Cherry Limeade
$65.00
Cherry Limeade feminized cannabis seeds from Greenpoint Seeds. A collision cross of Trop Cherry #8 (Relentless Cut) × Platinum Lemon Cherry Gelato (Leaf Doctor Cut). Flowering time: 8–10 weeks. Format: Feminized photoperiod.
Born-on date: Feb 2026
Greenpoint Seeds — Genetic Archive
Cherry Limeade
Trop Cherry #8 (Relentless Cut)
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Platinum Lemon Cherry Gelato (Leaf Doctor Cut)
Two of the biggest plants in the entire modern scene—head to head. The short, stout, purple-bleeding OGK-Cookies tank meets the tall, lanky, resin-dripping Gelato flop monster. Cherry Limeade is the collision.
8–10 Week Flower
Med–High Yield
Moderate Difficulty
25–30% THC
“This isn’t a ‘corrective cross.’ This is a head-on collision between the two most dominant plants in the modern scene. One pulls recessive purple terps out of pure OGK and Cookies lineage—something that shouldn’t be possible from that background. The other stretches to the ceiling, flops everywhere, and produces some of the most exotic resin on the planet. You don’t fix plants like these. You smash them together and see what survives.”
— Greenpoint Seeds Breeding Notes
Genetic Composition
Lineage Breakdown
The specific genetic families and their contributions—what each line actually brings to the plant, not just what umbrella it falls under.
What The Bars Mean
The OG Kush / Fire OG line is the structural backbone—the reason the Trop Cherry side is short, stout, and able to pull recessive purple expression out of what is fundamentally an OGK-Cookies background. The Gelato / Sherbert line gives the PLCG its resin density and exotic nose. Tangie contributes the volatile citrus esters. Durban Poison (via GSC) contributes the Sativa vigor and trichome production. Zkittlez (via the Runtz lineage in PLCG) layers the fruit candy sweetness underneath everything.
Ancestral Architecture
The Building Blocks
Every major contributor in the Cherry Limeade genome—traced through the specific lines that matter.
Mother
Trop Cherry #8
Tropicana Cookies × Cherry Cookies F3
Relentless Genetics — Colorado
Father
Platinum LCG
Lemon Cherry Gelato Selection
Leaf Doctor Cut — Michigan
Maternal Grandmother
Tropicana Cookies
Girl Scout Cookies × Tangie
Oni Seed Co
Maternal Grandfather
Cherry Cookies F3
Girl Scout Cookies × Fire OG
Relentless Genetics
Paternal Foundation
Lemon Cherry Gelato
Gelato × Cherry Pie Derivative
Cannatique Farms — Oakland
Structural Anchor
Fire OG
OG Kush × SFV OG
The frame behind the Trop Cherry’s density
The Matriarch
Trop Cherry #8 — Relentless Cut
Short, stout, and structurally bulletproof. A plant that pulls recessive purple terps out of a pure OGK-Cookies background—something that shouldn’t even be possible.
The Trop Cherry is the pinnacle of Relentless Genetics’ work—a hybrid that fuses the citrus-packed punch of Tropicana Cookies with the structural girth and resin density of a Cherry Cookies F3 male. Relentless earned his moniker on the forums for his singular obsession: the elimination of undesirable genotypes and the stabilization of resin density, vibrancy, and terpene volatility. This wasn’t a commercial grinder—this was a mountain-bred perfectionist operating from the rugged terrain of the Colorado Rockies, selecting for structure and terp expression that the rest of the scene didn’t think was achievable from this lineage.
What makes the Trop Cherry #8 extraordinary isn’t just the color—it’s where the color comes from. This is fundamentally an OGK and Cookies plant. The structural frame comes through the Fire OG in the Cherry Cookies father—short internodes, woody stems, dense branching. The kind of plant that holds itself up without a trellis. Like an Urkle—compact, dense, self-supporting. But out of that Fire OG-Cookies chassis, Relentless pulled a recessive anthocyanin expression that produces deep violet-to-black calyxes as a genetic standard—not a temperature trick. The #8 goes dark within the first three weeks of flower, every run, regardless of environment. This cut earned 2nd Place in the Sativa category at the 2023 Harvest Fest Cup and has become a keeper cut for elite growers who understand that structure and color don’t usually come from the same place.
