9th Island (Guava’Z 74 X Raskal Berries) fem puts Guava over Raskal Berries. One is the tropical end of the Gelato family; the other is OG Raskal's White Strawberry put over the Blue Power male. Two very different plants, and the point of the cross is what sits between them. That is the Sin City method: take something new and worth having, and put it over a plant they have already proven across dozens of crosses.

Feminized, so the whole pack should run female. Growers with a fixed number of sites tend to want this one; breeders generally want the regular.

Order matters in a cross name. In 9th Island (Guava’Z 74 X Raskal Berries) fem the Guava side supplied the seed and Raskal Berries the pollen, and the reciprocal - the same two plants the other way round - is a separate breeding decision with its own results.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Guava. Guava - a Gelato selection, though the name is used for more than one plant. What it actually is depends who you ask. Cookies Fam call this Gelato phenotype Guava; Sherbinski calls the same plant Guava Gelato. Flavour Chasers and Garden of Green describe something else entirely - a Stardawg and Afghani cross - and a fourth account has Guava as a Stardawg phenotype. The Gelato reading is the common one, but the name is doing more than one job. Myrcene, linalool and alpha-humulene lead its terpene profile.
• Father: Raskal Berries. OG Raskal's White Strawberry put over the Blue Power male. That one comes from given as White Strawberry x Blue Power. The point of the cross was practical: Blue Power pulled the flowering time down and improved how the finished flower looks, without giving up what White Strawberry brought.
• Why it is worth a pack rather than a look. The two sides are far enough apart that seedlings genuinely differ. That range is the product.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Expect the profile to move plant to plant rather than settle.

• The Aroma. Creamy tropical fruit with pina colada and a hop note through it from the Guava side, against strawberry-led, with weight behind it from the Raskal Berries side.
• The Taste. Guava and cream, tropical rather than sweet-shop up front, turning to sweet fruit closing heavier than it starts through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Timing splits the pack. One parent wants seven to eight weeks indoors, nine outdoors, the other fast - forty-five to fifty-five days. Expect the fast plants down well before the slow ones are ready.
• Two noses, one pack. Guava contributes creamy tropical fruit with pina colada and a hop note through it. Raskal Berries contributes sweet berry with kush behind it. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Two frames in one pack. Guava is a Gelato-type plant, and one of the fruitier ones. Raskal Berries is sativa-leaning at around seventy thirty, yielding four to six hundred grams a square metre. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• Opposite ends. Guava is reported as the balanced Gelato character; Raskal Berries as uplifting from the White Strawberry side, with body weight and resin from Blue Power. The cross sits somewhere between and moves plant to plant.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Guava is a Gelato-type plant, and one of the fruitier ones. Raskal Berries is narrow-leaf leaning with strong production.
• Training. Worth the effort early - it is the difference between an even canopy and three colas and a lot of leaf.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Guava runs seven to eight weeks indoors, nine outdoors, Raskal Berries fast - forty-five to fifty-five days. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Guava as the balanced Gelato character.
• The Body. Raskal Berries is reported as uplifting from the White Strawberry side, with body weight and resin from Blue Power, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

7 feminized seeds per pack. Seeds from Sin City Seeds. They breed for the combination rather than the name - flavour, medicinal effect and resin, tested against parents they already know inside out. Genuine Sin City Seeds stock.