Cannabis Chronicles

As we continue our series of strain descriptions, we’d like to highlight yet another Dutch Flower’s release, this one was known as Sugar Klingon. It’s our understanding that at least a few dozen packs of Sugar Klingon were released by the Dutch Flowers team, but it’s release was timed before the hype surrounding DF had reached it’s fullest, so it wasn’t remembered, or reproduced as well as some other strains that were released in much smaller quantities.

Sugar Klingon didn’t feature any of the more exotic landrace ingredients that would later become a trademark of their releases, outside of the “Fig Skunk”, there aren’t any ingredients in the mix that couldn’t have been sourced from seed banks at one time or another.  The ingredients of this release also give some hints as to the actual identities of at least a couple members of the Dutch Flower’s team, but this isn’t the place for that kind of wild speculation.

As with a number of their other releases, Sugar Klingon met with somewhat mixed reviews.  We remember that Sugar Klingon was proclaimed to be a keeper in some gardens, and an immediate cull in others.  Our founder Kannd came out of the SSC, so we were fairly late in arriving at places like C-Bay, and we missed more than our share of early releases from Heaven’s Stairway, Sugar Klingon among them.  We do have a couple different packs of Sugar Klingon F2’s that we’ve collected in our bird seed bag, but we can’t say that it’s a high priority compared to many of others also patiently waiting their turn.

Sugar Klingon description

Sugar Klingon

Royal ancestors on this hybrid: Bubblegum clone, original Sagarmatha’s Blueberry and Aloha 98 Widow background for the Klingonberry; Fig Skunk, Aloha 98 Widow and Cinderella 99 on the Fig Widow Queen side. We applied a sativa bias in our parent selection to breed out unwanted “blue” genetic traits, and the results were sugar-berry potently euphoric. The Klingonberry name? A Swedish tester thought of Lingonberry jam at first toke (fruity & buttery), and a Trekkie familiar with the Romulan strain came up with “Klingonberry.”

 Our aim was to breed out the undesirable traits of the “blue” genetics (difficult to grow, brittle, too many leaves, poor calyx to leaf ratio, tale-tell stink, boring low power stone) while maintaining the hashy berry flavor and clear high of the very best Blueberries and Bubblegums. The addition of the Fig Widow Queen has contributed extra power and superb bud structure, its crystal content reinforced by the cubed Aloha 98 Widow (pollen source for both NCGA’s Blue Widow and Mota’s Fig Widow).

The Sugar Klingon is the result of painstakingly heavy selection out of dozens of potential Klingon mothers. It’s built for quality of high, ease of growth and yield. The reliable Midas touch of the Fig Widow Queen pollen source has made Klingon progeny an outstanding, all-around plant very well suited to commercial operations seeking to cater to the “connoisseur” market.

Phenotype: Its sheer vigor makes this plant extremely easy to grow, taking care of itself under a variety of conditions, reacting equally well to both high and low nutrient situations. Very well suited for screen of green setups. Small, medium width glossy green leaves are borne sparsely, concentrating all energy in producing thick colas that are silver with resin, allowing for an extremely high calyx to leaf ratio that makes manicure almost unnecessary. The Sugar Klingon is an elegant Christmas tree shaped plant complete with snow covering, a very grower friendly phenotype that markedly contrasts with the brittle, finicky traits of most “berry” strains. Low odour when growing, too.

Buds: Bud formation is outstanding, picking up volume and speed in the last two weeks of flowering, with surprisingly thick resin-encrusted pistils that cure to a dark golden colour. Dense, near solid buds are completely covered in shiny resin. Even the fan leaves have big portions of its surface covered with crystals, excellent material for bubble hash. Top notch cosmetic appeal: very frosty, hard nuggets, with elegant thick golden pistils and berry aroma.

Yield: The Klingon mother was the result of very heavy selection, and yield was the deciding factor. Commercial growers can expect to yield an average of 2 oz per square foot (about 1 oz per gallon of soil). This high yielding ability is a direct result of its impressive calyx to leaf ratio, buds form solid colas of exceptional girth that are silver with resin (another difference with the average “blue” strain, that tends to be very leafy and brittle). An excellent choice for screen of green.

Taste & Smell: The Sugar Klingon is a favorite for taste, with a buttery, sweet hashy berry flavor that has nice expansion in the lungs. Undescribable berry-fruity taste, always smooth and creamy. A lip-smacking mellow smoke, a consistent crowd pleaser.

High: Very potent, extremely euphoric high, conducive to partying and socializing. A strong, clear up, always very active high that lasts for a good 4+ hours, with very nice visuals and serious zoning. Full motivation, never mentally debilitating. It is very cerebral, no paranoia or couch lock, exhilarating, funny giggling, perma-smile type of effect. Easy letdown, no hang over. Remarkably, very experienced smokers report their bodies build no tolerance for Klingon buds: it’s not just very potent, but it’s reliably potent over long term use. Will come out as the all-around winner, even against the most prominent “heavy hitters”.