Best Hybrid Strains: 7 Well-Known Hybrids Worth Knowing

Hybrid is the label for strains bred from both indica and sativa lines, and the balance varies. Leafly describes Gelato as evenly balanced, GG4 as 63% indica and 37% sativa, and Blue Dream as sativa-dominant. Labels do not always predict the feel: Leafly calls GSC indica-dominant, yet its effects meter leans energizing. This guide to indica vs sativa vs hybrid explains what the labels do and do not tell you. The 7 below were chosen because they are well documented: each has thousands of ratings on Leafly, and several have won awards.

Blue Dream is a sativa-dominant hybrid made by crossing Blueberry with Haze, and Leafly says it originated in California and has become one of the most-searched-for strains in its database. It smells and tastes of sweet berries. Leafly describes a balanced high that pairs cerebral stimulation with full-body relaxation, and reviewers' top tags are creative, euphoric and happy. See the Blue Dream strain profile.

GSC, also called Girl Scout Cookies or simply Cookies, comes from California breeder Jigga, who crossed a sub-type of OG Kush with F1 Durban. Leafly calls it indica-dominant, though its effects meter leans energizing, and describes euphoria followed by waves of full-body relaxation. It is known for a dessert-like aroma with notes of mint, sweet cherry and lemon, and reviewers tag it relaxed, hungry and happy. Popular variations include Thin Mint and Platinum GSC; the GSC Thin Mint strain profile covers the first.

Gelato, also known as Larry Bird or Gelato #42, is an evenly balanced hybrid from Sunset Sherbet and Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies. Leafly describes a euphoric high with strong relaxation that comes on quickly, sweet, fruity and creamy flavours, and buds in dark purple hues with orange hairs. Reviewers tag it relaxed, aroused and euphoric. It has spawned several numbered cuts, including Gelato #33; see the Gelato 33 strain profile.

Wedding Cake, also known as Triangle Mints #23, is an indica-leaning hybrid, and Leafly notes that in Canada it is known as Pink Cookies. Leafly's description lists its parents as Triangle Kush and Animal Mints, while its genetics chart shows Triangle Mints and Animal Mints. It has a rich, tangy flavour with earthy pepper, reviewers' flavour tags are vanilla, pepper and butter, and the effects they report most are relaxed, aroused and hungry. Leafly named it Strain of the Year in 2019.

GG4, also known as Original Glue or simply Glue, was bred by GG Strains from Chem's Sister, Sour Dubb and Chocolate Diesel. Leafly describes heavy-handed euphoria and relaxation that can leave you feeling glued to the couch, chunky resin-covered buds and pungent, earthy, sour aromas. It took first place at the Michigan and Los Angeles Cannabis Cups in 2014 and the High Times Jamaican World Cup in 2015. Reviewers tag it relaxed, sleepy and hungry. Read the Original Glue (GG4) profile.

OG Kush was first cultivated in Florida in the early 1990s, when a strain from Northern California was supposedly crossed with Chemdawg, Lemon Thai and a Hindu Kush plant from Amsterdam. Leafly calls it the genetic backbone of West Coast cannabis and lists it as a parent of GSC and Headband. Leafly says true OG Kush should smell of lemon, pine and fuel and give a mixed head and body effect; reviewers tag it hungry, relaxed and sleepy. See the OG Kush strain profile.

Pineapple Express is a sativa-dominant hybrid made by crossing Trainwreck with Hawaiian, and it became famous after the 2008 film of the same name. Leafly describes long-lasting energetic effects you feel right away and bright citrus notes with pineapple and earthy pine. Reviewers tag it happy, giggly and energetic, with pineapple, tropical and citrus flavours. The Pineapple Express strain profile has more.

Leafly's effects meters put Blue Dream, Pineapple Express and GSC on the energizing side, and Gelato, Wedding Cake, GG4 and OG Kush on the calming side, so start there if you want something lighter or heavier. Potency matters just as much: Leafly lists every strain here at 20% THC or more, and Health Canada notes that harmful effects may be greater when THC is stronger. Start with a small amount, and Canada's lower-risk cannabis use guidelines advise not driving for at least 6 hours after use.

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