Hi all,
I thought i would start a thread specifically to appreciate all the hard work our California clone providers have put in. Specifically, id like to highlight Purple City Genetics for consistently providing quality genetics at a fair price to anyone in California with a pulse and $20. That’s amazing. Im going through and packing up my things. I wont be in a position to grow for a year or so which is a huge bummer. Im packing everything up to put into storage and realizing that PCG has provided me a ton of great memories over the last three years.
Most of these tags were from this season. I believe these are all still wildly distributed so you shouldn’t have too much trouble sourcing them if youre inclined. From the ones of this season the highlights were
Bob Hope – fantastic daytime high. Super fruity
Pineapple Breeze – wtf is this? The oddest sour pheno ever. Velvety buds. Grows like a runt but is worth it
Moroccan Peaches – garlicy peaches. Looked like shit in the bag but amazing terps and yielded well. Supposed to wash well but havnt tried
Blue Limonene – kinda sucks until after a long cure. Turned into the gem of the rough. Crazy terps and compact bud structure
Of their tried and true cuts you should try
Grandiguava – sold as “ better yielding gelato”, true to sales pitch
Gushmints – yields insane. Decent terps
Slurty3 – better bag appeal than gm, lovely colors.
oh nice! ya both those cuts are well proven. slurty is absurdly pretty. in person she is even more beautiful than photos capture. both on the plant and in the bag. i wish i had more / better photos but here is at least one. If you see it dont sleep on the Bob Hope cut. Its the standout of there 2023 line for sure.
They’re only at dispensaries. I saw them at a seed bank but I think that was a scam. It says on their website that you can buy directly with 200+ clone orders. You’d think they’d at least have a store/delivery service in Oakland if they’re everything they say they are on their website. I havent tried them yet but looks like theres nothing on weed maps right now. I remember there were seeds and clones some months ago.
ya the clone drop game in CA is ridiculous. You have to keep monitoring their Twitter account in hopes to see a post about your local dispensary, then you have to pretty much immediately drive down and buy them because they sell out in 2-3 days for sure. My local dispensary doesn’t even both adding them to their active stock anymore which… is frustrating. Seems like they drop ~50 cuts per store which is enough to sell out in 2-3 days. That’s how they avoid PM for the most part since its so quick and there are large gaps between drops. That’s legit my only gripe about PCG.
The legal cannabis framework in California is too complicated. The license that PCG has is of type where theyre not allowed to sell cuts directly to the public outside of large events like the cannabis cup. Even if you try to source the cuts directly, they’ll likely refer you to a licensed nursery that they work with if youre counts aren’t high enough.
They mostly sell clones but they do sell seeds. They also sell field test kits for hlvd which are super popular with commercial outdoor growers that just want to periodically monitor their fields.
Got a PCG Bob hope cut, was really excited about it, but right now it’s growing with 3 point chicken feet style leaves, looking mutated but it’s otherwise healthy, you happen to have pictures of your grow of it? much appreciated.
i dont have any pictures of her in veg on hand but she is an odd looking plant for sure. in veg she grew much like a bushy hazy thing, lots of internodes without a whole lot of organized structure. i used to grow alot of their double dream. she kinda does the same thing, i wonder if its a hazy sativa trait (not sure).
the good news is her bud is world class. think of it as a super tropical fruity blue dream. similar high, but much less of that chaparral woodsey taste. not fantastic on bag appeal and a bitch to trim. its a connoisseur cut in the sense that its absolutely fantastic to smoke but not really commerciable. i hope PCG keeps it around as head stash bud. my buddies who run commercial hoop houses ran it last season then switched back to double dream.
Been growing lots of the offerings from the EU branch of PCG. They only sell seeds and make their own strains from PCG cuts and others. Will see if I find some pics I can post. Watermelon Cooks (PCG Cookies * Watermelon Zkittlez), Torronja ((Grapefruit chem * THC Bomb)* Governmint Oasis) , Wakanda * Strawnana and Purple #40 (GMO * Purple Punch) (GMO leaning pheno) has been the favourites of the 15 PCG strains I’ve grown over the last couple of years.
Got a couple of Morrochoan Peaches crosses, S1s of the same, two governmint oasis crosses and Oakland Piff* THC Bomb on its way in the mail.
It seeds and not clones and from Purple City Genentics.eu, but I can put up some pics when it gets interesting if there is any interest
@Sincitytoker GG is legit af. its a nice modern cookies, report back on the Papaya bomb, the photos ive seen of her are immaculate.
@CocoaCoir hilarious description. i got garlicy notes from Moroccan Peaches, i really liked smoking her for like a month but i hit a wall where she got kinda funky. wouldnt say wet hay but i see your angle. i would describe her as “vegetal”
oh fuck ya! ive had my eye on the papaya bomb for a solid minute but they keep skipping my dispensary when they drop her. i saw her used in a bunch of crosses, she must be fairly decent. I grew her sister, Molotov cocktail, for a few rounds. im curious about the terps. MC has this strong bubblegum terp thing going on that is nice but not 10/10. PB is supposed to run longer but have substantially better terps so im excited to see how it works out for ya.
the grandiguava is a socal staple. everybody that was running gelato type candy cuts suddenly switched to GG since she yielded better and had super similar terps. i prefer her to runtz for sure. give her the full 10 and keep an eye for some slightly purple blushing. she is lime green until the last second.
Papapaya bomb is part of PCG’S (EL KREM Collection)
Hi terps high thc
It’s the the strains they exclusively run for Rosins,and other type of extracts they produce.
I’m really excited to run some rosin off of the papaya bomb when ready.
And smoke also.
But the el krem collection really has can’t eye.
@Emeraldgreen ive gotta log in more often, are you saying you have that cut? hilarious. ya ive been looking for her, not too hard to be honest. she does have my interest though. PCG did a sweep with the thc bomb mother hunting for quick turn around high thc commercial cuts. the papaya and grapefruit crosses are harder to find than the molotov cocktail version (the one i have). im super interested in seeing @Sincitytoker grow is out along side, my buddy who runs hoop houses seemed to think she was pretty killer. grandiguava is overall better smokable bud but she doesnt press all that well, which papaya bomb does for sure.
really im looking for legit OG cuts. specifically ghost, sfv or tahoe. Ive sourced the oaksterdam cut but havnt had a chance to flower her yet. still working on redoing the house. i still owe you the bob hope cut, maybe once my house is fixed up we could arrange a trade.
