Chocolope Kush - DNA Genetics

Smoke Report - Chocolope Kush from DNA Genetics, 4/1-10/23/14, Organic greenhouse grow
70% Sativa/ 30% Indica per seed company description.



Grow notes: More robust growth than I expected and just barely kept her off the roof. Weight of buds required a lot of work in late flowering to keep them up as they tried to fall over. I'm going to grade the overall quality of this grow at a A- due to premature yellowing in late flower. Easy plant to grow and train. AACT's applied every two weeks.

Yield: 26.1 Oz. or 740 grams, Personal Best, decent bud size and good density (pics are cola tops).

Jar Aroma: Herbal, semi-sweet, strong cantaloupe scent with hint of chocolate, true to name. Low kush aroma.

Smoke test: 1 toke taken in morning after two cups of coffee. Rated smoothness at 9 out of 10. Fresh tasting herbal with strong cantaloupe flavor on exhale and hint of chocolate on finish.

Peak Head Intensity: rated 7 or 8 out of 10.

Head Direction: Leans more toward confused, non-linear thinking, daydreaming, moderate euphoria. creative.

Peak Motivational Level: Not a great smoke for getting stuff done. Doesn't leave you on the couch, but does leave you a bit adrift.

Peak Body Intensity: rated 7 or 8 out of 10.

Body Direction: Very relaxed, very chill.

Overall Impression: rated 8 out of 10. I'm probably more interested in smoking this one for the aroma and taste than the high and I don't care for cantaloupe in general but this is very refreshing. Could be a wonderful after dinner smoke or pass out smoke. Not one I'd recommend for daytime unless it is the weekend or you truly don't give a shit about your job. High was very relaxed and left me feeling a little fuzzy in the head. A great feeling for watching football or late night tv. Unable to clock duration of high due to emergency nap - very poor sleep the night before due to late night hash making fun so not necessarily a reflection on the strain.



Unedited notes from testing:
9:17am - big toke
9:22 - pretty strong high coming on. Body relaxing, mind slowing/relaxing
9:28 - losing track of time and daydreaming, enjoying strong body buzz, very relaxing but still up - classic hybrid but would have guessed more indica than 30%, so prob an indica pheno.
9:33 - Earlier sample of this was no where this intense. Nice surprise.
9:36 - Not a functional high at the moment, not ready to work just now.
9:52 - Ability to focus is coming and going. Body feels great.
9:57 - Can't work, going for hike (pics from hike)

10:20 - back from hike, still stoned but will try to get some stuff done. Kush comes out in the high, not in the aroma or taste.
10:30 - emergency nap

another good review looks better than the green crack

What's your drying technique, temp/humi, etc? I also grow greenhouse style.

Hi easy, my dry technique mainly involves me checking conditions frequently because my conditions change. I pull fan leaves at harvest, hang, and then do final trimming of sugar leaves before jarring/curing. I work by myself so to extend my curing window I will do a little wet trimming on the first plants I take and I will leave more leaves on the last ones I harvest. This allows me to get started trimming earlier on the first and later on the last. I dry them on a line in my garage and this year I had a fairly constant 50% rh and did not need to do anything for humidity. Temps were around 60F when I started and down near 45F when I pulled the last off a few weeks later.

Early plants were on the dry line about 9 days and later ones 14 days. As the temps drop, I often have to put my plants on a line in the house overnight to get the sugar leaves crisp enough for trimming. Most of my buds went into jars and produced a jar rh of between 65-70% the first night. These then get pulled out and put in a cardboard box or paper bag for a few hours and then rejarred. When the sweating process is over and rh is at or below 65% they go into a daily burping routine for another week or two. Once the rh is below 60% I find they start to smoke okay, but get better when that drops a bit more. The buds I tested for this report were at 55% rh in the jar.

I'm using hygrometers this year for the first time. I can normally smell when buds are too wet and when they are done curing, but I've had some serious issues with my nose this year and can only smell things some of the time. So the hygrometers have been nice!