Take UK Cheese, the Exodus clone - one Skunk #1 plant found in Britain around 1990 and never let go of, and put it over Purple Indica, an heirloom of Pacific Northwest fame going back to the early-to-mid 1980s. That is UK Cheese x Purple Indica. Every parent CSI use is a cut they keep alive themselves, so nothing in this pack is a reconstruction of a famous name.

Order matters in a cross name. In UK Cheese x Purple Indica the UK Cheese side supplied the seed and Purple Indica 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: UK Cheese. The Exodus clone - one Skunk #1 plant found in Britain around 1990 and never let go of. Its own cross is a Skunk #1 phenotype, not a cross. Famously forgiving and often recommended to beginners; spread by the Exodus Collective.
• Father: Purple Indica. An heirloom of Pacific Northwest fame going back to the early-to-mid 1980s. The purple is in the plant rather than in the weather - the leaves come in dark without needing a cold snap to bring the colour out, which is not true of most purple lines.
• 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

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

• The Aroma. Tangy cheddar over earthy, skunky sweetness, loud enough to fill a house from the UK Cheese side, against sweet and earthy with the purple line's fruit behind it from the Purple Indica side.
• The Taste. Sour cheese and earth up front, turning to sweet earth and dark fruit through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Two different harvest dates. Seven to nine weeks depending on source for UK Cheese, fifty-six to sixty-three days for Purple Indica. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Two noses, one pack. UK Cheese contributes tangy cheddar over earthy, skunky sweetness, loud enough to fill a house. Purple Indica contributes sweet and earthy with pine and berry. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. Slender, vine-like branches carrying spear-shaped colas with big swollen calyxes under a dense sticky trichome coat; grows with real vigour despite leaning indica from one parent; indica by build, indoors or outdoors; naturally dark purple leaves rather than colour that only arrives in the cold from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• Opposite ends. UK Cheese is reported as balanced and sociable; slight indica weight; Purple Indica as settled and unhurried; physical and relaxing. 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. UK Cheese is slender, vine-like branches carrying spear-shaped colas with big swollen calyxes under a dense sticky trichome coat; grows with real vigour despite leaning indica. Purple Indica is indica-framed and compact.
• Vegetative Phase. Top or train before you flip rather than chasing the canopy afterwards.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. UK Cheese runs seven to nine weeks depending on source, Purple Indica fifty-six to sixty-three days. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe UK Cheese as balanced and sociable; slight indica weight.
• The Body. Purple Indica is reported as settled and unhurried; physical and relaxing, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the 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. Real Humboldt CSI stock, not a copy.