I'm posting this here because, why not? I've always grown a lot of Paradise Seeds over the years (and there is a Glowstarz in this grow) because most of Luc's strains are reliably good. But I've also had some good experiences with DNA genetics so I decided to pop a pack of Kosher Pie to see what I got.
Kosher Pie is Kosher Kush x Cherry Pie 18 (Cherry Pie x The Og 18).
I've grown OG18 and it stretches. A lot! The yield is average but the taste is quintessential OG (minty, earthy, fuelly and eucalyptus/menthol) while the high is strong (with a heavy body). I didn't keep it because while it was very good, it was was from only a small sample size of two female plants and I thought I could do better.
A year or two later someone gave me a Kosher Kush clone and I almost gave up on it before flowering. It was very slow, took forever to flower, and didn't like to clone. But it did surprise me with the yield that packed on a lot of weight in the last weeks (it was a 9-10 week flowerer) and it had a really nice high. Like, strong and euphoric. The taste wasn't too strong, but again the clone came from a small sample size and had some promise.
I've smoked Cherry Pie but never grown it. So I figured between the three varieties, these were some of DNA's best genetics so it would be interesting to see what this poly-hybrid produced. I soaked four seeds out of six and they all germinated in 24 hours. They were not super-fast to veg, but it was hot and the dog ate two of the seedlings, so I slowed the others down so the nibblies could catch up.
I try to give all my seedlings an even chance to flower so that I can choose the best on merit, and not on more or less favourable conditions.
So here they are having just finished their second week of 12/12. Lights are of course Grow Lights Australia Longboards – three of them running at about 200W front and back and 140W in the middle for a total of 540W. This gives a very even 900 PPFD across the entire canopy. Pots are run-to-waste coco with Hygen nutrients on an auto-timer which waters for one minute every 2.5 hours.
Here is the 4x4 tent. Five pots in total. Kosher Pie are the front two pots, middle pot and back right pot. The back left pot is a Paradise Seeds Glowstarz, which goes for about 10 weeks, so I started flowering it smaller than the Kosher Pie, which are advertised as a 9-week strain.
All the Kosher pie were very different in veg, which I expected, but started to look a little more uniform once they started flowering (which is unusual). However there are some subtle and not-so-subtle differences.
You can see the Kosher Pie in the right back corner is literally head and shoulders above the rest. This one stretched more than the others during veg and was also the first to show flowers. It also has darker red markings on the stems and has a sweet-minty – dare I say it, cherry – smell.
If I were to pick an old-skool strain it reminded me of, it would be DJ Short's stretch Indica Blueberry, but with a little less sweet berry flavour and a bit more more menthol. I suspect there is a lot of Blueberry in most modern strains – especially those of unknown heritage. Just a theory . . .
Glowstarz next to it is catching up, which I expect, as it also likes to stretch and forms nice braided buds with swollen calyxes and a minty OG smell/taste. Glowstarz is San Fernando Valley OG Kush x Gelato #33 and it has a really nice sativa head high with enough body to hit you hard if you smoke too much. It gives you phenomenal munchies! If you are going out to eat with friends and are not very hungry, this is the strain to smoke before you go out!
The other Kosher Pies are all very squat and branchy. They have stretched a bit during the first two weeks of flower, but nowhere near as much as their sister in the corner. They all have very thick, oily stems and fat indica leaves. The smells are all quite similar – OG type – while some have slightly stronger and/or sweeter smells about them. But they all stink!
I am going to get some side-lighting in there once the plants have stopped stretching to light the undercanopy.
Kosher Pie is Kosher Kush x Cherry Pie 18 (Cherry Pie x The Og 18).
I've grown OG18 and it stretches. A lot! The yield is average but the taste is quintessential OG (minty, earthy, fuelly and eucalyptus/menthol) while the high is strong (with a heavy body). I didn't keep it because while it was very good, it was was from only a small sample size of two female plants and I thought I could do better.
A year or two later someone gave me a Kosher Kush clone and I almost gave up on it before flowering. It was very slow, took forever to flower, and didn't like to clone. But it did surprise me with the yield that packed on a lot of weight in the last weeks (it was a 9-10 week flowerer) and it had a really nice high. Like, strong and euphoric. The taste wasn't too strong, but again the clone came from a small sample size and had some promise.
I've smoked Cherry Pie but never grown it. So I figured between the three varieties, these were some of DNA's best genetics so it would be interesting to see what this poly-hybrid produced. I soaked four seeds out of six and they all germinated in 24 hours. They were not super-fast to veg, but it was hot and the dog ate two of the seedlings, so I slowed the others down so the nibblies could catch up.
I try to give all my seedlings an even chance to flower so that I can choose the best on merit, and not on more or less favourable conditions.
So here they are having just finished their second week of 12/12. Lights are of course Grow Lights Australia Longboards – three of them running at about 200W front and back and 140W in the middle for a total of 540W. This gives a very even 900 PPFD across the entire canopy. Pots are run-to-waste coco with Hygen nutrients on an auto-timer which waters for one minute every 2.5 hours.
Here is the 4x4 tent. Five pots in total. Kosher Pie are the front two pots, middle pot and back right pot. The back left pot is a Paradise Seeds Glowstarz, which goes for about 10 weeks, so I started flowering it smaller than the Kosher Pie, which are advertised as a 9-week strain.
All the Kosher pie were very different in veg, which I expected, but started to look a little more uniform once they started flowering (which is unusual). However there are some subtle and not-so-subtle differences.
You can see the Kosher Pie in the right back corner is literally head and shoulders above the rest. This one stretched more than the others during veg and was also the first to show flowers. It also has darker red markings on the stems and has a sweet-minty – dare I say it, cherry – smell.
If I were to pick an old-skool strain it reminded me of, it would be DJ Short's stretch Indica Blueberry, but with a little less sweet berry flavour and a bit more more menthol. I suspect there is a lot of Blueberry in most modern strains – especially those of unknown heritage. Just a theory . . .
Glowstarz next to it is catching up, which I expect, as it also likes to stretch and forms nice braided buds with swollen calyxes and a minty OG smell/taste. Glowstarz is San Fernando Valley OG Kush x Gelato #33 and it has a really nice sativa head high with enough body to hit you hard if you smoke too much. It gives you phenomenal munchies! If you are going out to eat with friends and are not very hungry, this is the strain to smoke before you go out!
The other Kosher Pies are all very squat and branchy. They have stretched a bit during the first two weeks of flower, but nowhere near as much as their sister in the corner. They all have very thick, oily stems and fat indica leaves. The smells are all quite similar – OG type – while some have slightly stronger and/or sweeter smells about them. But they all stink!
I am going to get some side-lighting in there once the plants have stopped stretching to light the undercanopy.
happy to follow along 
