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Tuesday, 28 May 2013

Big Buddha Cheese from BIg Buddha Seeds


Big Buddha Seeds, UK
Indica-Dominant
Genetics: Skunk #1 x Afghani
Potency: THC 19%



Cheese from Big Buddha Seeds is a unique strain that was, until recently, only available as a clone. The history of this plant, as is the case with many classic strains, is somewhat confused and distorted. Cheese originated in the late 80s as one unique female phenotype from Skunk #1 seeds grown somewhere in the Chiltern Hills. This plant produced huge buds and had an incredible cheese-like odor, and was cloned to become Cheese. Big Buddha bred this UK Cheese backcross with a pure Afghani male plant to create Big Buddha Cheese, one of the most popular strains in the UK.

Big Buddha spent two years selectively backcrossing this plant in order to isolate specific beloved Cheese traits, and now Big Buddha Cheese retains its mother’s old school taste and its Afghani father’s sturdiness and excellent yields. The flowering time should be 7 to 9 weeks indoors, and you can look to harvest at the end of October outdoors.  Because of the high yield, staking is often necessary, so be sure to stake your plants well in advance of flowering. You will need very good air filtration in your grow room because the aroma is so pungent that it can draw unnecessary attention to your garden.

The high is very uplifting with no ceiling, and offers a clear, long lasting buzz. Big Buddha Cheese smells very unique, with a pungent, old school aroma that reminds many of some very dank cheese. Expect a solid and fruity taste that leaves you wanting more!

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

Pennsylvania Purple by Unknown East Coast Grower


Unknown East Coast Grower, USA
Indica-Dominant
Potency: THC 17%



Pennsylvania Purple is an underground strain circulating on the East Coast that is producing quite a lot of buzz both locally and internationally through word of mouth and online forums. Pennsylvania Purple is currently only available in the USA, but the breeders, who prefer to remain anonymous due to the draconian laws of their home states, are planning to tissue culture this cultivar in the hopes of making it more commercially available. For now, just remember that if you get the chance to buy a clone of this beauty or to take a puff on some of her buds, take it. She’s a great plant.

Produced by a collective of East Coast growers, Pennsylvania Purple is a 30% sativa and 70% indica strain that grows well indoors and outdoors. Outdoor growers can expect a dark purple coloration to appear naturally as temperatures drop and the plant matures. To get purple colors indoors, use Purple Maxx (foliar) nutrients, although a drop in grow room temperature can also induce darker purple colors. Pennsylvania Purple likes the cold temperatures of her home state, grows to about 4 feet tall, and works well in SOG set ups. She can also do very well in hydro grow rooms and in soil gardens, though amending the soil before you plant the seedlings can give her a great springboard to start from. As tempting as it is to shower these darlings with the best nutrients on the market, don’t go mad or you’ll ruin her natural beauty with nute burn. Expect a flowering time of 60 days and a time of 72 to 75 days for her to ripen after forced flowering with a moderate yield. Quality not quantity is the name of the game when growing Pennsylvania Purple and although the yield is low, even a handful of cured, dried nugs will have the most hardened toker weeping with joy. Bud this beautiful is always in high demand so if you get a hold of any seeds, you can land yourself a very lucrative crop.

Pennsylvania Purple has a smooth, fruity and sweet taste that has delicious tones of grape, as is common with purple plants. The high is clear, physically relaxing, and evenly matched between the mind and body, allowing users to chill out and be creative while they are stoned. Artists especially will appreciate this kind of high. The breeder recommends flushing the plant during the last 10 days of flowering with half a teaspoon of molasses per gallon of water to encourage a healthy, great tasting harvest

Tuesday, 14 May 2013

Sannie's Herijuana IBL


Sannie’s Seeds, Holland
Indica-Dominant
Genetics: Killer New Haven Strain x Petrolia Headstash
Potency: THC 20-25%



Sannie’s Herijuana IBL, from Holland’s Sannie’s Seeds, originated from Canada’s Woodhorse Seeds and was perfected by noted breeder Motarebel. This plant was created from a 2006 batch of seeds through years of selecting the best phenotypes, backcrossing them and then breeding them with the company’s original mother plant.

Herijuana is an extremely popular strain throughout the cannabis community because of its fast growing pattern and desirable branching. Despite exhibiting a development more typical of a sativa-dominant plant, this strain blooms like an indica with vigorous branching that makes it very suitable for a ScrOG set up. The plant continues to grow for a couple of weeks into the flowering cycle and begins to form golf-ball shaped buds that are as beautiful as they are dense. These will be rock hard by the last few weeks of flowering and, thanks to the wide internodal spacing, produce tons of resin. The plants shouldn’t grow beyond 4.5 feet in height but will yield between 400 and 500 grams per square yard of grow room.

The taste of this strain is delightful, as it contains hints of both dark coffee and wood, and the stone is just as good: an intense, narcotic couch lock high that pulls down on the eyelids. Smokers who are new to the scene should exercise caution, as this is an extremely potent strain, and can take even a daily toker by surprise. Remember, you don’t have to smoke it all at once!

Tuesday, 7 May 2013

Mad Lion OG by AKVC Collective


AKVC Collective, USA
Indica-Dominant
Genetics: Jamaican Kush male (Kingston) x Skywalker OG clone



The AKVC Collective is an innovative cannabis collective operating in the USA that invented the world’s first canned cannabis products, allowing bud to be stored in dispensaries and at patients’ homes for longer periods of time. Mad Lion OG is their strain and is available in the aforementioned cans from medical dispensaries in California. Mad Lion OG has inherited the pungent aroma of its Jamaican Kush father and the delicious taste of its Skywalker OG mother. This strain was created in Los Angeles in 2009 and, after being stabilized, became available on the market in 2010.

Mad Lion OG has an incredibly pungent aroma that is almost loud in its intensity, so you’ll need a good air filtration system to remain discreet. You will also appreciate the air-tight storage when carrying your cured bud and not getting busted. She grows best indoors and reaches a height of up to 6 feet. Mad Lion OG flowers in 8 weeks and takes 6 weeks to ripen after forced flowering. She prefers soil or hydroponic systems and can be viny because of her Jamaican influence, so the breeder recommends using plant netting to keep things under control. Yield can be up to 85 grams per plant depending on your lights.

Smokers love this strain for its high that starts out very cerebral, like a pure sativa, but then, when the indica kicks in, becomes a hard couch lock experience. The smell is piney, pungent and very loud!