Catahoula Chem (Triangle Kush x Chemdog Bx3) crosses Triangle Kush to Chemdog Bx3, the Florida cut that sits at the root of the OG family and has fathered more of the modern index than almost anything else against Skunk VA's Chem 91 backcross, and the constant in this catalogue. Neither is a filler parent, which is why this pairing is worth a pack rather than a look. The value here is the Chem stock underneath. Everything else is a decision about what to put against it.

Written this way, Triangle Kush is the mother and Chemdog Bx3 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: Triangle Kush. The Florida cut behind a great deal of the OG family. Lighter on the pine and cleaner-fluid terpenes than its reputation suggests, which is why breeders pair it with louder cuts; Humboldt CSI's 5150 is their pick out of a large Triangle Kush S1 population.
• Father: Chemdog Bx3. The Chemdog Bx3 stud, Skunk VA's own. Parentage: a backcross of Chemdog 91 - the cut Skunk VA has held since 1995 - worked back into itself three times. Backcrossing is what you do when you want more of one parent rather than a blend.
• 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

The two halves stack rather than blend, which is the whole reason to run it.

• The Aroma. Restrained OG earth and pine from the Triangle Kush side, against Chem 91's nose with the volume up - turned earth, diesel, pine and citrus behind it from the Chemdog Bx3 side.
• The Taste. Earthy and piney with OG weight, finishing cleaner than it starts up front, turning to greasy and mouth-coating, fuel then earth, sour at the finish through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• Timing. Triangle Kush runs eight to nine weeks, reported sixty-three to seventy-seven days with most growers near seventy, and that is the half of this cross you can actually plan around.
• Two noses, one pack. Triangle Kush contributes classic OG earth and pine, noticeably restrained rather than loud. Chemdog Bx3 contributes the Chem 91 nose concentrated rather than diluted: turned earth and diesel with pine and citrus behind it. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. Stocky and bushy at moderate indoor height, up to two metres outdoors; vegs vigorously and throws heavy foliage; takes trimming, defoliation and lollipopping well; dense bright green flower under heavy resin from one parent; Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• They pull differently. Growers put Triangle Kush at the potent, focused end of the OG family and Chemdog Bx3 at alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs. Which end a plant lands on is the main variable.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Triangle Kush is a vigorous, leafy grower that fills a tent fast and takes hard training - the flower underneath comes in dense and greasy once you open it up. Chemdog Bx3 is the open, stretchy Chem frame, and it will need propping once the colas fill.
• Vegetative Phase and Stretch. Shape the plant before the flip. Correcting a frame in week six is harder work than setting it in week two.
• Flowering Time. Triangle Kush runs eight to nine weeks, reported sixty-three to seventy-seven days with most growers near seventy. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Triangle Kush as the potent, focused end of the OG family.
• The Body. Chemdog Bx3 is reported as alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Seeds from Lucky Dog Seed Co, Skunk VA's own line. We stock it because the Chem work here is the real thing rather than a reconstruction of it - he was given the Chem 91 cut in 1995 and has held it ever since. Real Lucky Dog stock, not a copy.