Lava Cake Feminized

Lava Cake Feminized at a glance

Lava Cake Feminized is an indica-dominant photoperiod hybrid that crosses Thin Mint GSC with Grape Pie. THC runs from 22 to 24%. The nose is grape and mint over an earthy sweetness, with vanilla rising after the cure, and the effect is a warm, full-body relaxation.

Genetics

Thin Mint GSC supplies the structure, the frost of resin and a cool, minty-earthy character. Grape Pie adds sweet grape depth and a relaxing indica body, along with a habit of pulling purple tones out of the leaves when the nights cool.

No indica-to-sativa ratio is listed for this one, so go by what the plant does: tightly packed flowers in the last weeks on a medium frame. Our guide to indica cannabis seeds explains what an indica-leaning profile asks of you.

In our catalogue, Animal Mint Feminized also has a Thin Mint parent, but it is a separate plant with its own numbers.

Aroma and effect

Myrcene leads, followed by caryophyllene, limonene and humulene. Myrcene gives an earthy, musky base, caryophyllene a touch of pepper, limonene a citrus lift and humulene a dry, herbal edge that keeps the sweetness from turning cloying. Grape and mint come first; the vanilla comes forward in the jar.

The effect is a warm, full-body relaxation that arrives within minutes and settles into the muscles. Toward the top of the 22 to 24% THC range it turns heavier and more physical, which fits a myrcene-led profile.

Growing guide

Difficulty is moderate. Lava Cake is not brutal, but it pays back canopy management and steady humidity in late flower, because dense buds invite mould. It stays at a medium 100 to 200 cm and flowers in 8 to 9 weeks (56 to 63 days) after the switch to 12/12.

Indoors: from veg to flower

Give the seedling a week or two, then only 2 to 3 weeks of vegetative growth before the flip to 12 hours of light. The flowering count starts the day you flip: 8 to 9 weeks (56 to 63 days), a one-week window. Feminized seeds spare you the sexing, so the work goes into shape, air and patience.

Aim for 21 to 26°C in the day, with nights 4 to 6°C cooler. Hold relative humidity around 55 to 60% in veg, then bring it down in steps from the third week of flower to 40 to 45% at the end. Start low-stress training (LST) early and top once or twice for an even canopy.

Feed at a moderate level, with a phosphorus and potassium boost from the third week of flower; heavy feeding burns the tips. Ease off over the last two weeks so the aroma stays clean. Take only the fan leaves that shade the lower bud sites, in a light pass every 7 to 10 days.

Use a loupe on the top buds rather than the calendar. Letting some trichomes turn amber gives a heavier finish, while an earlier cut leaves the effect more balanced. Our flowering stage guide follows the weeks one by one.

Outdoors in Quebec

Lava Cake suits temperate and Mediterranean climates and finishes in early to mid-October, just where the cold, wet weather of late autumn begins along the St. Lawrence. Pick a sunny, sheltered spot and leave room for air to move around those dense buds. Cool September nights are what bring out the purple.

Watch the forecast through September and October. Our outdoor growing guide for Canada covers the season, and the guide to late harvest in northern climates helps when autumn arrives early.

Growing tips

Hang the branches upside down in the dark and follow the golden number of drying, 18/60/18: 18°C, 60% relative humidity, about 18 days, with air moving. In the first 48 hours run the dehumidifier without stopping, and never let the room climb past 18°C.

Then cure in sealed glass jars for at least two or three weeks. Open a jar now and then: the vanilla and the grape keep deepening. To bring out purple, let the nights fall 5 to 10°C in the final two weeks.