Twin Peaks v2 (Chem Sister x Chemdog 91 Bx3) brings Chem Sister together with Chemdog Bx3. The first is Chem Sister - one of the three plants the whole Chem line came from; the second, Skunk VA's third-generation backcross of the Chem 91 line. Two lines that were never going to produce a quiet plant. A line built on preservation rather than novelty, which is why the same clone keeps appearing on one side of the cross.

The number in Chem Sister 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 Chem Sister x Chemdog 91 is one identified selection rather than Chem Sister x Chemdog in general. A pack naming a different number is a different mother.

Written this way, Chem Sister is the mother and Chemdog Bx3 the pollen donor. Reversing a cross is not a formality; which plant carries the seed shapes what comes out of the pack.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Chem Sister. One of the three original Chemdog phenotypes from the 1991 seeds. It came out of the same handful of seeds as Chemdog 91 and Chem D, found in an ounce of Dogbud bought at a Grateful Dead show in Indiana in 1991. Three plants from that batch became the entire Chem family.
• Father: Chemdog Bx3. Skunk VA's third-generation backcross of the Chem 91 line. Parentage: 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.
• 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

Expect the profile to move plant to plant rather than settle.

• The Aroma. The Chem signature - fuel and sour earth, with a sharper, brighter edge than Chem 91 from the Chem Sister side, against Chem 91's nose with the volume up - turned earth, diesel, pine and citrus behind it from the Chemdog Bx3 side.
• The Taste. Fuel and sour earth up front, turning to greasy and mouth-coating, fuel then earth, sour at the finish through the exhale.

How the two sides differ

• Two noses, one pack. Chem Sister contributes the Chem signature - fuel and sour earth, with a sharper, brighter edge than Chem 91. Chemdog Bx3 contributes the Chem 91 nose concentrated rather than diluted: turned earth and diesel with pine and citrus behind it. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. The chem family's open, stretchy structure from one parent; Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• They pull differently. Growers put Chem Sister at clear and head-forward rather than heavy and Chemdog Bx3 at alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs. 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. Chem Sister is the Chem family's open, stretchy structure. Chemdog Bx3 is Chem-family structure, open and stretchy, and it wants support late.
• 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 Chem Sister as clear and head-forward rather than heavy.
• The Body. Chemdog Bx3 is reported as alert and head-forward rather than sedating, as the Chem 91 line runs, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Seeds from Lucky Dog Seed Co, bred by Skunk VA. The Chem 91 behind so much of this catalogue is the cut itself, not a seed-line approximation of it. Real Lucky Dog stock, not a copy.