Leafly Buzz: 12 Top Weeds in November
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Here is Leafly Buzz for November 2024.
Data grinder
We got out our calculators, connected them to the Leafly strain database, and ran a scan for Zaza. This is what the statistics tell us.
Durban poison
Are you worried about short, cold, wet days? Some Durban and coffee will help you prepare the house for visitors. The classic sativa is available as a flower, an e-cigarette and sometimes as a single-source edible strain. We could all use a pick-me-up. Durban moved from 16th place in the western US to 12th.
Glitter bomb
We said the Glitter Bomb strain would explode in 2024, and yes, it's at No. 30, up from No. 33 in October. Glitter Bomb is one of the most glittering trees from the breeder Compound Genetics. This relaxing herb has a loud, grape-like flavor. It is a cross between Grape Gas #10 and OGKB Blueberry Headband.
Cake cream
This is the weed to impress your hometown friends with. Piescream is a blend of Wedding Pie x (Gelato #33 x Cherry Limeade F5) for a dessert flavor with candied cherry lime pastry. Piescream has risen organically up the charts over the past two years. It is now one of the top 500 varieties on the West Coast and one of our favorite Thanksgiving varieties. We just saw a phenomenal cut of this from Sense Cannabis in SF. Piescream also won six medals at the 2024 California State Fair Cannabis Awards. There is no Thanksgiving without Piescream.
Dante's Inferno
Oreoz x Devil Driver is the 2024 Budtenders' Choice of Maine and cracked the top 100 in the Western US, landing at 84; For when you need the crazy appeal, the crazy potency and a dessert and melon note.
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Tropical juice box
Southern California's award-winning indoor breeding team Elite Genetics has emerged from its lab with a series of new crosses. Smoke comes quickly in our house – Tropical Juice Box, a cross between orange juice and pear radish #4. Expect a delicious tropical fruit smoothie with flavors of citrus, sugar, mangoes and pears. A nice, mood-enhancing sativa high also includes gentle vibrations and body relaxation.
Sweet with sparkling wine
Fresh in the Leafly database, the Terphogz seed catalog – popularizers of the original Z. Notable this month – their new collaboration with Kounter Kulture – Dulce Con Gas. It's a clever mix of Lemon Cherry Gelato x Crop Duster and packs cost a hefty $300. LCG remains a top 5 national bestseller, and Crop Duster is said to be a cross between Daily Driver and Chem D that is particularly spicy. Get 10% off with code LEAFLY (Leafly earns an affiliate fee on purchases).
Detroit Diamonds
Compound Genetics is releasing 26 new crosses to its popular, sparkling weed Eye Candy. We look to Detroit Diamonds for a strain that expresses pure aesthetics. Detroit Diamonds is (Pure Michigan x Baby Shark) crossed with Eye Candy and should be a killer.
Sour peaches
Sour Peaches delivers the best hash the folks at Purple City Genetics will smoke this winter. It's a cross between their hit hash dumper Moroccan Peaches and the classic New York strains AJ's Sour Diesel. Sour Peaches grows into huge plants with a hash yield of 6 to 7% – so keep an eye out for it. It should be hybrid and strong with a tart, caramelized peach note.
Selection of pharmacies
New on the shelf
Tangerine cherry tree from Sticky Fields
Impress your session with arguably the most lip-smacking variety available – Mandarin Cherry Tree, grown by industry icon Sticky Fields, Mendocino County, California, and sold throughout Northern California by Solful. It's a tangerine tart crossed with a volunteer that Sticky Fields calls Cherry Tree, with thick tangerine, cherry and lavender notes. The rare linalool-dominant strain is hand-picked from a full-sun cultivation with 26% THC. Limited batches.
Burn the charts
Nova Cane from Team Elite Genetics
Need to feel pleasantly numb? This Novacane strain from more than living soil breeder Team Elite Genetics in California spread quickly in our home in November. It's Squirt x Kush x Grandma's Cookies, bred by TEG, with a smell like blue raspberry sour gums and a 50:50 hybrid effect on the mind and body. A three-time Cannabis Cup winner.
bestseller
Ballin out
Empanadas Diez from A Golden State
A Golden State grows large-scale indoor buds in Shasta County, California. At the top of their Christmas lineup is Empanadas Diez – a cross between Purple Churro and Cinnamon Horchata. If you want to relax after dinner and get ready for a game for dessert, try this dessert variety with notes of banana bread, elote, berries and cream.
Bale on a budget
Sour Diesel by Alpenglow
Lots of great Sour Diesels arrived with the harvest. But the standout is a Sour Diesel Bx4 bred by Garden of Grease Seeds in Oregon and grown organically by Alpenglow as an outdoor, live, full-grown plant. A half ounce of it is sold out at Solful for $100, making it a stunning, best-selling, budget option that isn't here to stay. Just make sure you have the right setting and location for it. It has 31% THC. “It's damn strong, you have to be careful. It’s just fast.”
High note
Storz and Bickel Venty
Get vaccinated against flu and COVID, even if you're strong as a bull. You can save yourself a secondary infection and a second week in bed. If you've already been bitten by the virus this year, consider giving your sinuses and lungs a smoke break with a flower vaporizer. Heat flower steamers instead of burning the flowers to achieve the same effect. The makers of the famous Volcano vaporizer have launched a new portable ripper called Venty. You can pack it thick and full, it heats up in seconds and breaks up quite large clouds with great effect. The battery life is also oversized. Another medical bestseller from the German market leaders Storz and Bickel.
OK – that’s Leafly Buzz for November 2024, full of trees we would personally pack during our pre-dinner “cousins walk.” You bring the mints with you.
About Leafly Buzz
So good they steal it—the popular monthly strain review roundup Leafly Buzz is now in its third year. We independently report on the cannabis conversation among connoisseurs, focusing on strains and branded flowers from the Western United States. Reporting includes:
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