Blue Gelato

Listed as Blue Gelato, this flower carries the name of a Barney’s Farm strain known as Blue Gelato 41; Leafly also calls it Blue 41, Blue #41 or Blue Gelato #41.

A three-way Blueberry cross from Barney’s Farm

Barney’s Farm offers Blue Gelato 41 as feminised seeds and lists its genetics as Sunset Sherbert, Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies and Blueberry, describing Sunset Sherbert as a fruity indica. Leafly names Barney’s Farm as the original breeder and writes of Blueberry from DJ Short’s old-school line meeting GSC and Sherbert. AllBud, which writes the name as Blue Gelato #41, calls it a three-way cross of Blueberry, Girl Scout Cookies and Sherbet.

Barney’s Farm and AllBud both give a 60% indica, 40% sativa split; Leafly simply calls it a hybrid and lists two strains bred from it, Blue Lotus and C-Note.

Neon green cones under purple-tinged frost

AllBud pictures conical, vivid neon green buds with thin, dark orange pistils under a chunky coat of white trichomes tinged with purple. A Michigan reviewer on Leafly found very dense, hard, cone-shaped buds in a light shade with bright orange hairs. Barney’s Farm adds that many phenotypes come out blue or purple, coated in thick resin.

Blueberry ice cream with a sour citrus finish

AllBud describes the flavour as sweet, fruity blueberry ice cream that finishes slightly sour and citrusy on the exhale, and an aroma that mirrors it, with sour citrus and spicy herbs layered over a fruity blueberry base. Barney’s Farm writes of creamy, sweet berry notes.

Smooth, earthy, citrus and fruity is how Leafly sums up the terpene profile, adding that the taste matches the smell; mint joins blueberry and berry in its flavour tags. Pinene leads its terpene readings, followed by caryophyllene and then limonene, which gets a closer look in our primer on limonene. Leafly reviewers add a faint sweet pine and lemon smell and a nutty smoke that recalled pecans and walnuts; one found a fruity, floral smell with a taste closer to diesel.

Clear-headed energy, then a slow body high, per AllBud

AllBud says Blue Gelato #41 lifts the mind first with energy, cerebral clarity and euphoria while a body high slowly creeps in, pitching it to people who want a balanced, clear-headed high. Barney’s Farm’s spec table lists clear headed, energetic and creative. Leafly’s gauge leans mostly energizing; its reviewers say relaxed and uplifted more often than anything else, and one called it a creeper.

Strain THC figures run from AllBud’s 15% to 20% average and Leafly’s 17%, with CBD at 0%, up to the 28% that Barney’s Farm lists. Leafly’s 70 ratings average 4.4, and 27 AllBud votes give Blue Gelato #41 a 4.3. Health Canada‘s lower-risk advice caps a first smoke at a puff or two and points smokers toward flower carrying 10% THC or less; it adds that inhaled cannabis may need half an hour to peak.