Lineage: Super Sour Diesel (Super Silver Haze × Sour Diesel)
Found in 2019 | Sprouted in 2024 | A legacy born in real life
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- I had just earned my high school diploma after being out for a few years.
I’d dropped out, went through psychosis, was nearly homeless, lost in survival mode. But somehow I fought through all of it. Got my head back on. Finished school. And right around that time, I was smoking some Super Sour Diesel I picked up off Weedmaps.
It was outdoor-grown, but it smoked like nothing else I’d had.
Super Silver Haze × Sour Diesel.
It was loud, aggressive, unforgettable.
Play-Doh. Chlorine. Lime zest.
Aromas that punched through the bag and stayed in the air. Real sour.
It cost $120 an ounce, and I ran through seven ounces of it.
When I called to order more, the guy quoted me $240. I told him it was still listed at $120 on the site. He checked, honored the price, and told me to place the order. That was the last time I ever saw it at that price—after that, it vanished forever.
But that weed left me with three seeds.
Two were fat, healthy, and dark. One was immature.
I didn’t toss them. I kept them.
I dropped them into 0.5ml containers, placed them in a ziplock bag, and labeled it with painter’s tape:
“Super Sour Diesel Sun Grown – 2019.”
I knew they meant something. I just didn’t know how much—yet.
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After graduating, I enrolled in horticulture college at Cabrillo in Aptos.
I wanted to take this seriously. I wanted to learn, grow, and build my life around the plant.
But the truth is, while class was happening, I was in the car, smoking that same Super Sour Diesel the seeds came from.
I couldn’t stay inside.
I couldn’t follow the curriculum.
The plant itself was calling me louder than any teacher could.
I dropped out.
And then, right after that—COVID hit.
The school shut down. Students were still being charged.
If I had stayed in, I wouldn’t have even been able to finish. I would’ve been stuck paying.
That decision to walk away?
It was the right one.
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Years passed. I grew stronger, focused up. I started taking steps toward building my future for real.
And in 2024, when I made the decision to break into my untouched youth savings to buy seeds and fully chase my dreams, that’s when it happened.
I thought those Super Sour Diesel seeds were gone. I had given them to my mom years ago for safekeeping, but hadn’t seen them since. Deep down, I knew—my mom would never lose them.
Sure enough, she found them—in her files at her job, buried in my youth savings paperwork.
They’d been there for five years.
Just waiting.
And when I saw that bag again—with the same tape, same label—it all came rushing back.
I picked the best of the two seeds. And I planted it.
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What sprouted was something else.
From day one, she stood tall, strong, and focused.
No stretch. No support. No weakness.
That wasn’t just a plant. That was a piece of me that had survived everything and came back even stronger.
I named her Dropout Bear.
The name was inspired by Kanye’s Dropout Bear—his symbol of leaving the system and building greatness on your own terms. That bear always represented breaking away, trusting your own path, and becoming who you’re meant to be.
That’s what this plant was.
That’s what I was.
After she showed her potential, I gave the other two seeds to Cross Creak Cannabis, told him to preserve them like I did.
And I still have Dropout Bear’s original seed shell, in the same container, same tape, same energy.
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Dropout Bear’s Traits:
• Terps: Play-Doh, chlorine, lime zest
• Flavor: Freeze-dried Lemon Heads with a lemon drip
• High:
• Mouth-watering inhale
• Calm, focused, confident
• No anxiety
• Strong, clear, and long-lasting
• Energy with peace, power with function
• Structure:
• No stakes needed
• Holds herself tall
• Rootstock is elite
• Thrives best outdoors, but crushes indoors too
She’s more than just stable.
She’s exactly what I needed when I needed it.
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And I didn’t stop there.
• I reversed Dessert Delight and hit Dropout Bear. The feminized seeds are already sprouted and showing wild potential.
• I also hit her with my Floyd male before retiring him. Pulled about 500 seeds of that cross. Floyd’s chapter is done. Dropout Bear leads now.
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This didn’t come from a breeder pack.
No hype. No clone-only drop.
Just a $120 ounce of outdoor Sour, smoked while graduating, while sitting in the car outside class, while trying to figure it all out.
I found that seed while becoming who I am.
And when I was finally ready—she grew into everything I believed in.
So if you ever find a seed in flower that means something to you…
Label it. Save it. Grow it.
Because what’s inside might not just be good weed.
It might be your moment.
Your medicine.
Your Dropout Bear.
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Purple Flamethrower
@purpleflamethrowergenetics
@dropoutbearthestrain (Instagram dedication)
@dessertdelightthebrand
Dessert Delight the Movement
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