[Red Bear]

Local marijuana strain takes top honors at Cannabis Crown

Local dispensary’s ‘Kandy Kush’ earns top honors in Aspen

Found this...

https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/2...rs-cannabis-c/


Awesome!

[pnch3737]

lol i smoked a bowl of kandy kush yesterday as my 420 bowl, this strain is amazing

huffington post has an article on the cup, they talk about candy kush quite a bit in it.

[Tripsick]

im chopping down some KandyKush now..
mine smells like rotting fruit maybe bananas

Does anyone know the seed stock of the Kandy cut?

[Goba]

The only Kandy Kush in seed that I have heard of is DNA Genetics.

[warrenedson]

How do you guys know a strain is really that strain?
Do you think the growth of labs and testing will allow more accurate strain tracking/naming?
Do you think, for medicinal purposes, it is less about strains and more about indica/sativa and the thc/cdb stuff?

[veta]

hey warren,

I can say yes to both. We are launching DNA profiling of strains via RFLP and STS mapping before the end of summer. The methods are in place, we just need to get them working on a high through put scale. Both will allow clone tracking, IE what is this clone called by other people, and who is using identical gentics. The second will also allow a degree of lineage tracking, allowing for us to know the true diversity that exists in the field. Early research suggests that the bulk of current medicinal strains are all derived from a very small set of strain developed in the the late 70's/early 80's.

Its more than just the cannabinoids, there is emerging evidence that the flavoinoids and terpenoids in the plant also effect the medicinal properties. As the dawn of sciences true participation in cannabis approaches, older terms like indica/sativa % will fall by the way side.

The only way to correctly track strains is through DNA barcoding, Veta what methods would you be using to track genetics, variance, drift, etc...

[.♠.]

Isn't the Kandy Kush a 4-way cross?

That isn't a strain, its a poly-hybrid. If you are able to track down seed you will have to sift through a ton to find the same expressions as in the "Kandy Kush" cut.