Take Purple Urkle, a select phenotype of Mendocino Purps out of the Emerald Triangle around the turn of the 1990s, and put it over Sunset Sherbet, GSC taken to Pink Panties - the plant most of the fruit-and-cream category is measured against. That is Purple Urkle x Sherbet. CSI breed off held clones rather than off seed stock, which is why the parents named on the pack are the actual plants and not their descendants.

Purple Urkle sits on the seed side here, Sunset Sherbet on the pollen side. If you have seen these two names paired the other way round, that is a different pack and not this one.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Purple Urkle. A select phenotype of Mendocino Purps out of the Emerald Triangle around the turn of the 1990s. Dense purple flower in a closed canopy is where mould starts.
• Father: Sunset Sherbet. Girl Scout Cookies crossed to Pink Panties, and one of the definitive modern dessert plants. It traces back to Girl Scout Cookies x Pink Panties. Wants a stable room - around 70-78F and 40-50% humidity in bloom.
• What to expect across a pack. Two distinct parents means real variation in frame, finish and nose. Select early and take cuttings off anything you would want again.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Expect the profile to move plant to plant rather than settle.

• The Aroma. Sweet grape and dark berry over earthy skunk, myrcene-dominant from the Purple Urkle side, against sweet berry and citrus over a creamy base from the Sunset Sherbet side.
• The Taste. Grape and berry turning earthy and musky up front, turning to berry and cream with a citrus lift through the exhale.

The two halves, side by side

• Two different harvest dates. Around eight weeks indoors, inside a seven to nine week window for Purple Urkle, eight to nine weeks, reported forty-nine to sixty-three days for Sunset Sherbet. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Two noses, one pack. Purple Urkle contributes sweet grape and dark berry over earthy skunk, myrcene-dominant. Sunset Sherbet contributes sweet berries and creamy dough with tart citrus, a skunky edge and a subtle earthy fuel undertone. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. Compact and indica-built; deep purple colour hardest where night temperatures drop late from one parent; grows tall and thin with dense leaves; moderate, controllable stretch in early flower; round, tightly packed colas showing deep purple under cool nights; tight frosted buds with the classic Cookie structure from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• They pull differently. Growers put Purple Urkle at settled and unhurried; the heavy, physical end and Sunset Sherbet at indica-leaning and settling. Which end a plant lands on is the main variable.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Purple Urkle is compact and indica-built; deep purple colour hardest where night temperatures drop late. Sunset Sherbet is grows tall and thin with dense leaves; moderate, controllable stretch in early flower; round, tightly packed colas showing deep purple under cool nights; tight frosted buds with the classic Cookie structure.
• Vegetative Phase and Stretch. Shape the plant before the flip. Correcting a frame in week six is harder work than setting it in week two.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Purple Urkle runs around eight weeks indoors, inside a seven to nine week window, Sunset Sherbet eight to nine weeks, reported forty-nine to sixty-three days. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Purple Urkle as settled and unhurried; the heavy, physical end.
• The Body. Sunset Sherbet is reported as indica-leaning and settling, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Feminized seeds from Humboldt CSI. Humboldt CSI are preservationists before they are breeders - most of what they release is a clone somebody has kept alive by hand for years, put into seed so it stops depending on one grower staying in the game. That is what you are buying into here. Authentic Humboldt CSI genetics.