Red Shift

Lineage: Sunshine Girl x Cherry Pie {reversed}
Filial Generation: F1
THC 28% – 33% CBD 1%
Resistance: Mold
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: 55 – 60 days, End September
Stretch / Structure: Average / Christmas tree shape
Variation: Low
Yield: Above Average
Aroma: Sweet and Savory Cherry Desert

We hunted Cherry Pie to find a prime example of the variety that displayed all the properties you’d expect. The S1 cut we settled on not only has that great cherry and fuel flavor, but also brings extreme potency and consistently throws numbers near 30% THC. We’ve crossed it to Sunshine Girl – a real rock star in our collection. Variation from seed to seed has proven to be low (especially for a F1 cross). You will find a winner in each pack.

Like it’s parents, Red Shift is easy to grow and is typically a stout plant that requires minimal support and average nutrients. By day 60, you’ll find yourself with a large amount of uplifting, delicious buds.

Caution: This potent variety may cause anxiety and has been known to cause visual disturbances (tracers) for some users. If you’re new to cannabis, don’t make any plans for a couple hours. If you’re an old pro, have fun!

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

Cheese Drops

Lineage: Morning Dew x BlueCheese {reversed}
Filial Generation: F1
THC 25% – 28% CBD up to 8%
Resistance: Mold, Pests
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: ~60 days, End September / Early October
Stretch / Structure: Average / bush
Variation: Low-Medium
Yield: Above average
Aroma: Funky Cheese that makes you wrinkle your nose

Feel yourself falling away from stress and into a warm sense of wellbeing. Cheese Drops has a smooth smoke and loud funk that makes people ask what it is. We crossed our favorite BlueCheese cut with a workhorse Morning Dew cut. There are two primary phenotypes. The one that shows foxtails late in flower tends to also show 3:1 THC:CBD. Generally in the 24% THC : 8% CBD range. Feedback from our test-growers has been very positive, especially among those who were looking for some cheese for their grow.

Cheese Drops, like it’s parent Morning Dew, is very easy to grow, has average nutrient requirements, and is extremely hardy. It tends to bush out when left alone and responds well to scrog setups. This variety has performed well outdoors in Missouri where it makes baseball bat sized buds that stand up well to the local fall humidity. It has also proven to be one of our most pest resistant varieties.

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

Blue Shift

Lineage: Sunshine Girl x BlueCheese {reversed}
Filial Generation: F1
THC 21% – 28% CBD <2%
Resistance: Mold, Pests
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: ~60 days, End September / Early October
Stretch / Structure: Average / Christmas Tree
Variation: Low-Medium
Yield: Above average
Aroma: Mozzarella or pepper jack Cheese with hints of blueberry

Feel distant celestial bodies zooming toward you and bending light. Blue Shift is uplifting and seems to alter visual perception at higher doses. We crossed our favorite BlueCheese cut with a high potency Sunshine Girl cut. You will still find variation in the potency, but most plants grow in a similar way. Feedback from our test-growers has been very positive.

Blue Shift is easy to grow and has average nutrient requirements. It tends to have the classic christmas tree shape and responds well to scrog setups. This variety has performed well outdoors in Missouri where it makes heavy, frosty buds that don’t mind fall humidity and has proven to be pest resistant as well.

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

Blue Shift – Missouri Outdoor 2022
Blue Shift – Missouri Outdoor 2022

Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

Cheese CBD

Lineage: Cheese x Cheese {reversed}
Filial Generation: S2
THC 24% – 26% CBD 4% – 6%
Resistance: Mold
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: 55 – 60 days, End September
Stretch / Structure: Above average / Tall and branchy
Variation: Low-Medium
Yield: Above average
Aroma: Funky Cheese

We selected a cheese cut that brings that great cheese flavor with a respectable amount of CBD as well. With a typical 5:1 ratio of THC:CBD, this variety is a great medical variety and provides a solid dose of cannabinoids without being overwhelming. We’ve crossed it back to itself twice now to lock in those traits. Though you will still find variation in the ratio of cannabinoids, the plants themselves grow consistently both in terms of their frosty appearance and finishing time. This is a great variety to get relief from symptoms while staying functional enough to get your work done.

Cheese CBD is easy to grow and has average nutrient requirements. It tends to be long and lanky so will need support or a short vegetative period. It responds well to scrog setups. This variety has performed well outdoors in Missouri where it makes enormous buds that don’t mind fall humidity.

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

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Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

Cheese cbd
Cheese cbd
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Orange Diesel “OD” Kush

Lineage: Orange Kush x Lemon Sour Diesel {reversed}
Filial Generation: F1
THC 25% – 30% CBD 1%
Resistance: Mold
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: 60 days, End September
Stretch / Structure: Average / Christmas tree shape
Variation: Low
Yield: Above average
Aroma: Overripe Oranges and Fuel

This hybrid smells of fruity pebbles at harvest but cures up to a delicious mix of sickly sweet oranges and fuel once cured. Flowers test consistently above the mid-20’s and, due to the stable parent stock, variation from seed to seed has proven to be surprisingly low. If you wait a few extra days before harvest the fuel smells really start popping out and you might even pick up another point or two in potency.