Relentless Backstock
The Marcel Connection
The development of Cherry Limeade involved a deep dive into the Relentless “backstock”—the original seed populations from which the #8 selection was hunted. This project was bolstered by the Marcel liaison, an insider connection that facilitated the exchange of high-level germplasm. By utilizing these backstock genetics, Greenpoint Seeds ensured the Trop Cherry influence here is not a watered-down imitation, but a direct injection of the original mountain-bred vigor.
Why This Matters
Purple terps out of an OGK-Cookies background is the genetic equivalent of pulling a rabbit out of a hat. The OG Kush and Cookies families are not known for anthocyanin production—they’re known for gas, structure, and resin. The fact that Relentless isolated a stable recessive purple expression from this lineage is what separates the Trop Cherry from every other purple exotic on the market. The color isn’t cosmetic. It’s a marker of how deeply this plant was selected.
Trop Cherry Component Map
| Tropicana Cookies | GSC × Tangie — tangerine aroma, volatile citrus esters |
| Cherry Cookies F3 | GSC × Fire OG — the structural anchor, density, cherry-funk |
| Fire OG Backbone | OGK derivative — short internodes, woody stems, the tank frame |
| Tangie Influence | Source of volatile citrus oils — the “limeade” potential |
| Anthocyanin Expression | Recessive purple pulled from OGK-Cookies background — genetic, not environmental |
The Patriarch
Platinum Lemon Cherry Gelato — Leaf Doctor Cut
105+ Cannabis Cup titles. The tall, lanky, floppy exotic that produces some of the most otherworldly resin in the modern gene pool.
Steve Johnson—the “Leaf Doctor”—is widely cited as the most awarded grower in the history of competitive cannabis, with over 105 Cannabis Cup titles. His obsession started in 1991, at age 14, popping seeds found in an ashtray. By the time Michigan legalized medical in 2008, Johnson was first in line to become a registered caregiver. His reputation was cemented in the 2012 Cannabis Cup circuit when he entered flowers from a 7-week harvest that hadn’t been flushed—and walked away with 1st Place for Gorilla Glue #4, 2nd Place for Ghost Train Haze, and 2nd Place for Aliendawg. Three entries. Three podiums. That’s the Leaf Doctor method—clinical precision, maximum Brix, no excuses.
The PLCG is a refined evolution of the Lemon Cherry Gelato family, originally hunted from Cannatique Farms stock in Oakland. The “Leaf Doctor Cut” is selected for “Platinum” traits—silver/white resin coverage so dense it obscures the underlying bud—and what makes it exotic is the contrast between that resin and the plant’s structure. This is not a tank. The PLCG is a tall, lanky, floppy monster that stretches hard, needs support, and produces smaller, resin-drenched nugs rather than rock-hard golf balls. The architecture is high-maintenance. The output is otherworldly. That tension is the whole point of the Gelato line—you don’t grow it because it’s easy. You grow it because nothing else smells like that.
Leaf Doctor PLCG Expression
| Structure | Tall, lanky frame — heavy stretch, needs trellis support |
| Resin Type | Elongated trichome stalks, enlarged glandular heads — “Platinum” sheen |
| Bud Size | Smaller, dense, resin-saturated nugs — not a golf ball producer |
| Aroma | Candied lemon zest, maraschino cherry, clean laundry musk |
| Vigor | Exceptional veg stretch — thrives in high-PPFD environments |
| The Trade-Off | High-maintenance architecture, elite resin — you earn every gram |
1991
Steve Johnson starts growing at age 14 from ashtray seeds. The obsession begins.
2008
Michigan medical legalization. Johnson becomes one of the first registered caregivers.
2012
The breakout year—three Cannabis Cup entries, three podium finishes. GG#4 takes 1st Place.
Ongoing
105+ Cup titles accumulated. The PLCG selection is refined into the Leaf Doctor Cut used in Cherry Limeade.
Breeding Thesis
The Collision Theory
Two plants that dominate the modern scene from opposite ends of the structural spectrum. What happens when you run them into each other.
This isn’t about “fixing” one plant with the other. The Trop Cherry #8 doesn’t need fixing—it’s a short, dense, self-supporting OGK-Cookies tank that pulls recessive purple expression out of a genetic background nobody thought could produce it. The PLCG doesn’t need fixing either—it’s a tall, lanky, floppy Gelato monster that produces some of the most exotic resin-drenched nugs on earth. Both of these plants are at the top of the modern scene. Both are proven. Neither is broken.
