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Apple Blossom Strain Review: 45-Day Flower, Huge Yields

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Apple Blossom is one of the fastest-flowering photoperiod strains in the Humboldt Seed Company lineup. Bred from Blueberry Muffin and Dream Queen — two of Humboldt’s most consistent producers — it inherits the Muffin’s dense, trichome-packed structure and the Queen’s compressed flowering window. Indoor growers regularly finish her in 45 days or less, which is closer to an autoflower timeline than a typical photoperiod.

For a site focused on speed, she’s one of the most practical hybrids on the market: fast, forgiving, and genuinely productive.

Grow notes

Apple Blossom is marketed by Humboldt as a heavy producer, and home reports line up with that. Plants reach medium size with strong lateral branching, meaning a single plant fills out a 2×2 or 2×4 tent comfortably with light training. She responds well to topping and low-stress training, though she doesn’t require it to produce a decent harvest.

The flowering stretch is moderate — expect the plant to roughly double in height after the 12/12 flip. Buds form densely on short internodes and take on pink and purple hues as temperatures drop in the final two weeks, which is a large part of her bag appeal.

Outdoor growers in the northern hemisphere typically finish in mid to late September, making her a strong pick for regions with short outdoor seasons or unpredictable fall weather.

She is resistant to common pests and powdery mildew, and the feeding regime is undemanding — standard organic amendments and a balanced veg/flower schedule are enough. This is a strain where beginners can make small mistakes without losing the grow.

Aroma, flavor, and effects

The nose is warm and floral with a clear sweet-apple note, backed by hints of citrus and vanilla pastry — the kind of scent that draws comparisons to cider or fresh-baked muffins. On the inhale the flavor follows through: sweet, smooth, slightly creamy, with a fruit-forward finish.

Growers and reviewers describe the effect as relaxed and euphoric without being sedating — the kind of balanced hybrid that works for either end of the day. Humboldt classifies the plant as a 50/50 indica/sativa split, and that middle-of-the-road chemistry comes through in the high.

Who this strain is for

Apple Blossom is worth growing if you want:

A fast photoperiod. Finishing in 45 days is unusual. Most photoperiod hybrids need 55–65.
Large yields from a short grow. Humboldt bred her as a production strain, not a boutique one.
A forgiving first grow. Pest resistance and low nutrient demand make her a safer bet than most fast-flowering strains.
Bag appeal. The purple-pink coloration and trichome coverage photograph well.

She’s less interesting if you want a specific sativa or indica experience — she sits squarely in the middle — or if you’re chasing the kind of extreme terpene profiles that some newer hybrids have been bred for.

Where to buy Apple Blossom seeds

Apple Blossom is available through select retailers. To support Grow Weed Fast, consider using our affiliate link to buy from North Atlantic Seed Company.

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For more fast-finishing Humboldt genetics, see our reviews of Blueberry Cupcake and Dream Queen. For a broader look at what sets a fast strain apart, see the full grow timeline guide.

Blueberry Cupcake Strain Review (Humboldt Seed Co)

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Blueberry Cupcake is Humboldt Seed Company’s dessert hybrid — an S1 selfing of their original Blueberry Cupcake cross, which itself pairs Wedding Cake with Blueberry Muffin. It’s a plant built for two things: sweet, bakery-fresh terpenes and production. The S1 designation means growers can expect some phenotypic variation between seeds, but Humboldt notes that the Blueberry Muffin terpene profile dominates thanks to the strong underlying genetics.

Advertised flowering is 60–70 days, though home growers frequently report her showing end-of-flower signs as early as day 45, especially on the faster phenos.

Grow notes

The standout trait in our experience with Blueberry Cupcake is internodal spacing. Buds form on evenly spaced nodes, which makes canopy management straightforward — no awkward dense pockets, no lower-branch pruning marathon. She’s a plant you can leave mostly alone through flower, and the yields are consistently described as heavy for a plant that finishes this quickly.

Humboldt calls it “explosive growth for exceptional full term yield,” and that holds up. Grow reports on GrowDiaries back up the claim, with most cultivators hitting their advertised targets or exceeding them.

