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Discover the pressure Flavor Crystals and smoke it ASAP. It is the most effective strains that ever existed.
I got here throughout Taste Crystals in Portland through the pandemic and it was the brightest spot within the darkest world. Aesthetics? Lovely. Taste? Distinctive. Expertise? Sufficient to make a pal of mine that does not even smoke exclaim, “Oh my god, what’s that?!” after hitting my joint. So once I thought of which breeders to cowl in Weedmaps’ Strains That Madecollection, Compound Genetics was one of many first creators on my thoughts.
I had the possibility to hop on a name with Christopher Lynch, the model’s Founder and Chief Government Wizard, to debate Compound’s historical past and the strains it is proliferated over time.
Compound Genetics’ origin story
Compound Genetics was born in 2017 in Portland, Oregon. It was based by Christopher Lynch, a San Jose-born, Portland-raised, hashish breeder who has been placing crops into soil for over 15 years. “I first began smoking weed in highschool as a freshman. I had entry to high-quality hashish. I used to be actually lucky to have good marijuana from the get-go,”mentioned Lynch.
He first began rising hashish in 2006 after coming back from a two-year stint in Amsterdam. It allowed him to see hashish from all around the world and additional his fascination with hashish strains and tradition. “I simply needed to expertise extra of the hashish tradition. My pal lived over there and supplied a spot for me to remain. It was form of formidable, I used to be form of nervous about it at first, however all of the items form of fell collectively.”
Ten years later, with a pal in Portland, Lynch based his first hashish genetics model: Tiger Timber. On the strains that they had going then, Compound’s wizard of genetics mentioned, “I had a Chemdog D x Bitter Diesel IBL male. We made a set with seeds with that, and that was the primary challenge that Tiger Timber labored on. After that, we moved on to Compound. Tiger Timber was solely round for about two years.”
On why the model’s identify modified Lynch shared, “I needed to create a model that had wider market attraction. I form of felt like Tiger Timber was a distinct segment model, it was too stoner-friendly. I needed to be seen in all types of shops and attraction to a wider viewers. My understanding I realized from the trade was [that] Tiger Timber wanted a brand new model. A picture being described to me as extra polished, extra company {and professional}, and general a greater consumer-facing model.”
With the tip of Tiger Timber, Lynch was prepared for a brand new enterprise, a brand new model, and a brand new metropolis. In 2019 he began Compound Genetics and moved to San Francisco. “I used to be working with Node Labs. They had been mainly providing to assist facilitate my breeding initiatives the place I maximized my potential in Portland, Oregon. For the following chapter, I needed to get into a much bigger market. California has extra gamers and is dwelling base for hashish on the West Coast.” Since then, Lynch and his small group of fewer than 5 staff have been feeding the sport among the most flavorful weed on the market.
These are the strains that made Compound Genetics.
2017-2019: Legend Orange Apricot
The primary pressure that put Compound on the map was Legend Orange Apricot, a pressure that Chris popped from a pack of seeds that the Capulator, the daddy of MAC, blessed him with in late 2016. On how he acquired Legend Orange Apricot, Lynch says “Jungle Boys invited me to be of their sales space at [the Chalice Festival]. I used to be slanging seeds, and I bumped into Capulator. I gave him some seeds and he gave me an unreleased [Legend OG x Orange Apricot]. I took it dwelling and located a keeper feminine and a keeper male. I requested Capulator if I might do a breeding challenge; and he gave me permission, which is fairly uncommon for Capulator. I used the male to make a set of seeds.”
Legend Orange Apricot was then used to create a full line of hybrids that included Ice Cream Man, Purple Apricot, and my favourite: Taste Crystals.
2017-2019: Jet Gas Gelato, Menthol
Jet Gas Gelato, a gassy Gelato cross, was Compound Genetics’ subsequent massive splash within the strainosphere. “It was when Gelato had first come on the scene. It actually hadn’t caught on but, and I noticed the window to do one thing with it — make a reputation for that. I had the reduce and I ran with it. I used to be form of first-to-market with sizzling Gelato seeds. It had the gasoline to the identify, it had an excellent profile; so far as rising, it is actually strong in veg, it had good yields. All of the strains I crossed had been fireplace. Gelato being new on the scene and trending, the breeding and the strains, then all of this hit and it was like a magic recipe.” From these crosses, Lynch was capable of get Jet Gas Gelato and Menthol.
2019: Apples and Bananas
Along with his success from the Gelato strains, Lynch and Compound’s identify began cracking round California. It enabled him to hyperlink up with Berner and Cookies to start out collaborating.
The famed Apples and Bananas was the primary collaboration between the manufacturers. It was launched in 2019 and was born from one among Compound’s Jet Gas Gelato seed collections. “I used to be at MJBizCon in 2019, and I met up with Berner at one of many occasions. I gave him some jars. I had the Apples and Bananas — on the time it wasn’t referred to as Apples and Bananas. I created the strains, gave them to him, and he created the advertising and branding. It has been a pleasure working with him.”
At present, Compound Genetics is gearing as much as drop a complete Apples and Bananas seed assortment at Emerald Cup this December. “I crossed Apples and Bananas with all of the hitters from Cookies, all of the staple strains. Apples and Bananas x Pavé, Apples and Bananas x Huge Face, Apples and Bananas S1, Apples and Bananas x White Runtz, all of the distinctive flavors,” mentioned Lynch.“I am additionally doing a Gary Payon x Apples and Bananas at Emerald cup with Powerzzzup.”
2021: Pavé, Huge Face
With the success of Apples and Bananas, Compound Genetics and Cookies have collaborated on many extra strains together with Laughing Fuel, Fish Scale, Gummiez, the extremely coveted Huge Face, and the well-known Pavé, a collab with Migos frontman Quavo. “Pavé is caked out in trichomes. It is nearly white-like. Actually robust gassy profile, extra like an earthy fuel. It has a really distinctive bud construction and look, it is nice for hash manufacturing as nicely.”
On the reference to Quavo and the way Pavé was obtained by the neighborhood, Lynch shared, “I believe the Quavo factor helped it, however I believe folks preferred it extra as a result of it was a very distinctive profile and actually distinctive pressure basically. It checked all of the bins, Berner needed to actually be sure that for the Cookies model, it was a hitter.”
Identical to with Apples and Bananas, Compound will likely be doing a complete Pavé seed assortment in 2022. Be looking out for it, in addition to Compound Genetics’ future line of flavors with 2 Chainz.
