Sweet Cheese

The was my very first indoor grow, and after growing many strains outdoor, I can honestly say I don't think I could have chose a better strain to start learning with. Sweet Cheese F1 Fast Version is a strain that will put up with anything. She was on her death bed more than once due to beginner mistakes, and she bounced back like it was nothing once the problem was corrected...each and every time. I will definitely be growing this again some time. She has now been completely chopped and is hanging to dry. EDIT: This harvest was extremely small due to flipping her too early due to what I thought was root rot, but was overly high humidity. This message is 6 months later, with several other harvests completed, and each one having bud rot. This plant was grown when humidity was at its highest, so I am positive the discoloration is due to this, and I am positive this harvest also had the mold now that I know where to look for it (it is very hard to see clear or white mold in small isolated patches in the middle of larger buds). Additionally, I had other strains not expected to be bright red also have this happen. High humidity is the problem, and this diary is now marked as a failure along with all the rest, until I get that sorted out. Please check out the harvest report for my Green Crack diary for a full description of what we're dealing with, and please be safe and check your prized harvests.

Well, my very first indoor harvest ever is complete, so it's time for the after thoughts! First I hung it to dry at room temperature, about 69F with a relative humidity of about 50%. I was planning on letting it dry like this for around 3 days, and then introduce it to a climate controlled environment with the humidity and temperature required to give it a full two week slow dry before curing. That didn't happen, but we'll get to that in a bit. After a day of hanging, the smell was just irresistible, so I broke off a small bottom bud, and dehydrated it in my oven at about 170F for 5 minutes on each side. After it seemed dry enough, I packed the flower into a bowl, and took a hit. I was expecting this to be extremely harsh and "green" tasting, but to my surprise, it tasted extremely good: on the inhale, citrusy, for sure, but with a strong sweetness, and a slight pinene profile. On the exhale, a subtle hint of fuel. The smoke was absolutely incredibly smooth and not harsh at all, full of rich terpene flavors, which I found rather surprising. On day 3, I took them down from drying to be transferred to the climate-controlled environment. I decided to try another sample, but this time, one sample dehydrated in the oven, and one sample as is, as it seemed fairly dry already. They both tasted the same this time, except, they lost pretty much all of their flavor. It tastes like piney hay with a hint of sweetness, for the most part, and is actually not smooth at all anymore, actually quite harsh. I decided I was going to skip the open air climate controlled environment, and place them into jars to let cure, with a hygrometer to keep them in check, and burping them every day as needed. I waited two weeks before sampling from the jar again, and I can say, there is no difference from before. There just isn't any flavor, which is second in line after the medicinal benefits for me. However, this plant wasn't the typical Sweet Cheese from Sweet Seeds. After talking to the breeder (who gets an A+ for knowledge and kindness!), it appears that I got a rare phenotype that exhibited the red coloring, not found in the dominant variant. Since this plant did not have any earthy cheese smell or taste, which the breeder said would be very evident, it seems more than just its appearance was affected. I really can't blame Sweet Seeds here. This is very rare to occur, and it happens to be that my luck usually starts out like this with every new thing I try. I must have made too many beginner mistakes that stressed it out or something. That said, the effects do work for me, medicinally. It is a mellow high, mostly indica-feeling. It helps me to get better sleep than the previous medicine, and it also helps better with anxiety. After curing, the very bright reds turned into various shades of maroon and burgundy. The buds are very airy and wispy, with extraordinarily long pistils and calyxes that are absolutely coated in resin, and is very sticky to the touch. The images above are just a sample of the fully cured product from one jar. At the end of the day, I'm not that thrilled with the result, but I am super proud that I was able to make it to the finish line for my first try at indoor growing. Thanks for stopping by!