The author refers to this plant as the Nickelodeon sLime phenoype, if any readers can recall the slime used on Nickelodeon channel shows.
Origins and Backstory: @meangenefrommendocino goes into great detail on the background of both of the parent plants on his appearances on the Potcast, and I recommend listening to them. The Hindu, or Hindu Kush used, was selected from a breeding pool of kush genetics that allegedly pre-date the SoCal Master Kush, Bubba Kushes, and other similar-typed plants such as LA Pure Kush. It is likely that these famous Kushes are even descendants of the Hindu gene pool. This gene pool may have originated from Dutch Seed banks early on in their tenure, having been collected from the expansive and rugged Hindu Kush mountain ranges, where cannabis cultivation has long held a foothold. A significant number of these plants were grown, and a favorite was selected before being reversed to create feminized seeds. Many females were recipients of this pollen, and the seeds can be found for sale online.
Lime “L” is a specific plant selected by Meangene from his Lime gene pool out of 100 plants for the most intense aromas of chemicals and lime. I have many other grows involving Meangene’s lime line (Black Lime, Limepop Kush, ‘87 Limepop, Cherry Lime, Limepop Kush x Sky Jaro, the list goes on), and it is an incredibly unique line of outstanding quality and relative consistency. When I heard that this clone was selected by the wizard himself out of 100 of these stellar plants, I knew it had to be special and was surprised that I hadn’t heard about more people growing these.
In any case, the promise of Chemical Lime & Master Kush-like genes is enticing enough to me, and I popped a few of these seeds after trading for them with members of Meangene’s discord. I grew two plants indoors under LED lights.
Morphology: The structure of the plants, as well as flowers, is deeply influenced by the Hindu. These plants grow stout, relatively low to the ground, with significant branching. They do not require much support if any, depending on growing style. Leaves are very broad and classic indica-looking, making for impressive, dark green fan leaves. The plants are easy to grow and produce lime-green, dense flowers that are extremely resinous, and deeply reminiscent of Master or Bubba Kush flowers. The plants themselves can exhibit some purple coloring, but the flowers stayed green for me. Highly resinous, golf-ball kush nugs look great in a bag, but these buds actually break up and handle better than classic kush buds. These flowers are also stickier than classic kushes.
Aroma: As advertised, flowers exhibit an intensely limey, chemical-laden, skunky-vomit character that does not lose out on the hashy-incensey-acridity representative of the Hindu gene pool. The smell is complex and layered, and indeed like a “Master Kush with twist of lime & janitor” product. The lime is more like pez or soda in one plant while it is not at all sweet in the other; it is more of a rindy tone, and equally shares space with elements of urinal cakes and lysol/surface cleaner, as well as substantial tones of cheap plastic that reminds one of a Happy Kids meal toy from the ‘90s. These plants are also skunky and classically dank, with aromas in flower of cocoa, vanilla, cacao, and dusty carpet. This weed is really exceptional both when it grows and when it’s in the jar, and is a specimen representative of both Meangene’s lime pool and the more classic Kushes (which stem from the Hindu) like Master and Bubba—which are generally restricted to those with access to the clones, and I personally struggled to have said access for years.
Flavor: This is the highest peak of this weed, for me personally, and is really a work of art. I definitely did prefer one phenotype over the other (I loved the Nickelodeon plant), but they’re both phenomenal and have a lot of overlap. I personally found I got a lot more flavor from a vaporizer, but joints are certainly enjoyable here too. When vaporized, the lime character almost saturates one’s palate on hit one. Subsequent pulls reveal urinal cakes, surface cleaner, and intensely dry, hashy-kushy flavors that resemble Master Kush (a lot more than Bubba). There are notes that are soft and spicy like dried kief or traditionally pressed hashish, as well as vanilla and old rug. Occasionally, I would experience a more exotic fruit flavor akin to the fruit loops in PK, but it was subtle compared to the lime and urinal-cake-plastic-cleaner quality. My favorite feature of this weed is how long the flavor lingers on my palate. For up to an hour (!!) afterward, I can taste skunky-dank-hashy-lime on my palate, beckoning to me to have a little more. The flavor is really addictive, and makes it incredibly easy to just smoke one more.
Effects: This weed is never overwhelming, while also not necessarily lacking in potency. It is relaxing, mellow, anti-anxiety, and feel-good. It is more euphoric than some of the classic kushes and certainly more cerebral, and does not seem to produce the same intensity of bodily effect as the kushes. I get a brief almost tobbaco-like head rush not unlike OG with one plant, while another (the more lime-pez smelling plant) is more narcotic overall. The rush is short-lived and quickly followed up by the more mellow feeling described above, typically associated with the Hindu type plant. That effect alone makes for an incredibly addictive experience, and it’s SO easy for me to chain smoke this flower to keep the little rushes coming without ever feeling overwhelmed. It’s a great effect, but I also appreciate having some OG on my shelf that can hit me at the end of the day when my tolerance has built up to the Lime L x Hindu rush. This is an excellent daily driver, and I can smoke it in the mornings without being burnt out while still having it hit hard enough in the afternoon.
Overall: It’s hard for me to believe this cross hasn’t become more popular. It’s incredibly addictive smoke for me, and it’s one of the very few weeds I can enjoy literally all day long. It isn’t too heavy for the morning, but isn’t underwhelming or too light later in the day. If I smoke it all day, I just like to have something potent like an OG before bed. The plants are so easy to grow that I was caught off guard by the quality of the flower. The smells are very representative of Meangene’s Lime lines, without sacrificing ANYTHING of the Hindu. The aroma translates to flavor in an exceptional way, and the phrase that has come to my mind when thinking of how to describe it is that it’s sopping in lime. It’s as if classic Kush buds have been dipped in a chemical lime solution prior to smoking, it’s that awesome.
This weed would have been the newest, hottest, reputed clone-only if it was around 20 years ago, and everyone would be talking about it nonstop. The cannabis genetic market is quite fractionated now, and I don’t think word travels as fast to the whole “community.” You can say you heard it here first: Meangene manages to capture all of the nuance and everything we love in the classic Kushes by using his reversed Hindu female, and has made a diverse selection of F1s with this pollen. I love the direction the Lime L took the cross, and am personally eager to explore more of the Hindu crossed with other Freeborn icons.
I will say all of this with the slightest caveat, that I don’t think this weed necessarily will replace Master Kush, Bubba, or some of the other classics (I don’t think that was the breeder’s intention—just mentioning it for the reader’s sake of comparison). The effect of those plants for me personally is very body-oriented and medicinal in ways that is rare to find elsewhere, and the Lime L x Hindu doesn’t quite have the same intensity. This is great for day-smoking and mild aches/pains, but less ideal if you need flowers for serious pain relief or when sleep is needed. I have personally found that rotating this Lime L x Hindu with LAPK and Master Kush through my days is incredibly effective for pain management and sleep without allowing a tolerance to build up to any one plant.
If you enjoy Master Kush or the classic kushes, and love or are curious about Freeborn’s Lime lines, you cannot pass this incredible weed up, and I hope to keep it on my shelf permanently.