How to grow Dark Delight

75% indica - 25% sativa
Dark Delight bud — quarter view
THC 15%
Flowering 63 days

Seb's take

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Bred with smoking quality as the only real consideration, Dark Delight still manages a decent yield almost as an afterthought. The smoke is rich and smooth, dense-budded with little in the way of shade leaves to trim away. Straightforward indoors or in a greenhouse, eight to ten weeks to finish.

Where it comes from

Dutch Passion keep the parentage of this one to themselves, and offer a philosophy in its place: she was bred with smoking quality as the only real consideration, yield left to sort itself out. The result is a 75 percent indica that leans on richness rather than tonnage. Where most modern lines are shaped with half an eye on the scales, this one plainly was not. A grower's plant made for the smoker first.

Nose & flavour

The record stays quiet on specific notes, describing instead a rich, smooth smoke drawn from dense, well-packed buds. Take that at face value: this is about texture and depth rather than a headline fruit or fuel note. A full, rounded smoke rather than a loud aroma, and the smoothness is clearly the point.

The high

No effect notes are recorded, so the genetics do the talking: a 75 percent indica at a gentle 15 percent THC. Read her as a settling, unhurried plant that favours the calm end of things rather than a racing head. Modest in strength and honest about it, a comfortable smoke rather than a demanding one, and better judged in the armchair than on paper.

Growing it

Ready in eight to ten weeks of flowering, indoors or in a greenhouse in a temperate climate. The record gives no height or yield figures, so temperament must guide you: dense buds with few shade leaves make her genuinely easy to manicure, and the yield, while not the design goal, is still described as decent. A straightforward, low-fuss grow whose reward is in the quality of the finished smoke rather than the weight of it. Clean, tidy work at harvest suits her.

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Common questions about Dark Delight

How long does Dark Delight take to flower?

Around 9 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers.

Is Dark Delight an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?

A feminized photoperiod strain — flowering starts when you switch the lights, so the timing is yours to control.

How strong is Dark Delight?

The breeder lists THC around 15%. The gentler end of the scale.