A new cross called Stefan of Urkle x The White (like Jaleel’s name, get it?).The inaugural April 20 drop of “It’s PurpL”-a line of flower eighth-ounces, preroll packs, and live resin vaporizer pens made from three purple offerings:
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In 2021, cannabis lovers will also see purple weed get a cheeky endorsement by the inspiration for the strain name Purple Urkle.Īctor, comedian, and producer Jaleel White, who played the scene-stealing TV show character Steve Urkel on Family Matters, is embracing his cannabis cultural influence.Īs a pandemic project, White and his friend and business partner, Brad Melshenker of 710 Labs, have hunted around for an amazing purple strain variety, and perfected their curation of purple genetics.
The purples out today are purple-adjacent strains that Ghost said commercial breeding “watered down.” They may provide those same grape flavor notes and purple tint, but lack that euphoric body buzz. Even the best cuts never tested above 16-17% THC.” Purple Punch has bag appeal but lacks a punch. Cherry Pie is also a parent to other purple-descended strains that are heavy on flavor but less so on effect, like the Tangie-forward Forbidden Fruit.īut as lab testing and access to cannabinoid content emerged, quality became a matter of metrics rather than the integrity of the plant.Īs Rosen put it, “testing killed purples. or Candyland-GDP crossed with Platinum Cookies.īoth provide the darkened tones and sweeter flavor notes.Cherry Pie-which is GDP mixed with Bay Area breeder Jigga’s cross of “F1 Durb”.Cookies marries into the PurpsĪs the Cookies family of cultivars gained popularity, breeders crossed them to the dominant purple cultivars, creating: This pigment molecule creates color, not flavor-even though scientists classify anthocyanin as a type of “flavonoid,” and you’d automatically think “flavor.”īy and large, Purple’s exotic appearance and grape-laden terps made up its downsides: murky origins and a longer, less productive flower cycle.
The purple expression, he told Leafly, comes from the plant pigment “anthocyanin,” a compound also found in blueberries and raspberries. Nobody made purple cannabis mother nature is solely responsible.” said, “Afghan genetics are the genetics responsible for the purple colors in broad leaflet cannabis. Longtime breeder Todd McCormick of Authentic Genetics Seed Co. Sometimes even Granddaddy Purple doesn’t come out purple! Granddaddy Purple in 2013 (David Downs) Multiple sources told Leafly that a purple color alone can’t tell you if a strain descends from the true Purples. Identifying members of the Purps cannabis family involves more than just picking out a color. A lot changed since then, so much so that many behind the scenes see the 2020s as the perfect time for a purple revival. Eric Rosen at PCG considered Purple Urkle, Mendocino Purps, Granddaddy Purple, Silverback, and Lavender leaders of the original wave of Purple popularity in the early to mid-2000s.
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