Help me figure out this strain!

[MMJcali]

Hey all, I bought some clones from Progressive Options recently, and they came with a ton of headaches. Spider mites my first run (the first time ive had them and I've been growing 10 years in August) and a lot of them mislabeled.

I got some clones of what he said were 'Animal Cookies' and grew them out, the first time like I said got a plague of spider mites which messed up their growth structure and came out fluffy. Despite being odd shaped and not as dense as I knew Animal Cookies to be, it is some of the best smoke I've had - ever! Very uplifting and euphoric, psychedelic almost and the perfect thing for managing my arthritis in the daytime:



I made shatter from the nugs and yielded 24% of weight in shatter, and the shatter tested 87% potential THC:



which, if I did the math correctly, means the nugs clock in at 20.88% THC, which syncs up with what I know of the Animal Cookies (GSC x Fire OG)

But whats throwing me off is the terpene test from my shatter:



That beautiful, euphoric Pinene!!! No wonder I love it so much. But the trouble is, I don't ever remember seeing ANYTHING in the cookie family so high in pinene... which leads me to wonder, wtf am I growing? It's fire, but when I give it to my patients I feel shady telling them its one thing when I have a gut feeling that its not really animal cookies. Here are some pics of round 2, no mites and theyre in week 7 fattening up nicely:





The last thing I'll say, is that there is absolutely no purpling in the buds, which I know Animal Cookies usually has.

What gives? Help me help my patients and find out what this is!'

Bless,

MMJC

 

[MMJcali]

Also forgot to mention - very vigorous (def a polyhybrid), great branching (those are all trees under a scrog) and 10 week ripening time. They love the light, I have some Glues going next to them and the glues are bleaching at max light height and the mystery cookies are almost next to the lights and loving it, which combined with the soaring high suggests sativa dominant...

 

[MJPassion]

Did you ask the place ya got em what else thay had at the time?
That would narrow down your search a great amount.

 

[MMJcali]

Hey MJPassion - Yea I've been trying to reach them but their website has been taken down and their email addresses no longer exist. Phones are no longer operating either. I thought Progressive Options was legit but maybe they've gotten shady lately? Who knows.

From my memory, this was their clone menu at the time of the order:

XJ13
GG#4
Animal Cookies
LA Confidential
Tahoe OG
Banana OG
White Rhino
GDP
Chem D
Bubba K

Not discounting the possibility of it being something completely random as well. If that's the case I should just name it myself and be honest about it's effects and uses haha.

I know XJ13 has Jack Herer in it which is notoriously high in pinene...

 

[MMJcali]

Actually after doing some research the nug I posted looks a lot like XJ-13...

https://d3h17ltqi8v019.cloudfront.net/cdn/strain-photo/390988/b/xj-13__primary_afdb.jpg?area=

 

[MJPassion]

I think you should give it a cute name & mention your suspicion about it possibly being whatever you conclude it to be.

That is pretty shady to shut every contact route down as well.

 

[Lester Beans]

Or the white rhino.....

Sounds like a shady op for sure. Glad you did get something that was of quality so all is not lost! Name it Pine Nuts and carry on.

Vibes

 

[MMJcali]

Haha Pine Nuts, I love it!

or maybe 'Holy Pinoli'....

Just popped some Zamaldelicas, excited to see how lucky I get with the seed lottery. If I get a good male i might cross with this 'Holy Pinoli' and get something euphoric, fruity and piney. I also have some pollen from a 'The Hog' male with crazy branching that I've been saving up.

Progressive Options may have screwed me, but its still a cool cut so I'm gonna have some fun with it anyway

Thanks all for stopping in!

Bless,
MMJC