Mango Mascarpone (F) [ALPHA SERIES]

DIRTY BIRD GENETICS > MANGO MASCARPONE (SEX MELON #3 X CHOCOLATE PIE)

Genetics: Sex Melon #3 x Chocolate Pie

Seed Type: Feminized

Filial Generation: F1

Flowering Time: 50-60 days

Cannabis Type: Hybrid

Yield: Moderate/High

Phenotypic Variation: High

Growth Type: Photoperiod

Density: Average

Height: Medium-tall

Terpenes: Tropical Mango, Grape Nail Polish, Sickly Sweet. The main terpene profile was Sex Melon forward (fruit, nail polish remover, potpurri, melon, floral) with hints of grape. 1 outlier had puke-fetid milk-fake strawberry terps.

Effects: A great even hybrid daytime smoke, able to still function but with a pleasant and strong high. Not debilitating but definitely fast acting.

Plant Morphology: A majority of our hunt had a high stretch (~1.4 - 1.6x), featuring classic conical/spear flower morphology. Almost all exhibited purpling, largely on the leaves but at least half of the cohort had purple flecks in calyxes. Despite high internodal spacing, these phenos stacked very nicely on colas. Outlier morphologies include more stelliform/spheroid hybrid flowers with less to no purpling, shorter plants that barely stretched but had much higher leaf-to-calyx ratio. These phenos also had short internodal spacing and exhibited very nice cola stacking.

The taller majority of the cohort required LST/staking to keep upright whereas the smaller to medium height-bush minority plants required no staking.

Notes from the Growers

The Mango Mascarpone was a dark horse in every sense of the word. Not that we doubted the potential of the parents–which in true dark horse fashion came together to finish as dark purple as it gets–but because the plants were notably unassuming until midway through flower when everything began to come together. The parents of the Mango Mascarpone are a cross of one of our all-time favorite cuts: the dark purple, super loud Sex Melon #3,  and the Cannarado’s Chocolate Pie, which we bred quite a lot in the early days of Dirty Bird. Together, these two parents came together to create a cultivar with pungent, creamy tropical terpenes featuring complex undertones of nail polish, fermented fruit, grape, and berry. At first, floral initiation feels slow, but by week 5 the plants start packing on weight, and by the final week, yields were impressive for a strain as boutique as this one.

Morphologically, the plants represent an even split between mother and father. There is a fair amount of diversity in this lot. Thirty-five percent of plants stretched quite tall in flower with longer internodal spacing than we’d normally like to see. We measured anywhere between a 1.5x to a 2x stretch on this phenotype. Thankfully, the weight they put on late in flower ended up making up for the stretch. They finished far more proportionately than we anticipated they would, but anyone with a height-restricted grow should cull these early. Twelve percent of the plants we tested had a bushy stature and happened to also be the only green pheno. The remaining plants (about 50%) were a hybrid of their parents with well-balanced internodal spacing, balanced vertical and lateral growth, and low/med foliage density. This was definitely our favorite phenotype.

The calyx-to-leaf ratio and the terpene and trichome accumulation was high on all of the plants we tested, and 88% were a beautiful dark purple by the time harvest rolled around. Calyx structure was very granular and dense, and stigmas were long, velvety and a beautiful contrast to the pale green, dark purple and maroon foliage. The sugar leaves finished speckled with beautiful pinks and purples dripping with trichomes. Note that many of the plants stayed green deceivably far into their lifecycle, but darkened substantially in their final week. Overall these plants were strong and stalks were flexible. A couple of stakes were needed here and there. Some defoliation is recommended on the leafier, tighter pheno to get light to the lower canopy, but the majority of plants had plenty of breathing room.

Feminized Photoperiod