Champu

Bosky Genetics has been a regular on contest podiums across California over the last year. One of the driving forces has been Champu, their collaboration with Champelli.

Champu began as a breeding project between Evermore Genetics and Champelli in 2022. Pairing Champelli’s Soap and Odder Popz, the pheno hunt that produced the Champu cut took place at Devi Cannabis. Located in Humboldt County, Devi runs their selections outdoors and then gives Bosky clones of everything for them to try indoors. This project began in 2022, and Champu eventually reached the retail market in late 2024.

There were plenty of great offerings from that hunt, but Bosky’s owner, Ryan Clark, noted that he found the Champu to be the most distinctive. “Champu was the one that stood out to me the most, the size, the structure. It’s just a badass plant,” Clark told the Leaf.

Searching for things that would be viable for the new space he was building, Clark started working with the cut before he had finished Bosky’s new cultivation facility. Champu was selected from 150 clones of various strains that Clark hoped would be perfect for the new space. He says Champu’s pedigree was exactly what he was looking for during this search.

The speed at which this cultivar grows was a big factor before Clark ever got the chance to taste the flower. “It was a fast plant, it grew tall even after topping it,” Clark said. “I mean, even at our grow right now, you top it, and it’ll still end up pushing 5 feet tall if you’re not careful.”

Other pivotal factors in its selection were yield, hardiness, disease resistance and a distinct aroma. “The smoke is just super unique,” Clark said. “It’s got almost an incense smell. It’s like someone’s burning incense in the room. When you walk into it, it’s just completely different than anything else.”

The heavy incense smell comes from Champu’s unusual terpene profile. Clark describes it as sage and gas with notes of dried fruit. He compares those notes to something close to figs or raisins. All of those flavors combine into a heavy profile that has performed well on the California contest circuit this year, including a third-place finish at the always-stacked Zalympix. Champu did even better at the Farmer’s Cup 4/20 Edition in San Diego, taking home the awards for Most Unique, Best Tasting and Best Smokability.

Clark has been thrilled at the reception Champu has received since entering the market. “I’m really happy that we are getting a good response to it,” Clark said. “I mean, just winning the Most Unique twice with it tells you right there that the people who’ve tried it have thought the same. It’s just, it’s different, it’s tasty, and it’s a whole different direction than most of the stuff out there.”

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