Seedsman Purple Ghost Candy Strain Review
I've grown Purple Ghost Candy both indoors and outdoors, and what sticks with me is the size of the outdoor plants, the productive indoor SCROG, the sticky resin-covered flowers, and how much I enjoyed the finished smoke. I also put this cultivar to work beyond dried flower, processing some of my harvest into bubble hash and rosin.
Purple Ghost Candy is a Seedsman cross of Ghost OG and Candyland Purple with a flowering time of around 70–84 days. I’ve grown it both indoors and outdoors, but rather than harvesting strictly by the calendar, I watch flower development and trichome maturity to decide when it’s actually ready to harvest. This review is based on what I observed growing Purple Ghost Candy in my own garden.
Key Takeaways
- Purple Ghost Candy can grow large outdoors. In my garden, plants exceeded eight feet tall, making space, airflow and branch support important considerations as the flowers developed.
- SCROG worked well for my indoor grow. Training the canopy across a screen helped manage plant size and produced massive, chunky colas with well-developed flowers.
- Pay attention to airflow and humidity. With only one oscillating fan in my indoor setup, humidity spiked towards the end of flowering and I encountered a small amount of mold.
- My plants flowered for around 10 weeks indoors. I harvested in mid-August, using trichome maturity, flower development and differences across the canopy to guide my timing rather than relying on the calendar alone.
- A two-step harvest suited my Purple Ghost Candy grow. I harvested the mature upper branches first, leaving the less-developed lower flowers to receive more light and time to finish.
- The aroma combined candy sweetness, lemon and fuel. I particularly enjoyed the sweet, sugary notes, sharp fuel character and cool, almost menthol-like sensation on the exhale.
- The resin made it worth processing beyond flower. I used most of my harvest for fresh-frozen bubble hash and rosin, with a rosin return of around 3% from fresh-frozen material.
Growing Purple Ghost Candy Outdoors: Eight Feet and Counting
Outdoors, Purple Ghost Candy showed me just how large this cultivar can get. My plants grew upwards of eight feet tall. That's the kind of growth that makes you think about the space around a plant, not just the space above it. As the branches fill out and the flowers gain weight, access, airflow and physical support become part of the harvest plan.
I wouldn't turn that height into a promise for every garden. My result reflects my own outdoor conditions, and another grower could see something different. What I can say is that, in my experience, Purple Ghost Candy was not a small, compact outdoor plant. I would give it plenty of room and plan support before the branches become loaded with flowers.
I grew it in a wooden 4X8 raised bed with soil blend customized for me by my local worm farm. My companion plants of squash, beans, cucumbers, and marigolds supported biodiversity and offered support with pest prevention and I supported them with wooden stakes and trellising.
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For fertilizer I used dry amendments like bio-live, rock phosphate, and basalt rock dust, along with weekly teas including my own recipe of ImmuniTea featuring high enzyme and plant hormone inducing ingredients.
My Indoor Purple Ghost Candy SCROG and Yield
I also grew Purple Ghost Candy indoors using a Screen of Green, or SCROG. Rather than letting the plant put all of its growth into a few tall tops, I trained the canopy across the screen. That approach gave me a way to manage the plant's size and organize the flowering sites within the available indoor space.
For this grow, I used another 4×8 raised bed, this time from Grassroots, inside a grow tent equipped with Fluence LED lights and an automated Blumat watering system. I only had one oscillating fan, and in hindsight, I wish I had incorporated more airflow. Humidity levels spiked toward the end of the growing cycle, and I encountered a small amount of mold as a result.
My nutrient regimen was similar to my outdoor setup, with the addition of weekly feedings of Organics Alive nutrients alongside ImmuniTea and dry amendments. The results were impressive, producing massive, chunky colas with excellent flower development. Unfortunately, I don't have a final harvest weight because I froze most of the flower for fresh-frozen bubble hash and rosin production.
Flowering Time: What I Actually Watched
I started these seeds at the end of March and kept them in 5-gallon pots under 16 hours of light per day until late May. At that point, I transplanted them into their permanent 4×8 raised bed and gave them a week to recover from transplant stress before switching to a 12/12 light cycle to initiate flowering. I harvested in mid-August after approximately 10 weeks of flowering.
As the flowers developed, I looked closely at the trichomes under magnification and compared the more mature upper colas with the smaller lower flowers. I was looking for predominantly cloudy or milky flower trichomes, while also considering how developed the buds looked and what I intended to do with the harvest. In my harvest video, you can see me examining the trichomes before I start cutting.
I don't use one amber-trichome percentage as a universal rule. The condition of the flowers, the differences across the canopy and the intended end product all matter. If you want a more complete explanation, see my companion guide, “When to Harvest Cannabis.”
Why I Used a Two-Step Harvest
On my Purple Ghost Candy harvest, I didn't cut down the entire plant at once. I started with the mature upper branches and left the less-developed lower flowers attached. Removing the tops opened the canopy so the remaining buds had more light and time to finish before I came back for the second harvest.
This approach let me treat the plant as a collection of flowers at different stages of maturity, rather than pretending every bud was ready on the same day. I removed the larger fan leaves as I harvested and moved the upper branches into the drying space. The full method is covered in my “Optimizing A Two-Step Harvest” guide and shown in my Purple Ghost Candy harvest video.
Aroma, Flavor and Effects: My Experience
The aroma was one of my favorite aspects of growing this cultivar. I would describe it as sweet, sugary candy with a hint of lemon, a sharp, astringent fuel note, and a lingering sweetness. To my nose, this combination was far more interesting than a strain that's simply sweet or gassy.
One of the things I enjoyed most about the smoke was the surprisingly cool, almost menthol-like sensation on the exhale. The effects were calming, euphoric, and thoroughly enjoyable. I especially loved taking this strain on a walk outdoors, where it seemed to enhance my appreciation for the little things and helped me slow down and be more present in the moment.
Purple Ghost Candy for Bubble Hash and Rosin
Purple Ghost Candy also earned a place in my processing plans. The flowers were exceptionally sticky and resinous, and I used most of the material for bubble hash and rosin. In the harvest video, I explain why I pay attention to trichome maturity when I'm selecting material for solventless processing and why even smaller buds can have a purpose beyond the trim pile.
I like having options at harvest: keep the larger, well-developed flowers for smoking, and use suitable smaller material for extraction. Although I can’t find the weights I do know that my return from fresh frozen to rosin was just around 3%. What I can say from experience is that Purple Ghost Candy gave me flower I enjoyed and resin I wanted to work with.
Would I Grow Purple Ghost Candy Again?
Yes. Between the vigorous outdoor plants that reached more than eight feet, the good yield from my indoor SCROG, the candy-lemon-fuel aroma and the finished flower I enjoyed smoking, Purple Ghost Candy left a strong impression on me. Its resin production made it particularly interesting because I could enjoy the harvest as flower and also use some for bubble hash and rosin.
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Growing Purple Ghost Candy FAQs
How Tall Does Purple Ghost Candy Get Outdoors?
Purple Ghost Candy can exceed eight feet in height when grown outdoors.
How long does Purple Ghost Candy take to flower?
The indoor grow was harvested after approximately ten weeks of flowering, within the stated 70-84 day flowering window.
Can Purple Ghost Candy Be Grow Using SCROG?
Yes. Screen of Green can be used successfully when growing Purple Ghost Candy indoors, training the canopy across a screen and producing large, chunky colas.
Is Purple Ghost Candy suitable for making Bubble Hash and Rosin
Yes, Purple Ghost Candy can be used for making both bubble hash and rosin, producing a solid reutnr from fresh-frozen material.