America’s tens of millions of weed lovers celebrating 420 this April have the most spectacular show on Earth awaiting them.
Leafly interviewed several keepers of the cannabis flame—Seed Junky Genetics’ J Beezy; Alien Labs; Capulator; Phat Panda; even Cheech frickin’ Marin of Cheech and Chong—to spot the hottest flower of 420 ‘22 across the US.
In the concrete jungle of Los Angeles, the epicenter of global cannabis culture, top dog Seed Junky Genetics not only breeds badass exotics, but grows and sells them, too.
It has a good structure and it stretches a lot while remaining full; it’s always the biggest plant in the room,” J Beezy told Leafly.
“I think it’s another day in the flower room, but we still celebrate and smoke a little extra.
Keeping it proudly LA-made for a second, breeder Capulator recommends his unstoppable, award-winning MAC 1, grown by brand L.A.
Since 2015, MAC 1 has floored aficionados with its bling, size, density, complex flavor, and heavy effects.
Cap tells Leafly that MAC 1 is an “uplifting, happy high that keeps you soaring through the day.
Many other brands also crush this Seed Junky selection of Sherbert Bx1 x Gelato 41.
What a journey—from that silly van made of weed in Up in Smoke to ordering Chem for legal delivery from Cheech & Chong.
You’re stoking the hot coals of modern fuego when you burn some classic Chemdog.
The latest drop from Alien Labs is also founder Ted Lidie’s pick for 420, and the excitement is founded.
And you can spot it on top shelves in stores and courier menus across California.
Crossing fan favorite Runtz with the classic creamy profile of Gelato 33 might sound pedestrian.
Credit to its breeder, One Eye, renowned for his palate-shattering terpene profiles with strains like Dogwalker.
The original Triangle Mints comes from Seed Junky’s marriage of the influential, fuel-rich Triangle Kush to the hype flavor of Animal Mints, a relative of Wedding Cake.
“Trophy Wife is our personal selection of the F2 from Seed Junky and yes we named it ‘Trophy Wife,’” Katrina McKinley, CEO of GrowOpFarms tells Leafly.
Fire Bros says they taste “like a pineapple smoothie on the beaches of the Yucatan peninsula, just as the sun is just starting to set.” Potent and syrupy sweet, Fire Bros recommends it for, “Bear wrestling, cliff diving, and watercolor painting.
Over in Colorado, top-shelf terp farmers Hava Gardens have a strain that’s everything: Kitchen Sink.
Hava Gardens cures its greenhouse, soil-grown flower slowly in cool temperatures to preserve layers of flavors from harvest to stash jar.
In 2022, legalization allows cutting-edge West Coast cannabis flavors and genes to jump directly over to the East Coast.
Exotic Genetix mixed Red Pop with the Leafly Strain of the Year 2020, Runtz for a gorgeous flavor bomb of sweet, berry, woody, and tropical citrus.
For April, 22Red has some classic hybrid flavors to go with your retro Fear and Loathing trip.
The 50-50 hybrid effects stay versatile, in case you want to play a few hands of Hold ‘Em.
We end for now in the blossoming medical state of Oklahoma—or more like Smokelahoma, thanks to its liberal cannabis rules.
Biscotti is a Cookie Fam release of Gelato #25 x Girl Scout Cookies x Florida OG.
He’s written for WIRED, Rolling Stone and Billboard, and is the former cannabis editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, as well as the author of several cannabis books including ‘Marijuana Harvest’ by Ed Rosenthal and David Downs.
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