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Indica/Sativa hybrid retail shopping label — not genetics

Queso Strain

Queso is an indica/sativa hybrid strain (Cheese × Afghanistan). 55-day flowering; effects: uplifted, talkative, happy.

Median THC
Flowering
55 days
Breeder releases
1
Avg rating
3.0 / 10

Indica / Sativa — retail shopping guide

Indica 50%Sativa 50%

Indica, sativa and hybrid are a retail shopping convention — not a reliable guide to genetics or effects. When researchers analysed 89,923 commercial samples across six states, these labels did not predict a plant’s terpene or cannabinoid profile, and a genome-wide study found sativa- and indica-labelled plants to be genetically indistinct (PLOS ONE 2022; Nature Plants 2021). The labels are so fluid that AK-47, a hybrid, won “Best Sativa” at the 1999 Cannabis Cup and “Best Indica” four years later. For an accurate, genetics-true picture, see the chemotype above.

Genetics & Lineage

Parents
This strainQueso

Effects

UpliftedTalkativeHappyEuphoricRelaxed

Aroma & Taste

Aroma

Blue Cheese

Breeder releases (1)

BreederTHCFloweringSeedsRating
Kannabia Seeds55dfeminized3.0/10

About Queso

Here’s our special launch for 2011! A much-prized variety in the UK. Owing to reports of the great demand and success we’ve received from the British market, we decided to set to work studying and producing this seed. It’s a plant that adapts very well to the Spanish climate, with its key plus point being its flavour. Cheese is synonymous with good, flavoursome marihuana. It is yet to be confirmed, but its relatives are believed to include Northern Light and Skunk. We obtained the original clone of the variety from some English travellers who settled in the Alpujarra mountains of Granada in the 1990s. According to them it was a clone of a mother, selected from standard Cheese seeds for its intense aroma and cheese flavour, as well as its fast-flowering characteristics. It wasn’t a particularly high-yield plant, but by crossing it the variety with our Mazar-i-Sharif the yield improved greatly, producing large, dense bunches of flowers. We crossed the resulting hybrid back again with our original Cheese, giving rise to Queso (“cheese” in Spanish), a predominantly indica hybrid but having recovered the Skunk structure. In a good-sized pot (5-7 litres) it can grow up to 90 cm indoors a

Frequently asked questions

What are the genetics of Queso?
Queso comes from Cheese × Afghanistan.
Is Queso indica or sativa?
Queso is classified as indica/sativa hybrid.
How long does Queso take to flower?
Queso flowers in about 55 days.
Is Queso available as feminized or autoflowering seeds?
Queso is offered as: feminized.