the Spice F2

Growing Information

About the Spice F2

Twenty20 Mendocino's F2 release of the Spice represents a second-generation cross, grown out and recombined from an original pairing to work toward a more settled, predictable version of the plant. Flowering runs 8 to 9 weeks, a fairly ordinary window for indica genetics, and THC testing reaches up to 18 percent, a moderate but respectable ceiling. Because F2 seed lines carry more genetic variability than a stable F1 hybrid, growers running a pack of the Spice F2 may notice more differences between individual plants than they would with a more heavily stabilized line, everything from vigor to structure can vary before the line is bred further. That variability is part of what makes F2 seed appealing to growers who enjoy phenotype hunting rather than wanting a single predictable plant, and an 18 percent THC ceiling gives them a reasonable potency floor to work from while they search.