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Cannabis Strain Review: Cheese

a.k.a. peace, funky skunk
Type of High: Head and Body
Try it: after a stressful day
Optimum Time of Day: Night
Spectrum: 80% Indica
Dominant Terpene: Caryophyllene
Effect Percentage
Deeply Relaxing
100%
Happy
90%
Uplifted
69%
Euphoric
59%
Hungry
50%
Side Effect Percentage
Sedated
60%
Dry Mouth
55%
Dry Eyes
46%

Cheese has an <a href="https://ascendancystrains.com/ASHI-Ascendancy-Strain-HEAT-INDEX-Cannabi… score</a> of 4 out of 11, and a <a href="https://ascendancystrains.com/BPS-Cannabis-Brand-Power-Rating-Marketabi… rating</a> of 29 out of 50. The ASHI score, or Ascendancy Strains Heat Index, speaks to how popular it is at this moment in time. Think of it as measuring the flash in the pan strains that are hot right now for consumers. Social media discussions, consumer ratings and reviews are all data points that feed into this score. BPS, or Brand Power Score, is more institution facing and looks more at data points which reflect how much respect and power this strain has to the industry. Strains that have articles written about them, sold as seeds, award history and inclusion in a strain directory are all examples of data points which feed into a BPS rating. Cheese won 12 awards in categories like Hydro, Automatic in places like the Netherlands. You can find a full accounting of awards won in the table below. The genetic blend of this strain is 80% Indica.

Place Category Competition
2 Indica Ic 420 Growers Cup
2 Oil Dope Cup Washington
1 Hybrid Prairie Medicinal Harvest Cup
3 D.g: Rass Indicas Bio Cannabis Cup Spain
2 Indica Cup High Times Cannabis Cup
a section describing the experience of consuming this strain of cannabis

The Deeply Relaxing, Happy, Uplifted, Euphoric and Hungry effects of Cheese produce a Head and Body high for cannabis users. Night is the best time to experience this strain. Cheese has been reported by users as being used for Depression, Loss Of Appetite, Anxiety, Pain, and Chronic Pain.

Common Usage
depression common usage for marijuana
loss of appetite common usage for marijuana
anxiety common usage for marijuana
pain common usage for marijuana
Chronic Pain common usage

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The Flavor Story

Cheese's primary terpenes are Caryophyllene, Humulene, Limonene, Linalool and Pinene. <a href="https://ascendancystrains.com/learning-cannabis-terpenes-maximize-entou…; affect flavor but also provide their own set of medical and experiential effects. When smoked, vaporized or incorporated into an edible, you'll get hit with the flavor profile from Cheese that includes: Cheese, Earthy, Pungent, Creamy, Skunky and Skunky, ending with a blast of Cheese on the exhale.

The Aroma Story

Can you smell that? Cheese has an aroma profile of Cheese, Pungent, Skunk and Sweet.

the labs - a section where the levels of different cannabinoids found in this strain of cannabis are shared based on lab testing
THC
9 - 20%
CBD
0.19 - 0.56%
CBN
0.09 - 0.21%
CBDV
CBD-A
CBG-A

Cheese presents Humulene, Camphene and Caryophyllene terpenes. The average THC level is 9 - 20%. You can expect CBD levels of 0.8%.

the grow - a section describing the growth information for this strain of cannabis
Best Results Preferred Climate Grow Difficulty
Indoors and outdoors sunny mediterranean climate Easy

Outdoor Grow Info

Harvest Time Height Yield
End of September/October 150-250cm Medium

Indoor Grow Info

Indoor Harvest Time Indoor Height Indoor Yield
8 weeks 100-150cm 450-550g/m

The difficulty to grow Cheese is known for being easy. For growers looking to cultivate indoors, you can expect 100-150cm height to be with a yield of 450-550g/m in about 8 weeks. Outdoors, Cheese should harvest around End of September/October you can expect 150-250cm height and medium yield.

Cheese shares genetics with Skunk #1 and Afghani indica .

the recipes

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