Puff Pastry by Humboldt Seed Co.

Ganjin Hello my dear growmies 🌱, welcome to my new diary. The 2026/2027 season begins with a new strain from one of the most acclaimed breeders out there, the Humboldt Seed Co. (HSC) Their Jelly Donutz strain, which I grew, had one of the most intense and tasty terps that I have ever smelled and tasted. So, I build up a stash of different strains from them in my fridge 🐹. For now, I want to choose strains to build my palate. I would love to get good into cannabis tasting, that's why I need to grow different strains with different terp profiles. What I never had is a true dessert strain. Jelly Donutz has some dessert for sure, but it's still mainly candy-gas. That's why I chose the Puff Pastry, which is a new 2026 release of the washer line. Puff Pastry is a cross of Obama Kush Z (OBKZ) and Blueberry Cupcake (BBCC). I don't really find any information on the internet regarding Obama Kush Z. I know there is an Obama Kush, but I don't know who crossed that to Zkittlez or if OBKZ is even a Z cross at all. The only hint I got was from a podcast in which Nat and Ben from HSC were guests. When OBKZ got mentioned, the host only giggled and said something like "nice" or "fire", like it is a strain that you got to know. But there is simply no information about it, which makes me kind of confused. BBCC on the other hand is one of the most successful strains from HSC, a cross between their Blueberry Muffin (in fridge, ofc) and Seed Junky's Wedding Cake. It's a huge stretcher, which I really need to keep in mind, and leans more to Wedding Cake. HSC loves to stabilize their strains and it seems like BBCC is a stabilized version of Wedding Cake by design, but that could be a reach from my end. Nevertheless, the result is Puff Pastry. The buds should be fat and juicy, full of trichomes. The taste should be of baked goods like Churros with chocolate and some OG gas and lemon in the background. And I hope that this pheno delivers that, I really need dessert terps for my brain to train. Humboldt states on their description of the Humboldt Pound Cake strain that they don't really like breeding with Wedding Cake because of intersex traits and I read in two independent threads of different growers on reddit that their BBCC and Puff Pastry hermed. So this is a factor and I need to look out for pollen sacks in the lower parts of the plant, especially. HSC recommends to switch the light to 12/12 gradually, which I want to try for the first time this grow. Additionally, I want to keep the light spectrum at vegetative state for the first 3 weeks of flower because I read in a paper (DOI: 10.1159/000489030) that more blue light and less red light leads to tighter internodal spacing and less plant stretch overall. That's what I want to try to control the stretch more and don't end up with a disaster like in my last High Society grow. And lastly, I want to use the trellis net that came with the VGrow. Just to learn with it, I don't expect to get a perfect trellis grow on the first try. The seed got put in a glass with water and germinated after 24 h. I planted the seedling in an Eazy Plug after 48 h, to give the tap root some more time to come out further. The seedling was born on day 3 in the plug. So for now, everything worked out and we will see how this little thing turns out. I am beyond exited for this season, I have some really nice strains to grow. And my collection expands basically every month 💀 On the nutrient department, I want to proudly share that this grow is supported by Bio Tabs. My last grow went really smooth with their nutrient line. I never had healthier leafs and most importanty, prettier and denser buds. That's why I stay with them for my upcoming grows, for sure. I stated in my last grow that the preparation of the soil with dry amendments is so much more satisfactory as using liquid nutrients, and so much easier, too. Just water and some extra nutrients here and there and you're fine. It doesn't really get easier than that! 🌱💚 Like always, I will exactly describe what I do. If something does not work out, everything will be documented. I want to steal an approach from a growmie called GanjaGecko, who summarizes strain information in each week at the bottom of this update section. I really like that, so I want to do that too. 🌱 Strain "Puff Pastry" characteristics 🌱 🌹 Parents: Obama Kush Z (Obama Kush x Original Z (?)) x Blueberry Cupcake (Blueberry Muffin x Wedding Cake) 🥀 Grandparents: Obama Kush (Afghani x OG Kush, according to Leafly) x Original Z (Grape Ape x Grapefruit) Blueberry Muffin (Purple Panty Dropper x Razzle Berry) x Wedding Cake (Triangle Kush x Animal Mints) 👃🏻 Smell: Chocolate + Churros + Gas 📓 Taste: Spiced Donuts + Fuel 🍁 Flower time: 55 days, if grown outdoor and from clone or from seed with long vegetative phase (like in Humboldt)