Grand Master Chem (Master Kush x Chemdog 91 Bx3) is Master Kush crossed to Chemdog Bx3. Master Kush is White Label's stabilised Hindu Kush and Skunk #1 cross. Chemdog Bx3 is the Chemdog Bx3 stud, Skunk VA's own. Between them they cover ground neither reaches alone. Skunk VA has held the Chem 91 cut since 1995, so what sits behind these crosses is the clone rather than a line bred to resemble it.

The number in Master Kush 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 Master Kush x Chemdog 91 is one identified selection rather than Master Kush x Chemdog in general. A pack naming a different number is a different mother.

Master Kush sits on the seed side here, Chemdog Bx3 on the pollen side. If you have seen these two names paired the other way round, that is a different pack and not this one.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Master Kush. Master Kush, first sold as High Rise - Hindu Kush over Skunk #1. Its own cross is given as Hindu Kush x Skunk #1. Originally released as High Rise, and it took the High Times Cannabis Cup two years running in the early nineties, which is what made the name.
• Father: Chemdog Bx3. The father behind most of the Lucky Dog catalogue. Its own cross is 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. Earthy, woody and spiced with a citrus edge and a note of incense from the Master 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. Deep earth and spice up front, turning to greasy and mouth-coating, fuel then earth, sour at the finish through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Timing. Master Kush runs fast - around fifty-three days, and that is the half of this cross you can actually plan around.
• Where the nose comes from. One side gives earthy, woody and spiced with a citrus edge and a note of incense; 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.
• Build. On the Master Kush side: compact and fast, which is most of why it has stayed in catalogues for thirty years. On the Chemdog Bx3 side: Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Master Kush is compact and fast, which is most of why it has stayed in catalogues for thirty years. Chemdog Bx3 is Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late.
• Training. Worth the effort early - it is the difference between an even canopy and three colas and a lot of leaf.
• Flowering Time. Master Kush runs fast - around fifty-three days. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Chemdog Bx3 as alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs.
• The Body. Reported in line with that. This is not a plant described as pulling in two directions.

In the pack

Seeds from Lucky Dog Seed Co. Skunk VA breeds these; we stock them. Most of the catalogue runs back to one clone he has kept alive for three decades, which is a rarer thing than a new cross. Original Lucky Dog Seed Co stock.