[Kootenay Craft] Watermelon Hybrid Indica Review | 5/5
Another fruity strain from one of my favorite craft growers with a delicious name: watermelon. Although a trade I felt happy to finally get around to trying this as it's described as a hybrid indica with great feedback. Hopefully this strains tastes as good as it sounds.
Right out of the jar this strain smells sweet, a bit of a cookie, a bit of a floral smell. Tons of crystals, light in colors (with some dark green in between), quite a few red hairs (tho stuck down by the crystals) and looks solid, caked, well trimmed. The bud was fluffy, not super dense, but when cracked open smells even STRONGER candy / sweet smell. The bud remains dense and crystally even down to the stem which ensures a stronger buzz when we do eventually get down to smoking it.
When grinding it up we get a sense of just how dense it was before. Tho still light in color the crystals give it an overall even/dull/shine to it. The stickiness is where it shines; sticking both to my hands and to itself and we are able to feel the crystals between our fingers even after. Now that it was ground up we get a much more PINEY smell (overpowering the sweetness). A very light, fresh, summer-time piney smell with a hint of tropical/fruit/sweet smells we had originally but now a much more piney, zesty, smell. Tho still candy-like it's interesting to see how much the bud changes when ground up vs fresh out of the bag.
In the vape was (at first, 185) not that interesting. Low temps we got sweet cookies, not living up to the 'Watermelon' name. We raised it to 195 and got a very sweet, very fruity (hard to tell if watermelon persay) but tropical and sweet for sure. It ended up being 50/50 cookie flavor and sweet tropical flavors. The only disappointing part was when it was finished and you just wanted more
... a good problem to have. Could be one of the new 'favorite' strains alongside pineapple or other fruity flavors as the taste simply got stronger the more we vaped.After smoking it the ash was left white with light grey ash. For the actual smoking experience it was light on the lungs, smooth smoke, very SHISHA-like, lots of vapor. The effects kicked in almost immediately (even around the time we were vaping) which is nice. It's def. an indica leaning (lazy, relaxed, euphoric good mood) but not something you'd wanna go out in public with or go do chores. Probably best to leave it as end-of-night kind of smoke. Some visuals as well (things look sharper, hearing is improved) so def all the checkboxes for a solid indica.
Overall looking at the bud as a whole there's nothing to complain about. Smells great, looks shiny and well kept, great taste in the vape (and what we expect from a name like watermelon) and a smooth, strong smoke while blazing. A bud I'm glad I received as a gift to review as it's probably something I'd buy again whether from the same grower or other craft growers to compare and see if others are a 5/5 like this one.