There are two very different things inside Pla-chata (Horchata x platinum). Horchata: Compound Genetics' creamy hybrid, bred by Chris Lynch. And Platinum Kush Mints: In House Genetics' flagship and the source of the Platinum male that runs through their catalogue. In House work from a handful of held males rather than a new father every season, which is why their crosses stay recognisable as theirs.

Horchata sits on the seed side here, Platinum Kush Mints 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: Horchata. Compound Genetics' creamy hybrid, bred by Chris Lynch. It traces back to Jet Fuel Gelato x Mochi Gelato. Compound have also described it simply as Jet Fuel crossed to Gelato, and a few sources give an unrelated Aspen OG cross. The Jet Fuel Gelato x Mochi Gelato account is the one Compound and WyEast state..
• Father: Platinum Kush Mints. In House Genetics' flagship and the source of the Platinum male that runs through their catalogue. That one comes from Platinum OG Kush x Kush Mints, the Kush Mints being Seed Junky's Bubba Kush x Animal Mints. In House use the Platinum side as a male across a wide range of mothers, which is why so many of their packs name it..
• 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 two halves stack rather than blend, which is the whole reason to run it.

• The Aroma. Sweet cream and cinnamon over a light fuel note from the Horchata side, against sweet mint over kush earth and a little fuel from the Platinum Kush Mints side.
• The Taste. Creamy and sweet with a spiced finish up front, turning to cool mint and cream with a heavy kush finish through the exhale.

Where the parents disagree

• Timing. Horchata runs eight to nine weeks, and that is the half of this cross you can actually plan around.
• Where the nose comes from. One side gives sweet cream and cinnamon over a light fuel note; the other gives sweet mint over kush earth and a little fuel. Plants landing in the middle are the keepers.
• Two frames in one pack. Horchata is dense, frosty flower on a medium-height plant. Platinum Kush Mints is dense indica-leaning flower with a heavy silver trichome coat. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• They pull differently. Growers put Horchata at balanced, calm rather than sedating and Platinum Kush Mints at strongly indica, physical and settling. Which end a plant lands on is the main variable.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Horchata is dense, frosty flower on a medium-height plant. Platinum Kush Mints is dense indica-leaning flower with a heavy silver trichome coat.
• Vegetative Phase. Top or train before you flip rather than chasing the canopy afterwards.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Horchata runs eight to nine weeks, Platinum Kush Mints eight to nine weeks. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Horchata as balanced, calm rather than sedating.
• The Body. Platinum Kush Mints is reported as strongly indica, physical and settling, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Seeds from In House Genetics. The Platinum line is the spine of the whole operation - Platinum Kush Mints came out of Platinum OG Kush crossed to Seed Junky's Kush Mints, and the Platinum male has been worked across most of the catalogue since. Original In House Genetics stock.