Origins and Backstory: Grown indoors by my friend @beneath_the_dirt, I gifted him these seeds after I acquired them from @freebornselections. The 707 Headband was used, in contrast to Loompa’s or the Underdawg OG. I believe Meangene used the SCDK to pollenate a variety of plants, and I have some of the other crosses of the Sky Cuddler Double Kush.
Appearance: The plants and flowers are reminiscent of Headband, clearly exhibiting many traits from their mother. However, the plants are more vigorous than Headband, higher yielding, and the buds are much beefier. No purple or blues arise even in cold temperatures, and these plants remain a strong healthy green with vibrantly-orange pistils all the way to harvest. As can be seen in the photos, there is no lacking of cola buds here! The plants grow large with massive, thick, and towering floral structures—potential home defense items in a pinch! Seriously though, the yields and structure are quite impressive. These plants offer robust frames that fill out with massive buds, relatively easy to trim.
Aroma: Again, resembling mostly Headband, these plants are stinky and skunky, with some sweetness. Skunk, gasoline, and sweet burning rubber are prevalent, but none jump to the fore of consciousness. The WD-40 and melon notes, characteristic of SCDK, are sadly missing. Rather than combining in a novel way, it seems that Headband aromas dominate the cross. I am not complaining about it, but nothing was really added to the Headband aroma via SCDK. To be very honest, it does not seem quite as profoundly heady as Headband either—some of the nuance and character is lost, and these just smell slightly more generic than the 707 Headband clone to me (although to be fair, it has been years since I have seen or smoked 707HB). This is classically dank weed, skunky, funky, burning rubber and nasty feet—but I was hoping for a bit more terp “pop” that I am accustomed to getting from Meangene.
Flavor: Following in the aroma’s footsteps, this is classic dank weed. The flavor is relatively intense, and the mouth is coated in that sweet skunky, gassy, burning rubber, acrid flavor that most smokers know well and associate with OGs or Headband. The burning rubber and a sense of asphalt or some kind of artificial, petroleum-based product is notable.
Effects: Similar to Headband, but somewhat reminiscent of GMO—odd, because this same grower had GMO and Donny Burger in his garden. The effects are indica-dominated, not quite as heady as headband, but more chill, relaxing, and “down.” This weed is for low-energy activities indoors, at least in my estimation. I imagine this could be quite effective for physical pain management, but is lacking some of the euphoria that I personally love to experience from ganja. Primarily, Headband x SCDK is sedating, numbing, sort of dumbing, anxiolytic, and relaxing. Great for a night in, but keeping on theme, missing some character.
Overall: Overall, this cross was really dominated by the Headband. Headband’s influence can be seen in the appearance and growth characteristics, and even more profoundly in the aroma and flavor. I love Headband, but it does seem like some of Headband’s finer points and subtleties are lost in this cross. The aroma is dank but not quite as enticing as pure Headband; I feel the same about the flavor and effects. All of it is good, and it’s not lacking in anything I can put my finger on, other than the unique, kind of mind-boggling factor that I so frequently experience with @Freebornselections seeds. If you are a commercial cultivator, these plants could be incredible for you. Due to the impressive structure and yields, these could also be a building block for a breeding program—a few off-the-beaten-path terps thrown in, maybe some color or some other factor, and all the sudden I think there could be something special produced from these. That said, I personally will be moving onto other terpene monsters from Meangene.