Apple Tarts Feminised

Apple Tarts announces itself in a fixed order, and caryophyllene is always first out of the jar — warm pepper that registers as heat rather than as smell, with dried clove and sandalwood beneath. myrcene follows mid-palate, adding an earthy floor. The lab figure on this 85/15 indica is 24% THC, though potency is the least interesting thing about it — plenty of cultivars test the same and taste of very little.

The choices that bring out the Caryophyllene/Myrcene/Bisabolol profile in Apple Tarts are not the choices that maximise yield, and at some point you have to pick one. The aromatic version starts in living soil — microbial activity in an established no-till bed produces secondary metabolites a synthetic feed schedule never will, and South Africa has enough good local compost and worm-casting suppliers to make that affordable rather than aspirational.

Through 8 weeks (indoor), stop foliar spraying after week two: anything that lands on a developing trichome is still there at harvest. The closing three weeks decide which terpenes end up in front — nights held at 16-18°C push caryophyllene forward, a warmer finish protects the lighter bisabolol top notes, and you cannot have both. Decide which version of the strain you want before you get there.

Most of the loss happens after the cut. Hang for 10-14 days at 15-18°C and 55-60% humidity, which through a South African summer realistically means a climate-controlled room or a wine fridge set to 16°C. Then jar it and burp twice daily for the first fortnight. The myrcene layer that makes this cultivar worth the trouble does not surface until somewhere between day 21 and day 28 in glass.

Difficulty: intermediate. In flower for 8 weeks (indoor). Stands 70–110 cm. Indoors it returns 375–625 g/m². Outdoors, 400–600 g/plant a plant.

The first thing Apple Tarts does at 24% THC is settle a warm peppery spice at the back of the throat. The creative, focused, calm effects follow within minutes, starting as weight behind the eyes and working down through the shoulders and limbs. Fifteen minutes in there is a physical stillness — not sedation so much as a disinclination to get up. Two to three hours at a moderate dose. Myrcene sits underneath all of it, adding more body, reinforcing the physical side.

Leading with Caryophyllene, then Myrcene, and Bisabolol underneath. This trio turns up repeatedly in cultivars that win things, and it is why a jar of Apple Tarts tends to get a reaction the first time it is opened after curing. Caryophyllene sets the anchor, myrcene fills the middle, and bisabolol sits in the background doing the work that separates this from every other strain built on the same primary terpene.

Who does well with Apple Tarts? Indoor growers who want the harvest date to be their decision. Outdoor growers who want to choose the moment flowering starts. Anyone with the room and the patience to veg it properly before flipping. It is rated intermediate, which in practice means a moderate learning curve that rewards attention without needing laboratory conditions. Sent nationwide in plain, unbranded packaging, with sourced grow data on every strain page.