Excellent experience with Dutch Passion's Strawberry Cough. I grew two plants from seed using an intentionally abbreviated cultivation cycle. These photoperiod plants were grown more like I would approach an autoflower, with only 20 days from emergence to flip. Each plant was topped early and reduced to two primary sets of branches, creating a very simple, compact structure with a minimal vegetative window.
Despite the abbreviated veg period, the two plants produced a combined 310.9 g, or just under 11 ounces, of dry flower.
Phenotypic variation between the plants was substantial. One phenotype developed massive, heavily stacked, baseball bat-like colas and produced 180.5 g dry. The second expressed a thinner, spindle-like structure with narrower, leafier flower formations and produced 130.4 g. Both produced excellent finished flower despite their dramatically different architecture.
The flower is exceptionally resinous and among the stickiest I have grown. Aroma is explosive, with strong fruit upfront followed by pronounced skunk and spicy undertones.
Effects are where this strain really shines. Onset is remarkably fast, beginning with a heavy sensation behind the eyes before rapidly developing into intense euphoria. The high is strongly cerebral - focused, happy, introspective, and creative - with comparatively mild body effects. It is also exceptionally long-lasting and gradually gives way to solid sleep without feeling immediately heavy or sedating.
I harvested at 62 days in flower with predominantly cloudy trichomes and very little amber, specifically targeting a more uplifting and euphoric expression. The finished effects aligned extremely well with that goal.
Overall, an excellent strain and one I would absolutely grow again. Outstanding resin production, explosive aroma, excellent yield from a deliberately shortened grow cycle, and exactly the cerebral effect I was hoping to achieve. Highly recommended.
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