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LEMON FIZZ F2 BAG APPEAL & SMOKE REPORT This plant is a yielder.
These samples are picked from much larger flowers but both are full of triches and carry with them the classic hazy look, but with neater and more even, densely packed spear-shaped flowers. The terps are strong and piercing for both phenos. They carry an odor of lemon rind with a mild but distinct chem and kush background to what came to be my personal favorite — that delivers a stinging, acrid and tangy lemon drop candy terp profile. This pheno carries through on flavor immediately, delivering a lip-smacking sweet pink lemonade flavor with an unmistakable haze backing that reminds me of the Super Lemon Haze from the mid-1990s. The other pheno, still a keeper by every standard, is much more reminiscent of the best Super Lemon Haze today, which is rightfully decorated many times over. The cool, soft lemon blossom and tart rind taste paves the way for a surprising lemony kushflavored exhale.
HOW IT GROWS The f2 selection shows through brightly with a dominant number of
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The cool, soft lemon blossom and tart rind taste paves the way for a surprising lemony kush-flavored exhale.
LINEAGE
With the intention of bringing a special Super Lemon Haze to seed form, the breeders at Calyx Brothers have succeeded and then some. After carefully selecting through the f irst f ilial generation (f1’s), head breeder Kakalak selected a pairing that surpassed all expectations and created one of my favorite sativas ever featured.
GENETICS: SUPER LEMON HAZE X KAKALAK KUSH [(ABUSIVE KUSH X SOUR D) X (CHEM D X SOUR D)]
BREEDER: CALYX BROTHERS FLOWER TIME: 72-80 DAYS
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females and only two phenotypes in the lot of nine. Both are excellent and made it to production in my gardens. Both phenos are hearty starters that root quickly and easily. From there, you can immediately see the divergence in the growth pattern. One takes after the Super Lemon Haze structure with medium to tall internodes and noticeable vertical growth tendencies. The other is clearly influenced by a shorter, branchier Kakalak kush. While this pheno is a bit slower to generate a root ball, she responds extremely well to topping, growing into a nearly perfectly shaped bush with just a topping or two. The other pheno is much more indicative of a hazy growth pattern, but it’s considerably toned down from the Kakalak Kush. That makes her a much more manageable plant that’s suitable for a range of growing abilities. Both plants enjoy high amounts of nitrogen and calcium early on in flower, as most longer-running strains do. If you had any trouble distinguishing the phenos in veg, there is no mistake in flower. While the Kakalak Kush-dominant pheno stays shorter and bushier, stretching only to improve her structure and make bud sites more evenly spaced, the Super Lemon Haze-dominant pheno stretches massively, doubling in size quickly. This pheno will require more skill in height mitigation, although she brings with her height some chunky stems that respond well to low stress training, super cropping and the like.
EFFECTS Lemon Fizz f2 delivers a crazy potent soaring sativa effect. When you need to get up and go, the Lemon Fizz doesn’t let you down. Creative, eye opening, inspiring. Taking bong tokes of Lemon Fizz f2 reminds me of the York Peppermint Pattie commercials. Real breeding and selection comes with this plant, making it easy to find the one pheno you’re looking for. This plant all but replaces one of my favorites — the Super Lemon Haze — and is sure to be a hit among lemon lovers.