Green House Seed Company
If you’ve ever had the pleasure of traveling to Amsterdam, then
you may already recognize AMS as the airport code for the
Amsterdam airport, since it also appears in bold letters on the
tag attached to your luggage. True to its name, the AMS
variety is, in a manner of speaking, your ticket to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam is an international city, and its Dutch namesake
variety has done a little country hopping itself. The AMS mom
is a Swiss indica strain named Fragolina, the Italian name for
strawberries. The dad, also of Swiss origin with an Italian
name, is a sativa called Gran Flora, meaning “great plants.”
When brought together in Amsterdam as AMS, the cross leans
toward indica, with the trademark body high from the indica
side of the cannabis family, balanced by a blissful sativa
cerebral effect.
AMS is a multi-branch plant originally developed with
outdoor growing in mind. It makes a great mountain plant,
thriving in cold-night climates. AMS will also thrive indoors,
but requires more tending. This variety is not suited for sea of
green methods. She grows a bit tall and stretchy, and her size
requires attentiveness to produce manageable plants in an
indoor space. AMS fares well when allowed to develop its
strong pine-tree shape of strong branches from which to dangle
its enticing flowery fruit. This plant likes organics and soil
based growing and takes 8–9 weeks from flower forcing. In the
great outdoors, it requires a growing season that lasts through
the end of October before hitting a cold snap. Mature plants
can easily hit 8 feet (2.4 meters) in an outdoor grow, but the
average indoor height ranges from 4 to 5 feet (120–250 cm).
These plants hint at what is to come when, as they approach
ripeness, they begin to saturate the air with their intensely
sweet smell. The aroma of the cured buds is predominantly
fruity, maintaining strawberry qualities from the mother and
adding hints of peach or plum. These buds also have a hint of
sour citrus that resembles the tang of grapefruit or blood
orange. The aroma translates very well to the after-burned
flavor. Friends who favor the fruity varieties will perk up when
they get a whiff of this variety at any stage from baggie to
smoke.
The AMS high is gradual. It spreads slowly within the body,
heightening until it reaches its apex, then dissipating rather
quickly. The body effect is smooth and relaxing with a deep
muscle effect, making it a successful choice for multiple
sclerosis or insomnia. AMS is a smoke for winding down and
kicking back rather than kicking off the party mood. To
maximize the enjoyment of this strain, have a nice toke before
a massage, or take a puff from the vantage point of a lounge
chair on the deck after the week’s work is done.
