The Cross
Five generations, with three things selected for at every step.
Terpene fidelity came first, because an auto trigger is worthless if the plant no longer reads as what it says on the pack. Second was the cough itself, the throat expansion that named the strain, which comes out of the terpinolene and ocimene interaction inherited from the Haze side. If a Strawberry Cough does not do that, the genetics have drifted. Third was locking the trigger while backcrossing toward the Strawberry Cough parent, so the ruderalis influence stayed out of everything except the flowering behavior.
Composition after five generations runs roughly 55% sativa through the Haze heritage, 25% indica through the Strawberry Fields side, and 20% ruderalis.
The Parents
Strawberry Cough is Strawberry Fields crossed to Haze, associated with Kyle Kushman, and an East Coast staple for two decades. It went from medical and craft rooms into cup entries and stayed in commercial gardens the whole time, because it filled jars.
Low Ryder is the Joint Doctor‘s ruderalis based autoflower, used purely as the trigger source.
What’s In The Pack
Six feminized autoflower seeds. You are hunting for the plants that carry the mother’s character and the mother’s production at once, not one or the other. Five generations should mean most of the pack delivers.
In The Garden
91-98 days total, eight to ten weeks sprout to chop. Easy and beginner friendly. High yield, because Strawberry Cough has always been a producer.
Not as thick of a plant as the Chem4 auto, but it has an amazing smell, and started to flower
Eight weeks tall from seed, Michigan outdoors. Hope she finishes good. Gonna take longer and bigger than I expected. Should I used a bigger pot
Than a three gallon pot
Popped outta the dirt in under 36 hours, so so far so good. Interested to see how they do. Will post an update.
Popped outta the dirt in under 36 hours. So far so good, will update.
Haven’t grown yet