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Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World’s Finest Marijuana Strains, Volume 3 Published by Green Candy Press San Francisco, CA Copyright © 2013 Green Candy Press ISBN 978-1-937866-10-5 Photographs © 303 Seeds, 420Clones.com, Advanced Seeds, AlphaKronik Genetics, Alpine Seeds, Apothecary Genetics, Asturjaya, Autofem Seeds, BC Bud Depot, Big Buddha Seeds, BillBerry Farms, Bodhi Seeds, Breeder Garru, CannaBioGen, CBD Crew, David Strange, De Sjamaan, Delta 9 Labs, Devil’s Harvest Seeds, Dinafem Seeds, DNA Genetics, Dr. Greenthumb Seeds, Dr. Grow’s Fem Seeds, Dr. Underground, Dutch Passion, Dynasty Seeds, Ed Borg, Emerald Triangle Seeds, Evil Seeds, Flying Dutchmen, Frank, Freedom of Seeds, GAGrower13, Ganja Creator Genetics, Ganjah Seeds, GBI, Gean Pool, Genehtik Seeds, Gibridov, Green Dream Health Services, Green Haven Genetics, Green House Seed Co., Green-life Seeds, Gro Bedre Magazine, Hemp Passion, High Bred Seeds by The Joint Doctor, Homegrown Fantaseeds, HortiLab Seed Company, Humboldt Seed Organisation, Illuminati Seeds, Inkognyto, Irie Genetics Colorado, Jamaica Seeds, Jason, Jason King, Jin Albrecht, Josh the Rockstar, K.W. 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Dedication by S.T. Oner “You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.” — Pablo Neruda As always, I wholeheartedly dedicate this book to the fine people at NORML and everyone who has fought against the unjust war on this incredible plant. The work that NORML and similar organizations around the world continue to do has allowed me not only to begin this dedication with a message of hope rather than a message of defeat, but also is quite literally changing the landscape of cannabis legalization in both the medical and recreational fields. We can never be thankful enough to those who dedicate their lives to advancing cannabis law reform. Since the publication of the first four volumes in this series, Cannabis Indica, Vols. 1 and 2 and Cannabis Sativa, Vols. 1 and 2, I’ve been overwhelmed by support, assistance and appreciation from almost every corner of the globe. Such love and kind words push me forward with ever greater passion, so I must thank everyone who’s bought one of these guides as well as those many, many talented folks whose work exists on these pages. Thank you for coming with me on this exploration of the best cannabis there is. Without the fantastic breeders and seed companies whose work appears between these pages, I would never have been able to accomplish such a mammoth task. This book features breeders from the USA, Canada, Holland, Britain, Spain, Russia, Australia, and quite a few other countries which cannot be listed due to certain draconic laws against this most holy of plants. There are some contributors who wish to remain anonymous, but who deserve recognition and respect nonetheless, as does everyone on the online forums who help us find some extremely rare genetics. Finally, I must thank the growers, breeders, and writers who inspired me to learn more about this incredible plant; Ed Rosenthal, Jason King, Danny Danko, Matt Mernagh, Mel Thomas, Mel Frank, The Rev, Mark Heinrich, Ry Prichard, David Strange, Greg Green, Jessica Catalano, Tight Genes Seeds, and Jorge Cervantes are some big ones, and of course the unforgettable Jack Herer, may he rest in peace. These guys are true trailblazers and their tireless efforts set me on my first steps on this wonderful journey. I feel that Cannabis Indica, Vol. 3 is a true representation of the variety of cannabis genetics in existence today, and were it not for the hard work and effort of everyone featured in it, it would not exist at all. For this, I say thank you. Contents Preface Introduction Cannabis Indica 303 Kush 8 Daze (AKA 8th Deadly Zin) Afghan Cross Afghani Landrasse Apothecary Pre-98 Bubba Kush Aspen OG Auto GZ Auto Uzbeka BC God Bud Betty Boo Black Widow Blueberry Skunk Bom Bom Bubble and Squeak Bubblegum Kush CBD Sweet and Sour Widow California Hash Plant Cheedar Cheesy Dick Chem Fields Cherry Widow Citralah Cloud #9 Cosmic Brain Crazy Miss Hyde Criminal + Critical #47 Diamond Hash Diesel Chunk DK Cheese Double Purple Doja Double White Eisbaer Exodus Cheese Friesland BX Fruitylicious G-Spot F1 (AKA Kandi OG) Ganesh Gingerbread Kush God’s Gift Grand Daddy Purp Granny Derkel Green Spirit Hanis Hash Lover Herijuana Honeydew HSO Bubba Kush i3 (AKA Citrus Smoothie) Intense Skunk K2 K.O. Kush F4 Kandahar Landrace Kick Ass Kohiba Black Koma Kuchi Kush #1 LA Cheese Lemon Bud Lost Coast OG Maffy Gold Maple Leaf Indica Mastadon Kush Mataro Blue Mendo Grape Kush MK Ultra Motavation Nevil’s Super Kush Niagara x Shiva Northside Jack Nube Roja Orange Chemo Original Humble Bud Pakistan Chitral Kush Pink Vanilla Pitbull Prozack Pure Kush Purple Unicorn Red Rock Reggie Bush Ripped Bubba Romulan Royal Bluematic Russian Blue Sandstorm Sketch OG SoCal Original Diesel Star Gazer Stoned Immaculate Sweet Dwarf Teo Cali Blue Triangle (AKA The White) Tundra Underground Pink Kush Wappa William’s Wonder Yumbolt Zuri Widow Index Preface Cannabis Indica: How Far We’ve Come Hello, friend! Come in and get yourself a drink and roll yourself a fat one; within the pages of this book are 100 strains to drool over, crave, and otherwise get excited about, so we’re going to be here for a while. I’m super stoked to be here with you once again, exploring the fat colas, thick stems and super dank smoke of the best cannabis indica plants that the world has to offer. Ever since the publication of the first book in this series, Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World’s Finest Marijuana Strains, Volume 1, I’ve been on a worldwide search for the best and brightest breeders and their strains, in order to turn this series into an invaluable encyclopedia of the most exciting cannabis plants from around the globe. With 5 volumes of my cannabis strain guides now on bookshelves, hidden under beds, and proudly displayed in headshops, covering countless classic strains as well as hundreds of new and thrilling plants from numerous countries, I can safely say that we’re well on our way to that goal. But did you ever think we’d get this far? These books are more than pretty pictures of gorgeous plants and descriptions of how high they’ll get you. They’re more than pages of information, and of cannabis history that goes back thousands of years. They’re more, even, than a labor of love, made possible through collaboration with hundreds of fantastic and talented cannabis lovers, breeders, growers, photographers, and tokers. These books are an indicator of just how far we’ve come, but they are also a stark reminder of how far we still need to go. Think about it: every breeder contained within these pages represents one person who, faced with restrictive laws (and sometimes operating completely outside of the law), has realized his or her own freedoms and has chosen to improve their lives, their health, or even just their downtime, by dedicating their time to creating new strains of cannabis. They’ve taught themselves the skills to create new life from old, to bring together different genetics to give birth to the offspring that they’re looking for, and to stabilize that strain so that others may enjoy it – and then they’ve released the product of years of hard work into the world for us to toke, grow and love. Every seed company in this book is made up of groups of people so dedicated to providing people all over the world with fantastic strains of cannabis that they’ve made it their careers, often in countries where even possessing cannabis is completely illegal. They’ve brought genetics from across the globe, and even hunted down landrace and heirloom strains, so that they could work their magic to produce dozens and dozens of new varieties to suit any taste or need. They pride themselves on quality, to provide us with the best possible choice of marijuana. Every photo in this book shows a skilled breeder doing what they do best. Many of these people are also providing medicine to patients in need, even when they might legally be at risk by doing so. They’re hauling soil bags, watering daily, tinkering with pH levels, killing bugs, talking to plants and ventilating grow rooms so that their finished flowers are big, fat, juicy, and medicinal. They’re making grow rooms in their attics, or hiding grows in their back yards, or maybe even tending to acres of grow space somewhere where they won’t be found. They’re growing buds, making tinctures, baking edibles, creating salves, rolling hash, and sharing this natural medicine with all who need it. And every reader, every one of you, is a person looking to educate themselves even further about this great plant. You’ve probably tasted the sweet smoke more than once, but you want to know more about it; about the strains that grow the world over and what they can do for you. You want to know how to grow, how to make your plants perfect, how to breed, how to trim, how to flush, how to cure, how to dry, and how to make your final harvest as big as it can be. You want to know how to be a producer, for yourselves and for others. This striving to be better, and to make the cannabis community better, shows just how far we’ve come. The secrecy under which many of the people featured in this book operate shows how far we still need to go. In the last year, Colorado and Washington became the first two states to fully legalize cannabis. That’s right; no medical license is necessary. No script from a doctor is required to legitimize that dime bag you’re carrying or the half smoked joint that’s in your ashtray. This was as amazing as it was surprising, and surely paves the way for more states to follow their lead. On top of this, we’re getting close to having 20 states embracing legal medical marijuana, with ever more realizing that prohibition of this plant is both ludicrous and morally wrong, and changing the way they treat those who love this incredible plant. This book then, is more than a collection of strains, breeders and growers: it’s a celebration of the advances we’ve made. Almost every new strain is an advancement of some sort, but when I think of strains within these pages that have broken the mold, a few in particular spring to mind. One of these special plants is Betty Boo from High Bred Seeds by the Joint Doctor – a plant so compact and heavy with buds at full maturity that I thought it was a single loaded cola the very first time that I saw it in real life. Of course, we should have come to expect nothing less from the man who introduced auto-flowering strains into the market with his game-changing Lowryder, but Betty Boo is something different altogether: the sort of plant that closet growers with limited space have been dreaming about for years. I’m always super happy to feature new breeders and seed companies in these books, so I’m stoked to have Spain’s Projects Seeds in this edition with their wonderfully cheesy Cheedar strain. I’m excited to feature the Friesland BX from HortiLab Seeds in Holland – a strain I’ve wanted to put in a book for years. One of the most exciting new seed companies in this book is Newhouse Seeds by the talented and passionate breeder Tierra Rojo, who is represented by the indica- dominant Hanis. I had the opportunity to take a tour around the Newhouse grow facility late last year, and I’ve never seen so many grow rooms running at such capacity in my life before. All these amazing breeders in these pages both inspire me and make me proud, and I hope that all my future strain guides will continue to feature such incredible breeders and seed companies. As with any true indica guide, many of the strains within this book are utilized daily by medical patients who use indicas to kill their pain, encourage their hunger, put them to sleep, or simply help them get through the day. Whilst some plants are bred for recreational use and are used by patients for medical purposes, many are bred