Trop Cherry S1
$62.00
Greenpoint Seeds — Genetic Archive
Trop Cherry S1
Tropicana Cookies
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Selfed (S1)
The Relentless #8 cut, feminized and locked. A slow-burn purple unicorn for cultivators who measure success in anthocyanin, not in days to harvest. Hunt patiently — the keepers are worth the wait.
Photoperiod
8–9 Weeks
Slow Grower
Advanced
Harvested Apr 2026
“The #8 cut was never about flavor. It was about turning a flower room into a stained-glass window. If you can keep your hands off the nitrogen and your eyes on the calyx fade, this plant will hand you the prettiest weed you’ll grow this year.”
— Greenpoint Seeds Field Notes
Breeder’s Notes — Read Before You Buy
This is not a beginner pack and not every seed is going to give you the magazine cover photo. Trop Cherry is a slow grower — expect a longer veg than typical Cookies hybrids, and don’t panic when she’s lazy off the rip. Color expression is variable. Even from a selfed line of the #8 cut, not every pheno will paint up. The genetics are there, but you have to hunt for the true purple expressions. The nose is muted compared to what the lore suggests — clear cherry-tangerine on some cuts, but more reserved on others. We’re being straight with you. What this plant absolutely delivers is one of the most visually staggering finished products in the catalog.
Pop more than you think you need. The keeper is in there — but she’s earned, not handed out. Hunt for the loud-nose, deep-color phenos and cull the rest without sentiment.
Genetic Composition
What’s Actually In The Bottle
An S1 line is the closest thing to a clone in seed form. The mother’s genetic balance carries through — here’s what that looks like under the hood.
Direct Lineage
The Two Parents That Built The #8 Cut
Mother
Tropicana Cookies
GSC × Tangie
Harry Palms / Oni Seed Co
Father
Cherry Cookies F3
GSC × Fire OG Bx1
Relentless Genetics
Hybrid Result
Tropicana Cherry #8
2022 Michigan Cup — 1st Place
Relentless Genetics
Final Product
Trop Cherry S1
#8 Cut Selfed via STS
Greenpoint Seeds — 2026
Maternal Lineage — Tropicana Cookies
Tropicana Cookies — Harry Palms, Oni Seed Co
The bleeding-purple GSC × Tangie hybrid that defined a generation of bag appeal.
Tropicana Cookies is the work of Harry Palms at Oni Seed Co — a GSC × Tangie hybrid that solved a problem most Cookies crosses couldn’t: how do you keep the dense bud structure and complex terpene stack of GSC while injecting the bright, citrus-forward energy of an old-school Tangie cut? The answer was a sativa-leaning hybrid with deep red and purple anthocyanin expression that paints the calyxes without needing late-flower cold shock to trigger the color.
Inside breeder circles, Tropicana Cookies is also legendary as a solventless rosin donor — the maternal grandmother responsible for the bleeding purple live rosin that’s commanded shelf space in every serious extract market for the last five years. That trait carries directly into Trop Cherry, and the S1 preserves it cleanly.
What She Contributes
Color, Citrus, and Cookies Density
The deep magenta and purple calyx expression. The sharp tangerine-rind terpene stack. The euphoric, head-forward sativa effect. And the dense, rounded Cookies bud structure that holds together through trim and cure.
Paternal Lineage — Cherry Cookies F3
Cherry Cookies F3 — Relentless Genetics
A multi-generation filial stabilization that locked in the cherry note and Fire OG backbone.
Cherry Cookies F3 is what separates Relentless from a chuck shop. Most breeders work in F1 polyhybrids — quick crosses that produce flashy seeds with massive variation. Relentless took their Cherry Cookies line — GSC × Fire OG Bx1 — through three filial generations before they used it as a stud. That means hundreds of plants grown out, the best male and female selected, bred together, and the process repeated until the desired traits stopped segregating and started locking.
The winning F3 male was selected on three traits: aggressive vertical structure, heavy resin rails, and most importantly an intense, locked-down cherry sweetness that transferred cleanly to its progeny. The Fire OG backbone — pulled from Raskal’s elite Bx1 line — contributes the dense calyx structure, the earthy fuel undertones cutting through the syrup, and the creeping physical relaxation that prevents the high from going racy.
What He Contributes
Cherry Sweetness, Resin, Backbone
The sweet cherry note that pierces through the citrus mother. Heavy trichome production that frosts the leaves and stems. Fire OG’s golf-ball density and the subtle pine-fuel undertone that gives the smoke its weight.
“Relentless took Cherry Cookies to F3 before they would breed off it. That’s not a marketing claim — that’s three years of culling rooms full of plants that didn’t make the cut. The S1 carries that work forward whether you understand it or not.”
Trop Cherry S1 / Greenpoint Archive Notes
Breeding Logic
Why Self The #8 Cut?
Three reasons this S1 exists, and what selfing actually does to a clone-only mother.
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Genetic Bottleneck
Selfing a female with reversed pollen from the same plant forces a genetic bottleneck. Homozygous traits lock in. The result: an S1 batch with vastly tighter phenotypic consistency than any F1 polyhybrid you’ll find on the market — closer to the mother in seed form.