The breeding logic is about spectrum, not correction. You’re crossing two plants that sit at opposite extremes of structure, growth habit, and terpene expression—and the F1 population gives you every point along that spectrum to hunt through. Some phenos will stack short and dense like the mother. Some will stretch and flop like the father. And somewhere in the middle is the unicorn that takes the best morphological traits from both sides and combines them with a terpene profile neither parent could produce alone.
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Structural Spectrum
Short-and-stout Trop Cherry frame versus tall-and-lanky PLCG stretch. The F1 gives you the full range. Hunt for your preferred architecture from a population that spans both extremes.
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Color Expression
The Trop Cherry’s recessive anthocyanin production—genetic purple from an OGK-Cookies background—pushes across the cross. Consistent violet-to-black fades without temperature manipulation.
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Resin Architecture
The PLCG’s “Platinum” trichome morphology—elongated stalks, enlarged fragile glandular heads—layered onto the Trop Cherry’s dense bud structure. Engineered for solventless extraction.
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Terpene Collision
Fruit esters and volatile citrus from the Trop Cherry slamming into the candied lemon-cherry-musk of the PLCG. The overlap produces profiles neither parent expresses alone.
Chemotype
The Chemical Synergy — Esters Meet Musk
Cherry Limeade was designed to smell like a mechanic eating a fruit tart.
Layer One — The Candy
Fruit Esters from Trop Cherry
The Trop Cherry mother is a factory for Linalool and Limonene, producing the “Candy” aroma of maraschino cherry and tangerine. These volatile fruit esters are the first thing that hits your nose when you crack a jar. The cherry. The sour citrus. The thing that makes the uninitiated ask “what IS that?” The Tangie lineage in the Tropicana Cookies grandmother is the source—those volatile citrus oils that give the cross its “limeade” identity.
Layer Two — The Musk
Gelato Funk from PLCG
The PLCG father brings the creamy, doughy complexity inherited from its Gelato and Sherbert ancestors. This manifests as a candied lemon zest layered with a “clean laundry musk”—the signature Gelato funk that cuts through the sweetness and adds depth. It’s not straight gas. It’s the refined, creamy undertone that makes the fruit notes feel dangerous instead of one-dimensional.
The Result
The “Complex Funk”—fermented cherry and petrol-soaked lime over a bed of creamy Gelato musk. Not candy. Not gas. The collision of both, where sour citrus esters from the Trop Cherry crash into the doughy sweetness of the PLCG and produce something neither parent smells like on its own. The unicorn pheno smells like a cherry Slurpee that someone left in a mechanic’s shop overnight.
Pheno-Hunt Intel
Identifying Sovereign Phenotypes
Three distinct keeper expressions lurk inside every pack. The structural spectrum between these two parents means you’re hunting across a wide range.
The “Red-Juice” Specialist
The structural tank. Leans heavily toward the Relentless mother—short, stout, dense branching with the Urkle-style frame from the Fire OG backbone. Look for purple hues on the fan leaves as early as Week 2 of flower. Intense tangerine zest and sour cherry candy on the nose. Buds are chunky, resin-packed, and almost black—orange pistils look like they’re on fire. This is the headstash winner for growers who want bag appeal and structural integrity in the same plant.
Structure: Short, stout, self-supporting
Nose: Tangerine zest + sour cherry candy
Best For: Bag appeal, headstash, low-maintenance grows
The “Flop Monster”
The exotic resin machine. Inherits the PLCG’s tall, lanky growth habit—heavy stretch, thinner branches, and smaller but extremely resin-saturated nugs. This is the plant that needs trellis support and canopy management but rewards you with the Platinum trichome coverage and the Gelato funk that competitive growers obsess over. Chemical lemon rind layered with doughy musk. Not the easiest plant in the pack, but the extract from this pheno is unreal.
Structure: Tall, lanky, needs support
Nose: Chemical lemon + gelato musk
Best For: Extraction, resin production, exotic hunters
The “Cherry Limeade” Keeper
The plant that captures the collision of both parents. Medium-height with the dense branching and branch strength of the Trop Cherry but enough of the PLCG’s resin architecture to push the trichome density into the Platinum tier. The rarest profile: a perfect balance of fermented tropical fruit, maraschino cherry, and a sharp, gasoline-soaked lime finish over creamy Gelato musk. This is the Keeper Cut. The 30% THC ceiling with the color, the structure, and the nose all in one plant.
Structure: Medium, balanced — best of both frames
Nose: Fermented fruit + gas-soaked lime + Gelato musk
THC: 30% Ceiling
Best For: Everything. This is the one.