with patients in mind, and a number of these strains are represented here. Prozack by Medical Seeds Company is (surprise, surprise) a variety bred with mood issues and panic attacks in mind, but some are less obvious, like the SoCal Seed Collective’s SoCal Original Diesel. Whilst Diesel strains aren’t usually thought of as particularly medical strains, this is an indica- heavy version of the Diesel family that gives a balanced high and alleviates many varied conditions. Heavier, narcotic plants like BillBerry Farms’ Gingerbread Kush are tailor-made for those suffering from chronic, debilitating pain, and the beautiful William’s Wonder, re-released in seed form after all these years by SickMeds Seeds, will be a source of joy for those looking to escape from the darkness of depression, anxiety, and even insomnia. Though I can mention only a few of my favorites here, it’s evidently true that every single strain in this third volume of the Cannabis Indica: The Essential Guide to the World’s Finest Marijuana Strains book series is unique and incredible in its own way. Whether you smoke them, eat them, extract them in oil, or even juice them, I implore you to seek out the strains featured in this book and savor them in all their glory. Not a single one will let you down. The support of breeders, growers, smokers, and you, the readers, allows me to continue showcasing the best that the USA – and the world – has to offer in terms of cannabis genetics. These strains are both new and old and these plants are both classic and contemporary, and these breeders come from far and wide. My hope with this book, as with the other four books already published in this series, is that by showing the very best and the brightest in the global cannabis community, we can inspire and entice the next generation of breeders and tokers to grab their soil mixes and germinate their first seeds, as it’s these people who are the future of the cannabis community. This book shows how far we’ve come; now let’s see how far we can go. Have you finished that blunt? Yes? Then roll another and get ready to browse through some of the best cannabis strains you will ever have the fortune to see. And pass the chips, would you? I’m starving over here. — S.T. Oner Introduction How Indicas Came to the West Coast By The Rev I am so honored (and totally jazzed) to be writing the intro for Cannabis Indica III, as I’m a huge fan of this series, and in preparation I am blazing a fat doobie of my most hardcore indica: a favorite Herijuana hybrid that’s stashed away and brought out only for special occasions. As you’ll no doubt know if you’ve read my articles in SKUNK Magazine or have purchased my book, True Living Organics, I have been smoking herb for about 4 decades and I am an old school grower who cultivates top quality, all- natural cannabis. I’ve been growing this way for almost a decade now, since I turned my back on the synthetic hydro styles that I used to love. To my mind, a great indica strain grown in an all-natural environment will produce the best bud you’ll ever smoke. As a good ol’ American boy growing in the U.S., I’ve always been a fan of U.S. strains, and especially California strains, bred from the original indicas from Afghanistan and Pakistan. I remember when the first Afghani Hashplants rolled into Northern California, and how alien they were to most of the old sativa growers. The Hashplants are a special kind of indica, one specifically inbred for thousands of years to yield maximum levels of resin during the shortest flowering time possible. While I love the hard hitting, narcotic hashish and honey oil made from these plants – as long as I don’t have to do anything involving accurate math – I really am not a huge fan of growing them for smoking as buds. Smoking resin coated leaves gets old pretty quickly for me, due to the harsher smoking nature of leaf matter vs. flower matter. I prefer other, less hash-y indicas to smoke in a good old-fashioned doobie or to rip through a nice, clean glass bong, and thankfully the area where I live is full of these sorts of plants. When the first Hashplant indica came to my neck of the woods in Northern California, it really changed things. The zeitgeist of that area of Cali was electric during that time; hard to explain, really. It was one of those things where you really had to be there, but there was trust, and loyalty, and it sure seems to me like far fewer dickheads per capita, but who knows. Anyways, the shorter flowering time of the Hashplants was a huge thing, because whoever could have their buds ready first had a distinct advantage in the game we all played back then. The local fellas were just guys trying to support their families and such, kind of like that show Moonshiners in many ways, and once the Hashplant indica was crossed into the sativa gene pool, it was ON! We had huge yielding, fast finishing plants that yielded heavy and were covered in resin. Some people refer to the old Hashplant types as Afghanica now, but it is just an indica, inbred for a thousand years or more to produce a ton of resin. These plants would also get really purple during the first cold evenings of Fall, and their only weakness was to humidity, which really messed them up. We used to call the Hashplants “KGB” for “Killer Green Bud,” because most of the stuff available up until that time was “Red Bud” sativa hybrids. The first ‘real deal’ Skunks (a.k.a. Red Russian and Russia River Skunk) were crosses of some kickass South American sativa genetics and the Afghani Hashplants. These, my friends, were the legendary plants responsible for the name of the local strain, “The Skunk Train,” because these plants smell very strongly of a Skunk! Crossed to the South American sativa, this resulted in an unbelievably fast finishing outdoor plant, and these Skunks finished in early to mid-September, if I recall. Three absolutely groundbreaking strains, now as famous as they come – AK-47, White Widow and Northern Lights – all came from this initial crossing of the two varieties of cannabis from distant lands. That was a huge cash crop, the skunk. Huge! I don’t think a lot of people understand that cannabis is all the same thing essentially, and the more indica it is, the more “domesticated” and bred for pure resin production and speed to harvest the genetics are. A Hashplant is just super selected and inbred cannabis, especially bred for making hashish. Other indica varieties are hybridized with various sativa, ruderalis, and indica genes. Cannabis indica types that are not a Hashplant type, like Champagne, Northern Lights and AK-47, to name a few of many, are actually mostly indica, but are inbred for flower production and resin production. This makes for a far more enjoyable smoking experience than with a straight Hashplant. Big Sur Hollyweed was one of my favorite cash cropping hybrids that came out of that time in Northern Cali: part Panama Red, part Hashplant, super purple and arguably one of the most potent hybrids of the time. We enjoy so many good, heavy indica strains on our shores that it’s hard to appreciate just how special they are. I remember a number of incredibly powerful indicas that yielded giant calyx covered flowers that looked dipped in sugar, like the old time Maple Leaf Indica, Matanuska Valley Thunderfuck, Champagne, old Skunk #1 (Cheese), MK Ultra and the Romulan hybrids, along with some truly unique indica dominant hybrids that continue to blow my mind, like William’s Wonder, Northern Lights #5 and Bubble and Squeak #1, to name just a few of many. Some people think I don’t like indicas, but that is not true; I just don’t toke them on a daily basis because I like to do things that involve memory and attention to detail, and let’s face it – a good indica should really wipe you out! For me, the time to properly enjoy an indica is when I have nothing important to do or at night; that’s when I partake in my indica stash. I always have some indica on hand, as a good strong indica will finish quickly, meaning that just as I’m getting through the dreg ends of my stash, the new stuff is ready! The pure Hashplant type indicas (Kush types) usually flower fast, and 7 weeks is common. The high-type normally hits you fast and hard with a lot of body to it, head rushes galore, and I have many memories of people (okay, me) hitting the floor after a big Kush bong rip. Most of the indicas I like tend to fall between 8 and 9 weeks flowering times indoors, but William’s Wonder and the Chems go longer due to hybridizing. These longer strains end up with severely narcotic and potent results, and because of this they’re great indica dominant choices for people undergoing cancer treatment. While most pure indicas will wear off within a couple of hours tops, these longer flowering indica dominants will have lasting effects, often exceeding several hours. Me and a few fellas used to crop the old AK-47 hydroponics style, a huge yielding indica dominant that would kick your ass fast and hard, and this was the original “one hit wonder” if I recall my history correctly. We also ran Big Sur Hollyweed, Maple Leaf Indica, Northern Lights #5 and Northern Lights #2; all absolute killers! I hung out around Fort Bragg in Northern California for a few seasons, teaching them hydroponics while they taught me outdoors skills and shared amazing breeding knowledge and genetics with me. I brought a bunch of the genetics back down to Southern California with me, where most of them could really go crazy outdoors with the longer and warmer season. Good times, man; good times indeed. Many of you likely don’t know this, but I am a master hydro dork – system design, construction, and operation on a large scale – ex for almost a decade now, thank you. Anyways, the new indica lines really made indoors possible. However, this was what I like to call the “Jurassic Period” in the late 70s and early 80s (an ‘awesome’ time for fashion!). At that time there were no grow lights for indoors, really, besides shop lights that were used to keep mother and father clones. So, us indoor guys eventually adapted and used HPS streetlamps! We grew in stealth sheds with some translucent patio roofing with a hydro system inside that used natural light enhanced with shop lights when needed. We used Peter’s 20-20-20 full term mixed at various ratios to water … It was a dream in the land of green and everything worked out fantastic! Indicas really allowed the first indoors to really work well. The shorter size made the plants much more compact and uber tough and hearty – the only problem those plants had was along the coast, because their buds were a huge mass of tightly interwoven sugar coated leaves. Mold, or bud rot, took them down pretty regular along the coast, but inland they were unstoppable. They were resistant to anything but high humidity. The early indicas were thick skinned so even parasites would prefer the sativa strains, which is a fantastic indica trait, by the way! Sometimes, though, you have to go beyond U.S. shores to get the type of weed that will just blow your mind. I’m lucky enough to have some old friends in “high” places around the world, and about four years ago my friend in South East Asia helped me get my hands on some of this old world cultivar from the Bhutan region, at the base of the Himalayas from a small town/village called Gasilia, if I recall. It was a massive producer of the dankest and most outrageously stinky (huge) buds that smelled like fuel and hashish; we lovingly called this one “Butane Gas” and she was a true diamond of a gem. Unfortunately, the police got that strain from me. Those damn cops sure got a lot of great genetics over the years! Most growers’ memories unfortunately involve the police somewhere along the way, but recently the states of Washington and Colorado legalized cannabis smoking, and even here in my current home state of Oregon, I am a legal grower and consumer of cannabis due to state medical laws that allow me to do so. Perhaps the cops won’t be getting