Humboldt CSI

Great effects with an initial rush to the head followed by a strong sativa like energetic high. Kind of a muddy dreamlike effect with good energy. Mostly in the head but also a decent body effect. This cultivar is strong and potent and the high lasts a bit longer than average. The smell is like a funky, sour, lemon and pine smell. The buds are dense and have some weight to them despite some of the minor foxtailing. Good bag appeal with the buds covered in trichs, although not as nice looking as newer stuff. The effects are pretty incredible though, especially if you're into this type of high. Good yield and could have yielded more. Harvested at 9 weeks but could have gone another week. I got a mutant but I would definitely grow this one again.

Harvested on day 66. Lost record of the dry weight but it came in around 60g each. Two phenos, both pretty close in overall stature, yield, growth pattern and response. One was straight lemon and pine, the other was like sweet lemon and corn tortillas— very interesting. They were the most resinous plants in the tent and stayed very squat. No mold issues with them but they were a bit more picky with nutrition. While I was initially not very impressed with the high, after about 3 months of curing I found these to be my favorite of this grow. It was very balanced with a clear head and good potency — I knew I was good and stoned. But I was also functional. Only slightly stimulating initially, then it tapered off cleanly and left without any sense of burnout. The corn tortilla pheno was more potent with a more psychoactive component. Both were lovely analgesics that made me feel well rested the next day, which is how they won me over as my favorites. Good medicine all around. Didn’t have any hangover effects smoking these. My head and body always felt good the next day. Overall, the effects definitely draw me back to wanting to grow this one again. But it’s not a significant draw — while the strong lemon aroma and flavor is enticing, I’ve got other genetics to explore.

Harvested on day 66. I lost my record of the actual dried yield weight but it was between 5-6 oz for both. Not bad for 3 gal pots and dealing with heat stress. Got two distinct phenotypes that were both easy to grow and showed good vigor. One I called “hippie’s armpit” because it smelled like sweat, pine, funk and fuel — you know, that danky-dank rank smell some herb just hits you with. I loved her stature as she produced uniform, golf ball sized buds all over the place. Sturdy stems and a pleasure to watch develop. She produced a lovely, cuddly indica high that helped ease me to sleep at the end of the day. Not a knock out, couchlock high but I definitely wasn’t productive an hour after hitting this. Very relaxing, soothing. A good stress reducer, not a daytime smoke. Loved the flavor too, very similar to the aroma. The other pheno I dubbed “sour patch gas”. She was very sour and citric with some strawberry/watermelon notes + fuel, just like opening a bag of Sour Patch Kids at the gas station. She was a lot more stretchy, lower yielding, had smaller but denser buds and was a bit more prone to mold. She was more potent with more psychoactive stimulation. Body high was there but less soothing/relaxing. I could get some work done but nothing that required much complex thinking 😆 Could be a daytime strain for some but I found it too potent and distracting to be so for me. I had no mold issues with the “hippie’s armpit” pheno and just a small amount of loss from mold on the “sour patch gas” pheno. My tent got way too hot during week 7, hitting 95-100 every day. That definitely vaporized some terps as I noticed a significant drop in aromatic intensity once I got the temp under control in the mid-80s for the remainder of flowering. Overall, I’m very pleased with the results and look forward to popping the remainder of these some day. I have quite the collection of genetics, so while I enjoyed this cross, it’s not outstanding enough to keep me from exploring others in my catalog first.

This strain was awesome from seed to harvest. Extremely resistant to cold and highly healthy. The plant grows fast and tall if let out. My best grow ever so I'm definitely growing it again.