DIRTY BIRD GENETICS > SOUR MOOSE DUO 3 Seeds Each: Sour Moose & Maui Moose SOUR MOOSE: Genetics: Sour Lime Haze x Moose n Lobsta V2 Filial Generation: F1 / it’s complicated – they share some Moose n Lobsta ancestry, but we don’t have a good term for the relationship. Flowering Time: 50-60 days Cannabis Type: Sativa Hybrid Yield: High Phenotypic Variation: Low Plant Morphology: Sour Moose is a fast and healthy grower, with large fan leaves and a high volume and bud sites. Sturdy apical and lateral branching responds well to multiple toppings. Low to moderate stretch in flower makes it good for small grow spaces. These plants experience fast floral initiation and pack on tons of weight very quickly. Terpenes: Sweet fruity lime/citrus with sharp pine and fuel terps. Some lean more savory, almost garlicky, while others have undertones of cedar astringent or grape cough syrup. Myrcene and ocimene dominant, followed by pinene. Effect: Killer daytime buzz. Relaxing without being tiring. Very mentally uplifting. Great for socializing with friends and enhancing adventures! Sour Moose is a very potent strain, so try a little bit before you go all in. Notes from the Grower(s): The Dirty Bird team wholeheartedly agrees that the Sour Moose is easily one of our favorite cultivars we have ever bred and grown. Its potential was noticeable before it even hit flower due to its perfectly proportioned morphology, ease of growth, and overall vigor, strength and health. Once the cohort was flipped into flower, we became only that much more excited about the potential we were seeing unfold. Structurally, these girls are beasts with incredibly thick and sturdy stalks that require no staking despite their monstrous buds. Floral initiation is early and plentiful with great stacking, dense flowers, and a high calyx-to-leaf ratio. Most of all though, we love this strain’s terps. Pine will bite your nostrils as soon as you enter her sphere of existence, and upon closer inspection, her complexity will reveal itself with fruity, sweet notes that are tempered by sharp pine, garlic and bright astringent and gas. While overall the genetics blended incredibly well together, we observed about half of the cohort resembling the Sour Lime Haze (Dirty Bird Genetics) in morphology: short and squat bushes with fat, round colas. The other half was a mix of Moose n Lobstah (Dynasty Genetics) dominant, with long conical buds and equally strong morphology, and hybrids of the two. Every plant we tested was strong and worthy of a space in any grow. We are super excited to get this in the hands of more growers and unleash its potential into the community at large. Notes from the Breeder(s): The Sour Moose has been an incredible strain to grow. Throughout testing it proved to be a very stable cultivar with no incidences of intersex traits. The Sour Moose had excellent stalk strength on almost all phenotypes tested and exhibited an average length flower maturity of approximately 50-55 days. In addition to stalk strength and overall plant strength, the Sour Moose also exhibited superlative trichome production as well as high floral generation. The flowers on the Sour Moose form very dense buds that stack on one another maximizing yield per square inch of stalk while still retaining adequate air flow pathways between flowers which will be helpful in deterring mold infections. The high trichome accumulation of the Sour Moose allows for a rich and dynamic terpene profile with citrus/lime scents dominating. Pine and fuel undertones also help to increase the complexity and rich texture of the terpene profile of the Sour Moose making it one of my favorite strains to grow, harvest, and ultimately ingest. From a breeding perspective, the Sour Moose creates many bracts of a large volume per flower which correlates with this strain’s ability to not only create a high quantity of seeds but also to allow space for the development of large, healthy seeds. The viscid stigmas, almost velvet textured in appearance, are long and thick which aid in capturing pollen grains needed for seed creation. The Sour Moose is a workhorse that will provide a high accumulation of flower, trichomes and terpenes with little effort needed in its maintenance and if breeding is your goal, this cultivar has an exceptional ability to create high volumes of large and healthy seed. Feminized Photoperiod MAUI MOOSE: Genetics: Maui Wowie 2.0 x Moose n Lobsta V2 Filial Generation: F1 Flowering Time: 55-60 days Cannabis Type: Sativa Hybrid Yield: Average Phenotypic Variation: Moderate/high Notes from the Grower(s): Don’t sleep on this one. Both literally and figuratively. A great daytime smoke, and a tank in the garden, this sativa mashup is one that is wholly worth your time. With incredible terpene profiles ranging from bright pine to rhubarb to cantaloupe, trichome production that rivals some of the best boutique strains out there, and a super sturdy and strong morphology, the Maui Moose has a lot of potential. Its moderate-to-high phenotypic variation was what kept it on our tester menu; however, the keeper phenos you’ll find here are some of the best we’ve ever seen. Primarily, it is the bud formation that differentiates the 3-4 phenotypes we observed: 1. Maui-Moose Hybrid Pheno: This is the one to look out for, and I cannot stress enough the potential we saw in this pheno. They stack on weight early and with vigor and finish with rock hard, huge conical colas that are packed with trichomes and densely stacked calyxes. These girls are tanks both in morphology and bud structure: fat, squat bushes with just the right amount of foliage for great airflow and maximum photosynthesis. Better yet, the quality of the flower is out of this world, making it a commercial dream crop. 2. Maui Pheno: The Maui Wowie 2.0 (Sticky Finger Seeds) dominant pheno looks a lot like the Maui-Moose hybrid, but its buds are a little smaller and aren’t as prone to stacking. They are more golf-ball in appearance, but just as gorgeous and pack on the trichomes and the terpenes equally well. 3. Moose & Lobstah Pheno: Unlike the Maui, the Moose & Lobstah (Dynasty Genetics) grows long cylindrical buds that can either stack exceptionally well, or in the worst case scenarios, can get pinched off and lack density and girth. 4. Pink Pistils Pheno: The Pink Pistil pheno was one of the most exciting to see, and a very rare find in any garden. Throughout its flowering life, this pheno developed bursts of pink pistils that retained their color straight through the end of flowering, eventually taking on a more amber hue right before harvest. This pheno was more Moose-dominant, with sugary, cylindrical buds that stacked really nicely. Feminized Photoperiod