any more killer genetics from me from now on! My seed company, Kingdom Organic Seeds (KOS), recently made available some of SOG’s Bubble and Squeak #1 in the f2 generation. She is a real Skunky killer indica and you can see her in this book! I also loved seeing the landrace stuff in here too, like the Kandahar; many of these genetics bring back some good old memories. There are so many great genetics to try, and to each their own! If you are thinking about growing for the first time I recommend an indica or indica dominant, especially if you are a medical grower/user of cannabis; sativas are another story, for another book, and generally speaking sativas are much harder to deal with indoors than indicas. Indicas and indica dominant hybrids are both really good indoor choices as they’re easy to grow compared to sativas and sativa dominant hybrids. If you are going to grow using synthetic fertilizers, container style especially, you should be aware that the more pure the indica, the higher she will normally like her pH levels. Keeping her above a 6.4 pH is often crucial. You can also drown an indica plant’s roots fairly easily in soil mixes if you over-water, but other than those two points of concern, indicas are a great choice for the newer growers and all of the ones in this book look pretty damn deadly to me. Sometimes people ask me what my all-time favorite hardcore indica is, and it is virtually impossible to pick just one. I love the Skunk #1 (Cheese) massively, but it is also super “stupid weed” for me to use, and after just a little toke I could end up leaving my car keys in the freezer and never finding them again! Skunk #1 is tons of fun to smoke, super tasty and a great ride, but not upwardly functional in my experience. The Hashplants from North Africa, such as Moroccans, are unique and have some sativa blended into them I would say. These are very indica dominant with flowers covered in resin rather than leaves covered in resin, super tasty like Red Hashish with a knockout punch that won’t make me sleepy, but very visual and body melting, with a heavy duty inner dialog as I recall. Matanuska Valley Thunderfuck, Champagne, William’s Wonder and Maple Leaf Indica are all way up there on my list of favorite indicas too, so try a lot out and see what you like best, because that’s what really matters. I’m a big believer these days that everyone that wants to should grow their own cannabis, and bazillions of smaller gardens are the way, rather than mass production operations being your only option. Growing your own cannabis is a spiritual experience, and enjoying every part of the process will make your first toke on your homegrown that bit more special. The world needs more cannabis growers, so jump on board and start growing plants like the ones in this book, and if you don’t know anything about growing grab The Cannabis Grow Bible, by Greg Green. That dude really knows his stuff. Once you learn the basics, get yourself a copy of my book for the connoisseur indoor grower already familiar with how to grow cannabis indoors – all naturally, of course. Oh, and of course get legal first, or move to a legal state. I am not advising you to break any laws. You can’t toke up in prison. Last but not least, I would like to share a little old stoner wisdom with you if I may. If you are seeking cannabis as alternative medicine I think you should keep very clearly in mind how the very same drugs, of any kind practically, can have very different effects from one person to the next. Some people are affected differently than others; sativas can speed one person up, and send the other “running for the hills” with paranoia, or even put them to sleep. I may smoke an indica and get couch-locked with heavy munchies and go to sleep, while my partner may smoke the same weed and go set up an array of grow tents or something; he’s functional and even energized. Alternative medicines like cannabis can affect people differently just as prescription meds can. For instance, if I eat a Vicodin I’ll normally pass out easy and I get very sleepy, but if my girl eats a Vicodin she’ll clean the house or something, like she’s wired. So I just want to stress to you all to find what you like and what works for you. We are all different, and it’s a beautiful thing; to each their own. Look at that, I still have almost half of that big fat indica doobie left, time to fix that; smoke ‘em if you got ‘em homeskillets, happy trails to you all, enjoy this great strain guide! Remember, when the work is done, indica is the one. — The Rev CANNABIS INDICA The Strains 303 Kush The wonderful Green Dream Health Services, based in Colorado, bring us this fantastic cross of Pre-98 Bubba Kush and Reservoir ChemDawg, bred by Zombo. As Green Dream only provides patients with the best buds grown by their Master Horticulturalist, anyone lucky enough to get hold of 303 Kush can be sure that they’re getting a serious quality product! This plant will grow much like Bubba Kush and exhibit purple and gray matter on its buds, as well as large calyxes and a reasonably short flowering time. These nugs will need a good trim when they’re ripe, but the smell emanating from them means that you’ll be more than happy to spend time with your nose in the stash! Expect an incredibly fun high to go along with the aromas of good bourbon, chocolate and star anise. This is a creative and social high that moves into a body buzz with some nice pressure relief in the head. The effects of 303 Kush will linger, but won’t render you less useful than a chocolate teapot. A great medical strain for a whole host of issues, and one that the regular toker and joker can enjoy as well! Green Dream Health Services, bred by Zombo, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: Pre-98 Bubba Kush x Reservoir ChemDawg (in-cross 3) Potency: THC 19.26% greendreamhealth.com kindreviews.com PHOTOS BY RY PRICHARD - KINDREVIEWS.COM 8 Daze (AKA 8th Deadly Zin) The first time I smoked up this Grape Krush and Purple Thai cross, it was known as the 8th Deadly Zin. I thought it was called the 8th Deadly Zim, and being a huge Invader Zim fan, I was just about bursting with joy. I now realize that SnowHigh himself is probably too busy creating fantastic hybrids from killer genetics and might not have a chance to watch too many whack cartoons. One day we’ll get to smoke this incendiary indica-dominant cross together and I’ll introduce him to the wonderful world of Zim. Pollinating an F2 Grape Krush with a male Purple Thai has given the world a wonderfully indica-structured plant with a sativa-style high: the best of both worlds, you might say. This makes 8 Daze a fantastic choice for any indoor growers who haven’t previously had the joy of a home-grown sativa, as you’ll get the heady effects without any of the headache of growing such a large, leggy plant. Sativa growing can be a whole different ball game to indica growing, and this strain takes most of the pain away! With dense flowers and hard colas, this is the kind of plant you want to show off to your friends, and it’s an easy one to keep happy, too. As ever, an organic soil grow is going to be the best in terms of taste and health, but if you choose to grow hydro, this plant should react well to that too. Given the gorgeous structure and dense flowers of 8 Daze, I recommend applying the KISS method to growing this plant: Keep It Simple, Stupid. Good soil, regular watering, daily checks for mold and some reliable ventilation, especially in the flowering stages, will get you a fantastic quality of bud, and a harvest that’s nothing to sniff at! SnowHigh Seeds, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: Grape Krush (F2) x Purple Thai Potency: THC 19.35% breedbay.co.uk cannazon.net pogenetics.com seeddepot.nl cannabis-seeds-bank.co.uk Be prepared for the high of 8th Deadly Zin as it will sneak up on you like a particularly sneaky paparazzo and flash you right in the face. Right after toking, you might re-read this section and think that I’ve lost my mind. “Heady?” you’ll say. “Seriously? This is a really nice body stone, but there’s hardly any….oh.” There it is: the bubbling feeling, bringing the high right into your brain and setting it loose. The trippiness won’t subside, and mild hallucinations are pretty frequent if you’ve got a good imagination. If you’re feeling uppy and are angling for a fun night, this is exactly what you need. Add in a few episodes of Invader Zim and your trip-ometer will go through the roof! Afghan Cross I’m sure that Spain’s Evil Seeds are anything but what their name suggests of them; if they were, they’d be keeping this strain from the wider world and hoarding it in their own smoke-filled living rooms while enjoying its relaxing stone and cackling like jackals. Instead, they’re releasing it out into the community for all to experience, which is a pretty nice gesture if you ask me, and not exactly one befitting the incarnation of all things diabolical. Evil Seeds, I think, are actually pretty nice guys. Also nice is this blend of Maple Leaf Indica and Mazar-i-Sharif genetics. Maple Leaf Indica is one of my favorites, and crossing it with another pure indica strain, the wonderful Mazar-i-Sharif, is nothing short of a stroke of genius. As you’d expect from such a genetically pure plant, Afghan Cross crops are incredibly short and homogenous and are picture perfect for indoor growers. This strain will stay short and squat, just like they do in the mountains of Afghanistan, and their resistance to problems such as mold and bud rot is just phenomenal. If you’re growing indoors, be sure to touch each plant every day in the flowering period just to ensure that mold will not take hold; outdoor growers will find that this is rarely an issue for them. When planting, you should leave sufficient room for outward branching and almost fluffy-looking plants that are nearly as wide as they are tall. Be sure to leave a little extra space for yourself to get around each plant and really interact with it; it’s a rookie error to place indicas too close together and not be able to wade through the crop by the end of flowering! Outdoor growers will find that Afghan Cross will be ready for the cut around the end of September, whilst 60 days of flowering is necessary with growing indoors. Your yield will be sizable, with the nugs like solid gold. Evil Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Maple Leaf Indica x Mazar-I-Sharif Potency: THC 20% evilseeds.es The smoke of Afghan Cross is a delicious blend of orange, lemons, sugar and a hint of bitterness. It’s not all about the flavor with this strain though; it’s all about the high. There is a damn good reason that people venture out to the wild landscapes of Afghanistan or Pakistan, facing blistering heat and incredible conditions, to search out 100% indicas and landrace strains with a fantastic genetic history, and it’s because of this type of obliterating stone. While this kind of effect will almost always be a touch too much for a curious newbie, veteran tokers will crawl over broken glass to experience this type of high: a delightful taste, a thick, cloudy smoke and a perfectly narcotic body stone with enough longevity to lay you out for days. Whether this is your first indica or your millionth, it’s a pure indica feeling you’ll never forget. Afghani Landrasse Alpine Seeds have an incredibly strong following throughout their native Spain and far beyond, and it’s a following that’s more than deserved. Their work with strains catering to specific growers’ needs means that they are well loved by almost every type of grower, and this Afghani Landrasse strain means that the more prolific outdoor growers will soon be plastering the walls of their grow rooms with specially laminated reflective posters of the Alpine Seeds development team. With the genetics of a pure Afghani landrace indica, the Alpine Seeds team have bred a real corker of a plant, meant for outdoor grow ops just like Romeo was meant for Juliet. This undoubtedly