Take Trainwreck, a Mexican and Thai sativa line taken into Afghani, and put it over Forbidden Fruit, Cherry Pie crossed to Tangie - dark cherry against bright citrus. That is Trainwreck x Forbidden Fruit. CSI breed off held clones rather than off seed stock, which is why the parents named on the pack are the actual plants and not their descendants.

Trainwreck sits on the seed side here, Forbidden Fruit 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: Trainwreck. A Mexican and Thai sativa line taken into Afghani. That one comes from Mexican x Thai x Afghani.
• Father: Forbidden Fruit. Cherry Pie crossed to Tangie - dark cherry against bright citrus. Given as Cherry Pie x Tangie. Rated an easy grow that does not need constant attention.
• What to expect across a pack. Two distinct parents means real variation in frame, finish and nose. Select early and take cuttings off anything you would want again.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

The two halves stack rather than blend, which is the whole reason to run it.

• The Aroma. Loud citrus-pine - sharp lemon over earthy pine with a subtle spice from the Trainwreck side, against dark cherry and bright orange citrus from the Forbidden Fruit side.
• The Taste. Lemon and pine, sticky up front, turning to cherry and passionfruit with citrus over the top through the exhale.

What each side brings

• They are not on the same clock. Trainwreck runs nine to ten weeks, reported elsewhere at eight to ten; Forbidden Fruit runs nine to ten weeks indoors. Across a pack that gap shows up as plants finishing days or weeks apart.
• Two noses, one pack. Trainwreck contributes loud citrus-pine - sharp lemon over earthy pine with a subtle spice. Forbidden Fruit contributes dark cherry and bright orange citrus. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Two frames in one pack. Trainwreck is elongated spear-shaped colas with moderately dense bracts and swollen calyxes; dense tapered buds under thick milky-white trichomes, lime green with amber flashes and orange pistils. Forbidden Fruit is compact at eighty to a hundred and twenty centimetres indoors. Decide which suits your room before you flip, because you get both.
• Opposite ends. Trainwreck is reported as sharp and forward; Forbidden Fruit as 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. Trainwreck is elongated spear-shaped colas with moderately dense bracts and swollen calyxes; dense tapered buds under thick milky-white trichomes, lime green with amber flashes and orange pistils. Forbidden Fruit is compact and dense, colouring the way its Cherry Pie side does.
• Vegetative Phase and Stretch. Shape the plant before the flip. Correcting a frame in week six is harder work than setting it in week two.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Trainwreck runs nine to ten weeks, reported elsewhere at eight to ten, Forbidden Fruit nine to ten weeks indoors. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Trainwreck as sharp and forward.
• The Body. Forbidden Fruit is reported as indica-leaning and settling, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. CSI work from clone stock they have kept for years and reverse it into seed, so what arrives in a pack is the real cut's genetics rather than a seed-line approximation of it. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.