9 Pound Hammer

This flower goes by 9 Pound Hammer, one of the aliases Leafly gives for the strain it titles 9 lb Hammer, along with Nine Pound Hammer. Leafly credits the breeding to JinxProof Genetics.

Gooberry, Hells OG and Jack the Ripper

Leafly and AllBud both describe a three-way cross of Gooberry, Hells OG and Jack the Ripper, with AllBud spelling the first parent Goo Berry. Leafly classes the result as an indica, and AllBud, tilting it 80 to 20 toward indica over sativa, terms it an indica-dominant hybrid. Leafly’s description names 9 lb Hammer a winner at the 2014 High Times Cannabis Cup in Seattle and calls it strong and quick to flower. Its two child strains on Leafly are Shangri-La and Fruit Smash.

Neon green nugs or pale, frosted ones

AllBud pictures grape-shaped nugs in bright neon green with darker forest-green tones and a thin coat of trichomes. One recent Leafly reviewer saw something paler: light green nugs frosted white, medium in size and loose in structure, with a sour smell like lemon.

Sweet grape with a little earthiness is the aroma AllBud reports, and its taste notes are sweet berry and lime, growing stronger on the exhale. Leafly calls the flavour pungent and fruity with diesel and lime undertones, and lime, earthy and berry lead its flavour list. Myrcene and caryophyllene are the dominant terpenes on Leafly.

Relaxed and tingly on Leafly, heavy later on AllBud

Leafly’s effect meter reads mostly calming; relaxed and tingly lead the top effects there, and the description adds euphoric. AllBud users report a fast-arriving happy, euphoric and uplifted head high that later settles into heavy, couch-locked relaxation of body and mind. Leafly’s 1,142 ratings average 4.6, and AllBud shows 4.4 from 82 votes and 58 reviews.

Leafly’s 20% THC, AllBud’s 18% to 23%, and a first puff

Leafly gives 9 lb Hammer 20% THC and 1% CBG, judges its strength above average and suggests it for experienced consumers. AllBud gives an average range of 18% to 23%. These describe 9 lb Hammer as a strain, not a test of this flower. For inhaling, Health Canada sets its opening suggestion at 1 or 2 puffs of something that tops out at 10% THC; the effects begin within seconds to minutes, and reaching their height can take up to half an hour.