special plant was bred with all the care and dedication that such elusive genetics require. Selected over several generations under both artificial and natural conditions, these seeds were produced using several different females giving quite a variation in phenotypes. However, there are some fantastic consistencies between the phenos, flowering time and mold resistance being two of the most impressive. For outdoor growers and indoor growers alike, this plant’s hardiness will be strongly appreciated; no one likes to lose their bud to that nasty little fungus. Hobby breeders especially will find that this is a great choice for a first landrace line; though its temperament still tends to the wild side, this plant is forgiving and has great potential. Your Afghani Landrasse crop will grow to be large bushes, especially outdoors. Expect to see large, delicate leaves with harshly serrated blades, as well as sturdy branches, stems and lots of resin on the buds. Indoor growers should expect a smaller plant, and should also allow for a growth period of 3 to 4 weeks at a minimum. This plant loves the German climate so much that it was ripe before the strawberries were, so for best results, move to Europe. If not, just try to maintain a European climate within your grow room, and I don’t mean ordering in ham baguettes and the good coffee. Alpine Seeds, Spain Landrace Afghani Indica Genetics: Pure Afghani Potency: 13-15% alpine-seeds.ch Don’t be alarmed if the trichomes on this plant look smaller than usual; this is common in some phenotypes, and though they may not be so big, there are many more of them! Your finished buds will be super solid and so beautiful that you could probably frame them and have them in the Louvre behind their own panel of glass with excessive security. On the other hand, you could smoke them up in a clean glass bong and enjoy the spicy, warm taste before being enveloped in a giant bear hug of a body high that makes you dribble out of both sides of your mouth. Do that one. Apothecary Pre-98 Bubba Kush Apothecary Genetics, hailing from the USA, is a project of passion born in Washington in the mid-90s. The creator of this particular strain is Josh the Rockstar, who might not win any awards for Most Humble Nickname any time soon but might start collecting awards like they’re going out of fashion. Oops, my mistake: he already has! You can’t get more American than working out of the U.S. with a classic Kush strain (presumably while eating a burger and fries and drinking a Coke), so, being an F1 Kush plant, this is the kind of strain that you have to smoke while watching Miracle on Ice (look it up) and reciting The Pledge of Allegiance. Or something. As an indica strain, this is an easy one to grow, but to get the very best out of your Bubba Kush plants you’ll have to pay a little more attention to them than tossing the seeds into soil and letting your dog pee all over them. It’s not a tall plant, so it can be grown in most types of system and either indoors or outdoors, but a recommended method includes a soil medium and a natural approach to nutrient needs. When a strain has a distinct flavor, chemically chelated nutes can often ruin the flavor, and this strain's coffee taste is too good to be ruined. Outdoor growers can expect to harvest around the end of October, which translates to an 8-week flowering period for indoor cultivators. At the end of this time, you can expect to bring in a harvest of around 700 to 800 grams of prime bud per square yard of grow space. An experienced outdoor grower might be able to bring in a little more, but either way, this is a great amount of quality pot to be getting from such a simple plant. Apothecary Genetics, USA, created by Josh the Rockstar Indica-Dominant Genetics: F1 Kush Potency: THC 18-19% apothecarygenetics.com I’ve heard it said that for patients suffering with nerve pain, Bubba Kush is one of the best strains there is. Bubba Kush is a strong strain generally, with high THC levels, but the CBDs available here are of great use to medicinal users. The long-lasting effects of Bubba Kush also make it a favorite amongst patients, as just one big vapor bag can both obliterate their pain and keep them going for hours, just as if they’d been given a brand new body. This, of course, also goes for us nonmedicinal users who just like to disassociate ourselves from our bodies on a Friday night while talking about The X Files. Such a combination makes you feel giddy before the stone even sets in. Auto GZ The first time I ever heard of this strain was in the middle of a huge session with my buddy Mike. This shit knocked me for six in a serious way, and when he told me the name of the strain I thought he said it was Auto GZA. It was only when I was chatting to a Spanish native about the fantastic North of Seeds and mentioned Auto GZA was one of my favorite strains (and that the breeders and myself must share a love of the Wu) that she burst out laughing and righted my wrong. This strain is not, then, named after a long-lost member of the Wu Tang Clan or the little brother of RZA, but that doesn’t make it any less special. It just makes me more of an idiot. As you might have guessed, this strain is an auto-flowering variety and so is fantastic for both indoor growing and new cannabis cultivators who don’t really know what they’re doing yet. It won’t ever get too tall, but it can reach about 2.5 to 3 feet, which is up there around your waist area. These leaves can be sharp, so when you’re going through your grow room be careful to Protect Yo’ Neck (and wrists) as you walk. You can grow this strain in almost any system, but for enhanced vigor hydro systems using rockwool or coco coir might be a good choice. If you’re using soil, you should use 18 liters of soil at most, otherwise there’ll be Tearz. Make sure you check over all of your crop regularly, and don’t only worry about the Clan in Da Front. Moisture has a particularly negative effect on Auto GZ buds, so be careful not to let it get too humid in your grow room (and certainly don’t use any Heaterz) otherwise your harvest will end up being Dog Shit. Apart from that, though, it’s pretty much Impossible to damage this plant. Its reaction to moisture is, really, its only Weak Spot. Outdoor plants can give up to 50 grams per plant, with an indoor grow bringing in slightly less, but the bud is of such stellar quality that an indoor grow definitely will not be a disappointment. I know what you’re thinking: auto-flowering, medium height, quick flowering and resilient? Can It Be All So Simple? Well, yes. Yes it can. North of Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Potency: THC 8-12% northofseeds.com This is a pretty strong strain, but you’ll need to have more than a couple of bong hits if you want to get As High As Wu-Tang Get. Smoke too much, and it’ll make your crew feel like Little Ghetto Boys. It’ll get you “into the seventh dimension” and you’ll be “master of the wordplay.” This is one of the best strains to spark up on a Wu Wednesday just before you settle in to watch that ‘Tang documentary where everyone’s just yelling at each other in the kitchen for what seems like hours. This strain will get you into the 36th Chamber and beyond. Auto Uzbeka If you haven’t yet heard of Autofem Seeds, you’ve either been living under a rock, hiding in a cave or chilling out on the dark side of the Moon. This Spanish company has made its name with a vast range of auto-flowering strains, each one engineered to fill a specific gap in a burgeoning market. Their strains have cut them a solid reputation, especially amongst new growers and those embracing auto-flowering strains, and their reputation is growing as fast as their incredible plants do. This Auto Uzbeka brings together the auto-flowering genetics of Lowryder with an Uzbekistani indica whose yields bring all the boys to the yard. If that yard happens to be situated in a part of the U.S. with adverse weather conditions, then all the better. Uzbekistani indicas are particularly well-known for faring well in shitty conditions, so this plant will be perfect for you. If you live in one of those constantly sunny, constantly warm areas of the States, though, don’t fear – Auto Uzbeka will grow just as well for you, but it will just be a little bored. Maybe invest in a Sudoku book to keep it feeling challenged. Newbie growers will appreciate the resilience of Auto Uzbeka, as it will quite easily withstand all those rookie errors that you’re just bound to make. If you overwater, just step back for a while and watch the plant make itself well again. If you fuck up the nutrient schedule, just ease off and let the soil right itself once more. If you chop too early – well, there’s nothing we can do about that, and even a plant as good as this can’t magically put itself back together! Outdoors, these babies can yield around 70 grams each – and that’s 70 grams of high quality, prime bud right there. Indoors, plants will yield a little less but the harvest will be so glorious that you won’t even mind. Indoors, the breeders recommend 12 liters of soil with 600 watts at 20 hours continuous light for best results, and don’t forget that good ventilation and odor control will be necessary throughout the growing period. Autofem Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Lowryder x Uzbekistani Landrace Potency: THC 21% Tasting like a York Peppermint Patty that’s been seasoned with black pepper, this is a unique strain to say the very least – and, like a meal at the Fat Duck, it’s actually a lot more delicious than that somewhat bizarre description implies. As you’d expect from an indica-dominant strain with this kind of genetic history, Auto Uzbeka’s stone is heavy and the effects long lasting, so a little goes a very long way! If you’ve been smoking since before the days of the internet, then fill your boots with this strain and have a great time, but if you’re a newbie, take it easy and remember: you can always smoke more. BC God Bud Billed as the “plant that put Canada on the map,” BC God Bud from the aptly- named BC Bud Depot comprises the genetic lines of God, Hawaii and Purple Skunk, making it an indica-dominant classic with a twist in its tale! A popular strain for commercial growing, this plant has the kind of high that can get you closer to God. As a 75% indica plant, this one is going to grow very much in an indica way: short, bushy and with a beautifully short flowering period that will leave you wondering what to do after a short 6 or 7 weeks. Indoors and outdoors this strain won’t fail to impress, with very dense and heavy buds being ripe and ready after 60 days of flowering. As ever, with dense colas, it’s important to keep a keen eye on those buds to ensure that they don’t get ravaged by mold or bud rot. Commercial growers will love this plant for its extremely heavy yields as well as its mad awesome bag appeal and mouthwatering aroma. It will just fly off the ‘shelves.’ Your BC God Bud nugs will definitely need to be double bagged if you don’t want everyone on the street to know that you’re holding. The flavor will be intense and delicious, but it is nothing compared to the high: a one-hitter that will have your head beyond the clouds and chatting with the big man before you know it. BC Bud Depot, Canada Indica-Dominant Genetics: God x Hawaii x Purple Skunk Potency: THC 23.6% bcbuddepot.com Betty Boo Sometimes, you know you’re going to get quality product just by knowing the name of the producer. Such is the case with the Joint Doctor. This guy not only pioneered auto-flowering strains with the invention of Lowryder; he’s also the king of indoor growing and continues to crank out impressive strains like it’s going out of fashion. Betty Boo is an absolute wonder; the tiniest midget of the cannabis world at an incredible 6 to 12 inches in height, but a huge producer in terms of grams per square foot, giving an average of 20 grams per plant. There could never be a more perfect plant for closet grows or dorm room harvests than this. She’s also one of the fastest strains available, finishing in exactly 8 weeks from seed with 28 days of flowering. Yeah, you heard that right: 8 short weeks! Betty tastes as sweet as she sounds, and before long you’ll fall head over heels in love with her heavy body stone and lingering effect. The fact that she’s easy to get to know and even easier to dedicate yourself entirely to means that she’s had many a grower in her thrall. In fact, if you don’t fall for her bonsai good looks when flowering rolls around, then you’re a stronger person than I am. High Bred Seeds by The Joint Doctor, Canada Auto-Flowering Indica-Dominant Genetics: (Mazar x Lowryder) x Lowryder #2 Potency: THC 16% jointdoctordirect.com PHOTOS BY DAVID STRANGE Black Widow Spain’s Positronics are known all over the world for the quality of their strains and the beautiful diversity of their breeding stock as well. For this harrowingly named strain, they’ve taken a White Widow and a Misty plant and introduced them to each other in a dark nightclub once they’ve both had a few drinks. At least, I’m pretty sure that’s what they did; it always works with humans, right? Regardless of how it came about, this wonderful cross turned out to be one of those plants that you end up growing for all of your life after you’ve grown it once. Outdoors this plant will grow to 7 feet in height, whilst indoors it will stay at 4 or below. Being an almost pure indica, Black Widow will be very compact, hardy and highly branched. The stems will be so thick they’ll be like babies’ arms – or perhaps something else fat but slightly less creepy. These crops won’t be able to tolerate much fertilizer, and for medical use Positronics suggest that an organic soil grow would be best. This will keep the product as healthy as it can possibly be, with no leftover chemical remnants to negatively affect the patients. It will also help to maintain the clear, crisp taste of Black Widow rather than smothering it in a chemically aftertaste. Although I would love to believe that this plant was so-named because any males left in the grow room will be horrifically devoured by the pack of females around him, I have to concede that the name has a lot more to do with the black, web-like canopy that the flowering plants make. With such incredibly dark leaves and great branching the breeders had no other choice than to name this strain Black Widow! A Black Widow grow room in full bloom is as beautiful as it is scary, and you’ll feel like one wrong step will leave you entangled in black leaves and unable to get out. Flowering will be complete after 55 to 60 days, when you’ll be able to chop down 400 grams of bud per square yard indoors and 300 grams per plant in an outdoor grow. That whole ‘web fear’ will be completely justified. Positronics Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: White Widow x Misty Potency: THC 19% positronics.eu Although you might be expecting a harsh, perhaps licorice-like taste with this strain, the final smoke will actually taste more like flowers with a hint of mint, which is a huge surprise given the creepy look of the plants whilst growing. With a high CBD content, this strain has relaxing and mind sedative properties, making it great for pain relief, managing spasms and other medical conditions. If you’re not a medical user, enjoy this strain at night and laugh yourself to sleep. Blueberry Skunk I’ve professed my love (strictly platonic, of course) for Holland’s the Flying Dutchmen many a time, but that’s not going to stop me doing it again. If I had to go on a date with a seed company, the Flying Dutchmen would be at the top of the list. Again and again, they take classic strains, mix them with some other classic strains, rub on some of that Flying Dutchmen magic and then send these new babies out into the world to run around being awesome and growing strong and generally making the planet a better place to be. Blueberry Skunk is one of these babies, and I’m sure you can make an educated guess about its parent strains without me spelling it out for you. As a 75% indica strain, this one offers both a devastating high and a delightful growing experience. It tops out at about 5 feet in height but can be kept even shorter if that’s absolutely necessary. It does, however, tend to be a little more leggy than pure indica varieties and so will spread out a little from that famous bushy structure. Its favorite sort of environment is that of the Californian outdoors; warm with lots of light and plenty of time to flourish. However, an indoor set up that mimics this environment can be just as good for the plant, and might even offer better control over the maturation period. During flowering, this plant will double its height before hefting up like a previously pigeon-chested teenager on steroids and an all-meat diet. As the fat, fudgy buds emerge and plump up, you’ll notice that they produce a mean sparkle; these flowers have more crystals than the Sultan of Brunei’s favorite Lamborghini dashboard. This level of resin production can be attributed to the Blueberry parent, while the vigorous growth of the Skunk #1 can be seen throughout the grow. Such fast bud production does mean that you’ll need to be vigilant with ventilation and hands-on checking of your flowers to make sure mold doesn’t set in. Remember: humidity and fast bud maturation are mold’s best friends! Visit the grow and be in with your plants every day during the 60-day flowering period and you’ll ensure that every single one of those gorgeous buds survives, to give a yield of 100 grams or more. Flying Dutchmen, Holland Indica-Dominant Genetics: Blueberry x Skunk #1 flyingdutchmen.com The taste of the Blueberry parent is mixed with a little of that Skunk spice in this strain’s smoke, but neither is too overpowering. The stone is a strong body effect, with a little energy dancing around the mind as well. A perfect mix of two amazing plants that will leave you as much in love with the Flying Dutchmen as I am; maybe more. If that’s the case…hands off! They’re mine! Bom Bom Spain’s Ganjah Seeds are part of the new wave of Spanish seed companies giving the American cannabis scene a real run for their money with their unique genetics and fantastic hybrids, as well as a breeding talent pool that is almost brimming with fantastic skills. If the North American scene was ever accused of being stagnant, the fantastic amount of competition coming from over the pond has seen to that now, and worldwide, companies have had to step up their game just to compete. It’s a great thing for us all – especially those of us who love fantastic weed! This strain is a mix of Big Bud, Critical Mass and Skunk genetics, which can only mean one thing: fat, stinky, dense buds with a hell of a kick and plants that are almost bending over backwards under the weight of their production. Thank you, Ganjah Seeds! Bom Bom is a true hybrid, and as such, doesn’t commit itself fully to the growing styles of either an indica or a sativa. Outdoors, it exhibits a more sativa- like growing style, getting to between an incredible 10 and 16 feet in height. Indoors, however, it will flower into a much more modest plant, and its growth can be controlled to even smaller if you are short on space. Contrary to what seems to be obvious, the indica genetics slightly outweigh the sativa genetics in Bom Bom, meaning that your plants will enjoy short internodal spacing and therefore a very high production rate when it rolls into the flowering period. Outdoor growers will want to harvest around the beginning of October, whilst indoors, the flowering period will be about 50 days long, which is very short for such a high producer with such strong sativa influence. This plant in particular does well in humid climates, and will reward the grower in this sort of environment with more dense, resinous buds than you will know what to do with – you’ll be giving baggies away to the neighbors and the postman, and you’ll become quite, quite popular in the meantime! Ganjah Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Big Bud x Critical Mass x Skunk Potency: THC 16% ganjahseeds.net Towards the end of the plant’s cycle the smells of ripened fruit will build to become quite intense, and this is a trait that can carry over into the dried bud when it's given a nice long curing period. Keep ventilation at the front of your mind and invest in some good-quality carbon filters for the flowering period. As you’d expect from a hybrid that has a reasonably balanced genetic profile, the high from Bom Bom buds is a little heady and a little stoney, and in my experience can go more to whichever side you’re feeling more inclined to, making it great pot for those days when you don’t want to end up twitching in a corner. PHOTOS BY THE REV Bubble and Squeak If you know anything about organic growing, you’ll already know about the Rev. He’s SKUNK Magazine’s cultivation editor, an organic grow book writer, and one of the breeders of the wonderful Kingdom Organic Seeds, where everything is –yes, you’ve guessed it – organic. As if owning a worm farm just to feed his plants wasn’t strange enough, when he’s not hand-tending to his plants or writing articles about what natural fertilizers are best for sativas, he’s growing strains like SOG Seeds’ Bubble and Squeak #1, SOG’s Buddha Cheese and SOG Seeds’ own Double Bubble male, and then getting mad high off the results! Now while the Bubble and Squeak #1 is an original hybrid by SOG Seeds, Rev loved her yields and structure so much he used one of the males in several of his own crosses. SOG moved on to his Bubble and Squeak #2 using a different Cheese female of his, and the #1s were nowhere to be found. So he inbred these to F2 status at KOS as homage to SOG and the heartiness/quality of this cross. He then gave most away and sold some to recoup production costs at low prices. You can still find plenty of the F2s by KOS bouncing around out there. You will get a lovely spread from these F2s and some will be fruity, others Skunky and even Cat Piss, along with some candy hash phenos that are to die for. Most will have little stretch to them and huge yields; she is easy to grow and rewarding for newbies as well as experienced growers alike. She is very good at dealing with parasitic invaders like Spider Mites and Powdery Mildew, and if she is happy she is almost unstoppable, producing Coke can size buds even under smaller lighting systems like 400-watt lighting sources. You may want to invest in a carbon filtering unit for your outgoing air if smells are a concern, as most of these will be uber dank and stinky-stinky while flowering. Most of the phenotypes will finish in 65 days or less – a joy to grow and smoke! SOG Seeds, grown by The Rev, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: SOG’s Big Buddha Cheese x Double Bubble Potency: THC 17-19% facebook.com/KingdomOrganicSeeds facebook.com/TrueLivingOrganics If you can ever get over the gorgeous bag appeal of these buds and actually smoke them up, you’ll be treated to some of the funkiest, nose-tingling nugs you’ve ever had near your face. Some smell like your cat got into your grow room and pissed all over your plant. The smoke can be an acquired taste, but either way the high is worth it, especially if you like being lobotomized onto your couch for the evening. Bubblegum Kush Every toker in Europe knows the history of Bulldog Seeds, and every toker in Europe has probably visited the Bulldog coffee shop on more than one occasion. As veterans in the scene, they’ve certainly put in enough time and effort to be worthy of our respect even if they weren’t still putting out great strains – for the exact same reason that some people still go to Paul McCartney concerts. However, the Bulldog crew doesn’t rest on their laurels, instead choosing to press on with originality and style – more like Prince. Let’s consider Bubblegum Kush, then, to be Bulldog’s Emancipation: a later effort, but one of their finest! It’s not