Trop Dog (Trop Cherry x Chemdog 91 Bx3) is Trop Cherry crossed to Chemdog Bx3. Trop Cherry is Relentless Genetics' Tropicana Cookies and Cherry Cookies cross. Chemdog Bx3 is Skunk VA's third-generation backcross of the Chem 91 line. Between them they cover ground neither reaches alone. These are Skunk VA's own crosses, made off stock he keeps himself.

The number in Trop Cherry x Chemdog 91 is a specific plant, not a decoration. Lucky Dog Seed Co grow a population out, keep the individuals worth keeping and number them, so Trop Cherry x Chemdog 91 is one identified selection rather than Trop Cherry x Chemdog in general. A pack naming a different number is a different mother.

Trop Cherry sits on the seed side here, Chemdog Bx3 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: Trop Cherry. Relentless Genetics' Tropicana Cookies and Cherry Cookies cross. That one comes from given as Tropicana Cookies x Cherry Cookies F3. The Cherry Cookies F3 father is Relentless's own, made from Girl Scout Cookies over a Fire OG Bx1, and it is what locks in the structure and the cherry.
• Father: Chemdog Bx3. Skunk VA's Chem 91 backcross, and the constant in this catalogue. Given as a backcross of Chemdog 91 - the cut Skunk VA has held since 1995 - worked back into itself three times. Backcrossing is what you do when you want more of one parent rather than a blend.
• What the cross is reaching for. One side brings the structure and the other brings the nose. The plants worth keeping out of a pack are the ones that hold both rather than picking a side.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Two profiles that stay distinguishable rather than collapsing into one.

• The Aroma. Citrus over a deep cherry-gas undertone from the Trop Cherry side, against diesel and sour earth, concentrated rather than diluted by the backcrossing from the Chemdog Bx3 side.
• The Taste. Greasy and mouth-coating, fuel then earth, sour at the finish.

Where the parents disagree

• Where the nose comes from. One side gives citrus over a deep cherry-gas undertone; the other gives the Chem 91 nose concentrated rather than diluted: turned earth and diesel with pine and citrus behind it. Plants landing in the middle are the keepers.
• Build. On the Trop Cherry side: dense and heavily resinous - the Cherry Cookies male was selected for exactly that. On the Chemdog Bx3 side: Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late. Select early rather than trying to train your way out of it.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Trop Cherry is dense and heavily resinous - the Cherry Cookies male was selected for exactly that. Chemdog Bx3 is the open, stretchy Chem frame, and it will need propping once the colas fill.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Chemdog Bx3 as alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs.
• The Body. Reported in line with that. This is not a plant described as pulling in two directions.

In the pack

Seeds from Lucky Dog Seed Co. This is Skunk VA's line, built on the Chem family and on holding old cuts rather than chasing new ones. Sold as authentic Lucky Dog Seed Co.