Well, now. I had a sense from your post you might not be full of the proverbial. heheh. Thanks for sharing with us.
There is a Medical Club thread in case you are interested.
My personal interest in the subject comes from personal experience with some meds i was getting a few years ago from a dispensary. The herb in question was claimed to be Durban Poison but really looked like a hybrid or even a kush variant. That aside, the effect was night-and-day different(better) for my particular need-- i have an old tailbone injury and related nerve damage, several other heal problems, including PTSD. Somewhere i read that the Durban had become known as popular amongst both types/groups, and in this case I was a definite fan.
Step forward a bit, I drove for 6 hours to get a DurbanPoison clone from Sonoma Co., the flowers are an orangey rubbery phenotype, and it flowers true to the promised 11-12 weeks. Difficult for me having only a couple of years experience, but I’ve carried it a couple years and am retiring it. I did chuck some BOG SourLifeSaver pollen on a branch, so not a total waste.
That plant’s effect was distinct but similar to the dispensary stuff, mine being FAR more energetic with only very high amounts leading to any sleep(probably from all the yardwork-ha!).
After all this, and now this new to me Varin, I have to wonder if, for medical purposes, should breeding be a priority or maybe a parallel to combining the strains that stand out(i.e. Doug’s Varin), “blending” so to speak, to dial in a more targeted effect? It sounds like that may well be what you are doing.
It’s 1am, i’m baked, moved 2 yards of vermicompost in the dark, but thanks again for the info, & for joining us here on OverGrow.