How to grow Torpedo

50% indica - 50% sativa
cerebralrelaxed
Torpedo bud — quarter view
Flowering 55 - 60 days
Yield 550 g/m²

Seb's take

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Two Bubble Gum strains crossed back onto each other, doubling down on sweetness and producing something even more cerebral and relaxing than either parent. An earlier harvest and a more even hybrid than her Sativa-leaning ancestors, named, one assumes, for how fast she gets there.

Where it comes from

VIP Seeds took two Bubble Gum strains and crossed them back onto each other, doubling down on the trait that made Bubble Gum famous. The result is a balanced 50/50 hybrid that pushes the parent's sweetness further while arriving earlier, more even in constitution than the sativa-leaning ancestor. Named, one assumes, for how quickly she gets where she is going: a concentrated, self-referential cross that simply intensifies a known quantity rather than reinventing it.

Nose & flavour

Unmistakably intense sweetness, the record says, the two Bubble Gum parents concentrating the trait between them. It is the confectionery end of the spectrum, sweet in the plain, forthright way the name Bubble Gum implies, only more so. No sour or fuel notes muddying the account here: a single, emphatic sweet character, turned up rather than diluted by the double cross.

The high

Very cerebral and relaxing, perhaps even more so than the parent strains, the record reckons. The doubling appears to have sharpened both ends, a busy head paired with a settled body. It is the fuller-bodied reading of Bubble Gum, cerebral first and restful second, the sort of even effect that neither races nor sinks but sits agreeably in between.

Growing it

The record gives no THC figure beyond marking her potent, so I will not invent one. She flowers across 55 to 60 days, earlier than her sativa-leaning parent, and returns up to 550 g/m². No height figure is stated, so I will speak to temperament: an even hybrid with a quick, obliging finish and a solid return. Treat the earlier harvest as her practical virtue, and let the doubled sweetness be the reason to bother in the first place.

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Effects

Cerebral
Relaxed

Common questions about Torpedo

How long does Torpedo take to flower?

Around 8 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers.

Is Torpedo an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?

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