This plant is a superb highlight of our garden. Although it did not get very big, it has features that are incomparable. The strain is called Blue City Diesel, but it is far from blue, in fact it is almost the exact opposite of blue, the pistils actually turned PINK!!
How much a cannabis plant develops its flowers in such a short time of 20 days is quite amazing. We have grown Blue City Deisel in the past, however we never achieved results that rendered pink hairs (pistils) like this. Previously the plants would grow fairly big, and produce fat flowers that yield high, similar to our Monsterberry strain, but with greater potency and flavor. When smoked, the buds would have an apparently indica-dominant, heavy, cheese flavor. Although based on how different this new first gen plant smells, I doubt they will come with a cheesy flavor this time.
The Blue City Diesel plants we have grown in previous years used to have a strong smell to them that always conjured a powerful force of nostalgia for me. It reminded me of the comic book stores I used to visit in the early 90s when I was a kid. That exact smell was in those little stores when I use to buy all my Spiderman and other marvel comics, and Magic the Gathering and Star Wars cards from them. Thinking back on this now makes me wonder if the owners of those stores were smoking on some good BCD in the break-room sometimes. It would make a lot of sense if they were.
I had trouble finding information on when this strain was actually created, but I was able to find that is was developed by a company called Breeder's Choice, according to leafly.com (1).
(same plant as in above photos)
Blue City Diesel (aka Blue Diesel) is an indica dominant hybrid spawned from crossing New York City Diesel strain (sativa dominant) with Blueberry strain (indica dominant). It treats a multitude of medical conditions including anxiety, PTSD, chronic pain, and depression. There is also someone claiming that these genetics were developed by Jordan of the Islands as well (2).
Here is what Leafly has to say about it..
"Blue City Diesel falls on the slightly indica side (I would say moderately indica side) with a pleasant, moderate to long-lasting body buzz. Thanks to its Blueberry genetics, this flower emanates a light berry aroma that is smooth, expansive, and fast-acting. This strain is optimal for daytime and comes with little to no fatigue or increased appetite, making it a desirable option for medical marijuana patients (1)"
My Personal Analysis:
As for the flavor and effects I have experienced with this strain personally, I can only speak on the BCD plants we have grown in the past, and not the currently pink one that we are growing now. I believe the difference in appearance, smell, and growth between them is due to us growing 4th & 5th generation clones in previous seasons, where as this one is a first gen. clone, acquired from a different geneticist (breeder).
Aside from the heavy cheese flavor, and the feelings of nostalgia I would get when smelling/tasting it, I also noticed that this particular indica dominant hybrid does not give you serious couch lock. Instead, its sativa elements still left in the genetic code provides me with inspiration for creativity, and serves well as a cannabis for composition. If you happen to be an artist or musician of some kind, I would highly recommend trying this strain before composing a new work.
The indica effects were strong enough to give me a nice body high, but not so strong that it would distort my thoughts or willingness to take on tasks. This strain is a very nice compliment from both the sativa and indica worlds of cannabis (well balanced), and was previously my favorite strain in the garden, until we lost the genetics (and obviously found new ones this season), and started growing Chinook Haze, which is my new favorite (or at least my favorite sativa, I call it a super sativa). Consuming *Chinook Haze * & BCD together is a powerful creative process feature to add to your existing model.
I hope you all have learned a few things about the Blue City Diesel strain and cannabis today, and enjoyed these spectacular original photos of our pink, Blue Diesel!
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And some really good genetics. Mold and mildew resistant. Had a friend grow 30 plants and 29 were covered in mold so you couldn't tell. There was one Blue City Diesel and it only had 10% mold loss surrounded by the 29 other total lost plants.
I'm always impressed by this strain and is one of my favorites.
Wow I had no clue about its mold-resistance. We experienced some loss with BCD's in the past, but not as much as other strains we had with comparable girths like Monsterberry. Awesome comment, great addition to this article, thank you!
Of course and this is an ideal strain to grow in our wet climate. The other one is recommend is Mango from kc brains.
How can I get it?
Come visit Portland Oregon!
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I'm here in Eugene, and my plants are smaller here this year. many of my friends are experiencing same thing, maybe magnetics or smoke or weird temps not sure. It rained a bit the other night and then I came out to them yellowing, thought rain water was neutral ph? ... Stoked I came across your blog, perhaps I'll share some of my grow stories this season! Thanks for info!
This is the time they start pulling nutrients back into the buds from the leaves. That's normal the water leaves will fall off and your buds will grow. It's normal fall behavior. And the smoke is definitely a trigger for them to try to finish early.
