CANNALIB · STRAIN DOSSIER · GELATO
Gelato
6 independent sources put THC at 27%; 2,546 flower lab samples give a 10th to 90th percentile band of 14.4 to 29.8%; 13 recorded parents; 482 recorded descendants. It placed in results from Highlife Cup (Netherlands), Errl Cup and High Times Cannabis Cup (United States).
Gelato is a indica dominant hybrid cannabis strain bred by Bog Seeds. Lab tests put its THC between 14.4 and 29.8% (the middle 80% of 2,546 flower samples). The terpenes most often reported are caryophyllene, limonene, humulene. Recorded parents: Blue Sunset Sherbert × Blue Sunset Sherbet × Girl Scout Cookies × Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mint Pheno × Sherbert × Sunset Sherbert × Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint × Thin Mint Cookies × Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie × Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies × Thin Mint Gsc × Wedding Cake. Stated flowering time 56 to 70 days. 25 cup placings on record, 24 verified against published results.
● frozen 2026-09-29 · API 0.7.1-stdlib
● evidence bar: thc 6 independent sources
● type: indica dominant hybrid
27%
THC, most-agreed claim
6 independent sources
14.4–29.8%
Flower lab range
10th to 90th percentile of 2,546 samples
13
Recorded parents
with sources, never guessed
482
Recorded descendants
through stated parent links
24/25
Cup results, verified/total
placings found in published results
36
Pictures on record
shown with source and credit
CHEMISTRY, CLAIM BY CLAIM
Every THC claim, and who made it.
| THC | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 27% | 6 | bank_azarius_seeds, seedfinder, cannabis_intelligence, cropking, bank_blim-burn-seeds, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 20% | 5 | allbud, cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150, replication_data, master, hytiva |
| 24% | 5 | cannlytics_expand, seedfinder, seedcity, seedcity_local, bank_medicann-seeds, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 22.1% | 4 | cannlytics_expand, cannlytics_lab, nv_ccb_lab_library, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 26.7% | 4 | or_prr00150, seedcity_local, nv_ccb_lab_library, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 18% | 3 | cannlytics_expand, cannabis_intelligence, nv_ccb_lab_library |
| 17% | 3 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150, medical_effects |
| 20.2% | 3 | cannlytics_expand, or_prr00150, cannlytics_lab |
| 16.8% | 3 | or_prr00150, nv_ccb_lab_library, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 17.7% | 3 | cannlytics_expand, nv_ccb_lab_library, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
| 18.6% | 3 | or_prr00150, nv_ccb_lab_library, or_olcc_rich_enrich |
| 19.7% | 3 | cannlytics_expand, cannlytics_lab, nv_gnfvbs_2018_2019 |
Lab range 14.4 to 29.8% THC is the 10th to 90th percentile of 2,546 flower lab samples, median 21.2%; CBD 0 to 0.1% over 1,833 samples.
top terpenes by stated value: caryophyllene, limonene, humulene, β-myrcene, trans nerolidol, α-bisabolol
5,111 chemistry rows on record. Flagged rows never used as potency: 935 non flower, 440 quality flagged, 29 percent outliers.
GROW CLAIMS
Height and flowering, as stated.
| Height | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 200 cm | 7 | alchimia, bank_azarius_seeds, fastbuds, multiverse, truenorth, cannaconnection, seedfinder |
| 80 to 120 cm | 3 | seedcity, seedcity_local, bank_auto-seeds |
| 153 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 161 cm | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 100 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 120 to 150 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 120 to 160 cm | 1 | seedfinder |
| 200 cm | 1 | bank_blim-burn-seeds |
| 102 cm | 1 | cannabis_intelligence |
| Flowering | Independent sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| 56 to 70 days | 7 | bank_azarius_seeds, seedcity, seedcity_local, bank_medicann-seeds, cropking, alchimia, seedfinder |
| 63 days | 4 | fastbuds, multiverse, seedfinder, alchimia |
| 56 to 63 days | 4 | cannaconnection, seedcity, seedcity_local, seedfinder |
| 65 to 70 days | 2 | alchimia, master, seedfinder |
| 60 to 65 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 79 days | 2 | seedcity, seedcity_local |
| 60 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 64 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 67 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 68 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
| 63 to 70 days | 1 | seedfinder |
LINEAGE
Recorded parents, and how many sources agree.
| Parent | Sources | Who states it |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Sunset Sherbert | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master |
| Blue Sunset Sherbet | 1 | strain_fact:multiverse,seedfinder |
| Girl Scout Cookies | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,master,seedfinder |
| Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mint Pheno | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Sherbert | 1 | leafly_children_slugs |
| Sunset Sherbert | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,seedfinder |
| Sunset Sherbet | 1 | seedfinder |
| Thin Mint | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Thin Mint Cookies | 1 | seedfinder |
| Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie | 1 | strain_fact:seedfinder |
| Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies | 1 | strain_fact:allbud,multiverse,seedfinder |
| Thin Mint Gsc | 1 | strain_fact:alchimia,bank_azarius_seeds,hytiva |
| Wedding Cake | 1 | seedfinder |
482 descendants through recorded links, including Zunami, Auto Gelato Seeds, Biscotti Seeds, Extraction Guava Seeds, Frosty Gelato Seeds, Gelato Fast Seeds, Gelato Fast Version Herbies Seeds, Gelato X Girl Scout Cookies Herbies Seeds.
