Rainbow Country (Runtz x Sprinklez) sits between Runtz and Sprinklez: the candy plant the whole modern sweet-flavour category was built on on one side, Sprinklez - Zkittlez taken to their own Titty Sprinkles on the other. One family of plants, many partners. It is a narrower programme than most and that is the point of it.

Runtz sits on the seed side here, Sprinklez 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: Runtz. The candy plant the whole modern sweet-flavour category was built on. Built from Zkittlez x Gelato #33. Rated intermediate and sensitive to humidity swings and temperature stress - keep the room steady.
• Father: Sprinklez. Sprinklez - Zkittlez taken to their own Titty Sprinkles. It traces back to given as Zkittlez x Titty Sprinkles. Sprinklez is itself built on Titty Sprinkles, so the two house parents are a plant and its own child.
• 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. Fruit sweets and sour berry on cream, with pepper and gas at the back from the Runtz side, against sweet Zkittlez fruit sitting on something darker and more chemical from the Sprinklez side.
• The Taste. Sweet berry and cream, finishing with a light gassiness up front, turning to sweet fruit with a chemical edge underneath through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Two different harvest dates. Eight to nine weeks, with fast plants at fifty-five to sixty days for Runtz, about fifty-six days, which is fast for Sprinklez. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Two noses, one pack. Runtz contributes sugary fruit and sour berry over creamy vanilla, closing on a peppery gas note. Sprinklez contributes Zkittlez fruit sweetness over the diesel and berry of the Titty Sprinkles side. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. Manageable medium height with sturdy lateral branching; dense buds under a serious frost, deep greens and purples from one parent; mostly indica; it runs indoors, outdoors or in a greenhouse from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• Opposite ends. Runtz is reported as balanced and even; Sprinklez as relaxing, following the indica lean. 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. Runtz is manageable medium height with sturdy lateral branching; dense buds under a serious frost, deep greens and purples. Sprinklez is indica-leaning, and it will run anywhere - indoors, outdoors or under glass.
• Veg and stretch. Set the frame while it is cheap to do. Anything you fix after the flip costs you flower sites.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Runtz runs eight to nine weeks, with fast plants at fifty-five to sixty days, Sprinklez about fifty-six days, which is fast. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Runtz as balanced and even.
• The Body. Sprinklez is reported as relaxing, following the indica lean, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Seeds from Secret Society Seed Co. They also work with other breeders - the numbered collaborations with Thug Pug come out of this programme - but the spine of the catalogue is one family of plants. Real Secret Society stock, not a copy.