Thanks, yeah, I gave em some worm castings and a crazy brew of aloe comfrey, bone meal etc.. seemed to love it last night...this is from a couple days ago, I think they are gonna go till end October at this rate. I kinda messed up this season by feeding with a high phosphorous guano early on instead of high nitrogen, put some langebelite to bring it back into balance seem to bounce back but now my ph meter just broke...always some fun challenge outdoors! I had been spraying every three days with dr. bronner's and a bit of clove oil, saw spider mites several weeks ago trying to move in, seemed to crush those, they don't like water so I mist plants every 4 days or so, they love it, if there is a breeze and such...
Well... A blower with some Diatomatious earth is a great way to knock down the population. Wind and rain... So a shower the is high-performance without blowing the leaves off... All the Diatomatious earth is chelated micronutrients and great for the plant. Or just the blower... I used to be blowing off the plants with compressed air too. The Diatomatious earth on the top of the soil will shred them. Also have tanglefoot barrier? It's like bubblegum. And LA Brea tapirs to spider mites. Blow them off then let them run across the DE which is like broken glass to them. Only to run into a tar trap.
The tanglefoot has to be watched as the spider mites can use the waves of bodies to make a bridge... Pretty savage
.also there is alcohol spray. Rubbing alcohol, start at 25% alcohol and 75% water. I've went up to 50/50. Kills eggs and mites. Don't use on buds as will damage the trichromes.
Wind and water and then the insane challenges always lead me to never having to use chemicals to get a harvest. And indoors I had more issues.
Keep growing!
Super great advice @ganjafarmer ! Yeah, time to bring out the fans too, when they start budding I usually set two fans up per plants for bugs/and pm since I'm in the Willamette we really have to watch out for the molds. I also use slight dose of hydrogen peroxide and baking soda during Fall time. Last year I used my vendor craft tents, looked a market in my backyard for months! LOL Golden Pineapple grew till the dark ages of last week of November holy moly that was cray cray longest plant ever! OH so worth it, that girl tastes sooo sweet! Will the DE harm my beneficials in soil? Or just use as foliar spray?
DE will be great for everything but insects. And really don't want many of those in the soil.
Oh and I forgot after the shower I used fans.
And why the baking soda? H2o2 is great stuff as well.
And strains like bcd and mango are perfect as the mold and mildew resistant strains are what we need in the valley. And yes you need to come to the Portland meetup!
baking soda kills Powdery Mildew brings ph up and makes fruit taste sweet!! Can burn leaves though, a little goes a long way... For example if you drink coffee totally acidic no matter what way you prepare it add a half of a pinch I mean barely see it sprinkle in your coffee and it will alkaline it, you won't get the jitters... @ganjafarmer
If you used the same ground or pots before and experienced lower yeild with the same strains and all other factors constant, it could be that each subsequent generation is yielding lower, that happens occasionally, although not usually with our strains. Did you clone your plants from last season's grow?
No, I literally ask the multiverse what strains and this year I had a friend, OG farmer sister friend bring me three different clone strains and my buddie brought me the supposed Jaeger. I did want his Jaeger cause his plants are strong and beautiful when I get them. The other three strains I'm growing are Afgoo, Green Crack and Strawberry Cough, knew nothing about these strains, enjoying their energies.
Green Crack and Jager are always winners for sure. I really like the high yield, bud size, and flavor of Jager as well.
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Canna has to have this in the weekly recap!! Thanks for making our blockchain better with your great content!
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Oh my you are so right, it is as if we took the photo from the exact plant! Well, it must be this strain instead of the Jaeger, is there any chance that the smoke and longer heat season affected the pistils or is this just a case of simple 101 genetics and mine got mixed up in my friend's greenhouse, it's sooo far behind yours I might have to go like 14 weeks or something OMGoddess bring out the vendor tents, I used them last two years worked great even had fans rocking under them, ridiculous what we do for medicine oh yeah, when growing that long, you have to have fans or your doomed to get powdery mildew if the rains have come to the Willamette Valley and hunkered in with those cold nights..
Ours are farther along becuase we have those plants in a light deprivation greenhouse, which allowed us to start earlier than normal with supplemental lighting. Yours are exactly where they are supposed to be right now for an outdoor plant. The smoke would not do that to the pistils, its most definitely the genetics.
Cool, thanks so much! I had a Golden Pineapple that I took down last year 3 week of November, soooo sweet, it is one of the best tasting buds ever!!
mmmmm golden pineapple... haven't heard of it but it sounds delicious!