hey folks , i recently accuried 5 cuts from a fellow grower. he tells me that its cheese and that iv been smoking the stuff since his last cure had finished but i cant tell the difference between his normal stuff and this so called cheese. iv been smoking his stuff a while now and its allways smelt the same but its not allways been the same bud however its allways grown using the same ferts and processes as he wud normally. and he allways grows different strains ect from snow white to bigbud ect but like i say its allways the same smell, perfectly cured and raised bud basically. but now he tells me im smoking cheese and these cuts are cheese. after chatting wiv another fellow grower the question araised as to weather or not i have cheese at all because there wud be an apparent smell difference from that of his normal bud to the smell of a proper raised cheese. iv been looking at verious pics ect about cheese and i find that my little fellows do indeed look like a cheese i,e the shape of the leafs and type of leafes and the overall look of the plant. mine too does look like a cheese, iv allso rubbed the stems of the cheese and it does have a lovley cannbiss smell. not overly smelly but a definate strong cannabis smell. the leafs also have that darkish waxy shiny look to em that i find on most cheese and as to the way the plANT IS GROWING AT THE MO I WOULD SAY THAT ITS GONNA BE A BUSHY TYPE PLANT RATHER THAN A TALL main center cola type. so its looking like it is a cheese, but how do i tell for certain. cuz i cant find any tell tail traits to be looking for to determine its a cheese. basically if any1 can give us an idea of wat giveaways a cheese has id be interested to know. cheeers

so called cheese is just a skunk #1 phenotype that's been hyped up over the years into some mythological super mega potent stinky strain, basically there is no way of telling if you have a descendant of the original cheese plant that all cheese cuttings have come from, and most likely it's just a cutting from some random skunk plant someone decided to say was the mythical cheese one day.

the giveaway traits would be that it smells of a really strong skunk smell, and looks like skunk..... kind of the way skunk has both those traits! (hence the name skunk, it stinks!!)

hmmm o.k then to be honest im not sure no more if it is a cheese, dont get me wrong the guy who gave it me aint a lier or dumb , he knows his shit. but there could be a its a cheese cross or its a cheese rip off or its watever. eitherway it does smell nice n i cant say it stinks so im not sure now. but il take the guys word for it an trust him for now and ask him a few more questions b4 i compleatly believe him. i just cant imagine the guy telling me its a cheese wen it aint cuz the guy really does know wat hes on about. i dunno it just seems like his normal stuff but as hes allways varied his strains but they allways smel the same theres a possibility it is a cheese or a cross but just by the way he grows it it maintains that unique loook and smell that he allways has regardless of the strain hes growing, it will allways smell the same. maybe its down to his ferts or summet who knows. the main thing is so far that its favouring that its gonna be a cheese its just that bit of doubt in my mind because his stuff allways smells the same and this is no exeption even though it could be a cheese. anyway as soon as i can put a pic up i will as that will help clarify if it is a cheese. cheers

It's fairly distinctive though, proper cheese.

If you're not sure, then probably it isn't.

The smell is very pungent and it is a strong stone, undeniably. Not the strongest, or the 'best' but it does stand out amongst other indica type strains.

You don't really need to grow it 100% perfect for it to express those triats, either. It smells in veg, and as it opens up in flower, it reaks. I've grown it badly and even the burnt tips of some over-ferted-should-have-been-composted-long-ago runt smelt strong.

the green waxy leaves sound right...as does the bushy growth...here is a couple things more to id with, the smell will be like the smell of sage and onion stuffing and if you cut the stem the small amount of sap when it dries will be a dark red opposed to the dark purple of most ganga

Very well put

ok so im like in the 3rd week ov veg possibly 4th cuz my cuttings were nearly 3 week old wen i got em n iv had em a week n half now. but its not got no extra stinky smell or anything, it does pass the stem rub test though but even still theres no extra special punjent smell that i was expecting. i therfore am quite unsure as to weather or not its a cheese i have even though i was told by the guy i got it off that it is, and hes a top grower that knows his stuff. so i dunno either it is cheese but it just aint started to stink yet or the guy who gave it to me has sumhow got it wrong, all thought i doubt the latter to be honest. i guess all i can do is wait and see what happens during flowering. i guess if it really is a cheese then its gonna start to show those unique characteristics that only a chesse would have. otherwise i guess its not a cheese. anyway cheers for the info guys il update this thread wen i figure out what it is.

ive jus done the greenhouse cheese which is jus big buddhas cheese in fem form (5 times backcrossed with original cheese)
it was easy to tell it was cheese from around 4 weeks flower due to the stinky cheesy buds an once its dried an cured it fuckin stinks you would defo no if its cheese mine which wasnt the original cheese was sooo easy to spot i didnt even have to lable the 5 out of 15 cheese plants they were so distinctive. veg time they all were similar though it did smell more than other strains.
id wait an see till flower then you should be able to tell
ive done the cheese before an whilst drying i found that it once lost all its cheesy smell an jus smelt musky an earthy which may be whats happenin to your mates.
ferts an stuff wont usually effect the smell jus the taste a bit
i hope it is the cheese for ya though

quik update. i found out it is a cheese but its obviously crossed, at the mo im week4 flower and it aint got a overpowering smell at all its got a nice fruity plesent aroma wen sniffed up close but its not got an overall cheesy skunky smell which confuses me .but it certenly looks like a cheese even down to it having a few scattard double bladed leaves and it seems to look like most cheese crosses iv seen but it aint really superbudding just yet and it aint foxtailing or owt yet, dunno if that helps determine the strain but my m8 assures me its a cheese cross, dunno wat cross but its a good en. iv also had a little smoke of sum fluff bud that i had to take off from under the canopy and it seemed to get us stoned but not like a real bud obviosly but it still has a nice high to it and for free nobody complained, but like i say there aint no cheesey skunky smell yet, and pics maybe along shortly as i got a new phone anyway happy growing y'all.

If It dont stink it aint the cheese. 908