Ichiban (Tokyo Snow x Plum Crazy Runtz) is Snow crossed to Runtz. Snow is a CSI cut used across their catalogue for what it adds rather than what it is on its own. Runtz is Zkittlez crossed to Gelato #33, and the plant that defined the modern candy category. Between them they cover ground neither reaches alone. A small programme run on a few plants is a narrower brief than most breeders set, and it shows in how closely related the releases are.

Written this way, Snow is the mother and Runtz 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: Snow. A CSI cut used across their catalogue for what it adds rather than what it is on its own. CSI reach for it as a structural and resin contributor in crosses rather than running it as a headline plant.
• Father: Runtz. Zkittlez crossed to Gelato #33, and the plant that defined the modern candy category. Its own cross is Zkittlez x Gelato #33. Rated intermediate and sensitive to humidity swings and temperature stress - keep the room steady.
• What the cross is reaching for. One side brings the structure and the other brings the nose. The plants worth keeping out of a pack are the ones that hold both rather than picking a side.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

The nose is where these two argue hardest.

• The Aroma. Quiet rather than loud from the Snow side, against sweet fruit and sour berry on vanilla cream, ending peppery and gassy from the Runtz side.
• The Taste. Understated up front, turning to sweet berry and cream with a whisper of fuel through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• 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.
• The smell is a negotiation. Subtle rather than loud on one side against sugary fruit and sour berry over creamy vanilla, closing on a peppery gas note on the other. Neither wins outright in every seedling.
• Two frames in one pack. Snow is short, stocky and hearty, and it adds frost to whatever it is crossed to. Runtz is manageable medium height with sturdy lateral branching; dense buds under a serious frost, deep greens and purples. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Snow is a hearty, compact plant whose main contribution is resin. Runtz is medium height and manageable, with sturdy side branching and dense frosted buds running deep green into purple.
• 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. Reported in line with that. This is not a plant described as pulling in two directions.

In the pack

10 regular seeds per pack. Seeds from Cedar Berry Farms. Their line runs on selfed and crossed versions of a handful of held plants rather than on a wide catalogue. Original Cedar Berry Farms stock.