“A sledgehammer wrapped in velvet. The 30% THC ceiling of the PLCG father with the unrivaled color and structure of the Trop Cherry mother. When you find the Cherry Limeade unicorn, you stop hunting.”
— Keeper Cut Selection Notes
Cultivation Protocol
Environmental Dialing
Cherry Limeade is a high-performance cultivar that responds to expert-level environmental management. The OGK lineage in the mother carries a heavy Ca/Mg hunger.
Pro Tip — Managing The PLCG Stretch
If you pull a PLCG-dominant pheno, plan for the stretch. These plants want to go vertical and they’ll flop without support. Trellis early, train aggressively during veg, and don’t flip until you’ve got the canopy under control. The Trop-dominant phenos will hold themselves up. The PLCG leaners need infrastructure. Know which plant you’re growing by Week 3 of flower and manage accordingly.
Quick Specifications
| Strain Name | Cherry Limeade |
| Breeder | Greenpoint Seeds |
| Mother | Trop Cherry #8 (Relentless Cut) |
| Father | Platinum Lemon Cherry Gelato (Leaf Doctor Cut) |
| Format | Feminized Photoperiod |
| Flowering Time | 8–10 Weeks (Day 63–70 Optimal) |
| Mother Structure | Short, stout, dense — Urkle-style OGK frame |
| Father Structure | Tall, lanky, floppy — Gelato stretch, needs support |
| THC Potential | 25–30% |
| Yield | Med–High (structure varies by pheno) |
| Difficulty | Moderate — Ca/Mg supplementation required |
| Terpene Profile | Linalool · Limonene · Fruit Esters · Caryophyllene |
| Aroma | Fermented cherry, petrol-soaked lime, Gelato musk |
| Best Use | Flower · Ice Water Hash · Rosin · Pheno-Hunting |
Archive Note
The Cultural Legacy
Cherry Limeade is a landmark entry in the Greenpoint Seeds genetic archive. It represents the collision of two plants that had no business being in the same room—a short, stout, purple-bleeding OGK-Cookies tank from the Colorado Rockies and a tall, lanky, resin-dripping Gelato exotic from the Michigan competitive scene. Two philosophies. Two structural extremes. Two of the most dominant individual plants in the modern gene pool.
The result is a feminized population that spans the full spectrum between these parents, giving pheno-hunters access to everything from structural tanks to floppy resin machines—and the unicorns in between that combine the best of both. Whether you’re hunting keepers, chasing extraction profiles, or looking for the next headstash cut that stops people in their tracks, Cherry Limeade is the cross that puts both ends of the modern cannabis scene into a single pack of seeds.
Lineage Architecture
Full Genetic Tree
├── Trop Cherry #8 (Relentless Cut — short, stout, purple)
│ ├── Tropicana Cookies
│ │ ├── Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)
│ │ │ ├── OG Kush ← structural frame
│ │ │ └── Durban Poison
│ │ └── Tangie ← citrus volatiles
│ └── Cherry Cookies F3 (Relentless male)
│ ├── Girl Scout Cookies (GSC)
│ └── Fire OG ← OGK anchor, density
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└── Platinum LCG (Leaf Doctor Cut — tall, lanky, resin-heavy)
└── Lemon Cherry Gelato (Cannatique Farms)
└── Gelato Derivative
├── Sunset Sherbert
│ └── Girl Scout Cookies ← GSC returns
└── Thin Mint GSC
Quick Reference
Trop Cherry #8 (Relentless Cut)
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Platinum LCG (Leaf Doctor Cut)
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Cherry Limeade
Feminized · 8–10 Weeks · 25–30% THC · Med–High Yield · Moderate Difficulty
Greenpoint Seeds — Genetic Archive
| Weight | 0.25 oz |
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| Quantity | Full pack – 6 feminized photoperiod seeds, Wholesale – 20 packs, Wholesale – bulk 1,000 seeds |
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| Lineage | Girl Scout Cookies, Sherbet, Super Lemon Haze, Tropicana Cherry |
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Delicious cherry and gas! Flowered for 70 days. Medium high yield. Dense and frosty buds that have a strong cherry candy smell.
Strong big snowball size nugs
Plant looks great
Never received that order
This strain also is finishing much sooner than anticipated. Absolutely soaked in resin and beautiful looking not getting many colors but it may in the last week or two. Stacks beautiful so it should give a nice yield for a medium sized plant. Very hearty plant that resists pests better than most of the garden. Loud candy and gas turps with touches of tropical flavors. Definitely a keeper