hard to work out what strains are encompassed in this plant, so any fans of Bubblegum or Kush strains (so, the whole of North America then) will already have their Spidey senses tingling. Tingle away, my friends, because this is one plant worth tingling over. As a quite heavy indica, with only about 20% sativa influence, this will be a short one (again, like Prince) but will be much fatter and bushier than its musical friend. This also means that, if you’re growing indoors, you’ll have to ensure that there’s sufficient ventilation to keep bud rot at bay, as these flowers are going to fatten up like there’s no tomorrow and be more dense than the hot core of the sun. Growing outdoors will mean that this is less of an issue for you, but only if you’re growing in a place where first frost isn’t likely to hit early on. The flowering time for this strain sits at a perfect 8 weeks, so this should be easy to avoid, but bear it in mind when you’re deciding when’s best to plant outdoors. You should also consider the fact that Bubblegum Kush is a heavily yielder, so that branches might need a little support towards harvest time. A good harvest will rake in up to 700 grams per square yard of grow room, so get your good buddies over and settle in for a long manicuring session! The Bulldog Seeds, Holland Indica-Dominant Genetics: Bubblegum x Kush Potency: THC 18.15% bulldogseeds.nl As with all Bubblegum strains, the flavor of this will whisk you right back to childhood, and all that gum you had to stick under the school desk to avoid being caught by your overly rule-obsessed teacher. However, the heavy stone of the Kush family will bring you back to reality, and the mild sativa influence will keep your head with enough energy to stop it lolling to the side while you’re stuck on your couch watching reality TV. Just put a Prince DVD on and settle in for the duration. And don’t mention his height. CBD Sweet and Sour Widow I like it when some of the best seedbanks come together to start a new project. Not only does it ensure that whatever they bring out is going to be fantastic (unlike rock music supergroups that, to be fair, usually suck), it also gives me the warm fuzzies to know that an ego-driven game like weed breeding can still give rise to such buddy-ups as the CBD Crew. Bringing together the skills of the Mr. Nice Seedbank guys and the Resin Seeds tribe, this band of brothers were created in the summer of 2009 when Shantibaba and Jaime decided to dedicate themselves to making CBD-heavy strains with a goal ratio of 1:1 CBD to THC. The CBD and THC percentages can vary according to how the plant is grown, and the percentages can be up to 12% THC and 13% CBD. As recent science has suggested that CBD is both an antioxidant and anti-in-flammatory, the market for strains that concentrate on it is on the rise and these guys are way ahead of the pack. CBD Crew, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: White Widow Potency: THC 5% / CBD 5% cbdcrew.org This strain is a 70/30 indica/sativa White Widow with a huge yield and a fairly short flowering time. Everyone knows White Widow, but its intense and varied genetic history means that one Widow can be very different from the next. This grows more like a sativa than most crosses might, but the effect sits somewhere between a stone and a high. This strain is a particularly vigorous grower, and it will take off like a kid on caffeine, both indoors and out. It can flourish well in either environment, although I would be tempted to opt for an outdoor grow just to really let this baby fly. Indoor growers won’t have to be too worried about losing their precious bounty to bud rot, however, as these flowers form with a more airy structure in the beginning of the maturation stage before filling in and becoming dense like the fist of Thor. After 8 weeks of flowering you can expect to harvest around 400 grams per square yard of grow space, both indoor and out; although outdoor might just be that much more fun. There’s a very distinct odor to this plant, and it’s slightly oniony. It’s dank in the most serious sense of the word, but it’s the effects that are more impressive for medical patients. The high CBD count of this strain means that it’s an effective pain reliever and offers tension relief without the dizzying euphoria or the confusing high. Enjoyable and effective without the crazy shit. California Hash Plant Spain’s Dinafem Seeds continue to go from strength to strength with every new variety that they bring out. It seems to be impossible for these guys to release a substandard strain, and it’s this reliability that’s made them one of the hottest seed companies on this side of the Black Sea. Their version of California Hash Plant is a pure indica strain born of a classic California Hash Plant and a Northern Lights pairing; a mixture to pay attention to, indeed. With a particularly strong resistance to mold, California Hash Plant is a great plant for a first-time outdoor grow as your biggest worry is more or less taken completely away. This plant can grow wider than it is tall, although it can also be teased to 6.5 feet or higher with a bit of effort. Producing between 700 and 1000 grams, it is a definite winner for commercial growers and heavy tokers alike. To not make hash from this strain is a crime, but even if you’re not down with the hard stuff, you’ll find that you fall slowly in love with California Hash Plant. Medical users, in particular those looking for something to help with nervous disorders or insomnia, will find that this is the perfect plant for them. Stoner veterans with a love for indicas will also enjoy its effects! Dinafem Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: California Hash Plant x Northern Lights Potency: THC 8-12% dinafem.org Cheedar Spain’s Projects Seeds are clearly big fans of the Cheese, as they’ve brought together a wicked classic strain from Britain called Old UK Cheese with an Afghani #23 plant to create a plant so stinky you’d think it was smoked Gouda. This is ideal for daily smoking and also for wrapping in bacon and stuffing inside a chicken. Oh, no, sorry; that’s actual Gouda. A medium-tall crop with a shorter flowering time than you might expect, Cheedar has a lot of Haze in its formation and taste so it will have a tendency to get leggy unless you keep an eye on it. Your lights should be as close to these plants as humanly possible to encourage them to stay tight and not force them to stretch more than necessary. It is an incredibly rapid flowering plant, finishing in just 60 days, and its tolerance to spider mites and other buggy pests means that it should be a successful crop even if you’re not a great grower yet. Expect 600 grams per square yard from an indoor grow and up to a huge 900 grams per plant from your outdoor monsters. Bring out the crackers and the nice red wine because this strain is Cheese through and through – with a hint of Haze to make it interesting. This Cheedar might even leave you feeling a little heavy, like a good camembert, and if you’re lucky, it will send your dreams wild when you finally fall asleep. A body buzz with lots of energy makes this a great daytime toke! Projects Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Old UK Cheese x Afghani #23 Potency: THC 17-21% facebook.com/projectsseeds.company Cheesy Dick You can’t say that the guys at Big Buddha Seeds don’t have a sense of humor. This is not the first strain to be named after a male appendage and it certainly won’t be the last, but it is one of the ickiest sounding ones when you really think about it. But don’t worry; this is not one of those ‘tastes like it sounds’ strains; instead, it’s a combination of Moby Dick and a reversed Big Buddha Cheese, making it a wonderfully high-yielding indica with a powerful taste and effect. Dinafem’s Moby Dick is a well-known and much lauded monster of a plant, bringing together the genetics of the mega-yielding Critical Mass and everyone’s favorite classic, Jack Herer. By adding one of their own fantastic Cheese strains into the mix, Big Buddha Seeds have created a plant that any fan of the stinky stuff really must have in their rotation; even just one plant constitutes a mini commercial Cheese grow op of your very own. It’s not a particularly tall plant, or one that’s difficult to grow, but the sheer size and weight of the buds can present problems towards the end of the 10-week flowering period. Both indoors and out, growers should be very careful of allowing mold to form in the buds, and staking will almost always be necessary to prevent the branches from (quite literally) breaking under the strain. However, all these issues can be dealt with if you plan well; stake early, check regularly and ensure that your grow room has fantastic ventilation. This will both help reduce mold and encourage the branches to grow stronger, which means that you most likely won’t need to stake your plant when flowering comes around. The less work for you, the better! Big Buddha Seeds, UK Indica-Dominant Genetics: Moby Dick x Big Buddha Cheese (Reversed) Potency: THC 18% bigbuddhaseeds.com The finished buds from this plant will not only be massive; they’ll also be liberally caked in resin. Rolling yourself some finger hash after harvest is a very worthwhile endeavor if you’re a fan of a knockout high, although it’s important to remember that hash will knock you down on your ass a lot quicker than a joint will. As a 95% indica, Cheesy Dick has a pretty strong stone that makes you feel as if you’ve taken a belly bump from Mike Tyson; your whole body will feel heavy, lumbering and not much use at all. Unless you’ve been toking since the late 80s, this strain is almost guaranteed to put you on your ass like a toddler learning to potty train, and leave you with just about the same amount of drool control, too. It’s the taste, though, that’s the real kicker: epic blue cheese flavors with a hint of spice, and thankfully not a single taste of dick. Cherry Widow Colorado’s Irie Genetics are setting the bar pretty high for themselves with this strain, a beautiful combination of White Widow and Reeferman’s classic Cherry Bomb Indica (the same California indica that Jack Herer himself knew and loved) that will excite anyone with a taste for an exotic mix that’s a joy to grow. Like many classic strains, this plant grows with light green, almost yellowy fan leaves but still has a dense, tight central cola that you’d expect from an indica-dominant strain. As Cherry Widow is particularly delicious, an organic soil grow will be suitable to help preserve the delicious flavor and keep it free from a chemical taste. With just 60 days of flowering time necessary you won’t have to wait too long for your solid harvest to come in, and you’ll enjoy the cherry red colors on the sizable buds when you’re finally cutting them free – but try not to get too entranced! Whether you’re a rookie grower or a seasoned greenthumb, you’ll find this a fun and relatively hassle-free plant to cultivate. With a flavor of fruit punch with cherry highlights and a head high that slides into a mild stone, it’s really difficult not to fall in love with Cherry Widow. Anyone who drank too much Cherry Coke and smoked too much indica in their youth will find that both these memories are brought together and made all the more sweeter with this fantastic strain. Irie Genetics Colorado, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: White Widow x Cherry Bomb Indica Potency: THC 21.4% facebook.com/IrieGeneticsColorado Citralah Soma Seeds, you had me at Afghani Hawaiian. This tasty little number combines a fantastic sounding indica from the middle of the Pacific with a Citral from Pakistan, which might sound like an odd marriage but in fact works like a dream. The latter is used primarily for hash production in its native country, making this a fantastic strain for anyone who likes a ball of the black stuff – or a joint of the green stuff, for that matter. With 80% indica influence, this strain will