http://www.kiefsweat.com/
He's based in Cali and he's the "Other Dr.Greenthumb" . I've grown the EmDog and it's decent smoke and shows some OG characteristics.
You can see grows of the EmDog on there, don't know what your buddy bought, sounds like he got swindled. If the pack wasn't impossible to open it wasn't from HSO
I had to break the wood casing their packs come in.
Is the EmDog as good as the clone only OG Kush? No. But it's worth growing again as it's got a nice flavour and buzz.
It's confusing...
The real Dr. Greenthumb, from Canada, has been around for about 20 years, owns the dot com and is well known for stellar genetics that ARE what they are supposed to be. you buy an Sour Diesel from them it IS Sour Diesel and not something else.
The "other" "fake" Dr. Greenthumb is not from Cali, he is from Colorado and has traded on the real Dr. Greenthumb's (from Canada) name for some time.
The "other" Dr. Greenthumb is now behind Humbolt Seeds Organization who used to trade out of England, not Colorado or Cali and yes, you get seeds from HSO but in the case of Bubba, OG and Chemdawg, not real deal Bubba, OG or Chemdawg; at best they're crosses IMO.
I travel a lot to LA on business and had smoked Bubba and OG there in about 2001 but could not take a clone home. When Dr. Greenthumb (Canada) came out with the seeds in about 2002 I jumped on it and when harvested, they were happily the same as the original I smoked in LA and that's also true of Bubba kush and Chemdawg. In the past few years I have also smoked examples of "OG" and "Bubba" from Humbolt Seeds Organization and they are definiitley not Bubba or OG or Chemdawg #4, though they probably contain Bubba, OG and Chemdawg genes.