Do Si Dos Feminized Seeds

Do Si Dos strain: the name and the spelling

You will see it written Do Si Dos, Dosidos and Do-Si-Dos. Same strain. It comes from the Girl Scout Cookies line and it went on to parent a long list of newer strains, Peanut Butter Breath among them.

What Atlas changed

The original takes its time. Atlas Seed's version is, in their words, a faster finishing rendition. They got there by outcrossing to their Cotton Candy line, which also gave the plant its open spacing between nodes.

Atlas points to one more effect of that cross. Because the two parent lines are so unlike each other, the seedlings show a lot of hybrid vigour. Atlas's word for it is outrageous.

What the plant looks like

Stocky and medium branched. The flowers are dense and round, from golf ball size down to what Atlas calls frosty popcorn. The aroma is sugary sweet cookie.

Atlas also notes that it trims easily, by hand or by machine, because the buds are round and carry little leaf. For a home grower that means less time at the trim tray.

Effects

Growers who run Cookies-family plants describe Do Si Dos as a slow builder. The first few minutes feel light and cheerful behind the eyes, then a calm, weighty body feel settles in and stays for a while. Most people keep it for evenings or a quiet afternoon rather than a busy morning.

Flowering, harvest and cure

Atlas sells this as a quicker finisher than the original, in the semi-full term group, so no fixed number of weeks is listed here. Judge the plant, not the calendar. In late flower the round, golf ball sized buds stack along the branches and the sugary cookie smell fills the room. Look at the trichomes with a loupe and harvest when most heads are cloudy with a few turning amber, and when most pistils have curled in and darkened. Dense round buds hold moisture, so dry them slowly in a dark room with gentle airflow that does not blow straight on the branches.

Growing Do Si Dos in Canada

This is a feminized photoperiod plant. Start seeds indoors in April or May, harden the seedlings off and plant out after the last frost, which means late May in most of southern Canada. Flowering begins on its own as the days shorten in August. Because it is bred to finish sooner than the original, it has a fair chance of ripening in late September to early October in a normal year. The risk to plan around is wet weather. Round, dense buds hold rain, so on the BC coast and in humid Ontario and Quebec Septembers pick a windy spot, prune the lower growth for airflow and have a cover ready.

Do Si Dos outdoor calendar for Canadian cities

Do Si Dos is a photoperiod plant, so outdoors it starts flowering in early August, when the nights get longer. Add its 9 to 10 weeks of flowering and you get the harvest window below.

Dates use typical frost dates for each city and shift a week or two with the year, so check your local forecast before planting out and in late September.

Who Do Si Dos suits

A grower with a medium tent who wants dense cookie flower without waiting as long as the original asks. It also fits a damp-September plot in the south, since the earlier finish beats the weather. The stocky frame with open node spacing is easy to keep flat under a light.

Similar strains at The Seed Pharm

These share a parent, a family or the same cookie nose.

• Peanut Butter Breath Feminized Seeds is a Do Si Dos child, and it sits in the same quick photoperiod group.
• Girl Scout Cookies Feminized Seeds is the line Do Si Dos came from.
• Biscotti Feminized Seeds is another dessert-leaning cookie type with dense flowers.