grow strong, short and squat whether your garden is indoors or out. A moderate climate will be most preferred, as will a natural soil environment with organic nutes and a little TLC. Don’t overwhelm this beauty with too much attention, but when she tells you that she needs some help, don’t ignore her! A little trimming here and there might be necessary to keep the plants growing to their full potential. For the best possible results from your Citralah plants, allow for a full 10 weeks of flowering and don’t get too hasty with the chopping; exercising your patience and waiting a little longer will be worth it in the end! It’s the Hawaiian influence that extends the flowering time by so much, so curse the shores of Oahu if you must, but let the plants properly mature. By the time harvest rolls around, you’ll find yourself gazing with awe at your finished buds. The layers of deep and pale green will be accented by crisp white hairs and dark orange parts, with a liberal frosting of snow white crystals to top everything off. Damn, even the leaves are pretty on this plant! Soma Seeds, Holland Indica-Dominant Genetics: Citral x Afghani Hawaiian Potency: THC 18% somaseeds.nl As you’re peering deep into the soul of your beautiful buds, take the time to breathe in a little and explore the smells that are there, too. Fruity and playful, this strain is one that you feel like you could cram into your mouth and it would still taste wonderful. Don’t do that, though – it’s a bad idea, trust me. When you do get it packed into your bong, be prepared for a smack of lemon and lime straight to the face with a mouthful of Citralah smoke, and try to enjoy the flavor while you’re coughing up your lungs a little. The high is a layered one, part Hawaiian head rush and part Afghani body buzz, with just enough space in between the two to keep you compos mentis (well, close) and enjoying the whole thing. Finger hash is a must after manicuring, and don’t be afraid to try other hash methods too. It’s what it’s made for; 177 million Pakistanis can’t be wrong! Cloud #9 Anyone that knows Dinafem, and has heard growers and breeders from all over the world talk about the respect they have for this company and the plants that they grow, will know that if Dinafem call one of their strains Cloud #9, then you better get ready to be shot high into the heavens and feel something you’ve never felt before. A cross of Critical+ and JYD Haze, this strain brings together two complex and beautiful lines to create a short but beautiful plant that is an indoor grower’s dream. The breeders of Cloud #9 were interested in bringing this plant’s moisture resistance up, but they also improved upon the vigor and strength of the Critical+ growing patterns, although this strain may still need to be staked in areas of high winds. Some plants can reach up to 9 feet tall, although indoor growers won’t get anywhere near this height with their crop. The breeders at Dinafem recommend growing Cloud #9 in manure in order to obtain a more intense flavor and effect. After 70 days of flowering, be ready to fall in love with some gorgeous orange and light green buds that will have a heavy stink. When you chop them down, dry them out and pack them into a nice clean pipe, you won’t be disappointed. The deep stone is nothing short of heavenly, and with just a few tokes you’ll feel like you really are relaxing on a cloud. Dinafem Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Critical+ x JYD Haze Potency: THC 12-19% dinafem.org Cosmic Brain I can’t smoke Cosmic Brain without thinking of Jamiroquai’s 1996 hit Cosmic Girl and doing the slidey-feet dance from the video. Of course, when considering this wonderfully complex plant from Dynasty Seeds, what I should be thinking about is the Oregon Afghani and Space Queen F3 plants that comprise this amazingly heady little hybrid. Dynasty Seeds’ Professor P has shown yet again he’s worth his weight in gold by breeding an old Afghani clone into a plant that’s easy to grow and incredibly reliable, even in the hands of a newbie grower. Though these seeds require a little more effort to germinate, the plant is stable and expresses two phenotypes, each of which is more of a ‘pole’ structure with little branching. Harvest at 8 weeks for a head high and 9 weeks for a bit of a body stone, and expect a yield that tends towards the high side. The flavors of this great little strain range from vanilla latte to cherry, and regardless of when you harvest, the high, taste and smoke will make you feel like you really are in a cosmic world. I’m not really into pun-based comedy on the best of days, and especially not when I’m high on a beautiful Space Queen cross, so to make another Jamiroquai joke here would not only be against my nature and terribly gauche, it would be…Virtual Insanity. Dynasty Seeds, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: Oregon Afghani x Space Queen F3 Potency: THC 19-21% dynastyseeds.com Crazy Miss Hyde There’s a bit of coincidence here, as Crazy Miss Hyde is what my buddy called his ex-girlfriend every time she turned from her lovely, caring, hilarious self into a steam-rolling automaton of evil for no apparent reason. In fact, that nickname might explain why she’s now his ex. I think the breeders over at Spain’s Samsara Seeds must have made the same mistake once or twice, as they’ve chosen this name for their mostly indica mix of Northern Lights and Belladonna, too. Does this mean that when I’m not suspecting it, my Crazy Miss Hyde buds are going to smash a chair over my head and try and stab me with the splintered leg? I can only hope not. This Crazy Miss Hyde is somewhat less crazy than you might be led to be believe from her name; as she’s a majority indica, she’ll actually be way more tame than many other lady plants. She’s a 70% indica, in fact, making her short enough to be grown indoors but not so short that an outdoor grow would be lost on her. Her lack of height translates into some fantastic growth on the buds, which will be solid, orange and so resinous it’s almost obscene. I certainly feel a bit dirty and ashamed of myself after thumbing through the pics of a friend’s most recent Crazy Miss Hyde grow. Although this isn’t a strain that’s particularly known for its flavor, a soil grow that dispenses with chemicals will produce the best taste, and medical users would be advised to go organic, while treating your plants with a good dose of nutes will be preferable for those who value the weight of the final harvest above everything else. If this is the case with you, you might want to consider growing Crazy Miss Hyde outdoors, as outdoor growers can expect to harvest up to a huge 900 grams per plant while indoor cultivators should expect somewhere in the region of 400 grams per square yard of grow room. In either scenario, an 8-week flowering time will be necessary, which translates to a harvest date around the end of September for those growing outdoors in the Northern Hemisphere. Samsara Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Northern Lights x Belladonna Potency: THC 21% samsaraseeds.com If you chose to go for an organic set up, you’ll be able to enjoy the unclouded berry flavors of this strain without a chemical aftertaste or a dumbing down of the taste. This isn’t the main facet of Crazy Miss Hyde, however; the kicker for this young lady is what she can do to your brain. Once the smoke clears, Miss Hyde certainly will make you crazy as she invades your brain and brings you down from the inside. Be prepared for a static few hours as you piece yourself back together again and try and figure out what the hell just happened to you and where your pipe has gone. Criminal + There’s something afoot in the Ripper Seeds headquarters in Spain, and I think it might be an overexcited passion for London’s famous Jack the Ripper. How else could you explain both their company name and the fact that they called this Critical + and Double Glock blend Criminal +? Coincidence? I think not. A faster and more vigorous version of its parent strains, Criminal + is an 80% indica strain that’s short but powerful, and an absolutely phenomenal producer. This is a fantastic strain for almost any type of set up, meaning that whether you’re an organic soil grower or you have a complex aeroponic system that would have Nikola Tesla scratching his head, you’ll be happy with the look of your crops and even happier with your yield at the end of the 55-day flowering period. A short vegetative period of 1 to 2 weeks will keep this strain at a manageable size and if you feed your plants with some heavy nutes I’m not kidding when I say that your final harvest will be heavier than a sumo wrestler who’s just moved to the USA. They don’t look like it, but these Criminal + nugs will explode with a sweet, fruity taste. This is a good strain for a party despite its devastating effects, as it will make you very social as well as droopy in the body area. You might even say that it’s criminal. (Sorry). Ripper Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Critical Mass x Double Glock Potency: THC 17% ripperseeds.com Critical #47 If you haven’t heard of Positronics Seeds, I don’t know where you’ve been for the last few years but it certainly wasn’t Spain. These guys have been making big waves in their native country and beyond for years now, and they don’t show signs of resting on their laurels any time soon. This strain is one that’s sure to excite growers who love Critical Mass, as it combines that genetic line with the line of the amazing Serious Seeds’ AK-47. Simon’s most famous creation, AK- 47, is the favorite of smokers the world over, and combining this with such a super yielder as Critical Mass is good news for those who love to grow, love to sell and love to toke! Thanks to the sativa influence in this plant’s genetics, Critical #47 will grow to a medium height, a little taller than you might expect from an indica-dominant strain. If grow space is an issue for you, cut the vegetative period a little shorter than normal to stunt the vertical growth a little and make the plants fit your space better. The leaves will be a light green color and the fairly strong stems will exhibit good branching, although they might need to be staked early on to provide support later in the flowering stage. The lateral branching will exhibit particularly good growth, so make sure you pay attention to all parts of the plant! If you’re into cloning, you will find that this is the perfect plant for you as the branches practically throw cuttings at you, all of which will be fairly easy to care for. After a short 55 days of flowering, you should be able to harvest around 400 grams per square yard indoors and about 500 grams per plant outdoors, which is testament to the high-yielding nature of the Critical Mass parent. You will absolutely 100% need a good carbon filtering system in the flowering stages, otherwise your whole zip code will smell the shit you’re growing – and that’s never a good thing, because if everyone can smell it, so can the cops! Positronics Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Critical Mass x AK-47 Potency: THC 15-18% positronics.eu The taste of Skunk is really brought through in this line, which is amazing considering that it isn’t that prominent in either parent. Dried, the buds will smell like vanilla cream and fruit, while the flavor is a lot more Skunky with additional hints of sweetness. Critical #47 brings about a stone that’s very heavy and lumbering, with just enough cerebral energy to stop you from falling asleep straightaway. You’ll get some chronic cottonmouth and some mad crazy munchies, so stock up on beers or water and a pile of chips with dip! Diamond Hash I’ve featured Spain’s Vulkania Seeds several times before in my strain guides, and you know by now that I love interesting seed breeders. Based in the Canary Islands, these guys have access to some natural beauty of the highest order, and their volcanic soil, endless sun and amazing quality