Menthol/Camphor odor (Vicks Vap-O-Rub)

[WelderDan]

OK, so I popped some LUI x Blue Moonshine beans (along with some Sensi G13/HP x Blue Moonshine and some other stuff) with the intent of making F2's. Due to natural selection and some culling by me, I ended up with 2 very nice LUI x BM ladies and a couple of males, along with 2 nice G13/HP x BM ladies.

I hit everything with pollen from a nice LUI x BM male. Now as the seeds ripen and the bracts split open, I'm picking mature beans as I let the buds fully ripen. Of the two LUI x BM females, one smells of fruit/berry and the other smells just like Vicks Vap-O-Rub.

It has that menthol/camphor smell that Vicks has. After I had picked a few beans, my GF asked me why I was using Vicks. It freaking reeks!

I don't know yet if it will keep that odor after a cure, or if this particular terpene will show up in the F2's.

Anyone else ever encounter a Vicks like menthol/camphor smell, and did it carry over after a cure?

 

[burningfire]

I've found the bud will usually keep it's ethereal aroma but it won't have the initial bite compared to fresh bud, I'm not too sure about the warm vicks smell but the cooling camphor/menthol aroma usually cures to something acrid and ethereal

and I have to say that is probably one of my favorite smells, maybe with a little more complexity but this is a base smell I'm very fond of.

 

[Lack]

OK, so I popped some LUI x Blue Moonshine beans (along with some Sensi G13/HP x Blue Moonshine and some other stuff) with the intent of making F2's. Due to natural selection and some culling by me, I ended up with 2 very nice LUI x BM ladies and a couple of males, along with 2 nice G13/HP x BM ladies.

I hit everything with pollen from a nice LUI x BM male. Now as the seeds ripen and the bracts split open, I'm picking mature beans as I let the buds fully ripen. Of the two LUI x BM females, one smells of fruit/berry and the other smells just like Vicks Vap-O-Rub.

It has that menthol/camphor smell that Vicks has. After I had picked a few beans, my GF asked me why I was using Vicks. It freaking reeks!

I don't know yet if it will keep that odor after a cure, or if this particular terpene will show up in the F2's.

Anyone else ever encounter a Vicks like menthol/camphor smell, and did it carry over after a cure?

keep that pheno man, the Vicks smell is hard to find. I grew out a pack of white castle by nirvana awhile back and two of the phenos in that batch were the Vicks phenos. I'll never forget that stuff, some of the very best, most potent weed I've ever smoked. Everyone who smoked it was crazy about the vicks flavor and smell. I hope to one day find another vicks pheno. It should keep the smell and flavor, mine only got stronger, after about four months in the jars man oh man that stuff was stellar!

 

[SOTF420]

I want that and need that keep it and make more beans I'm begging you.

Only had something like that once before and it was lemon menthol camphor taste it was divine. Been searching for something similiar for years!

 

[WelderDan]

I want that and need that keep it and make more beans I'm begging you.

Only had something like that once before and it was lemon menthol camphor taste it was divine. Been searching for something similiar for years!

I neglected to take cuts, but I pollinated the crap out of it and it's loaded with beans. I'll try to re-veg it as well. It's also the frostiest of the bunch and the smell seems to be getting stronger as it ripens!

Thanks for the input everyone!

 

[SOTF420]

Please dude I am begging you to send some of those into the server fund and let me know when you do!

 

[guest121295]

I was just asking about this smell this morning in the Mass/RI forums, I have this MNS Mango/Widow that reeks of Vicks Vapo-Rub.It's actually not very nice and the plant is nothing like it's spearheaded sativa sisters.She looks like this, the smell is quite powerfull and I've never, ever had a plant smell like this.

 

[Otto Flour]

I have had a really menthol smelling pheno from this (bluecheese x cheese)x(c4x black russian) cross i made. smelled so much like medicine that when i find it again i'm gonna see how what it does for the common cold

 

[Honkytonk]

Herijuana: pine, menthol, lemon

 

[Lack]

Just wanted to stop back in and say that I am a lucky lucky man. I have found a Vick's Vapo Rub pheno of OG Kush... I just harvested it last week and have been vaping some quick dried buds. Amazing bud, Super vicks flavor and smell, very strong high, just all around killer! The pheno's I've found in this batch of OGK beans have been a real treat. The other pheno I currently have is that killer ass 90's OGK that tasted so good, stuff is great, cant wait to harvest it too. The vicks pheno really stands out though, I guess all vicks phenos are straight dank, right off the plant this stuff is phenomenal, can only imagine what it'll be like after a few months in the jars. Here's a pic of her a while before the cut. It looks a whole lot like the white castle vicks pheno I found, structurally speaking. Really stoked I found another vicks pheno, got a mother of it this time! (She got a little tip burn, was my first time growing OGK)

 

[SOTF420]

Looks fantastic dude, great pic.

