Take Indiana Bubblegum, a genuine 1990s survivor out of Indiana and still the reference for what sweet is supposed to smell like, and put it over Lemon Tree, Lemon Skunk over Sour Diesel, selected out of a large hunt in the Santa Cruz mountains. That is Bubblegum x Lemon tree. CSI breed off held clones rather than off seed stock, which is why the parents named on the pack are the actual plants and not their descendants.

Written this way, Indiana Bubblegum is the mother and Lemon Tree the pollen donor. Reversing a cross is not a formality; which plant carries the seed shapes what comes out of the pack.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Indiana Bubblegum. A genuine 1990s survivor out of Indiana and still the reference for what sweet is supposed to smell like. Wants a moderate level of experience.
• Father: Lemon Tree. Lemon Skunk crossed to Sour Diesel, made in the early 2000s around Santa Cruz out of a large phenotype hunt. Its own cross is Lemon Skunk x Sour Diesel.
• The point of the pairing. Neither parent needed rescuing. Putting them together is about what sits between them, not about fixing either one.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

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

• The Aroma. Pink bubblegum first, then cotton candy, strawberry taffy and vanilla cream, with ripe berry and a faint hash note from the Indiana Bubblegum side, against sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base from the Lemon Tree side.
• The Taste. Cotton candy and ripe berry with a creamy finish up front, turning to zesty and sour turning heavier and more diesel-driven through the exhale.

What each side brings

• They are not on the same clock. Indiana Bubblegum runs seven to eight weeks, some reporting sixty to sixty-five days; Lemon Tree runs eight to ten weeks. Across a pack that gap shows up as plants finishing days or weeks apart.
• Two noses, one pack. Indiana Bubblegum contributes pink bubblegum first, then cotton candy, strawberry taffy and vanilla cream, with ripe berry and a faint hash note. Lemon Tree contributes sharp lemon and citrus over a fuel base. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Build. On the Indiana Bubblegum side: medium-tall on a slender, sparse frame; roughly doubles in height after the flip; heavy trichome coverage on dense buds. On the Lemon Tree side: medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.
• Opposite ends. Indiana Bubblegum is reported as softer and more relaxed; Lemon Tree as bright and uplifting rather than heavy. 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. Indiana Bubblegum is medium-tall on a slender, sparse frame; roughly doubles in height after the flip; heavy trichome coverage on dense buds. Lemon Tree is medium height, around ninety to a hundred centimetres indoors.
• Vegetative Phase. Top or train before you flip rather than chasing the canopy afterwards.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Indiana Bubblegum runs seven to eight weeks, some reporting sixty to sixty-five days, Lemon Tree eight to ten weeks. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Indiana Bubblegum as softer and more relaxed.
• The Body. Lemon Tree is reported as bright and uplifting rather than heavy, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. What they sell is preservation work: old clones reversed into seed so the line survives past whoever is currently keeping it alive. Humboldt CSI original genetics.