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CANDY APPLE KUSH
Luna’s Wrath x Bad Apple - Sugar Mill Cut
The Candy Apple Kush is the sixth and final entry in Dirty Bird’s Volume 4 Series. A cross between Luna’s Wrath and Bad Apple (Sugar Mill Cut), the Candy Apple Kush represents a step forward for our Brunch-originated genetics, shining in all of the right places:
Plant Morphology + PVI: Overall the Candy Apple Kush is highly impressive in its uniformity and high performance. You’ll notice differences in color, with 75% gaining purples and maroons in both the flower and the foliage, and 25% staying a vibrant green. Some of the green plants will get lavender purple calyxes close to harvest which is especially striking, especially on plants where the foliage stays green. Plants will stretch about 1.2 - 1.5x in the first three weeks of flower. They aren’t leggy at all and they grow very proportionately both vertically and laterally. No staking was required. Leaves are notably minimal in the flower. Across the plant as a whole, the volume of foliage produced is ideal for air flow and light penetration, both indoor and outdoor grows. Flowers are well developed throughout the canopy because very little light is blocked by foliage. Internodal spacing is medium with one phenotype exhibiting shorter, tighter internodal spacing than the other. Terpenes were very consistent overall with sweet, candy apple being dominant.
Flower: Off the charts. Buds are very tight, colorful, and have an extremely high calyx-to-leaf ratio, making this strain easy to manicure and easy to sell. Bracts (calyxes) are knuckly and stack beautifully; their vivid color contrast makes for a visually striking plant. The Bad Apple is dominant in flower morphology with buds that are shaped like fat, bulbous, conical spears.
Terpenes: From berry apple to melon apple to sour apple, a sweet apple terpene profile definitely dominates this cross. The Bad Apple’s underlying rotten funk also comes through on some plants. Terps are pronounced and consistently incredible.
Trichomes: There is so much sugar here. You won’t be disappointed. Trichomes are colorful with tall stalks and medium sized heads.
Flowering Time: 50 days
Overall, the Candy Apple Kush is a strain that screams Cup Winner to us. It performs on a very high level in every measure we have, and that level of quality is consistent whether you pop three seeds or 50 seeds. There’s no doubt that we are excited about this one, and looking forward to seeing how it performs in other gardens both indoor and out.
Our next toke is Nuclear True Blood by Dirty Bird Genetics. She is a cross of Nuclear Forest x Maui True Blood. Read on to learn about our experiences.
I'm reaching for the Nuclear True Blood when I am ready to unwind for the night. It brings on a very pleasant, mellow relaxation. I was still alert and able to engage, but I definitely didn't want to participate in anything that required hard concentration. It was perfect for a card game with my spouse, followed by an SNL rerun. There were also snacks involved because this one definitely brought on some munchies. Fans of pine and citrus will appreciate Nuclear True Blood's profile.
- Crystal
This strain from Dirty Bird is a fun one! The buds are sugary and dense and have little orange hairs. It has a lovely piney, citrusy aroma and grinds up well. It was fresh and spongy when I got it and burned nice in the bowl. I would consider this a hybrid for sure. It mellows you and calms your mind but doesn’t zap your energy. The effects are relaxing and motivating at the same time. If you smoke it, definitely have some snacks ready!
- Mariah
Read for post here.
In honor of Mother's Day weekend, Beth updated our Brunch blog to include new versions of this flagship strain. Check it out and enjoy 2 free Brunch F4 seeds with every Dirty Bird purchase 5/9-5/10 EST!
The Skull Island F2 was the first autoflowering strain that Dirty Bird bred, first harvested a year ago this May, that had the wow factor we were looking for in an auto. It became the first official project on our docket to work forward and lock in. While we are still hard at work on this project, finishing our F3s at the time of this release, we thought it would be fun, and potentially even helpful, to let some of these F2s out into the wild for people to try out.
The very first notes I took on this strain read: “Banana daddy x strawberry gorilla is INCREDIBLE. Huge yields, high density, and insane sharp spicy banana smell across the board. Terps range from licorice to pine to banana.”
Ben was excited about the Skull Island too, sure that it had the potential we’d been hunting for.
F2s are notoriously the most diverse filial generation. You will find more divergence here than in any other generation. If you’re looking for a strain where every plant looks identical, this probably isn’t the best choice. But if you’re looking for surprises, this is a great choice.
Overall, the Skull Island’s flower shape was quite consistent. Almost all of the plants had large, conical buds that came to a peak at the top with a fat circumference around the middle. We observed a couple of plants (around 15%) that had dome-shaped flowers. Some flowers wanted to stack along the central cola more than others. The taller plants—which were in the minority, by far—didn’t stack as well as the shorter, stout plants did. All of the plants yielded well and formed chunky colas. Density did vary a bit. While none of the flowers were fluffy, they ranged from rock hard to spongy at harvest. Consistent density is something we are actively selecting for. All of the plants had thick, self-supporting stalks and medium internodal spacing. Some formed very bulbous bracts (aka calyxes) that looked like clusters of ripe pomegranate seeds, while others had a much more compact, highly dense structure. Our very favorite plant was one that had very dense flower and a high calyx-to-leaf ratio. Even live on the plant, it appeared to have the kind of flower that crumbles to dust between your fingers when you break it apart. The Skull Island F2 was incredibly greasy, so much so that we had to change our gloves while harvesting them.
Lastly, we have the terpenes! The terpenes were one of the things that really drew us to this cross. They are so complex, and they are consistently pungent from plant-to-plant. While there was a lot of variance in terpenes, they were all a part of the spicy, sour/chem, gas family and they leaned dark and savory. Some individual plant observations included:
Spicy Licorice, Peppery Gas
Grape, Fuel, Candy
Sharp Rubber, Putrid Gas
Bright, Funky Chem, Pine
Sweet + Sour Banana
We you hope you enjoy hunting these, and stay tuned for a more refined version of the Skull Island in the near future!
Really love this one featuring our Volume 4 artwork by Matthew Johnson at Seventh Ink
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S3x Melon #3 x Chocolate Pie
Gorgeous S3x Melon when it was pregnant with the Choc Pie pollen! Very tropical Terp profile with some apple in there that comes through from the brunch. The Choc Pie has a grape terp profile so it should make for an fun mashup. We are testing it now ourselves.
Just had to share the size of these plants!
