Putting this here because other peoples’ reports have been helpful for me. Last run I grew four CSI strains and here are my impressions. I grow in amended organic soil in small 3-5 gallon pots. I use dry organic nutes and make teas and such. I use a quantum board. Not an ideal setup, but like a lot of people, I work with my space limitations and priorities and am always learning.
Chem D x GSC
Chopped at 84 days after flip. Pretty easy to grow, but I did get a lot of rapid leaf death in the final weeks. Big vigorous stinky plant. Stem rub and leaf rub had strong cookie/hash smells very early in veg. Buds wreaked of moth ball funk, and that smell sweetened up a bit at the end. Beautiful big buds. Tons of trichs and very sticky. Some male parts on lowers. No big deal, clipped them in early flower and everything worked out fine. This herb is dank dank dank. Very strong but enjoyable high. One weird trait I loved about this plant was that dead leaves were easy to pull by hand and broke off clean at the main stem.
Big Bad Wolf (Chemdog D x Chemdog ’91)
Chopped at 84 days after flip. Fairly easy to grow but got a lot of crispy dying leaves in flower. It fox-tailed quite a bit, which seems common for this strain. I ended up breaking colas into small nugs when trimming. Not a ton of trichs, but certainly enough. Not very resinous. Smells strong from a distance and will stink up a room, but not up close. Strong fuel smell and skunky. Coats your tongue with fuel. This is my favorite high right now. It is strong but I get 0 paranoia or anxiety, even when I have a lot of life stress.
GG#4 x GSC
This went 70 days after flip. Easiest to grow overall, especially in the later flowering weeks. It was very stable. Beautiful bud structure and blanketed in trichs. Very few hairs. Very resinous. Smell and high are both hard to describe. It’s just really high-quality herb. The high is good and enjoyable but you can almost forget you are high at times. Terps are a bit gassy and cat pissy with a sharp & sweet super glue smell. Mouth coating after taste.
WiFi 43 x Zkittlez
Took this 70 days after flip. Big fat buds and easy to grow. It got very hungry around week 6, kind of out of nowhere. Up until that point it was the easiest to grow. The terps on this are Zkittlez and are off the charts. The high is very strong for me and is intense at times. Could just be my chemistry. Lots of trichs and moderately resinous.
They all produced outstanding herb, but Big Bad Wolf and Chem D x GSC are my favorites to smoke. All plants took to topping and LST very well. I would grow all of them again. I appreciate CSI’s commitment to the game, integrity, prolific production, and dedication to legit cuts.