Gelato (Hybrid)

This Gelato flower, labelled hybrid, comes in five weights: 1 g, 3.5 g, 7 g, 14 g and 28 g.

Large, lumpy, grape-shaped buds

AllBud describes Gelato buds as large, lumpy and very dense, shaped like grapes and coloured dark forest green, with purple and orange hairs under a very sticky coat of visible resin droplets. Leafly passes on growers’ reports that the buds can turn deep purple, set off by bright orange hairs and a glossy white layer of resin crystals. One customer summed up the flower as “Fresh buds, great smell.”

Sherbet sweetness with blueberry and orange

AllBud likens the flavour to sweet sherbet with fruity blueberry and orange notes. In its account the smell is very sweet, with lavender, citrus and berry, and a woody edge comes through as the buds are broken up and burned. On Leafly, the taste and smell are sweet with fruity, creamy notes. Our Gelato guide sums up the profile as sweet cream, citrus and berry.

How AllBud describes the high

AllBud traces Gelato to Sunset Sherbet and Thin Mint GSC and classes it as slightly indica dominant, at about 55% indica and 45% sativa, yet it describes a head-heavy high rather than a couch-locking one. By its account, a cerebral rush, uplifted euphoria and a little focused energy come first, followed by a creeping body buzz that leaves people relaxed. AllBud members tag the effects creative, euphoria, focus, happy and relaxing, and rate the strain 4.6 from 287 votes.

THC figures next to Health Canada’s advice

Leafly gives Gelato an average of 21% THC, a potency it rates above the average strain; AllBud’s figure is 20%. Both are about twice the strength that Health Canada‘s lower-risk advice suggests for smoking, 10% THC or less. The same advice starts at 1 or 2 puffs and allows up to half an hour for the peak.