The Strain Library – Clear, Detailed Summaries for Every Variety

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By: Purple Flamethrower / Dessert Delight™

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Why This Exists

Every strain has a story.
Some have pages and pages of history, with full threads documenting every grow, every update, and every little moment.

But other strains?
There’s almost nothing out there.
No descriptions. No smoke reports. Just a name floating around like a ghost.

That drives me crazy.
My brain feeds on strain knowledge.
When there’s no info, it feels like a legendary song that was never recorded — like something important is missing forever.

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The Problem With Only Having Full Threads

The full strain threads are amazing.
They’re like living diaries of each strain — deep dives where the whole journey is told.
But they can also be hard to navigate, especially for someone who just wants to know:
• What does this strain smell and taste like?
• How does it smoke and feel?
• What’s special about it?
• Why would I want to grow or hunt it?

Sometimes people don’t need the whole novel — they just need the back-cover description.

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The Solution: This Thread

This thread is for one-stop summaries of strains.
Each post gives you all the key details in one place, so anyone can pop in, read, and instantly understand what a strain brings to the table.

Here’s what each summary should include:
• Flavor & aroma – what it really smells and tastes like
• Effects & vibe – how it smokes and hits
• Growth notes – stretch, yield, quirks
• Why it’s unique – what makes it worth hunting or preserving
• Link to full thread – for anyone who wants the whole story

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How This Works With Full Threads
• Full strain threads = the whole journey.
Pictures, updates, breeding notes — everything over time.
They live on forever as complete archives.
• This thread = a quick reference guide.
It condenses that whole journey into a clean, detailed snapshot anyone can read at a glance.

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Why It Matters

Without this, good info gets buried.
Some strains vanish without ever being described properly,
and others get overlooked because nobody has the time to dig through pages and pages of posts.

This thread preserves the knowledge while also making it simple to access,
so the next generation knows exactly what these strains were about — even if the plants themselves are gone.

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The Point

This thread is here to fight confusion and loss.
It’s for people who care about documenting cannabis honestly and deeply,
and for anyone who hates seeing legendary strains disappear without a trace.

If you’ve got a strain you’ve run, whether it has a full thread or not:
• Write a clear, honest summary here.
• Make it detailed enough that someone reading it could almost smell and smoke it through your words.
• Link the full strain thread if there is one, so people can go deeper.

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So that’s what this thread is about.
It’s a bridge between the living, ever-growing strain threads and the strains that don’t have enough info yet.
A place to keep it simple, clean, and detailed so no strain ever gets lost in the noise.

If you’ve got knowledge, drop it here.
If you’re searching for a strain, check here first.
Let’s build this library together and keep the history alive. :seedling::fire:

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The amount of variety out there now is mind boggling. I wouldn’t know where to start

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Yet tho there’s only info about the main varieties well known :confused: it’s driven me crazy since an early teen tbh

Also I knew that this would be something that’s either gonna blow up or to be hesitant cuz there’s so much to document like where to start.

But it’s not to be looked at with hesitation, cuz it should flow naturally

And here’s how to start (& if no one does I’ll use it for myself)

I figure, with this thread, all someone has to do is summarize a strain to the best of their ability & can share the link this way with anyone they wanna tell the info to without repeating themselves for every person or showing a strain thread novel but summarized with all of the details. And it’s public this way. And can show unique variety and expressions that arnt all too typical for a painted picture of what’s out. Or what can be found in the gene pools of the world

(What I typically do is when i explain someone something I paint a really great picture to the best of my ability and I give screenshots to chat gpt to summarize it. That way ChatGPT has all the details and gets them right. Because it’s easier to tell someone something in a convo and screenshot that than telling ChatGPT streight up. Because there are human questions that you are answering there and direction, and that’s an easy way to do it, because explaining a strain to someone in depth is already doing it.)

I just feel like too many little things that matter are lost, and they’re only little cuz they’re lost but could be someone’s big variety of their lifetime , or could give someone an idea of what can be found or what’s out there. Or a good stoner story even.

The universe is a canvas and the more we paint the better we can see the big picture, this is all history and unique life.

And let’s be honest, if it’s worth documenting here than it’s gotta have some sorta weight or meaning, and you never know what can come out of strain trait knowledge preservation or what you could find if you dig in archives of knowledge of everything there’s info about . At the very least, I think of it like a dictionary in my head of strains and it’s a good way to stay updated

This is basically a tool thread so when you explain something you don’t have to rethink about all the details as time keeps slipping more details away. Instead it’s all right here but in a perfect summary with detail

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Seedfinder is a pretty good database for this already? At least for lineage

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I recommend starting with a strain or two yourself to get things started if you want it to gain traction.

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Grapefruit Cheese – “SMEGMA” Line

By Purple Flamethrower

This line came from bagseed found in some incredible grapefruit weed.
At first, the female plant smelled like pure grapefruit, sweet and citrusy from start to finish.
I thought it was a straight Grapefruit plant…
until harvest came and everything flipped overnight.

As the buds dried, the citrus completely vanished and turned into deep, funky Cheese,
with a smell like sweaty feet and gym socks.
That’s when I realized it wasn’t just Grapefruit —
it was likely a Grapefruit × Cheese cross,
with the Cheese side probably coming from a hermaphrodite female.
This explains why herms show up frequently in this line.

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Why We Call It SMEGMA

The smell is so strong and unique that we named it SMEGMA,
because that’s exactly what comes to mind when you smell it.
This isn’t a strain for the masses —
only a small, passionate crowd will ever truly appreciate this type of funky, foot-like terp.

By naming it honestly, it’s clear upfront what to expect:
a niche, specialty strain for people with a taste for rare, old-school funk.

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Effects & Smoke
• Flavor: Grapefruit on the inhale, funky Cheese on the exhale.
• High: Uplifting, happy, and giggly at first,
followed by a warm, relaxing body buzz.
• Smokes far better than it smells — I’ve burned through six joints in under 10 hours because of how smooth and addictive it is.

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Grow Notes
• Stretch: Aggressive, up to 2.5× after flip.
• Flowering time: 65–72 days.
• Yield: Heavy when topped and trained.
• Watch for herms: Very high risk

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Why It Matters

Even though it’s unpredictable and herm-prone, this line has one of the most unique terpene profiles I’ve ever seen.
It’s not meant to be a commercial hit —
it’s for the select few who love this nostalgic, funky style of weed.

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Is it the Grapefruit variety from BC Canada in the 90’s that’s supposedly the mother of Zkittlez or just a grapefruit smelling bud?

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I believe it’s down the line of the breeder Steve sweet pink grapefruit lineage from BC

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