Strain Name: Pineapple Express

Genetics: Trainwreck x Maui Wowie

Source: Green Planet Patient Collective, Ann Arbor, MI http://www.GreenPlanetA2.org

Grade: A

Type: Indica dominant hybrid

Looks: Bright and dark green hues covered in dust

Photos: iPhone 4 with digital zoom

Smell: Pineapple Life Saver (yeah the light yellow one)

Taste: Pineapple inhale, bright kush-like exhale

Effects: Strong body with slightly impaired mental acuity

Potency: One of the best expressions of this popular strain

Good For: Pain relief, light physical activity, great for daydreaming and creating

Reviewed by: C UNIT

Strain Name: Blue Cheese

Genetics: Blueberry x Skunk #1

Source: Private caregiver, JLM Strawberry Diesel

Grade: A

Type: Indica hybrid

Looks: Like a the weed version of a Cheeto

Photos: iPhone 4 with digital zoom

Smell: Like slightly fruity Cheez-Wiz

Taste: Blueberry inhale, aged cheddar exhale; delicious

Effects: Strong body impact, painkilling yet able to maintain some mental acuity

Potency: One of the strongest Indica hybrids in my experience

Good For: Pain relief, low impact physical activity e.g. swimming, beano, darts

Reviewed by: C UNIT

Strain Name: Blue God

Genetics: Blueberry x God

Source: People’s Choice Alternative Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI http://www.peopleschoiceannarbor.com/

Grade: A

Type: Indica hybrid

Looks: Not sure why they call it “blue” when it looks more like “purps”; very sticky

Photos: iPhone 4 with digital zoom

Smell: MMMM…Purple with that kush-like finish

Taste: Straight up grape inhale, with a strong grape kush exhale

Effects: Strong body impact with mind-numbing potential

Potency: Another crushing Indica hybrid

Good For: Pain relief, sleeping

Reviewed by: C UNIT

Strain Name: Island Sweet Skunk

Grade: A+

Type: Sativa dominant hybrid.

Looks: Absolutely gorgeous! This plant produced long and dense spear shaped flowers glistening with resin. The buds are a patchwork of dark and light green, with hints of blue, purple, red, and orange.

Smell: While growing this plant had the most amazing scent of ripe pink grapefruit. After curing, the skunk heritage of this plant came out and became more pungent, and less fruity, but still a mouth watering scent nonetheless.

Taste: Exactly like pink grapefruit on the inhale, with a more earthy and skunky taste on the exhale.

Effects: Amazing! It hits me on the first exhale with a light and floaty feeling that sets in behind the eyes at first, and slowly works it’s way down my body. Appetite stimulation kicks in after about 10-15 minutes, followed shortly by some very nice analgesic effects. This is a great daytime smoke, as it keeps me energetic, while significantly reducing my stomach pain, and increasing my appetite. I find my ability to focus is greatly increased, and mundane tasks become much more enjoyable. No couchlock here whatsoever. Colors are more vibrant, music is enhanced, and I forget about any pain I was experiencing before I medicated. I also found this bud to be a very powerful sexual stimulant; increasing sensation, stamina, and libido quite dramatically. This is one amazing plant, and very powerful.

Potency: 10/10 Two small hits, and I was well medicated for three hours. Very easy to overdo this one, so be careful until you know how it effects you. The delicious taste and smell are just so enticing, you’ll want to keep going back for another hit.

Growers Notes: This plant produces thick and heavy colas, with incredible resin production, and an absolutely amazing grapefruit scent that sets in early in flowering. The sativa genes in this plant give her a tendency to stretch quite a lot after flipping to 12-12, so if height is a concern, you’ll want to shorten the time you veg this one to keep your canopy at a manageable height. She produces very well, and takes full strength nutrients like a champ, but absolutely thrives on an organic feeding program that will allow her taste and scent to really shine through. Out of a pack of 10 seeds (Next Generation Seeds – Canada) I pulled 80% females that were all very consistent in their growth structure. Good stable genes at work here.

Reviewed by: Buggins

Good Strain For: Nausea, appetite stimulation, focus, ADHD, daytime pain relief, sex enhancement

Strain Name: Double Dutch

Genetics: Chronic x Warlock

Grade: A

Type: 60/40 Indica dominant hybrid

Looks: Big, pale green flowers with some orange hairs and coated in crystals. Fairly dense and extremely sticky.

Smell: Very mild fruit smell. A little bit of flowery perfume.

Taste: Very tasty smoke; mild yet expansive. There’s an undeniable dankness way down there, but it’s overpowered by a very fruity taste. A little tingle on the exhale.

Effects: Almost perfect blend of sativa and indica effects. Starts heady and euphoric, and melts into a lazy body high without sleepiness. Potent enough for patients with high tolerances as a daytime medicine.

Potency: High

Reviewed by: brokensun

Good Strain For: Stress relief. ADD. Chronic pain.

Strain Name: Golden Jamaican Kush

Grade: A+

Type: A mix of Jamaican Gold & Blueberry Kush. An Indica I believe.

Looks: Golden, with golden strains, some crystals surround it, and inner purple layers.

