🧬 Lineage: Cosmic Queen × Star Lotus (F1 cross)- Star Lotus is an auto conversion of Bodhi’s Snow Lotus
🌿Grow basics:
🪴Medium: 1 gallon 70/30 coco perlite in fabric pot 💦Nutrients/watering: GH Flora Trio and Cal-mag with Autopot 📅Days to harvest: 78 🌳Canopy: Very even, little in the way of apical dominance. Branch support would be helpful. ⚖️ dry yield: 81 grams (roughly 3 ounces)
🪻Bud structure: A slight bit on the wispy side of the spectrum. Though the top buds are still full-bodied and dense enough to resist a good finger squish. I actually prefer this bud structure, making it easy to break up small amounts of flower by hand. Moderate trichome coverage and foliage on the colas.
👃Nose/taste: A jar crack initially greets the nostrils the with the same aroma a long shelved, leather-bound book does- woody and musky. It’s like an olfactory patina. That eventually gives a way to a cologne note of citrus and menthol, coming to completion with an acrid burnt rubber finale. The citrus cologne notes really pop up in a sweet way during the exhale.
🧠 Effects: The high is very multifaceted and incredibly potent. In an interesting juxtaposition, my mind is alert, but my thoughts are blunted in a dreamy, nearing tantric state. This isn’t a functional experience, so don’t hit it before dropping by the DMV. But it’s a beautiful one, expansive and serene. The legs are quite long, lasting several hours even through DHV consumption. No body stone, light-footed feeling.
✨Highlights/verdict: I found Rinse’s Reserve looking for something outside the box. That sentiment is well captured in the unique scents and effect profile. I would peg this as a great midday weekend strain, where it’s time to shake off the rust of the 9-5 in a creative or recreational pursuit.
Lineage: Wizard’s Apprentice x Granite Haze
🌳Grow Basics: Grown in 1 gallon of coco/perlite on AutoPot Tray2Grow fed GH Flora Trio nutes from day 1. 24/0 lighting. Not sure on the exact days to harvest, but wasn’t an outlier from the typical 12 week auto flower life-cycle. No major nutrient sensitivities, easy going grow overall.
🪻Bud Structure: The most striking detail was the splashes of purple coloration throughout the colas. Good trichome coverage. Average to above average bud density. Easy trim job despite having a decent amount of foliage.
👃Nose/Taste: Very complex and interesting palate overall going into the cure. Jar cracks emit an immediate cool rush of sweet wintergreen/menthol into the nostrils. The body of the nose of more of a dark chocolate note.
🧠Effects: I would peg this a balanced hybrid. I’ve never had WA on its own, but I have consumed my fair share of GH. It shares the bubbly and euphoric profile I remember distinctly from GH. However, I actually prefer this cross to its parent. Shortly after consumption, there’s a deeply relaxing wave of catharsis that comes over me. But it’s simultaneously still a bit alert and lacks any kind of couch-lock. It makes for the perfect unwinding afternoon to early evening smoke.
✨Highlights/Verdict: A really satisfactory reiteration of Granite Haze, layering in a soothing touch to the already gentle sativa hybrid. The terps are top notch and multi/dimensional. A great recreational strain, offering a similar relief to a cold one on a Friday happy hour (without the bloat and hangover to boot).