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Clone Preservation
Verifiable cuts of the #8 mother trade hands at $500–$840 in the secondary nursery market when they trade hands at all. The S1 is how you get the genetic profile in your room without paying clone-broker prices or risking HLVd contamination from imported cuttings.
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Feminized Output
A genetically female plant only carries XX chromosomes. When forced to produce pollen via STS, that pollen carries strictly female genetics. Any seed it makes is 100% feminized. No males, no wasted veg space, no dragging hermaphrodites out of a flowering room.
Terpene Expression
What The Loud Phenos Actually Smell Like
When a Trop Cherry pheno hits — and not all of them will — this is the profile to chase.
Dominant Terpenes
| Terpinolene | Bright tangerine, citrus zest, uplift |
| Limonene | Lemon-orange peel, mood-elevating |
| β-Myrcene | Sweet fruit, ripe berry, body weight |
| β-Caryophyllene | Soft pepper-spice, the Cookies signature |
| Linalool | Floral cherry note, soft lavender lift |
Honest Note On The Nose
The terpene potential of this line is what the lore says. The actual expression in our recent runs has been more muted than expected — clear and clean on the strongest phenos, reserved on the weaker ones. Don’t pop this pack expecting a room-clearing punch the moment you crack open a jar. The bag appeal is what dominates here. The nose is a bonus when you find it.
Pheno Hunt Guide
Selecting The Keeper
An S1 hunt is fundamentally different from an F1 hunt. You’re not looking for novelty — you’re looking for the most accurate expression of the mother. Here’s how to read the room.
The True #8 Expression
Broad serrated fan leaves with deep purple striping along the main stalks. Pink-and-purple veg expression even under 18/6 lighting. Tight rounded buds frosted by week 4. Finishes hard between day 60–63. Magenta calyx fade with amber pistils after a clean nitrogen flush.
Color: Deep purple, magenta, pink
Nose: Cherry sorbet, ripe tangerine
Finish: Day 60–63
The Color-Forward Pheno
Strong purple expression but a more reserved nose. These run cleanly, finish on schedule, and produce the bag-appeal flower the line is famous for. Good for solventless extraction even when the smell is muted — the rosin pulls the terps that the dry flower hides.
Color: Strong purple
Nose: Muted, faint cherry-citrus
Best Use: Hash / live rosin
The Green-And-Earthy Drop
Stays mostly green through finish, no anthocyanin punch, leans muddy and earthy on the nose instead of fruit-forward. These exist in every S1 batch — the recessive expression that didn’t pull the mother’s traits forward. Don’t sentimentally keep these. The keeper is in another seed.
Color: Mostly green, no fade
Nose: Generic, muddy
Action: Cull without remorse
Color Selection Protocol
To maximize the genetic potential for the deep purple fade, run a strict reduction in nitrogen during the final two to three weeks of flower. The purple in this line is genetically hardwired — but feeding heavy N too late will keep the sugar leaves dark green and suppress the anthocyanin expression. A proper flush reveals the full magenta.
Cultivation
Running The S1 In Your Room
Quick Spec Sheet
The Numbers
Trop Cherry S1 — Specifications
| Format | Feminized S1 / Photoperiod |
| Lineage | Tropicana Cookies × Cherry Cookies F3 (selfed) |
| Flower Time | 8–9 Weeks (60–63 days ideal) |
| Yield | Medium |
| Difficulty | Advanced — Slow-Growing |
| Sativa / Indica | 60% Sativa / 40% Indica |
| Color Expression | Genetic Purple — No Cold Shock Required |
| Indoor / Outdoor | Both — VPD Critical In Humid Climates |
| Best Use | Connoisseur Headstash / Solventless Extraction |
| Seeds Harvested | April 2026 |
Family Tree
Full Genealogical Map
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└── Selfed via STS reversal of the #8 cut
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└── Tropicana Cherry #8 — Relentless Genetics, 2022 MI Cup 1st
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├── Tropicana Cookies — Harry Palms / Oni Seed Co
│ ├── GSC (Forum cut)
│ └── Tangie — DNA Genetics / Crockett
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└── Cherry Cookies F3 — Relentless Genetics, 3rd filial
├── GSC
└── Fire OG Bx1 — Raskal, elite I-95 cut
├── Fire Kush (clone-only)
└── Fire Alien Kush
├── Fire Kush
└── Alien Kush (LV Purple Kush × Alien Tech)
Final Word
For The Hunters
Trop Cherry S1 is not a starter pack. It’s not the easiest plant in the catalog and we’re not selling it as a yield monster. What this line offers is something the saturated dessert market stopped offering years ago: a chance to grow the actual #8 cut from one of the most respected breeding operations in modern cannabis — without paying clone-broker prices, without HLVd risk, and without waiting for a drop on a private Telegram channel.
Pop the pack. Run the hunt. Cull without sentiment. The keeper is in there — slow, patient, and prettier than anything else you’ll grow this year. Seeds harvested April 2026.
Quick Reference
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Trop Cherry S1
FEM S1 · PHOTOPERIOD · 8–9 WEEKS · MEDIUM YIELD · ADVANCED · SLOW GROWER
GREENPOINT SEEDS — GENETIC ARCHIVE — APRIL 2026 HARVEST
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