The Mailman (FloRida OG Kush x Bubba Kush) crosses Florida OG to Bubba Kush, also known as Crippy or Ocean Grown, and named by several sources as the original OG Kush against the West Coast indica benchmark, a Los Angeles clone from the mid-1990s named after the grower who kept it. Neither is a filler parent, which is why this pairing is worth a pack rather than a look. What CSI sell is access to their clone collection in seed form. The parents are the cuts themselves, not a line bred to resemble them.

Order matters in a cross name. In The Mailman (FloRida OG Kush x Bubba Kush) the Florida OG side supplied the seed and Bubba Kush 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: Florida OG. Also known as Crippy or Ocean Grown, and named by several sources as the original OG Kush. Given as Chemdog crossed to Lemon Thai and Hindu Kush, roughly seventy-thirty indica, out of Florida in the 1990s.
• Father: Bubba Kush. The West Coast indica benchmark, a Los Angeles clone from the mid-1990s named after the grower who kept it. Dense colas need airflow; the Pre-98 cut is the shorter, broader-leafed, heavier expression.
• The point of the pairing. Neither parent needed rescuing. Putting them together is about what sits between them, not about fixing either one.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Two profiles that stay distinguishable rather than collapsing into one.

• The Aroma. Tropical fruit, earth, pine and citrus, pungent from the Florida OG side, against dark cocoa and roasted coffee with old hash and wood underneath from the Bubba Kush side.
• The Taste. Earthy and citrusy with OG weight up front, turning to spice and earth up front, closing thick and hashy through the exhale.

Where the parents disagree

• What to budget. The documented side, Florida OG, runs fifty-six to sixty-three days indoors, reported elsewhere at eight to nine weeks. Set the room to that and let the plants correct you.
• Where the nose comes from. One side gives tropical fruit, earth, pine and citrus, pungent; the other gives roasted coffee, dark cocoa and old-school hash with a woody edge. Plants landing in the middle are the keepers.
• Build. On the Florida OG side: short to medium, bushy, sturdy branches, tight internodes; large dense resin-soaked colas with little leaf; low to moderate stretch and manageable in small spaces. On the Bubba Kush side: short to medium and stocky, broad deep-green leaves, tight internodes, modest 1.2 to 1.5 times stretch; golf-ball to cola-sized buds with thick calyces and heavy resin, forest green through to plum. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.
• They pull differently. Growers put Florida OG at focused and potent; indica-leaning and Bubba Kush at gentle and unhurried, warm and loosening, body-forward. 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. Florida OG is short to medium, bushy, sturdy branches, tight internodes; large dense resin-soaked colas with little leaf; low to moderate stretch and manageable in small spaces. Bubba Kush is short to medium, thickset, with broad deep-green leaves and tight internodes; it stretches only about half again in flower and stacks golf-ball to cola-sized buds with thick calyces, heavy resin and colour running forest green into plum.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. Florida OG runs fifty-six to sixty-three days indoors, reported elsewhere at eight to nine weeks. Start checking trichomes a week before you expect to be ready.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Florida OG as focused and potent; indica-leaning.
• The Body. Bubba Kush is reported as gentle and unhurried, warm and loosening, body-forward, 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. Humboldt CSI original genetics.