Sorry to arrive late at this thread. RM's 'Cherry Bomb' was not a 'strain' per se, at least not in the sense that my CB is. In my opinion, you shouldn't use the term strain unless you've inbred that seedline exclusively for 6-7 generations or so. No way did RM do that with his CB. Cherry Bomb was the name I chose for my strain of 'Maui Wowee' when I obtained the original 7 seeds. That was in the year 1977, so I'd say my choice of name predates ALL others...yes?
My relationship with RM was interesting. I was trying to find competent commercial breeders that were more interested in preserving IBL's and landraces than making new crosses which is what most breeders were doing then. After carrying the responsibility of a seedline for SO long, I was anxious to spread it around to prevent a loss. I met RM on overgrowdotcom and sent him a fat pack (60-80) of CB seeds to start his line. First thing he did was cross it with some strain he had named CB (to be accurate, he probably just invented that name to justify the cross) and instead of offering the pure line, which any breeder would be much more interested in, he offered F1 hybrid seeds of the two lines. Now, if you know your breeding, I don't need to go into this, but if you don't, short answer is F1's are pretty worthless for breeding. The real irony of the whole episode is, RM probably learned about protecting your pure lines by offering F1's from talking to me! Well, it wasn't the first time someone has taken information they learned from me and used it against me, that's the price you gotta pay for knowin' lotsa stuff.
Most people who have grown out both my CB and RM's cross prefer my pure CB. It would seem that everything good about the cross comes from my genes. That makes sense because my CB would be much more stable for many more traits than a recently crossed, randomly bred plant.
A 'type' CB plant should be very potent, with an ammonia smell and taste and fruity undertones. CB plants are very tough and hardy and withstand abuse well. Some can yield huge amounts outdoors. The high is very medicinal and relaxing, gives a feeling of well being and positive outlook. Red stems and petiols are associated with the fruity, cherry taste, which is more noticable on weaker (less potent) plants. The positive aspect of the high may be more pronounced on the slightly lower potency plants as well. I probably selected the potency higher over the generations (hard to avoid), making those 'type' plants a bit rarer in the seedbatches. Hope this helps. I'll drop by again, see if there's any more questions.