water helps their seeds to carry a quality that others just don’t. They specialize in feminized seeds, and have a pretty stellar breeding process, too. However, you could have a veritable Wonka’s factory of gadgets and gizmos, along with water that was only sweated off the nipples of virgins, and it wouldn’t mean a single thing if your strains were shit. Thankfully, these guys have strains that are a testament to their surroundings and skills, like this Diamond Hash plant. This strain is a majority indica mixture of old school Shiva and White Fya, which is a special Vulkania modification of a classic White Widow. As well as sharing a name with the dog of the best marijuana photographer in the business (and the Hindu god of transformation), Shiva is an old Afghani from Amsterdam that’s known for its good yield. The Shiva genes in this plant make Diamond Hash a great choice for a first or second grow, as it is vigorous and resistant to both pests and stupid rookie errors. It is also a fantastic choice for indoor growing, thanks to its medium size and its fantastic branching. There is almost no extra space between the nodes, meaning that you’ll get the very best yield from the room available. In fact, due to this plant’s structure you can look forward to a killer yield of around 400 grams per square yard of grow room. Not too shabby, hey? After a 20-day vegetation period you’ll want to flip this baby into flowering and leave it there for around 60 days, depending on your preference for the high. The longer you leave the plants, the heavier the stone – but beware before you go all “Billy Big Balls” and leave it for 70 days before rolling up a blunt the size of a baby’s arm, because Diamond Hash already packs a wicked punch. Those balls won’t seem so big when you’re lying on the floor motionless and drooling down your face like a sad puppy. Vulkania Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: Shiva x White Fya Potency: THC 17% vulkaniaseeds.com As well as the mad awesome body stone mentioned above, a Diamond Hash high has a little play about the brain and a bit of a kick in the pants. The smoke tastes of ripe fruit and a little black pepper, but it’s the smackdown of the stone that’s really going to have you talking about this strain for weeks. Diesel Chunk I know, I know; it’s hard to even hear the name of Diesel Chunk without getting a little excited, but calm down long enough for me to give you the details of this private breeder’s latest masterpiece. Taking a choice cut of Soma’s NYC Diesel and breeding it with the epic Deep Chunk, Garru from Spain has succeeded in making the sort of plant that makes most growers and tokers a little wet in the pants. Made by the breeder for personal use, and outside of his usual field of landrace genetics, Diesel Chunk nonetheless has all the hallmarks of a strain bred by a consummate professional. Fast flowering, squat and a plant that produces resin like teenagers produce angst, Diesel Chunk brings together the best traits of its parents and manages to improve on them both. Finishing in an incredibly short 56 days, this little plant doesn’t yield as much as its taller sisters but does bring a quality that far surpasses many of its peers. Of course, the real quality is in the high, here. That much-loved NYC Diesel cerebral high mixes with a mellow but effective body stone to bring one of those classic effects that you tell your friends about, topped off with a gorgeous taste. A killer strain from a talented breeder that deserves some serious underground respect. Breeder Garru, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: NYC Diesel (Soma’s cut) x Deep Chunk Potency: THC 17-20% PHOTO BY GRO BEDRE MAGAZINE DK Cheese You! Yes, you there, at the back of the class, stop that juvenile giggling. Yes, we’ve all got the joke, thank you; there’s no need to spell it out. Yes, you’re funny. Now sit down. Stop saying it. And spit out that gum. Now that that’s over with, we can properly talk about DK Cheese from Denmark’s Sadhu Seeds – no, don’t start laughing again, please – and how it is a unique blend of UK Cheese, Hindu Kush and Skunk #1. Just read that through again; that’s a veritable who’s who of the most popular lines of the last ten years, making this a weed supergroup of epic proportions! A mostly indica hybrid, DK Cheese will be easy to grow for both experienced cultivators who can bring a landrace Afghani to maturity without even breaking a sweat and growers who have never managed to grow more than a colony of mold in their basement or a sense of apathy in their souls. SOG growers especially will find that this plant is particularly well suited to their needs, with its medium-small height and good lateral branching. This plant is meant for indoor cultivation much more than outdoors, and though you might be able to bring DK Cheese to fruition outside, it will certainly be more difficult and neither you nor it will particularly enjoy the experience. Having said that, DK Cheese prospers in both soil and hydro grows, and you’ll be rewarded for your work with extremely resinous buds that are as heavy as they are beautiful. It’s highly recommended that growers invest in a good filtering and odor control system as towards the end of the 8 weeks of flowering, it will be insanely difficult to mask the smell of these crops in any other way. Once your grow room is filled with ripe, ready trees, pregnant with pot possibility, the last thing you want is the cops kicking down your door or a nosy neighbor stealing your prize buds. Keep your air clean from odors and your nugs nice and safe! Expect to bring in 400 grams per square yard of grow room. Sadhu Seeds, Denmark Indica-Dominant Genetics: UK Cheese x Hindu Kush/Skunk #1 Potency: THC 16% sadhu-seeds.webs.com chillo.dk grobedre.dk The smell of bad feet and old cheese that permeates your grow room while the plants are maturing will linger in the finished buds, although the taste will be more hash-y and comforting. Get ready to be completely overwhelmed and invaded by the stone that’s coming your way, as it’s fatter than a five-skin blunt and more devastating than hearing that someone just ate the last bag of Reese’s Pieces. At the end of your stash, you’ll be begging for another mouthful of DK Cheese. Now you can laugh, you at the back. Double White Spain’s Sweet Seeds have come up with a real winner with this strain. Although they’re not the oldest seed company around, they embrace new classics with gusto and aren’t afraid to try crosses that, on paper, might not sound so great – and somehow they always make them work. This one, however, sounds good on paper, scrawled on a wall and even etched into an old bit of wood: any strain that brings together two separate White varieties is going to be something special. These two particular White varieties are White Widow, that stalwart of the strain community, and Great White Shark, one of the more popular new White strains and one that’s well-known amongst tokers worldwide. Both strains were represented in the breeding process by choice clones, ensuring that the quality of the genetics was passed on to the new generation. If this is your first experience with growing a White strain, get ready to have your socks knocked off. They’ve got a solid fan base for more than one reason. Not only do White strains grow faster than you can say “I should have staked that plant at the start,” they also grow easily and with an independence that’s only usually seen in sassy Gender Studies students who’ve just moved away from home. You could barely even tend to this plant, and it would only start moaning because it was lonely. The structure is very resistant to the elements and to whatever else you can think to do to it, and the short distance between internodes means that as soon as it starts to bloom, your Double White plant will be so gorgeous you’ll barely be able to keep your eyes off it. Although it doesn’t really need your help, if you decide to train this plant, it will easily go along with your plans and will grow strong in almost any set up. Towards the middle of the 9-week flowering period, which is about average for a strain of White descent, you’ll notice that the flowering buds are starting to come together in one gloriously huge cola. The yields from this plant are nothing to sniff at, reaching up to 600 grams per square yard of indoor grow space or 600 grams per plant for an outdoor grow. Sweet Seeds, Spain Indica-Dominant Genetics: White Widow x Great White Shark Potency: THC 18% sweetseeds.es I know that you’ll be excited by your first Double White harvest, but be sure to allow it a nice little curing period if you really want to get the best out of your buds. The resulting light, floral and sweet tasting smoke will be worth your while, and the way this taste melts into a strong but relaxing and balanced stone will just make you fall in love. Eisbaer AlphaKronik Genetics, based out of the USA, have already impressed us greatly with their penchants for creating those crosses that other people just don’t seem to think of, and also the crazy steez with which they do it. This strain, named with the German word for “polar bear,” is a nicely balanced hybrid cross between The White and AlphaKronik’s own SnowDawg BX; a combination that yet again blows your mind with the fantastic quality of the genetics before you’ve even figured out how good the smoke is going to be. The blend of the lines brought by the White female and the SnowDawg BX male will be an absolute joy for growers who’ve got some experience under their belt and know how to handle a plant with a little more skill than newbie growers. The strength of the structure and the great branching of this plant mean that it can be cultivated in a variety of ways, but SOG growers will find it particularly well suited for their needs. Eisbaer will stay medium sized at around 4 feet to 6 feet, and it will finish completely in 70 days from forced flowering, making it one of the quicker hybrids. A Skunky aroma towards harvest time means you better get ready to attack the smell, otherwise everyone on your block will come over for a piece of the action. The white, snowy buds will be coated with resin and look like they’ve been dipped in powdered sugar, but don’t be fooled; they’re much better dried, cured, ground and packed real tight into a bong or a pipe. AlphaKronik Genetics, USA Indica-Dominant Genetics: The White x SnowDawg BX Potency: THC 20% facebook.com/alphakronik basilbush.co.uk Although Eisbaer is not the heaviest of yielders, pound for pound it packs a real punch, much like its namesake; a polar bear might not be the biggest animal on the planet but I still wouldn’t want to go toe to toe with one, lest it smash my head off my shoulders like it was crushing a peanut shell. The effect of Eisbaer is similar to this; your head seems somewhat removed from your body, anyway. If you’re a medical user, you will find that this strain is great for problems like Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson’s Disease, chronic pain and arthritis. If you’re just a recreational user, get yourself ready for the ride of a lifetime. With two particularly potent parent strains you know you’ve got a serious stone on your hands, and this smoke feels like it turns you inside out, back to front, all the way and back again and then slaps you in the face to finish. Neither your mind nor your body are spared. Just be happy you got out alive. Exodus Cheese I imagine that the Green House Seed Company offices in Holland hold the same place in the hearts of the Dutch as Buckingham Palace does in the hearts of the Brits – oh, all right, of the Brits over sixty-five. I imagine it to have towers made of pure bud that tourists flock to year after year, just hoping to get a sniff of some White Rhino or Jack Herer – but if they’re especially lucky this year, they might just get a nose full of Exodus Cheese; and when the Green House palace is

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