The Grandaddy Purple from Blimburn Seeds is a relaxant strain that leaves you fully sedated overtime and barely functional. This makes the strain a good recreational toke after coming home from work or on a day off. Grandaddy Purple will take away the edge from your nerves and cool down your body to help you take the load off after a heavy week.

Plants of the Grandaddy Purple strain have large dense buds that sprout at the top of the plants. Surrounding the buds are light green colored leaves that are group tightly together. In addition, the plant has temperature sensitive pigments that give the buds and leaves an attractive shade of purple. Surrounding the buds are light orange pistil and a healthy dose of white trichomes.

Origin Of Grandaddy Purple

The Grandaddy Purple is the offspring of the Big Bud and Purple Urkle that Ken “Medicine Man” Estes came up with. Both of the parents are indica dominant strains. The Big Bud is popular for living up to its name with its plants producing larger buds than other indica strains. This strain also hits you with a deep sedative effect. It is also the same effect of the Purple Urkle.

The major difference between the two parents is the aroma and flavor. Big Bud has an earthy skunk profile while Purple Urkle smells of earthy berries. The Grandaddy Purple inherited the sweet grape flavor of the Purple Urkle and the large yield production from the Big Bud. With this kind of traits, the strain became a major staple to many cannabis users upon its availability since 2003.

Effects Of Grandaddy Purple

The effect of the Grandaddy Purple is a powerful stoning with a mix of cerebral high. Upon smoking the strain, you will feel a massive wave of happiness and relaxation wash over you. This kind of high hits you almost immediately after taking a few puffs of the Grandaddy purple.

During the effect of this high, the sensation is like floating over water with our mind wandering away to a different world. This will also change your perspective of everything around you. Watching movies you seen or listening to music you heard before will be like experiencing them for the first time. As time goes by, your consciousness drifts towards the land of slumber as your body calms down.

Medical Uses Of Grandaddy Purple

Insomnia and chronic pain relief are the main targets of the Grandaddy Purple The relaxing body buzz of its indica nature takes the edges out of your nerves and melts your muscles down to a comfortable jelly state. This can make some of the symptoms of serious medical conditions manageable like arthritis and inflammation. With Grandaddy Purple melting away the pain, you can sleep peacefully throughout the night.

Another major benefit of the Grandaddy Purple is its hunger-inducing trait. This is great when you are suffering from a gastroenteritis disorder or simply have a problem with eating. Taking the Grandaddy Purple can help you take in some much-needed nutrients to keep your health up.

Taste And Aroma Of Grandaddy Purple

As you can expect from the name and its parent, the Grandaddy Purple has a powerful sweet berry profile. The smell is like tearing open a bag of grape flavored gum that has a juicy center. Grandaddy’s Purple aroma is so intense that your mouth will likely start to water.

The taste of berries is as intense to your mouth as it is to your nose. It is almost like you are chewing the same grape flavored gum that you smelled from breaking apart the bud. Exhaling the smoke leaves behind a curious earthy nut aftertaste that lingers in your mouth for a while.

Growing Grandaddy Purple

The trait that breeders love about the Grandaddy Purple is its incredibly large buds, which leads to higher yields than other indica strains. However, this is also the plant’s weakest trait because this makes the bud susceptible to powdery mildew if you allow its surrounding humidity to increase. Given the climate of Canada, it is a good idea to cultivate Grandaddy Purple plants indoors where you have more control with the surrounding water vapor.

During the plant’s flowering stage, consider increasing the phosphorous feeding. The nutrient helps in the healthy production of the buds during this phase in the plant’s lifecycle. A healthy bud allows for a high-quality strain with an optimum amount of cannabinoids and terpenes.