Chemdog #1 x Chemdog #4 crosses Chem 91 to Chem 4, the plant the Chem name was built on, known equally as Chem 91 and the SKVA cut against one of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot. Neither is a filler parent, which is why this pairing is worth a pack rather than a look. 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, Chem 91 is the mother and Chem 4 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: Chem 91. The plant the Chem name was built on, known equally as Chem 91 and the SKVA cut. Parentage: one of thirteen seeds from a bag bought at a Grateful Dead show in 1991. Skunk VA was given a cut in 1995 and has held it since, which is why the line survives.
• Father: Chem 4. One of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot. Parentage: one of thirteen seeds from the 1991 Grateful Dead bag.
• 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 nose is where these two argue hardest.

• The Aroma. Heavy diesel and soil with a thin pine and citrus line at the back from the Chem 91 side, against diesel fuel and chemical funk over sharp earth from the Chem 4 side.
• The Taste. Greasy and mouth-coating - fuel, then earth and pine, sour at the finish up front, turning to fuel and sour earth, mouth-coating through the exhale.

Where the parents disagree

• Timing splits the pack. One parent wants sixty-three to seventy days, the other seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype. Expect the fast plants down well before the slow ones are ready.
• The smell is a negotiation. Pungent turned earth and diesel with pine and citrus behind it on one side against diesel fuel and chemical funk over sharp earth on the other. Neither wins outright in every seedling.
• Two frames in one pack. Chem 91 is loose and open rather than compact, moderate to heavy stretch, branches that soften under weight late. Chem 4 is stretches once flipped; medium height with strong lateral branching and tight internodes when crossed out. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• Opposite ends. Chem 91 is reported as alert and head-forward, sativa-leaning rather than heavy; Chem 4 as alert and head-forward. 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. Chem 91 is open and loose rather than tight, stretching moderately to heavily, with branches that soften under weight late in flower. Chem 4 is Chem-family build - open and stretchy rather than compact.
• Vegetative Phase and Training. Open the middle out early. Light reaching the lower sites is worth more than any late correction.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Chem 91 runs sixty-three to seventy days, Chem 4 seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Chem 91 as alert and head-forward, sativa-leaning rather than heavy.
• The Body. Chem 4 is reported as alert and head-forward, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. CSI work from clone stock they have kept for years and reverse it into seed, so what arrives in a pack is the real cut's genetics rather than a seed-line approximation of it. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.