Sunset Sherbet x Mike Larry brings Sunset Sherbet together with Mike Larry. The first is a Girl Scout Cookies and Pink Panties cross, and one of the plants that defined modern dessert weed; the second, a Gelato crossed to Larry OG, and the cut Jungle Boys are best known for. Two lines that were never going to produce a quiet plant. The reputation came from the flower before it came from the seed, which is the right order.

Order matters in a cross name. In Sunset Sherbet x Mike Larry the Sunset Sherbet side supplied the seed and Mike Larry 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. Its own cross is Girl Scout Cookies x Pink Panties. Wants a stable room - around 70-78F and 40-50% humidity in bloom.
• Father: Mike Larry. A Gelato crossed to Larry OG, and the cut Jungle Boys are best known for. That one comes from Gelato #45 x Larry OG F8. Attribution is split: most accounts credit Skunk House Genetics with the original cross, and Jungle Boys with the selection and the reputation that followed. It is the plant most of their crosses run through..
• How to read it. Everything below splits into what one parent gives and what the other does. Plants that take from both are the ones to keep.

Flavor and Aroma Profile

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

• The Aroma. Sweet berries and creamy dough with tart citrus, a skunky edge and a subtle earthy fuel undertone from the Sunset Sherbet side, against citrus and cream first, fuel and pine underneath from the Mike Larry side.
• The Taste. Berry and citrus over creamy dough, finishing earthy up front, turning to creamy citrus with an OG 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, eight to nine weeks for Mike Larry. Judge each plant on trichomes rather than pulling the room together.
• Where the nose comes from. One side gives sweet berries and creamy dough with tart citrus, a skunky edge and a subtle earthy fuel undertone; the other gives sweet citrus and cream over a pine-and-fuel base. Plants landing in the middle are the keepers.
• 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; dense, compact flower with a heavy trichome coat from the other. Plan the canopy for the taller outcome.
• They pull differently. Growers put Sunset Sherbet at indica-leaning and settling and Mike Larry at strong and relaxing, indica-leaning. 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. 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. Mike Larry is dense, compact flower with a heavy trichome coat.
• Veg and stretch. Set the frame while it is cheap to do. Anything you fix after the flip costs you flower sites.
• Flowering Time. The parents are not on the same clock. Sunset Sherbet runs eight to nine weeks, reported forty-nine to sixty-three days, Mike Larry eight to nine weeks. 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. Mike Larry is reported as strong and relaxing, indica-leaning, and that is the side supplying the weight here.

In the pack

Seeds from Jungle Boys. What they sell is access to stock from a commercial garden with a long track record. Original Jungle Boys stock.