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There are certain cultivars that transcend personal taste because they\u2019re just that good. These lightning bolt varieties blow everyone away equally, going viral in the IRL networks of the weed world. Countless clones, copycats and knockoff names all come with the territory of this kind of success. Often, so do a ton of awards. The Double OG Chem by Rebel Grown, an off-grid farm in the Palo Verde appellation of Southern Humboldt, is one such flower. The mix of OG, Chem Dog and Sour Diesel is frosty, gassy and at 34 percent THC, very, very<\/em> potent.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI became passionate and interested in cannabis when I was very young,\u201d says Dan Pomerantz, founder of Rebel Grown<\/a> and creator of the Double OG Chem. Pomerantz got his start in cannabis cultivation by moving between his grows in Boston and Vermont, experimenting with genetics, organics and indoor and outdoor living soil. \u201cThe goal was always to try to reach and find something that\u2019s more exciting and more special,\u201d he says.\u00a0<\/p>\n After heading out to California for the first time to work on a weed farm, Pomerantz fell in love with the hidden, magical world of the Emerald Triangle. By 2011, he found himself perfectly positioned to start his own brand, Ganja Rebel Seeds. He says it would become the first seed company to sell seeds in Humboldt County\u2019s medical dispensaries.<\/p>\n \u201cBy the time I started a seed company, I had a lot of experience in the industry,\u201d he says. \u201cI was able to realize the challenges that these small growers have. They had all these amazing seed varieties, but the market changed, and they couldn\u2019t sell them anymore. The purple trends had ended and for most people at that time, if you didn\u2019t have OG Kush, you couldn\u2019t sell your weed.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Then, Pomerantz says he \u201cshowed up with a big collection of genetics from seeds that I got online, traded and had collected. I started breeding and everyone kind of laughed at me saying, \u2018You realize you\u2019re bringing sand to the beach here?\u2019 But then what happened is they started growing them.\u201d<\/p>\n Pomerantz turned marketable, hard-to-grow clones into seeds that loved to grow in the rich soil and Mediterranean microclimate of the Emerald Triangle.<\/p>\n During his first full season in Humboldt, Pomerantz worked for a farmer who recognized his passion for genetics and gave him access to a small greenhouse.\u00a0\u201cAt the end of the year, there was this OG Chem. I had a few different females, and I took clones of the four best ones,\u201d he says. \u201cI gave them to every grower I knew. We all agreed that the #2 Double OG Chem was just the frostiest, most beautiful plant. And I knew it was special.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n He says he then distributed them to Kevin Jodrey at Wonderland Nursery, which was the only licensed cannabis nursery in the country at the time. Jodrey began selling tens of thousands of clones of that plant, creating its own submarket as an incredibly high-testing OG variety at a time when the market was saturated with mid-range OGs.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIt was right around when people started caring about THC,\u201d Pomerantz says. \u201cAll the OG clones that were in California back then maxed out at 24, 25, maybe 26 percent if you grew it like crazy. And that was most of the OG in the commercial market, which was 90 percent of the market at the time. Every dispensary in LA had their entire menu filled with OGs.\u201d\u00a0And then suddenly Pomerantz says he had something different to offer: a gassy, frosty, white OG plant with 30 percent THC. Once Jodrey began selling the clones, thousands of people started growing it.<\/p>\n \u201cIt kind of created its own market,\u201d Pomerantz says. \u201cIt\u2019s been called Kush Dog, Twist OG; it\u2019s got a bunch of names because, unfortunately, people change the name and don\u2019t give credit where it\u2019s due.\u201d<\/p>\n Thankfully, competitions such as The Emerald Cup<\/a> do give credit. \u201cThe Double OG Chem was a hybrid first made in 2011 by crossing the OG Chem into an OG Sour,\u201d Pomerantz says. \u201cThere have been many years of selections to get it to where it is now. There\u2019s no other genetics that have won three breeders\u2019 cups. No other plant has won that many top first or second placings in the Emerald Cup. It\u2019s also won fourth place multiple times and a lot of other top ten spots. Basically, it\u2019s the most awarded cannabis flower in the Emerald Cup since 2016 or 2017, which is amazing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n While Pomerantz is focusing on Rebel Grown\u2019s expansion to Vermont, the farm\u2019s day-to-day is run by his partners, Cully and Rachel.<\/p>\n \u201cThe awards that we win are really for our growers,\u201d Pomerantz says. \u201cIt\u2019s important to me to give a lot of props to them. I started a brand a long time ago and I\u2019ve done some great genetics work that I\u2019m proud of, but Cully and Rachel are carrying on not only the tradition of that neighborhood, but also the tradition of my approach of growing weeded with diversified organics. Cully and Rachel should get credit for being the best outdoor farmers in Humboldt County, not me.\u201d<\/p>\n When it comes to what makes Rebel Grown and their award-winning cultivars so supremely special, Pomerantz chalks it up to their meticulous and locally centered growing practices. Almost 20 different organic soil amendments and the use of local microbes allow their plants infinite options to choose what they need to thrive. And of course, a positive attitude doesn\u2019t hurt either.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe constantly strive to keep improving because we know other people are improving, too,\u201d he says. \u201cAnd we want them to get better\u2014we don\u2019t see other farmers as competitors; we see them as allies. We want small farmers to win, succeed and grow the best weed they can. And we know that as they\u2019re improving, we need to keep improving ourselves.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Name:<\/strong> Double OG Chem<\/p>\n Breeder\/Seed Bank:<\/strong> Rebel Grown<\/p>\n Genetics:<\/strong> OG Chem x (OG Sour) f3 (2\/3rds OG Kush 1\/3 Chemdog and some Sour Diesel influence)<\/p>\n Percent Indica\/Sativa:<\/strong> Indica dominant hybrid<\/p>\n Type(S\/H\/I):<\/strong> Indica dominant hybrid<\/p>\n Smell\/Flavors:<\/strong> Loud\/GasFuel. Skunky and funky<\/p>\n Appearance:<\/strong> Light green, frosted out<\/p>\n Effects:<\/strong> Extremely potent yet balanced<\/p>\n Harvest Planning\/Flower Time:<\/strong> 9-9.5 weeks, October 7-15, depending on cultivation variables<\/p>\n Growth:<\/strong> Vigorous<\/p>\n Average Cannabinoids:<\/strong> Has tested over 40 percent cannabinoids and over 34 percent THC.<\/p>\n Performance:<\/strong> Crushes in dep, fire indoor, but best is full-term outdoor from the Palo Verde Appellation Southern Humboldt<\/p>\n The post Double OG Chem: The Beginning<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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