Because this is an S1 line, expect some variation in flower time, stretch, and terpene intensity across seeds. If you’re phenotype-hunting, pop a 5-pack and keep the best one as a mother.

Outdoor finish is mid to late October in the northern hemisphere.

Aroma, flavor, and effects

The nose is unmistakable: fresh cake batter, baked blueberries, and a hint of rocket fuel. It’s one of the more specific dessert terpene profiles in the Humboldt lineup, and it survives the cure well — the finished flower still smells like a bakery weeks after it’s in the jar.

The effect is balanced and relaxing without being sedating. It’s a strain that works for either end of the day, though most users lean on it for evening wind-downs.

Who this strain is for

Blueberry Cupcake is worth growing if you want:

A dessert-nosed hybrid that actually produces. Most sweet, bakery-terp strains trade yield for flavor. This one doesn’t.
A hands-off canopy. The internodal spacing makes indoor training much easier.
A forgiving dessert strain for a first grow. Low nutrient demand, solid resistance, clean structure.
A pheno-hunting project. The S1 variation gives you something to select on.

She’s less ideal if you need absolute uniformity between plants or if you want a plant that finishes in under 55 days — faster Humboldt options like Apple Blossom and Dream Queen will get you there sooner.

Where to buy Blueberry Cupcake seeds

Available from North Atlantic Seed Company in 3, 5, and 10 packs of feminized photoperiod seeds.

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For more from Humboldt, see Apple Blossom and Dream Queen. For speed-focused strain selection in general, see the grow timeline guide.

Mendocino Girl Crush Strain Review: Grow Notes & Flower Time

Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Girl Crush is an F2 feminized photoperiod from Twenty20 Mendocino, crossed from Biscotti and Bad Girl. She’s not the fastest strain in the catalog — flowering runs 64–74 days, putting her on the longer end for a modern hybrid — but she makes up for it with two things: uniformity and appearance. The F2 generation has low phenotypic variation, and under cool temperatures in late flower the plants go deep purple and magenta, making her one of the most photogenic strains at North Atlantic Seed.

Grow notes

Stretch is above average, so indoor growers should plan for significant vertical growth during the transition to flower. She responds well to training, and Twenty20 specifically recommends a SCROG setup to flatten the canopy and even out the dense, high-yielding top canopy she naturally forms.

Yields are described as average — not a production powerhouse, but competitive for her difficulty class. Where she earns points is vigor: outdoor plants stay healthy and productive without the excessive size that some long-flowering strains push into.

Purple coloration is temperature-sensitive. Growers who drop night temperatures in the final two to three weeks of flower get the full deep-purple-and-magenta expression. Warmer finishes stay mostly green with purple accents.

Trellising requirements are average, but given the stretch, a scrog net or stake support is advisable.

Aroma, flavor, and effects

The terpene profile is unusual: gas, licorice, kerosene, fennel, and fresh skunk spray. It’s not a dessert strain, and it’s not a traditional diesel — it sits somewhere specific and memorable. Reviewers consistently describe the nose as “one of a kind in the lineup,” and Twenty20 has called this plant “an absolute fan favorite” on the basis of its terps and its visual.

Effects aren’t documented in detail on the breeder page. Home reports describe a balanced body-and-mind high, not overly sedating, suited to late afternoons or wind-down evenings.

Who this strain is for

Girl Crush is worth growing if you want:

Visual bag appeal. Few strains match her deep purple and magenta fades.
A unique terpene profile. The licorice-fennel-kerosene combination is distinctive.
F2 stability. Less variation than pheno-hunting lines.
A SCROG project. She rewards the effort of a flat canopy.

She’s less ideal if you need a short flower (she’s longer than most modern hybrids) or if you’re growing in a short tent and can’t accommodate the above-average stretch.

Where to buy Girl Crush seeds

Available from North Atlantic Seed Company in 3 and 6 packs of feminized photoperiod seeds.

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For other visually striking hybrids, see Apple Blossom and Blueberry Cupcake. For training techniques that make the most of Girl Crush’s structure, see the speed up your grow guide.