Irene x Purple Indica is Irene Kush crossed to Purple Indica. Irene Kush is Irene OG - a sour-scented southern cut that growers keep for the nose rather than anything else. Purple Indica is an heirloom of Pacific Northwest fame going back to the early-to-mid 1980s. Between them they cover ground neither reaches alone. 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.

Irene Kush sits on the seed side here, Purple Indica 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: Irene Kush. Irene OG - a sour-scented southern cut that growers keep for the nose rather than anything else. Parentage: traced to an unknown Emerald Triangle plant crossed to Hindu Kush, and widely taken to descend from California OG Kush. CSI recommend a nutrient-rich organic soil with good micronutrient content to bring the terpenes out; it is among the hardest clones they have reversed.
• Father: Purple Indica. An heirloom of Pacific Northwest fame going back to the early-to-mid 1980s. The purple is in the plant rather than in the weather - the leaves come in dark without needing a cold snap to bring the colour out, which is not true of most purple lines.
• 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

Two distinct smells, and a pack will give you both plus everything between.

• The Aroma. Sour and penetrating from the Irene Kush side, against sweet and earthy with the purple line's fruit behind it from the Purple Indica side.
• The Taste. Sour with a kush base up front, turning to sweet earth and dark fruit through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• What to budget. The documented side, Purple Indica, runs fifty-six to sixty-three days. Set the room to that and let the plants correct you.
• Two noses, one pack. Irene Kush contributes sweet, earthy and floral with rich earth and pine, plus a distinct diesel note that most OG cuts do not have. Purple Indica contributes sweet and earthy with pine and berry. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. Resilient with a sturdy frame rather than delicate from one parent; indica by build, indoors or outdoors; naturally dark purple leaves rather than colour that only arrives in the cold from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• Opposite ends. Irene Kush is reported as the potent, focused end of the OG family; settling; Purple Indica as settled and unhurried; physical and relaxing. 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. Irene Kush is grown for its terpene profile more than its yield. Purple Indica is indica by build, indoors or outdoors; naturally dark purple leaves rather than colour that only arrives in the cold.
• 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. Purple Indica runs fifty-six to sixty-three days. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Irene Kush as the potent, focused end of the OG family; settling.
• The Body. Purple Indica is reported as settled and unhurried; physical and relaxing, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

7 feminized seeds per pack. Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. Nearly everything CSI put out is built from cuts they hold themselves rather than from other people's seed lines, which is why their catalogue reads like a list of clones instead of a list of brands. Genuine Humboldt CSI stock.