OD Kush is easy to grow and is a stout plant that requires minimal support and average nutrients. The top bud in this classic Christmas tree shaped variety can get quite heavy and may need support though. This variety has also performed well outdoors in Missouri where it tolerates heat and stands up to fall humidity without complaint.

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

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Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

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Cherry Queen

Lineage: Cherry Pie x Cherry Pie {reversed}
Filial Generation: S2
THC 28% – 33% CBD 1%
Resistance: Mold
Phototropic / 6 Female Seeds
Flowering Time: 55 – 60 days, End September
Stretch / Structure: Average / Christmas tree shape
Variation: Low
Yield: Average
Aroma: Sweet Cherries and Fuel

We hunted Cherry Pie to find a prime example of the variety that displayed all the properties you’d expect. The S1 cut we settled on not only has that great cherry and fuel flavor, but also brings extreme potency and consistently throws numbers near 30% THC. We’ve crossed it back to itself twice now to lock in those traits. Variation from seed to seed has proven to be low and you’ll almost certainly find a winner in each pack. This cut has become so popular with our patients that it earned it’s own name; Cherry Queen.

Cherry Queen is easy to grow and is typically a stout plant that requires minimal support and average nutrients. This variety has also performed well outdoors in Missouri where it tolerates heat and stands up to fall humidity very well.

Caution: This potent variety is a real brain-melter. If you’re new to cannabis, don’t make any plans for a couple hours. If you’re an old pro, look forward to a goofy grin of satisfaction.

If you’re in central Missouri, contact us to find out where to purchase them locally.

Purchase Online

Lit Naturals Genetics are stress tested to help ensure intersex traits are not present in the seeds we produce. We field test by giving seeds to medical growers prior to release and grow them ourselves in order to collect data about our genetics. We take pride on bringing reasonably priced genetics to market while providing as much information as possible about them.

Photo of the Cherry Queen looking sexy

Where’s the Lit Farmer?

Hey Everyone! I’ve been quite preoccupied for the last year getting my activism on. Many probably know that I’ve been promoting an open market here in Missouri and have done so by creating the Fair Access Missouri political action committee. This has taken a lot of time, but I’ve still had some pokers in the fire.

The plan now is to restart publishing content helpful to MMJ caregivers and patients. To help with that, I’d like to hear from you! Please contact us and let me know what you want to hear about. If I can’t help shed light on the topic, I’ll find someone who can.

In the meantime, keep an eye out as we have decided to start making our genetics available to the public. My breeding efforts began in order to continue providing quality medical cannabis to patients without spending $10 (or more) per seed. As it turns out, we’ve produced more seeds than we need! I’ll be posting more on that soon.

I do want to thank those who have written recently asking what’s going on over here at Lit Naturals.

Happy Farming!
-The Lit Farmer

The Outdoor Grow Journal

For those of us who are fortunate enough to grow outdoors, it is very important to keep a journal of your grow, the environment, and the results. This can be especially important to keep you from repeating mistakes from year to year, and for planning for the year to come. While recording information about an indoor grow is valuable, doing so for an outdoor grow is indispensable. When growing indoors, it is possible control most of the variables in your environment. However, we are at the mercy of Mother Nature when outdoors.

The first entry into this year’s grow journal had to do with the cool, wet spring we endured. I’m sure to note that the amount of precipitation we received this spring was more than the usual amount for my area. Temperatures were also a little cooler than normal with our first heat wave occurring a couple weeks later than normal as well. Most years don’t fall in line with the averages, this much is true. Averages are just that, climate can vary quite a lot and one of the last climate related entries in my log will have to do with the temperature and humidity experienced in the next/final month before harvest. This is a crucial time for cannabis attempting to finish in the field.

The remainder of my notes have mostly to do with the particular varieties I’m growing. Characteristics of each variety, and often each seed of a variety, can also vary as much as the weather itself. My goal this year was to find at least one variety that did well here in central Missouri. Some varieties will never grow and finish well in your region so it is important to take notes. What’s the point of growing the same cultivars repeatedly when they are sensitive to molds that come with cool fall weather? I’ll share the variety if I do have a winner, but that remains to be seen. In the meantime, here a number of questions I try to answer and record in my journal for each variety I grow.

