Cherry Sherbet

Cherry Sherbet is credited to Garden Ablaze Seeds, a Californian seed company that describes itself as a collective of several breeders and growers honored at Cups. The cross paired Cherry Pie, a plant circulated only as a cutting, with Sour Sherbet from the company's own breeding. Other suppliers now use the name as well, in some cases for crosses with a different lineage.

Genetics and Origin:

Cherry Pie traces back to Durban Poison and Granddaddy Purple, while Sour Sherbet is an F1 of Sunset Sherbert and 7/8 Sour. The strain is classed as predominantly indica; 2 strain descriptions put the ratio at 70 % indica and 30 % sativa. According to the available information, Garden Ablaze Seeds has never offered feminized seed. User reports on the strain go back to 2016.

The lineage is not recorded consistently: one strain description names Sunset Sherbet instead of Sour Sherbet as the second parent, and another lists the original breeder as unknown.

Cherry Sherbet itself appears as a parent in more recent crosses. Umami Seed Co combined it with Cantucci for Biscochi, Tiki Madman crossed it with Acai Mints, and in Hot Tamalez by Coool Beans it sits in the pedigree next to Chem i95 and Runtz.

Aroma and Flavor:

Garden Ablaze Seeds describes the scent of the flowers as sweet and penetrating; according to the breeder, the smoke tastes sweet with a tart note. User reports put cherry in the foreground, several with a creamy aftertaste on the exhale, along with floral and berry tones. One report detects vanilla in the aftertaste, another a gassy note on the exhale. Other strain descriptions add earthy and spicy touches as well as a sharp gas smell with fruit underneath.

For the terpene profile, strain descriptions place myrcene first and caryophyllene second. Depending on the source, the third terpene is pinene or limonene.

Effects:

According to the breeder, the effect starts behind the eyes and combines a warm body feel with a clouded head. User reports repeatedly mention relaxation and euphoria, along with a tingling in the body, cheerfulness and increased desire.

The reports disagree on whether the strain is more stimulating or more sedating. Some describe focus, talkativeness and drive, while others describe sleepiness and a heavy body effect to the point of being stuck on the couch. One report explicitly calls the effect unpredictable, sometimes heavy, sometimes invigorating. Dry eyes, dry mouth and dizziness are listed as side effects, and occasionally nervousness and paranoid thoughts as well.

THC Content:

For the cross of Cherry Pie and Sour Sherbet, strain descriptions give 16 to 23 % THC; some figures lie well below that.

Cultivation:

Garden Ablaze Seeds lists the strain as suitable for indoor and outdoor growing. Strain descriptions give a flowering time of 7 to 9 weeks and describe a bushy plant with many side shoots; one of them describes it as small with sturdy stems and assigns it to a cooler climate. For outdoor growing in the Northern Hemisphere, harvest falls between late September and mid-October according to this source. The flowers are described as small and very dense, with heavy trichome coverage.

Versions from Different Breeders:

A Cherry Sherbet from Lemon Cherry Gelato and Sunset Sherbet is released under the Preferred Gardens brand. One strain description puts sweet, creamy notes such as cereal milk, butter and citrus candy in the foreground for this line, while it describes the older line with tropical fruit, sour berries and a gassy finish.

Master Seeds offers a feminized version with Cherry Pie and Sherbet as parents. For this line the supplier states 8 to 10 weeks of flowering, 400 to 500 g/m² indoors and 400 to 800 g per plant outdoors, a height of 60 to 120 cm indoors and up to 150 cm outdoors, and 18 to 22 % THC. Master Seeds rates cultivation as of intermediate difficulty.

Community Experiences:

Accounts of appearance differ: one report describes purple-colored flowers with a floral scent, another light green buds densely covered in trichomes. Strength is also rated differently. Several reports call the strain very strong, one found it rather mild, and another describes the initial intensity fading quickly.