtf? Half the plant dying? They aint getting water at all up top. Did a gentle squeeze to the buds and they were way too soft. No water in them. I cut those colas off and looked inside the stem and didn't see any blocks. Got a razor and cut off the buds and then slit the stem right up the middle all the way to the top.
Found the block around 8 inches from the top. Looked like plaque, the same shit that kills people. I've seen this before but a very long time ago from some Pineapple Express I ran. If it were one plant I would have been "no biggie", but it was a couple so I figured let's run the clones and see what happens.
They rooted well and in a few weeks I had them vegging in the tent. I grew out the non keepers and had no problems with them, cept small buds. The 4 "keepers" (2 of each pheno) and another 12 plants were spending a week in veg and then on to the clone room. 3 days pass and I go to feed my tent full of future clones. 14 plants dry to the bone and 2 of my "keeper" phenos of the same PP are soaking wet like they didn't drink a drop in 3 days.
Now I'm wondering if some of these don't like too much food but I never go above 500 ppm in the first 2 weeks after planting rooted clones. This was also the first batch Uncle H did so it could have been that. Otherwise I missed something but it didn't deter me. I grew them all out a few times and got them to work but the yield was too low and the buds too small. I did notice the second time around they they actually needed MORE food and not less. Their leaves got light colored very fast during flower.
I look at it this way, compared to all the awesome shit I basically got for free it was a win-win. The ADUB, BBC, Stardawg and Wedding Cake gave me keepers. Not just a "keeper" either, this shit makes jaws drop. People actually lick their chops when looking at a bud in my hand
I've seen a few kick ass PP S1's tho so I know they are out there. I had something similar happen with the GG4 but they didn't get clogged and just drank really really slow. Damn things didn't grow roots very fast, even the clones took forever. So I dropped the PP and GG4 and kept the other 4 types. Still have an awesome garden full of wonderful smells.
I did buy those Space Gorillas that peeps are looking for. Too bad for you cause that's next!!