 

[Verdant Whisperer]

OK, so I popped some LUI x Blue Moonshine beans (along with some Sensi G13/HP x Blue Moonshine and some other stuff) with the intent of making F2's. Due to natural selection and some culling by me, I ended up with 2 very nice LUI x BM ladies and a couple of males, along with 2 nice G13/HP x BM ladies.

I hit everything with pollen from a nice LUI x BM male. Now as the seeds ripen and the bracts split open, I'm picking mature beans as I let the buds fully ripen. Of the two LUI x BM females, one smells of fruit/berry and the other smells just like Vicks Vap-O-Rub.

It has that menthol/camphor smell that Vicks has. After I had picked a few beans, my GF asked me why I was using Vicks. It freaking reeks!

I don't know yet if it will keep that odor after a cure, or if this particular terpene will show up in the F2's.

Anyone else ever encounter a Vicks like menthol/camphor smell, and did it carry over after a cure?

I have a Manga Rosa from central American brick smells exactly like Vicks vapor rub, the stem rub before was herbal and funky like sweet cheese but the nuts now how straight vapor rub smell. Its preseeded with a similiar male I love the smell. Could be a great decongestant. Going to make some hash when plant matures and seeds finish, since it won't dry well in rainy season.

 

[Findian]

I have some seeds scored from South India. Plants grown from those seeds differ by one aspect only, smells. Some plants have strong vaporub and mint aroma, others are very spicy.

 

[Verdant Whisperer]

I have some seeds scored from South India. Plants grown from those seeds differ by one aspect only, smells. Some plants have strong vaporub and mint aroma, others are very spicy.

I am growing some southeast indians at the while as well from Malkangiri, do you know from which area the seeds are from very cool.

 

[Findian]

Unfortunately, the friend that brought them didn't have a clue where they'd originate. He got seeds from seeded bud in Goa, which was of very good quality. High is very good indeed, my personal favourite so far of all weed I've smoked. Creeper, which effects start as racy and gears towards euphoria. Effects last around three hours, with no hangover or sleepines. Plant architecture is classic sativa: stretching is crazy and continues long to flowering phase, with long internodes and fluffy buds. Leaves are pretty narrow from the start. Reluctant to start flowering. Indoors it can be taken down after 3,5 months of flowering. I had some flower for 4 months and more, but didn't notice any upgrade in effects, which I prioritise.

 

[Findian]

I am growing some southeast indians at the while as well from Malkangiri, do you know from which area the seeds are from very cool.

Nice, and these are sativa I assume? May I ask, where you sourced your seeds? I'd love to experiment more with south indians. Seems like a very special area when it comes to quality bud.

 

[Verdant Whisperer]

Nice, and these are sativa I assume? May I ask, where you sourced your seeds? I'd love to experiment more with south indians. Seems like a very special area when it comes to quality bud.

Trident Seeds/Landrace Mafia, the Orissa i grew of 17 no males and 1 hermie, I left the best 5 female Orissa (Malkangiri) the Araku Mango's I just started i am more confident in reproduction as its confirmed there is higher male % in that line. are you doing a reproduction, sounds like an amazing strain. I love the south indians as well its early august and my orissas are just starting to put out little hairs.

 

[Nannymouse]

It really wasn't in the aroma while growing, but the 'classic' romulan crosses that i've had, could give a menthol/vicks flavor in the smoked or vaped bud. Usually those were hybrids that also contained C99. I even would get a little whiff of it from the Q, which is 75%spacequeen and 25% blueberry.

The most recent, a Cohiba or Cohiba cross...has a very similar flavor profile to vicks, but with a little more 'mentholatum'. That did not smell like it in the grow room, either. I think that it was also one of the best highs of that year.

 

[Findian]

Trident Seeds/Landrace Mafia, the Orissa i grew of 17 no males and 1 hermie, I left the best 5 female Orissa (Malkangiri) the Araku Mango's I just started i am more confident in reproduction as its confirmed there is higher male % in that line. are you doing a reproduction, sounds like an amazing strain. I love the south indians as well its early august and my orissas are just starting to put out little hairs. View attachment 19046482

Man, those are some beauties! Thanks for info btw. Unfortunately, the chance to make repros are very slim. I initially grew four girls from those seeds, before the seedbatch was lost, when I was moving. Luckily, I had put few seeds aside (plus cuts from the four), so maybe I'll still have a chance for a male. On the other hand, I mainly grow outdoors here around 61N, so no biggie, since the gals will have their place in breeding project for my ultimate outdoor cultivar anyway, just not in their 100% pure form.

 

[sleazyB]

The Arcata Trainwreck and many of her offspring bring that menthol funk heavily. I love it