Mango: The Strain Behind The Famous "Eat A Mango" Trick

Mango is an old school Dutch indica from the breeder KC Brains that took third place in the indica category at the two thousand two High Times Cannabis Cup, and this video tells the full story of the strain, from the Thai, Brazilian and Afghan genetics behind it and the cold Dutch autumns it was built to beat to its disputed smell, its heavy creeper high, its descendants, and how it got tied to the famous eat a mango trick. What’s covered in this video: How the Netherlands became the center of the cannabis seed world, from the nineteen seventy six tolerance policy to the first Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam in nineteen eighty seven. Who KC is, the breeder known only by his initials, who has been trading seeds since nineteen seventy nine and runs KC Brains out of the small river town of Gorinchem. Why KC Brains has always sold budget seeds, with a pack of five Mango seeds still going for under ten euros. KC’s regular trips to Brazil starting in nineteen ninety, hunting for genetics nobody else in Holland had. The rest of his catalog, including Brains Choice built from Lamb’s Bread seeds handed to him in a Noord Holland coffeeshop, Leda Uno, Northern Light Special, and the strains his site lists as Cup winners. KC thirty three, Mango’s sativa parent, made from an old Dutch strain crossed with Thai and Brazilian males, with lemon and sweet spice buds, growing up to four meters tall with close to a kilo of bud outdoors, and why Thai genetics were famous for slow flowering since the Thai stick days of the seventies. Why KC thirty three cut it close every year in the cold, wet Dutch autumn, and why KC turned to Afghan genetics from hash country to fix it. How Mango came together from KC’s Special Select, KC thirty three, and an Afghani like plant, and why the often repeated nineteen ninety one date is not confirmed by KC himself. The plant itself, short and bushy with wide dark leaves, huge colas that can turn lavender, explosive budding, six to nine weeks of flowering indoors, and up to eight hundred grams per plant outdoors by mid October. Why Mango was perfect for Dutch backyard, balcony, and greenhouse growers, and what growers say about its cold and wet tolerance. The four phenotypes listed on SeedFinder, the warning about male flowers in regular seeds, and the feminized version KC sells today. Mango’s third place finish in the indica category at the High Times Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam in November two thousand two, why it was a podium finish rather than a win, and what it meant for a budget breeder to place against the biggest seed companies in Holland. Why nobody agrees on the smell, from KC’s hashy and skunky description to Leafly’s juicy mango and SeedFinder growers picking up bubble gum, lemon, and lime. The heavy, hungry, sleepy creeper high, about seventeen percent THC on Leafly, more than five hundred sixty reviews, and why the high CBD claim is a breeder claim without lab proof. The grower report card on SeedFinder, averaging about six point seven out of ten across fifteen reviews, with strong outdoor yield and looser bud structure. How myrcene, the top terpene in Mango, tied the strain to the eat a mango trick, where the trick first showed up online around two thousand eight, and why research from Indiana University and other labs leaves it as unproven folklore. Mango’s family tree, with around twenty descendants including Mango Kush, BC Mango, Brains Damage, Mango Skunk, and LeMango, plus why Mango Haze is not related at all. How Mango helped kick off the wave of fruit named strains, and why KC Brains still calls itself the home of the original Mango. Mentioned in this video: Mango, Mango OG, KC Brains, KC, Gorinchem, Netherlands, Holland, Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Brazil, Thailand, Afghanistan, KC thirty three, KC thirty six, KC forty two, KC thirty nine, Special Select, Leda Uno, Brains Choice, Lamb’s Bread, Northern Light Special, Haze Special, Afghani, Thai sticks, hippie trail, Skunk, Northern Lights, Haze, High Times, Cannabis Cup, Dutch Cannabis Cup, Sensi Seeds, Greenhouse, Leafly, Weedmaps, SeedFinder, myrcene, pinene, caryophyllene, THC, CBD, Ed Rosenthal, Indiana University, mango trick, Brains Damage, Mango Skunk, Nirvana Seeds, LeMango, Sub Rosa Gardens, Mango Lemon OG, Mango Cake Crasher, Loud Hawaiian Punch, BC Mango, BC Bud Depot, Mango Kush, Hindu Kush, Mango Haze, Nevil Schoenmakers, Shantibaba, Mr. Nice Seedbank, The Seed Bank, Super Silver Haze, Super Skunk, Tangie, Strawberry Banana, Tropicana Cookies, feminized seeds, regular seeds, phenotypes, indica, sativa.