Origins and Backstory: This cross has quite the pedigree, and is an impressive collaborative effort of many of my favorite breeders. These plants have been influenced by countless middle eastern farmers, Bodhi Seeds, Strayfox Gardenz, Freeborn Selections, NdNGuy (from forums if you go deep), and now myself. The full lineage goes as follows:
(Iraqi Ranya x (1988 G13 x Hashplant)) x (((OG S1) x Jaro) F2)
Iraqi x 88G13HP has also been referred to as Deep Line Alchemy #6 or DLA6 as well as Persian Delight. I grew these plants in the Colorado sun and soil, but did amend the earth with compost King Stropharia mycelium. I made a number of personal selections to create this strain, and it is really satisfying to start to see my breeding work build on itself.

Appearance: These plants grew fairly stout, but sent out the occasional cola like in the above-picture. They were somewhat typical indica-like plants, but the leaves were not as broad and chubby as one might expect. The buds were actually a bit on the leafy side, and trimming was mildly annoying. the buds have excellent trichome coverage and a moderately diverse palate of greens, but doesn’t extend too far beyond that. They buds themselves are structured like the plants; they are more round, short, dense, and full than they are elongated or spear-like. For the most part, finished flower looks like somewhat classical greenbud. There is a hint of OG structure to them.

Aroma: These are some of the best-smelling plants of my 2019 outdoor season. The females are fairly diverse, but the phenotypes definitely display a lot of the Persian Delight mom. There are many dough-like confectionery and bakery aromas, reminding me of fermenting sourdough, powdered sugar, funnel cake, caramel, pita bread, and scones. There is a chocolate-chip aroma as well, and on top of it all is a dank, super-skunky aroma that is classically-dank cannabis turned up to 10. This is creamy-smelling weed, with notes that remind me both of sour cream/dairy/lactobacillus, as well as sharper and more artificial notes like barbasol and shaving cream. I can detect dove soap, shaving cream, sunscreen, tea tree oil, hairspray, and silly string. The intensely-dank, earthy, barbasol phenotypes are my favorite. It is that super skunky, soapy, extremely “dank” aroma. Some plants lean more OG, with sour musky tones coming through with some gasoline. One of the phenotypes has heavy coffee aromas with mild hints of leather, cologne, and men’s locker room that brings Bubba Kush to mind. There is a really deep pool of individual notes to pull from here, but I honestly think I could probably tell that this is deep, dark, dank indica just from the aroma alone. I was surprised by the diversity of phenotypes, but they are all enjoyable.

As an added note, I need to mention that I previously thought these flowers were Sky Cuddler Double Kush. They are not. I had prevoiusly reviewed the SCDK as having barbasol and shaving cream aromas, but it has become clear that those flowers were the Persian Delight x OGOGJaro F2.

Flavor: The flavor of this flower rubs me just the right way, and I occasionally smoke this flower for the flavor sensation alone. It is simply incredible, and coats the mouth completely. Just like the aroma, there are a diversity of flavors depending on the phenotype. My favorite flavor was by far the bubba-esque phenotype. The flavor is nothing new; but it is the most intensely earthy, kush, cologne/leather/coffee/suede flavor that leaves a sensation on the palate for an extended period. The more fuel-like flavors tasted more like a typical OG or Diesel plant, and were enjoyable but nothing like the earthy plant. The doughy phenotypes actually tasted better than the more aromatic OG plants, with more of the stranger, more subtle middle eastern Kush coming through. This is definitely a high point, and I frequently get into trouble smoking too much of this weed for the flavor alone.

Effects: This is some incredibly narcotic stuff, and will almost immediately start nudging me (or perhaps more accurately, shoving me) toward sleep. I frequently get the nods after, or even during my sessions with this herb. It is felt heavily in the body with a strong tendency for couchlock and sleep. You feel that you could move, but why would you ever want to? On more than one occasion, I have awoken to a half-smoked bowl, and will reluctantly move into bed (I usually wake up 9 hours later)—I always finish bowls. This is really strong smoke, great for insomnia, and also with a great pain-killing ability. The analgesic effects come coupled with the narcotic nature of this strain, and I imagine it is really not far from opiates. This is the stuff for putting elephants down.

Overall: While I’m sure I am biased (as I did “breed” this one myself), I am really impressed by these plants. They seem to be an overall complete package, my only real complaint being that a majority of the phenotypes were on the leafy side. The aromas of all the plants were unusual, nuanced, and complex with notes from all my favorite “tones” of cannabis. My favorites were on the louder and funkier side, and the flavors of the smoke are REALLY some of my favorites! This is super-narcotic mouth-coating Kush weed that is great for all kinds of pain killing, sedation, and winter nights in. This is a great one to enjoy by the fireside! It was also pretty easy to grow, vigorous, with great resin content. I really think it would be worth it to grow out a high number of these to select for an F2 genetic line or two, and look forward to doing so someday. These are an indica-lover’s delight that could replace some of the elite Kushes I’ve smoked, and will be a nostalgic smoke for Hindu and Afghani lovers.