| The Cherry Bomb II has two distinct phenotypes.
One phenotype has wider, more indica-looking leaves and a columnar structure. The smell of the indica pheno is slightly cherry with a spicy side. Flavor is all out spicy. The high of the indica pheno is stony in nature and leaves me groggy afterwards. After the initial grow I pitched the indica pheno. It is a nice plant, but not what I believe Reeferman was after when creating the Cherry Bomb II. This phenotype goes the advertised nine weeks.
The second phenotype has skinnier leaves and has a branching habit. It will grow nice fat stems, but still not enough to support the bud weight. Although the flowering time is a little long, the yield and flavor makes it well worth it. Staking is a must for this phenotype. The branching habit would make it ideal for SCROG. This phenotype has no smell in veg. and early flower. Late into flowering, around week 7, the cherry smell starts to kick in. The smell is best described as artificial cherries, think cherry cough drops. The smell gets stronger as flowering commences. I have been harvesting this phenotype at week 10.5 from cuttings. This is my keeper phenotype and what the report is based on.
The high from the sativa pheno is a balanced high, more in the head than the body. This smoke makes me happy. It has a nice come down with no after effects. After a 1 month cure the flavor is awesome. Sweet cherry on the inhale with an intersting cherry/skunk aftertaste. This is the tastiest, sweetest strain I have smoked.
This is a cross between a California indica Cherry Bomb and Mr. Greengenes Cherry Bomb with Maui Wowie origins. To get the best cherry flavor select plants with the most red in the stems. Mr. Greengenes has mentioned this in his Cherry Bomb, and I have found the same correlation in Reefermans Cherry Bomb II. The red striping is variable throughout both phenotypes. I recorded the degree of striping before flowering and compared the flavor and smell after. Just as Mr. Greengenes had said, the more red striping, the more cherry flavor and smell.
I was quite skeptical when I started growing these out as I have been let down more than once when it comes to taste. I really didn't think Cannabis could taste like cherries. I was not disappointed. Reeferman's Cherry Bomb II will have a permanent spot in my grow for years to come.
Garden Information for this report Organically grow with Peruvian sea bird guano and maxicrop in veg, Jamaican guano and maxicrop in early flower and Indonesian guano in late flower. All brewed in a tea for 24 hours before using. |
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Report added by: Sensi Shaman
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