There are two very different things inside Mandarin punch. Girl Scout Cookies, the Forum cut, the plant most of the modern dessert category is built on. And Purple Punch: Larry OG crossed to Granddaddy Purple, and the plant that set the modern standard for sweet. Both halves are named plants rather than generic stock, and the Chem side has been worked rather than simply used.

These are feminized. Every seed should come up female, so there are no males to find and pull and nothing to lose half a tent to. That is the pack to buy if you want a crop out of it rather than a breeding project.

Order matters in a cross name. In Mandarin punch the Girl Scout Cookies side supplied the seed and Purple Punch 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: Girl Scout Cookies. The Forum cut, the plant most of the modern dessert category is built on. It traces back to generally given as OG Kush crossed to a Durban line; the Forum cut was an S1 found in bagseed and circulated through the ICMag forums around 2010. CSI publish a caution that their Cookies hybrids can express instability under some conditions while still producing plenty of good plants.
• Father: Purple Punch. A Larry OG and Granddaddy Purple cross that made grape candy a category. Built from Larry OG x Granddaddy Purple.
• 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

Expect the profile to move plant to plant rather than settle.

• The Aroma. Sweet cookie dough and vanilla cream with a faint mint over an earthy Kush base from the Girl Scout Cookies side, against grape candy first, then blueberry muffin and tropical punch from the Purple Punch side.
• The Taste. Doughy and sweet with vanilla late, finishing earthier up front, turning to sweet candy-grape, vanilla and tart berry, closing on a faint earthy spice through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• They are not on the same clock. Girl Scout Cookies runs nine to ten weeks; Purple Punch runs seven to nine weeks indoors. Across a pack that gap shows up as plants finishing days or weeks apart.
• Two noses, one pack. Girl Scout Cookies contributes sweet cookie dough and vanilla cream with a faint mint, over an earthy Kush base. Purple Punch contributes grape candy first, then blueberry muffin and tropical punch. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Build. On the Girl Scout Cookies side: tight, heavy, dense flower rather than an open frame. On the Purple Punch side: short and stocky, carries its own weight; dense flower with deep purple colouring and a heavy resin load. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.
• Opposite ends. Girl Scout Cookies is reported as even rather than racy; settling; Purple Punch as even rather than racy; strongly indica-leaning and 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. Girl Scout Cookies is tight, heavy, dense flower rather than an open frame. Purple Punch is short and stocky, carries its own weight; dense flower with deep purple colouring and a heavy resin load.
• Training. Worth the effort early - it is the difference between an even canopy and three colas and a lot of leaf.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Girl Scout Cookies runs nine to ten weeks, Purple Punch seven to nine weeks indoors. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Girl Scout Cookies as even rather than racy; settling.
• The Body. Purple Punch is reported as even rather than racy; strongly indica-leaning and settling, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

6 feminized seeds per pack. Seeds from Sow Good Seeds. A narrow catalogue built on one line the breeder has worked forward himself. Original Sow Good Seeds stock.