Smell: Funky, some minor spice, and a fruity scent, but also includes that strong kush smell.

Taste: At first you taste kush, but as it progresses the aftertaste includes that delicious blueberry taste.

Effects: A good 2-3 hits will give you that “easy & smooth” feeling. A great 5 hits will make your eyes heavy and the relaxation process will begin. You may feel sleepy along the hours, but the Golden side will keep you up, making this kush and excellent adventure. TV is more appealing, creativity runs wild, and music never sounded better. A great hit.

Potency: Very Strong, amateurs be careful.

Reviewed by: HighCrow

Good Strain For: Helps you Relax, and creativity becomes ordinary, but also helps: Insomnia, muscle pain, appetite, and euphoria. Results may vary.

Strain Name: Romulan

Grade: A++

Type: 100% Indica

Looks: Thick heavy buds, generously coated in resin. Light green with lots of orange hairs. While growing this was a gorgeous plant. Very high calyx to leaf ratio with four massive main colas. Red petioles and classic dark green wide fingered indica leaves.

Smell: The best way I can describe it is like lemon incense. Very spicy and fruity, with a peppery finish.

Taste: Lemony on the inhale, spicy and hashy on the exhale.

Effects: This shit will melt your face! There is a reason this strain is legendary here in Canada (and all over the world). This is the most potent and powerful indica I have ever smoked. Two hits is plenty, three hits and I’m gone. The effects are very much body-centric, and quite creeper. You feel nothing for the first 10 minutes, and then it feels like your face is expanding and your entire head starts to pulsate. It’s a very unique, and really cool feeling that I have never felt in any other strain. The head effects melt into a full body narcotic stone, that usually puts me to sleep after about an hour and a half. If I manage to stay awake, it gives me major appetite stimulation. This is EXCELLENT for any gastrointestinal issues.

Potency: Very, very potent. Be careful with this one, it can be a total day-wrecker. Total narcotic stone.

Grower’s Notes: This is a legendary strain here in western Canada, and for good reason. Not only is it powerful, but it’s very easy to grow, it stays quite squat, but very bushy. Yield is excellent, and trimming is a breeze. Top it once, and you’ll get anywhere from four to six main colas that swell right until the end. Very fruity and spicy smelling. Can’t say enough good things about this one. If you’re lucky enough to come across a sample, pick it up. If you are a grower, grab your seeds from Next Generation Seeds from Canada. 100% germination, 90% females, extremely uniform growth in all plants. Very stable. I was very happy with these seeds.

Reviewed by: Buggins

Good Strain For: Pain, headaches, migraines, appetite stimulation, insomnia, muscle relaxant.

Strain Name: White Russian

Genetics: AK47 x White Widow

Grade: A

Type: Mostly sativa hybrid.

Looks: Very dense dark green buds with dark orange hairs. Some purple hues sprinkled throughout, and absolutely coated with resin.

Smell: Straight up cheeze-whiz. While growing it smelled a lot more fruity, but after a month of curing, it morphed into this absolutely rank cheese and skunk smell. Take one whiff, and you know this bud means business.

Taste: Inhale tastes cheesy and spicey, exhale is very earthy and hashy.

Effects: The first time I smoked this, it scared the hell outta me. Felt totally removed from my body, almost like a half-way OBE. This mellowed out after about an hour, and was much more pleasant. Very cerebral and spacey – DO NOT drive on this one, you will run red lights (though I hope you don’t ever drive after smoking bud – take care out there folks). Pretty good appetite stimulation, and worked really well for my stomach pain. Not sleepy at all, so don’t use it late at night as it will probably keep you up. Made music EXCELLENT!

Potency: Scary powerful.

Grower’s Notes: This one yielded more than anything else in my garden. The buds were heavy and the stems kind of weak, so tying the colas up was a must. I had buds bending the branches over after only 5 weeks. Although this is sativa dominant, the plant grew very much like an indica, with rather wide leaves, and extensive branching out. The sativa showed it’s traits in a fairly lengthy stretch during the first few weeks of flowering. Easy to grow, and was very nutrient tolerant. Took doses that would burn anything else in my garden like a champ. Plant was nearly all bud, so trimming was a breeze. This was an amazing plant to grow. Seeds were from Joey Weed. Germinated 10 out of 10, with 100% females, and very little variation throughout.

Reviewed by: Buggins

Good Strain For: Daytime pain management and appetite stimulation. Quite stimulating, so not so great for sleep, but certainly helps you relax and mellow out. Probably would be a good one for depression, as it really made me happy.

Strain Name: G-13

Grade: A

Type: Indica

Looks: Many different shades of green, but mostly a light sage color with lots of orange hairs. Rock-like density.

Smell: Mandarin oranges.

Taste: Sweet, smooth smoke.

Effects: Secretly developed by the U.S. government from seeds obtained in the Roswell UFO crash with a lab-tested 37% THC content…or something like that, according to urban legend. Actually, this is some kind of potent Afghan indica that has both strong mind and body effects. Relaxing and uplifting at the same time. Definitely a high caliber strain, but probably not quite up to the hype.

Potency: High

Reviewed by: brokensun

Good Strain For: Stress and anxiety. ADD. Chronic Pain.