Alright, here’s the smoke report for the Chem Fuego #4.
Looks: Well, it doesn’t appear that washing the Chem Fuegos did anything at all. There’s still a ton of (I’m assuming) dead aphids all over the buds. Check it out:
I dunno if you can see all of those little white specks all over that nug, but they’re there. I blew a few of the pics up (I dunno how to do that on OG) and they definitely look like dead aphids. Again, I’m assuming they’re dead, just because, from everything I’ve read, they need a living plant to survive. Plus, these flowers have been sealed up in jars for like seven weeks or so, can’t believe they’d still be alive. Either way, it’s fucking gross. Guess I’ll just be smoking dead aphids for a while.
Taste: The #4’s been kind of weird, flavor-wise. It’s one of the only strains I can think of offhand that actually tastes better and smokes smoother when blazed through a bong. When I do bong rips, I don’t cough. And it tastes kind of “sweet” and “soft.” Almost marshmallow-y. I mentioned this on the Lucky Dog thread, but it really tastes a lot like the very first “kind bud” I ever smoked, back in 1990, when I was a freshman in high school.
When I blaze it in a joint, though, it really doesn’t taste like much at all. And it’s slightly harsh, too, makes me cough etc etc. I wonder how much the whole “washing the buds” thing had to do with that. I haven’t noticed any of the other stuff smoking like that, so I’m assuming it’s just this one plant. I dunno. I was hoping and expecting it to have a little Sour Diesel/Headband/Chem flavor going on, since those are the genetics haha. Again, probably the washing had something to do with the lack of those kinda flavors.
Effect: I reeeeaallllyyyyy love this one. It’s super-giggly, kind of spacy, very creative. I smoked a joint with my friend Natalie and my girl last Sunday and we really were laughing our asses off for a couple hours. I mean, we always laugh a lot, but the Fuego #4 was definitely enhancing shit. My girl mentioned some scam that she fell for when she was a little kid, some “poetry contest” in the back of a magazine. And my friend asked her, like,“What magazine was it? Cosmo? Glamour? YM?,” and kept progressively rattling off magazines geared towards younger and younger girls. Finally, I just said,“Highlights for Kids, I think that was the magazine,” and then went off on a tangent about, like, scam artists putting ads in Highlights for Kids, all in an effort to rip six-year-olds off. Like,“Congratulations! We really loved your poem ‘Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue’ and we’ll be publishing your poem in our next edition. Please send us twenty dollars to receive your copy!” It was definitely one of those sorta “you had to be there” things, but it was funny as shit at the time.
Also, like I said, it’s spacy. Or maybe “forgetful” is a better word for it. That same day, I found myself going into the kitchen multiple times and forgetting what it was I went in there for. I had to stand there for like four or five seconds, staring at the counter, before I was like,“Oh yeah, that’s right!” Also started to order a pizza until I remembered that I had been marinating a pork tenderloin for hours in the fridge, had already started cooking rice and shit… Having said that, it really does get the mind going in creative and funny ways. Been smoking it a lot in the afternoon and noticing that it also kind of just makes everything seem better, not as big of a deal etc. It’s good weed.
Overall: I’d like to grow this one again, sans aphids haha. I still have like a pack-and-a-half, so I’ll get around to that eventually. Having said that, I’m fairly certain it was one of the Chem Fuegos that hermed. They’re the most-seeded nugs, anyway. So I dunno about that. I’m gonna check the tent and everything for light leaks, but I really don’t think it was my fault, especially since I had the lights on during the day for this grow.
Still, it’s good weed for sure.
Edit: I forgot to mention, the #4 does have that sorta “Chem rush” come-up that every Chem and Chem hybrid I’ve ever smoked has. The rush isn’t quite as intense as a lot of other Chems I’ve smoked, but it’s there. It also only lasts about fifteen minutes before I can settle in and really enjoy the high. Fifteen minutes isn’t bad; most Chems and hybrids I’ve smoked, the rush usually lasts about thirty minutes.
Your thread just came up with some recent posts this morning as I was browsing the growroom diaries, and figured I’d stop in. I’ve probably been to 17 other growroom threads this morning, though, nothing personal… I did at least remember your name from yesterday, short-term memory isn’t that bad. 
