The name comes from the smoothness that makes Ice Cream a winner with growers and smokers around the world. Why the Ferrari tag then? Because once this plant clicks into gear it takes off like a racing red sports car, fast and furious. And what a ride!
This is one of our new generation varieties, bred from classic original lines to produce a plant that comes with its own strong identity. An instant hit when we released this specialist strain, it also won the over the taste buds of the High Life cup judges who voted it in their top 3 two years in a row.
We spent our time breeding this beauty. The result is a plant that is perfectly suited for indoor grow operations thanks to rapid and healthy growth (8 - 9 weeks flowering time), and a general lack of stretching. This makes it an ideal option as a multi-branch plant and also makes it perform spectacularly as part of a Sea Of Green (SOG) operation.
Outdoors, Ice Cream may not be the biggest yielder, but it is still popular with growers looking to benefit from that indica strength. It performs satisfactorily in regions as far north as Canada, the UK and the Netherlands, but it is in the south that it adapts best - sunshine coaxing the best from its resinous buds.
Under the hood, the Ice Cream plant packs copious amounts of trichomes, tightly clustered, its heads lining up in regimental rows and glistening with a resinous glow. Like the ice cream you always wished for, expect the palette to dance with vanilla and pine while the aroma is pure old school skunk.
It remains a popular choice; with growers who enjoy its turbo powered growth and smoking fans who enjoy all the power that comes with a turbo indica engine to drive them through the night.
- Height: Medium
- Flowering Time: 55-60 Days
- Indica/Sativa: 60% Indica / 40% Sativa
- Yield: Indoors 500 gr/m2, Outdoors 500 gr/pp+
- Harvest: Mid October
- Taste: Creamy Vanilla, Skunk And Pine Undertones
- Effect: Trippy, Equal Head And Body
- Indoor/Outdoor: Indoor / Outdoor
Strain FAQ
Which terpenes give cannabis its creamy dairy taste?
The terpene profile gives a strain its creamy dairy-like flavour. Myrcene gives earthy depth, limonene offers lemony creaminess, linalool adds florality, and alpha-bisabolol adds sweet, floral smoothness to create that creamy taste.
How does stress come into high yielding strains?
Yields are often said to be increased by stress training methods like LST and HST. These strategies bend the plant to improve light and airflow, which it is reported boosts bud formation.
How have breeders improved medium flowering time strains' pest and disease resistance?
In pest-prone areas, selective breeding has made some medium-flowering cultivars more resistant to pests and illnesses. Increased resistance is said to be able to reduce chemical treatment use, enabling healthier output and decreasing maintenance.