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Bubble Gum a seriously refined classic
There are several strains out in the world of cannabis genetics
whose origin and further breeding process seem to be unclear.
Growers get especially confused, when a certain strain is
offered under the same name by two or more seed banks: who
has the original one, whose are copies? Bubble Gum is such
one contentious strain, of which at least two seed banks do
offer their own versions, in this case Serious Seeds and T.H.
Seeds (both residing in Amsterdam), not to mention all those
internet-based criminal copy cats here. So I decided to trace
back the real roots of Bubble Gum. Asking both the above-
mentioned breeders resulted in two corresponding versions of
the Bubble Gum`s breeding story, giving good reasons for the
existence of two high-quality Bubble Gum strains: The original
material was developed by a grower in Indiana (USA) during the
80ies. In 1993, this guy gave three very different female
Bubble Gum plants to Adam from T.H. Sees as well as to
Simon and Tony (the two splitted up shortly after, with Simon
founding Serious Seeds and Tony Sagarmatha Seeds) from
Cerebral Seeds. So Bubble Gum arrived in the Netherlands in
the hands of three breeders. And from that moment on,
different new chapters were written in the breeding history of
Bubble Gum, its development kind of branched out. Three
breeders three ways of breeding: These seed meisters were going to make their own special selection out of the
three different genetic types they had received. Simon reports: As far as I know, T.H. Seeds did work further with
another of those 3 plants than I did. That`s the reason why Adam (T.H. Seeds` BG will be another story) considers
his Bubble Gum as mostly indica, whereas Simon puts his version into the Mostly Sativa category. He focused his
research on two of the three lines, finally deciding for one type that should become his Bubble Gum seed strain. It
took Simon five generations to end up in the desired breeding result, officially registering it then as Bubble Gum. He
says that it is not possible to give exact sativa/indica percentages, but reveals that the genetic background of Bubble
Gum consists of three different exotic sativas, amongst them Mexican and Columbian, and an Afghani indica. It is
remarkable that Bubble Gum is the only inbred strain (no F1 hybrid) in the Serious menu, thus being especially
uniform. Upon being asked about special considerations to Bubble Gum, Simon explained: The bubble gum shows a
remarkable uniformity in plants grown from seeds. It is a strong and beautiful plant which grows a heavy stem, you
never need to tie heavy buds up. The initial stages of seedlings can be tender, and you have to take care a bit for
them in that stage. It is important to not let them be overgrown by neighbouring plants which may grow faster at first.
Once when about 2 weeks old, the Bubble Gums will start to pick up speed and grow as fast as other plants. This
delay in growth can be explained by the fact that the BG is an inbred strain and therefore does not have that hybrid
vigour effect (faster and stronger growth) of F1 hybrids.
Keeping these hints in mind, I sow four BG seeds - only four seeds, due to the chronic congestion on my seed testing
list. They really showed off the ground one day later than common, but germinated properly and simultaneously. And
in fact, the overall growth speed was slow at first, but increased significantly after two weeks. When the multiple-finger
leafs had been formed, their look was quite unsual: dark green in the colour (indica trait), but at the same time rather
narrow and sharply serrated (sativa traits). After five weeks from germination, they had grown into medium tall plants
(55-65 cm) under HPS 400 + 250 W, with few side-branching. But due to the dominating sativa content, it was clear
that they would further stretch during flowering. Two plants turned out to be female and soon developed the first flower
clusters after having turned the lights to 12/12. And one could quickly realize that huge top colas were about to be
produced by the plants. After four weeks of flowering, the buds began to release a sweet fruity scent that was going to
become more intensive from week to week, really reminding of fruity chewing gum. Also resin production had gotten
into full speed, conquering more and more of the plants` surface. The buds grew into very compact resinous heads,
featuring a high calyx-to-leaf ratio, thus allowing for easy harvest processing. After 58 resp. 61 days of flowering,
harvest was not only easy, but also rewarding, as the two BG plants yielded 25 resp. 28 grams of finest sticky
sinsemilla. As expected, they had kept on growing vertically during flowering, finally amounting to 91 resp. 102 cm.
But this contributed to the formation of long-drawn, heavy yielding main colas.
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The buds were pleasantly mild to smoke and had preserved
some of that special fruitiness also after the drying process.
No surprise that the high delivered a pretty strong sativa power
dosage, with euphoric tendencies, at least it will make you
blow some funny fantasy bubbles in your mind. The indica
aspect, however, is also noticeable, causing a certain degree
of stonedness, too. This nice mixture of both sides of the
spectrum makes Serious Seeds` Bubble Gum an attractive
experience, and accordingly, it has won several awards, e.g. at
the High Times Cannabis Cup 1994, 1995 and 1999. It may be
new to some that Bubble Gum is also a good choice for
outdoor cultivation. While rather taking place on the balcony in
Holland, it is also successfully practised in the great Spanish
outdoors, as Simon reports:
Bubble Gum is also liked for outdoors in Spain a lot, it will also
form a very nice plant with moult resistence buds when grown
outdoors here but just finishes not soon enough for my
standards to call it an outdoor plant. Normal finishing date 1-15
oct. On the whole, Serious Seeds` Bubble Gum is a very
worthwhile strain to grow indeed a seriously refined classic.
63 Euros for 10 seeds are certainly a good investment.
GBI Green Born Identity
All enquiries please contact Serious Seeds
UK Official Distributor
www.puresativa.com
Tele No: 020 8964 1717
It is illegal to germinate seeds in the UK

Cultivation data:
Strain Serious Seeds` Bubble Gum (2 female plants)
Origin Afghanistan/Mexico/Columbia/Unknown/ Holland
Genetic type Mostly Sativa
Vegetative stage 5 weeks (incl. germination)
Flowering 58 resp. 61 days, in general 56-63 days
Medium standard grow-mix
pH 6.2-6.5
EC up to 1.9
Light 400 + 250 W HPS
Temperature night: 16-18 C day: 24-28 C
Air humidity 50-70 %
Watering flood irrigation
Fertilizer (veg. stage) Advanced Hydroponics Dutch Formula
Fertilizer (flowering stage) Advanced Hydroponics Dutch Formula
Stimulants Bio Nova X-cel
Height 91 / 102 cm
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