Sherbet x Forbidden Fruit brings Sunset Sherbet together with Forbidden Fruit. The first is a Girl Scout Cookies and Pink Panties cross, and one of the plants that defined modern dessert weed; the second, Cherry Pie crossed to Tangie - dark cherry against bright citrus. Two lines that were never going to produce a quiet plant. 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.

Order matters in a cross name. In Sherbet x Forbidden Fruit the Sunset Sherbet side supplied the seed and Forbidden Fruit the pollen, and the reciprocal - the same two plants the other way round - is a separate breeding decision with its own results.

Genetic Lineage

• Mother: Sunset Sherbet. GSC taken to Pink Panties - the plant most of the fruit-and-cream category is measured against. Parentage: Girl Scout Cookies x Pink Panties. Wants a stable room - around 70-78F and 40-50% humidity in bloom.
• Father: Forbidden Fruit. The Cherry Pie and Tangie cross that is all about the fruit. Built from Cherry Pie x Tangie. Rated an easy grow that does not need constant attention.
• What the cross is reaching for. One side brings the structure and the other brings the nose. The plants worth keeping out of a pack are the ones that hold both rather than picking a side.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

Neither parent is subtle, and the cross has nowhere quiet to go.

• The Aroma. Berry and tart citrus over creamy dough with a skunky edge and an earthy fuel base from the Sunset Sherbet side, against tropical citrus over dark cherry from the Forbidden Fruit side.
• The Taste. Berry and citrus over creamy dough, finishing earthy up front, turning to cherry and citrus zest with a sweet finish through the exhale.

Where the parents disagree

• Two different harvest dates. Eight to nine weeks, reported forty-nine to sixty-three days for Sunset Sherbet, nine to ten weeks indoors for Forbidden Fruit. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Two noses, one pack. Sunset Sherbet contributes sweet berries and creamy dough with tart citrus, a skunky edge and a subtle earthy fuel undertone. Forbidden Fruit contributes dark cherry and bright orange citrus. Which dominates is the main thing that varies.
• Structure varies hard here. 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 one parent; compact at eighty to a hundred and twenty centimetres indoors from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.

Cultivation and Growth Traits

• Plant Structure. The two parents disagree here, so plan for range. Sunset Sherbet is medium and manageable, colouring up in cooler nights. Forbidden Fruit is compact and dense, colouring the way its Cherry Pie side does.
• Before the flip. Decide the shape now. These lines do not tidy themselves up once they are running.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Sunset Sherbet runs eight to nine weeks, reported forty-nine to sixty-three days, Forbidden Fruit nine to ten weeks indoors. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.

Effects and Experience

• The Mind. Growers describe Sunset Sherbet as indica-leaning and settling.
• The Body. Forbidden Fruit 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. Humboldt CSI original genetics.