  • Did the seed tolerate low germination temperatures?
    Important for cool spring planting directly in soil.
  • Is there tolerance to frost?
    These varieties can usually be planted earlier and stay out longer if needed.
  • Is there a tolerance to placement outdoors?
    Some varieties stunt badly when making this transition in the spring.
  • Is there tolerance to moist/soggy soil?
    Some varieties will stand up to ‘wet feet’ better than others. This is especially important if not container planting.
  • Is there tolerance to drought?
    This is especially important when attempting to ‘dry-farm’ (without irrigation) like me.
  • Is there pest tolerance? If not, which pests were noted?
    This is most obvious when a plant is pest free when growing beside a variety that has become infected with pests.
  • Is there mold/mildew tolerance?
    I look for this trait religiously. Missouri summers are humid and fall weather can be grueling for varieties that are susceptible. This is the top reason for crop-loss in Missouri (at least for me).
  • When does the variety finish? Was there a cold-spell in advance of the finish?
    Some varieties finish quickly after the first cool-spell in September. I favor any variety that finishes before the month of October as this will increase your chances of avoiding bud-rot/mold/botrytis.
  • What is the quality of the finished medicine?
    This seems like a no-brainer, but it’s important to note because a variety can look and finish perfectly, but if there is a lack of potency, terpene profiles, or other desirable attributes, what is the point of growing it?

Bust out the notebooks folks! It’s exciting that we can actually keep notes for our legal grows and those notes will be very important for next year’s outdoor garden.

What do you think? Are there additional bits of information you record for your outdoor garden? How about the nutrients you use (if any)?

Happy Harvests!
— The Lit Farmer —

Dry-farmed medical cannabis legally grown in central Missouri.

Save 30% on your home-grow electric costs

That’s right, you can do this today and save up to 30% on your electric bill. No, this isn’t click bait and I’m not trying to sell some widget. You’ll spend at least $25 per month for the electricity to run a small grow. It only goes up from there, and a caregiver with 3 patients could easily be consuming an average of $200 per month (you will cringe if you see my bill right now, in the middle of the summer). So what’s the trick?

It’s easy; AVOID PEAK HOURS!

My electric company charges double for electricity between 6a – 8a and again between 4p – 8p each evening. Some have a ‘summer peak hour’ schedule as well, usually extending the evening peak time to account for daytime AC usage. I suppose I understand why this is. This is the time(s) of day when the transmission lines are near capacity and working hard.

The answer is to simply adjust your light cycles to avoid these times of day as best you can. I admit, it’s a pain not being able to visit my flowers until after 8p at night. However, my wallet is very thankful.

There’s no way to avoid both peak times, but since the evening is the longest such period, we opt to turn our lights on starting at 8:10 pm. The flowering lights turn off at around 8am, and the vegetative will turn off around 2:00 pm each day. In turn, this also takes the pressure off of your air conditioner somewhat, at least during the day when it is hottest. During the winter, keep this same schedule to supplement hourse-hold heat with heat from your lighting.

Don’t attempt to turn off dehumidifiers or air conditioners during peak hours. Environmental controls MUST be on at all times to avoid trouble.

Finally, if you’re adjusting your lighting cycle I always recommend a ‘long day’ before turning your lights off at the new time. I’ve found that most varieties respond better to adjustments to daytime lighting, rather than night time lighting. In other words, I’d prefer to give a flowering plant a 22 hours day before going back to 12/12 (on/off) cycle. This is preferred to giving a short/long night cycle to make the adjustment.

Remember: dark cycles should be sacred. Don’t interrupt them!

Happy Harvests!
— The Lit Farmer —

Roark Family Health; a first hand review

I selected this provider for my medical marijuana re-certification/renewal this year. I felt their prices were very fair and have heard really good reviews from other people. Most importantly, they offer telehealth visits. Given my remote location, this was a very welcomed change. Fortunately, I found that the positive word-of-mouth feedback was all true.

I found that the Roark Family Health process for medical marijuana certifications was straight-forward and efficient. I did have some trouble with filling out the forms on a phone, but had no problems via a laptop computer. It may have taken me a short 10 minutes. Within a few hours I was called by a representative to schedule my appointment. My paperwork was reviewed at that time and any additional information needed was identified on first contact. This is great – no surprises on the day of the appointment.

The instructions were clear for the appointment and, when the time came, connecting to Dr. Lisa Roark was a breeze. Dr. Roark was very approachable and did well to be professional, approachable, and pleasant. We talked about my medical history as well as my last year’s self-medication success and failures. All of my questions were answered and I was on my way.

I was emailed Dr. Roark’s recommendation before the video call was ended and also provided additional guidance regarding the next step to register with the state. Given that I have a detailed understand of how these systems are designed to work I can say for certain that all of the advice and instruction given by Roark Family Health was on point.

I highly recommend Roark Family Health as a trusted health care provider. The choice of a provider is an important one and I believe the right provider can help patients have a good experience with medical cannabis. I also believe that I have found the right provider.

Cheers to health!
— The Lit Farmer —

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