Cherry Poppers by Barney’s Farm
While some hybrid varieties of cannabis are bred purely for their high levels of cannabinoids, other strains are created specifically to offer the best taste. Cherry Poppers perfectly blends both of these aspects. This sativa-dominant (60%) hybrid strain produced by Barney’s Farm by crossing Lemon Kush and Cherry Zkittlez offers unique fruit terpenes, rich resin production and energetic balanced genetics appealing to cannabis fans who seek more than just high levels of cannabinoids.
Although Cherry Poppers has quite a high percentage of THC — 31% — what sets this variety apart is its unique terpene profile. A combination of ripe cherry notes, lemon citrus and a hint of creaminess is organically developed throughout the strain. In addition, due to its vigorous nature and great flower productivity, Cherry Poppers proves to be another amazing example of cannabis breeding nowadays.
At SeedMasters, we especially love those strains where each parent variety contributes to the resulting hybrid in some way. And Cherry Poppers is a perfect example of such a strain. While Lemon Kush provides the fresh structure and citrus terpenes, Cherry Zkittlez adds the rich fruity profile and colorful flowers covered in resin glands.
Cherry Poppers Genetics
The genetics of this hybrid are composed of two highly respectable modern varieties that compliment each other nicely.
Lemon Kush is the source of that bright citrus aroma, which immediately catches the attention of all people nearby. Apart from it, Lemon Kush is also responsible for vigorous growing and dependable branching, as well as energetic sativa influence making Cherry Poppers an uplifting hybrid variety.
Cherry Zkittlez brings quite another traits to the genetic pool. Its impact is clearly felt in the rich fruity terpenes of this variety, its colorful flowers and incredible resin production. Due to the dessert inspired fruity terpenes, this variety’s aromatic profile becomes much more diverse than only a simple citrus.
The resulting hybrid variety has roughly 60% sativa and 40% indica genetics. It provides the grower with vigorous growing plants and sturdy flowers covered in resin, which are quite characteristic of both parent varieties.
Appearance
Cherry Poppers grows into a medium sized vigorous plant with good lateral branching and open canopy promoting good flower production all over the plant. Balanced nature of the plant’s structure allows sunlight to reach all developing buds, thus providing dense flowers on each branch.
During flowering, compact buds steadily increase in size and develop into large resin-covered colas. The coloration of the flowers is predominantly green and is complemented by occasional purple hues inherited from Cherry Zkittlez side of the genetic pool.
One of the first things you will notice when you start harvesting the flowers is the incredible resin coverage. Thick layers of shimmering resin gradually cover both the flowers themselves and the sugar leaves growing around them. This is the thing that makes the flowers look bright and frosted and makes them truly premium hybrid flowers. The bright orange pistils are woven through the dense flowers.
Abundant resin coverage, colorful pigmentation and dense structure of the flowers give Cherry Poppers great bag appeal and show the quality of its genetics.
Our Take
At SeedMasters.com, Cherry Poppers is a strain that deserves special attention, as it offers exactly those properties that its parent varieties have. While Lemon Kush provides vibrant citrus aroma and energetic nature, Cherry Zkittlez adds rich fruity terpenes and incredible resin production making this strain really remarkable. Thanks to the combination of great flavor, beautiful flowers and good growing qualities, this strain is becoming one of the most interesting recent hybrids of Barney’s Farm.
