How to grow Blue Cheese
Blue Cheese is exactly what the name promises — the UK's legendary Cheese crossed with Blueberry — and she commits to it. Sweet berry over savoury funk, a combination that sounds wrong and works, like most good things from Britain's grow scene. One thing to know before the seed hits the glass: the Cheese half of the name is loud. Not diesel-loud, but pungent in a way that walks through doors, so sort the carbon filter before mid-flower rather than after.
The growing is friendly. She's 80% indica, listed at a squat 80–110cm — the shortest floor on this menu — with sturdy branching and a quick-ish 60–65 day flower. Old-school genetics on both sides left her hardy: temperature dips, a clumsy feed week, beginner watering — she absorbs it and carries on. Cold-evening tolerance from the Blueberry side is a genuine perk in an unheated Irish grow room.
Two parents, one jar
She'll do 23% THC and 500–600 g/m² on fundamentals, and the fun is watching the parents argue in the jar: berry sweetness up front, cheese funk underneath, creamy in the middle. Like everything with a famous nose, the cure is where the argument resolves — give her four weeks minimum and the funk mellows from sharp to savoury.
Who's she for? Beginners who want character rather than a spec sheet, small tents, cool rooms, and anyone nostalgic for what growing smelled like before America invented dessert.
FAQ
Is Blue Cheese good for cold grow spaces? Better than most. Both parent lines are old, hardy genetics, and she tolerates cool evenings that would sulk a modern hybrid.
How smelly is Blue Cheese? Properly pungent from mid-flower — the Cheese parent earned her name. A decent carbon filter handles it comfortably.
How tall does Blue Cheese grow? 80–110cm, the shortest listing here. Minimal stretch, sturdy frame — a natural fit for height-limited tents.
Terpene profile
- Caryophyllene
- Myrcene
- Linalool
Relative terpene levels — the aroma is set by genetics (Blue Cheese's, here), not by what you feed it.
Grow it well
Genetics set the ceiling; your room decides how much of it you keep. The research-backed how-to lives in the free course:
Blue Cheese from other breeders
The same name, several hands. Every breeder’s version below is its own cut — different figures, different temperament, same family. The particulars above describe the lead listing.
- Royal Queen Seeds feminized Seeds at Herbies →
Grows with more ambition (~160 cm), tests milder on paper (19% THC), promises less on the scales.
- Dinafem Seeds feminized Seeds at Herbies →
In more of a hurry (~53 days against the ~63 above), asks for more headroom (~300 cm), a gentler figure on the breeder's sheet (20% THC).
- Expert Seeds feminized Seeds at Herbies →
A gentler figure on the breeder's sheet (20% THC), lists a lighter harvest.
- Big Buddha Seeds feminized Seeds at Herbies →