Take Runtz, the candy plant the whole modern sweet-flavour category was built on, and put it over Chemdog Bx3, Skunk VA's third-generation backcross of the Chem 91 line. That is Chewie (Runtz x Chemdog 91 Bx3). These are Skunk VA's own crosses, made off stock he keeps himself.

The number in Runtz x Chemdog 91 is a specific plant, not a decoration. Lucky Dog Seed Co grow a population out, keep the individuals worth keeping and number them, so Runtz x Chemdog 91 is one identified selection rather than Runtz x Chemdog in general. A pack naming a different number is a different mother.

Order matters in a cross name. In Chewie (Runtz x Chemdog 91 Bx3) the Runtz side supplied the seed and Chemdog Bx3 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: Runtz. Zkittlez crossed to Gelato #33, and the plant that defined the modern candy category. Parentage: Zkittlez x Gelato #33. Rated intermediate and sensitive to humidity swings and temperature stress - keep the room steady.
• Father: Chemdog Bx3. Skunk VA's Chem 91 backcross, and the constant in this catalogue. Given as 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 these two. They are not variations on the same idea. They pull in different directions, and that spread is what makes a pack worth hunting through rather than just growing.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

The nose is where these two argue hardest.

• The Aroma. Sweet fruit and sour berry on vanilla cream, ending peppery and gassy from the Runtz side, against diesel and sour earth, concentrated rather than diluted by the backcrossing from the Chemdog Bx3 side.
• The Taste. Sweet berry and cream with a whisper of fuel up front, turning to greasy and mouth-coating, fuel then earth, sour at the finish through the exhale.

What each side brings

• What to budget. The documented side, Runtz, runs eight to nine weeks, with fast plants at fifty-five to sixty days. Set the room to that and let the plants correct you.
• Where the nose comes from. One side gives sugary fruit and sour berry over creamy vanilla, closing on a peppery gas note; the other gives the Chem 91 nose concentrated rather than diluted: turned earth and diesel with pine and citrus behind it. Plants landing in the middle are the keepers.
• Structure varies hard here. Manageable medium height with sturdy lateral branching; dense buds under a serious frost, deep greens and purples from one parent; Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• Opposite ends. Runtz is reported as balanced and even; Chemdog Bx3 as alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs. 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. Runtz is manageable medium height with sturdy lateral branching; dense buds under a serious frost, deep greens and purples. Chemdog Bx3 is Chem structure - loose, tall and top-heavy late.
• Training. Worth the effort early - it is the difference between an even canopy and three colas and a lot of leaf.
• Flowering Time. Runtz runs eight to nine weeks, with fast plants at fifty-five to sixty days. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Runtz as balanced and even.
• 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

13 regular seeds per pack. Seeds from Lucky Dog Seed Co. Skunk VA's own releases, worked around the Chem 91 clone and its descendants. Sold as authentic Lucky Dog Seed Co.