COMPETITIONS AND AWARD CLAIMS
Cup results with sources; claims with verdicts.
| Year | Competition | Category | Place | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Farmers Cup | Solvent Vape Carts | 1st | unverified |
| 2023 | Errl Cup | Flower – Indica | 2nd | verified |
| 2023 | The Emerald Cup | Indoor Flower | 13th | verified |
| 2022 | Highlife Cup (Netherlands) | Categorie B – Weed commonly grown on soil | 1st | verified |
| 2021 | Errl Cup | DISTILLATE | 1st | verified |
| 2021 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Indica Flower | 3rd | verified |
| 2021 | Errl Cup | CONCENTRATE HYBIRD | 3rd | verified |
| 2021 | High 95 Cup | Solvent | 3rd Place | verified |
| 2020 | Oregon Growers Cup | Cartridges | 3rd | verified |
| 2020 | WSIA Sun Cup / WSCA Craft Cannabis Cup (Washington Sun & Craft Growers Association) | Best Solvent Free Concentrate | runner-up | verified |
| 2019 | Errl Cup | CONCENTRATE HYBRID | 1st | verified |
| 2019 | Errl Cup | NON-SOLVENT | 3rd | verified |
| 2018 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Best Indica Flower | 1st | verified |
| 2018 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Best Sungrown | 1st | verified |
| 2018 | Errl Cup | VAPE | 3rd | verified |
| 2018 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | Best Indica Concentrate | 3rd | verified |
| 2018 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | BEST INDICA FLOWER | 3rd | verified |
| 2018 | The Emerald Cup | Licensed sun-grown | 17th | verified |
| 2018 | Leafly Strain of the Year | Leafly Strain of the Year | winner | verified |
| 2017 | 710 Degree Cup | Best Arizona Dispensary Flower – Hybrid | 1st | verified |
| 2017 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | BEST VAPE PEN CARTRIDGES | 2nd | verified |
| 2017 | High Times Cannabis Cup (United States) | BEST VAPE PEN CARTRIDGES | 3rd | verified |
| 2017 | The Emerald Cup | Distillate | 6th | verified |
| 2017 | The Emerald Cup | Flowers | 15th | verified |
| 2017 | The Emerald Cup | Terpene Based Awards – Highest Terpene content (Distillate) | verified |
Award claims checked 0 confirmed · 7 unchecked. Only confirmed claims count as results.
| Claim | Year | Source | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Times | not stated | seedsman | event_ambiguous |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | seedsman | event_ambiguous |
| High Times | not stated | master | event_ambiguous |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | master | event_ambiguous |
| Cannabis Cup | not stated | hytiva | event_ambiguous |
| High Times California (Central Valley) Cannabis Cup | not stated | seedsman | edition_unresearched |
| 1st | BEST VAPE PEN CARTRIDGES | CHNNHBIS CUP | 2016 | 2016 | archive.org | unchecked |
PICTURES, WITH CREDIT
36 pictures on record. Three shown, each with its source.
credit: multiversebeans.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: autoseeds.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
credit: images.hytiva.com · shown with credit, copyright unverified
How to read this page
Every value is a stated claim with its sources. Where sources disagree all claims are listed. The lab range is the 10th to 90th percentile of flower lab samples and is never blended with seed-bank claims. Parents are recorded links, never guessed. Pictures are shown with their source and credit; copyright is unverified. Nothing on this page was invented, averaged across sources or merged from another name.
Aliases on record: gelato, barneys-farm/gelato, gelato-1, spliff-seeds/gelato-1, apeorigin/gelato, aztech-genetics/gelato, blim-burn-seeds/gelato, dr-blaze/gelato, elev8-seeds/gelato, fatbush-seeds/gelato, medicann-seeds/gelato, nirvana-seeds/gelato, original-sensible-seeds/gelato, seed-junky-genetics/gelato, semyanich/gelato, sherbinskis/gelato, united-cannabis-seeds/gelato, unknown-or-legendary/gelato, us-skunkx/gelato, zamnesia/gelato
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dossier gelato · frozen 2026-09-29 · published by CannaLib, a Plausible Deniability project · Cite as: CannaLib (2026). Gelato strain dossier. https://cannalib.org/strains/gelato/