Kush 4 x Apple Fritter brings Chem 4 together with Apple Fritter. The first is one of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot; the second, Sour Apple crossed to Animal Cookies, and one of the few dessert names that smells like the thing it is named after. Two lines that were never going to produce a quiet plant. These are held cuts, not recreations. CSI's entire catalogue works that way, and it is the reason their crosses are worth chasing.

The number in Kush 4 is a specific plant, not a decoration. Humboldt CSI grow a population out, keep the individuals worth keeping and number them, so Kush 4 is one identified selection rather than Kush in general. A pack naming a different number is a different mother.

Order matters in a cross name. In Kush 4 x Apple Fritter the Chem 4 side supplied the seed and Apple Fritter 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: Chem 4. One of the founding phenotypes out of the 1991 Chem seed lot. Built from one of thirteen seeds from the 1991 Grateful Dead bag.
• Father: Apple Fritter. Sour Apple crossed to Animal Cookies, and one of the few dessert names that smells like the thing it is named after. Built from Sour Apple x Animal Cookies.
• 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. Diesel fuel and chemical funk over sharp earth from the Chem 4 side, against warm apple and sweet dough, with just enough fuel under it to stop it going flat from the Apple Fritter side.
• The Taste. Fuel and earth on the inhale, turning sour up front, turning to tart apple and pastry, finishing sweeter than it starts through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• They are not on the same clock. Chem 4 runs seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype; Apple Fritter runs eight to ten weeks. Across a pack that gap shows up as plants finishing days or weeks apart.
• The smell is a negotiation. Diesel fuel and chemical funk over sharp earth on one side against baked apple and sweet dough with a faint gassy edge underneath on the other. Neither wins outright in every seedling.
• Two frames in one pack. Chem 4 is stretches once flipped; medium height with strong lateral branching and tight internodes when crossed out. Apple Fritter is dense flower from the Cookies side; suits indoor or outdoor. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• Opposite ends. Chem 4 is reported as alert and head-forward; Apple Fritter as even rather than racy; settling. 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 4 is stretches once flipped; medium height with strong lateral branching and tight internodes when crossed out. Apple Fritter is dense flower from the Cookies side; suits indoor or outdoor.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Chem 4 runs seven to eight weeks, and up to ten by phenotype, Apple Fritter eight to ten weeks. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Chem 4 as alert and head-forward.
• The Body. Apple Fritter is reported as even rather than racy; settling, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. Their library is clones first and crosses second, which is why the names on their packs read like a list of plants rather than a list of products. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.