Happy President’s Day! I am one of the fortunate folks that actually have this day off. So, what better way to start a day off but with new weed strains!

My day of celebration started with an upbeat and sugary sweet strain, Blueberry Soda. As I dig deeper into what my Apple Music playlists would call the “deep cuts” of weed, I find more and more strains, which are hybrids- a complicated mix of some of the tried and true strains that I previously have written on. Blueberry Soda is such a strain. It seems to me to be a hybrid of Black Cherry Soda , an indica dominant hybrid and Blueberry, also an indica dominant hybrid. And, oddly enough the hybridization of these two hybrid strains creates a very well balanced, sativa dominant hybrid strain. Now, that is some genetic fancy footwork.

The flavor and the aroma of this strain is blueberry all the way. It’s effects to me were quite similar to those of Blue Dream. This strain is energizing in a quiet way. It uplifts your mood and yet doesn’t cause any jumpiness or anxiety. I did not test the limits on this strain since I have lots more celebrating to do this afternoon. But, my feeling is that if I would have continued to consume, I think the indica genes of this strain would have become more dominant , as often happens with these complicated hybrid strains.

Today’s cannabis strains cannot really be easily categorized as either indica or sativa they need to tried by you. All of our endocannabinoid systems are different and what your system need vs what mine needs is definitely different. Today’s cannabis flower are complicated and yet so easy-you just have to try them all!

And, with that mission, the next strain I picked this week was Royal Chiesel, a sativa dominant hybrid. This strain like Blueberry Soda, is another genetic wonder. It is a cross between Chiesel, a sativa dominant hybrid and Royal Kush , an indica dominant hybrid. Again, there are no hard facts about this strain so I am giving you my experience with the strain that I picked up. But here’s some background on the parent strains.

Chiesel is a sativa hybrid strain that was created by crossing Cheese , an indica dominant hybrid originating in the UK and NYC Diesel , the east coast version of the west coast strain, Sour Diesel. To me, the first thing that caught my attention was this strains aroma-heavy on the diesel, just like Sour Diesel, and I was surprised at how little “cheese” that I smelled or later tasted.

However, the flavor of this strain is really mild and almost like an Afghani strain with a bit of skunk. Funny enough, the other parent of this strain is Royal Kush, which is created by crossing Afghani and Skunk #1.

So, it goes to show you that cannabis strains, just like people, cannot be put in tiny little neat categories. The new hybrid strains, like us, are made up a lot more than what are parents gave us. They like us are much more complicated and because of that “complication” are much more beautiful and unique.

This President’s Day, whether you are working or celebrating, make the intention to stop limiting yourself and your experiences and stay open to this moment and all the next moments to come. Happy holiday!