We get the sense that America will be ordering more of the Modified Grapes strain this winter—the sleep-inducing, stress-mellowing cross of GMO Cookies x Purple Punch.

Yes—we’ve found the next top 200 strain you have to know about. Modified Grapes is our HighLight flavor for November 2024.

We get it—inflation ate all our paychecks. Well, meet a dirt-cheap, award-winning indica hybrid that smells and tastes like grape, honey, and berry. 

Disassociating for the night? Modified Grapes leaves reviewers sleepy, relaxed, and euphoric.

“Truly Dionysian, feels like you’ve just drank a pitcher of wine without the liver damage that comes with the real thing,” writes another.

It’s strong stuff, so you’re going to need water, and you’ll want to start at the lowest effective dose. Modified Grapes’ top negatives are dry mouth and anxiety.

Modified Grapes rates a 4.4 out of 5, after 146 reviews on Leafly. Bag quality can certainly vary by batch—it’s a cash crop. GMO and Purple Punch are two proven strains. So when it’s good you get:

 “Big dense purply flowers. Lush, jammy Vitis flavor with earthy pine resin notes,” said one Leafly reviewer.

Those aromas are powered by its top terpenes: limonene, caryophyllene, and pinene. Add in the high THC, and one reviewer said Modified Grapes:

“Will have you feeling like you have been shot with elephant tranquilizers, and been hit with a 2pc from Mike Tyson. Leaving you devastated, and glued to the couch unable to even lift your eyelids.”

Some people need that this winter. And fresh studies conclude cannabis substitutes for more toxic sedatives including alcohol.

Who’s got great Modified Grapes?

All praise be to the cash crop. GMO x Purple Punch has that agronomy—it’s efficient to farm. Put some savings on those wallet wounds with a $4.50 gram of Modified Grapes in Portland, OR. 

Maine has $30 ounces of Modified Grapes shake like it’s 1970.

Seattle has half-ounces of flower for $35. There’s a high-end, too.

A Modified Grapes live rosin cart sells in Denver for $33 and live rosin gummies go for $16.50.

Arizona has rosin disposable vape pens of it for $50.

Modified Grapes seeds

You can tend to your garden and get a lot of joy out of growing this chonky bud. GMO is a beast. The yield of Purple Punch is also legendary.

Klone Colorado and Highline Nursery offer little cuttings of the cultivar. 

We see Modified Grapes seeds from Horror Seeds, Blimburn, Trilogene, and a new cross from Bloom Seeds.

Modified Grapes awards

GMO and Purple Punch have both powered their fair share of Cup-winners. The California brand LitHouse took first in mixed light with Modified Grapes in 2022. The strain also has wins in 2021 and 2020.

Modified Grapes terpenes

Modified Grapes can have this funky, dank grape smell that’s great. GMO adds loudness to any strain. Many shoppers pick based on the essential oils in herb—the terpenes. Batches labeled Modified Grapes tested highest for limonene, caryophyllene, pinene, which can relate to citrus, pepper/fuel/gas, and pine. 

Other highlights this November

Can’t buy our HighLight? Don’t cry, dry your eyes—with three related or seasonal picks.

Papaya Punch

Swap out the stanky GMO for the more floral papaya in this equally sleepy and fruity half-sibling of Modified Grapes.

GMO Cookies

Get more aggressive with your sedative—crack that Modified Grape parent GMO Cookies. For fans of savory, stanky, and strong. Not actually genetically modified, for the record.

Purple Punch

The other parent in Modified Grapes is for the thriftiest of us. Purple Punch is an easy-going, grape-flavored sleep aid.

Ok, that’s HighLight for November 2024. Go stock up. Winter is coming. The wine leaves have all turned red and yellow in the fields. The grapes are being smashed. The weed barns are full of a bumper crop that’ll ripen into the new year. One thing dies. Another is born. The only constant—change.

Last year’s Leafly Strain of the Year winner—Permanent Marker proved to be spot-on. It’s showing up on hundreds and hundreds of new menus per month and going into cool crosses like Cherry Marker and Permanent Marker Bx1; all of them very tasty. (This Leafly HighLight is brought to you by I Love Growing Marijuana.)

As the strain climbs even higher into the pantheon of greats, we wanted to highlight it for people that haven’t uncapped a jar yet. It smells like marker fumes and hits like a baseball bat—Permanent Marker is our Leafly HighLight for October 2024.

This ‘Gelato times 1,000’ cross of (Biscotti x Sherb Bx) x Jealousy has reached 149 ratings, with an average score of 4.6 out of 5 and 6,226 likes. Leafly reviewers report getting tingly, relaxed and chatty on Permanent Marker. They note its ammonia, tobacco, and chemical notes—like some synthetic polymer. People smoke it and unwind, lift mood, and relieve pain.

“Oh my sweet jesus is this a potent strain,” notes one reviewer.

It’s pretty, and fits right in the wheelhouse of hit flavors.

One reviewer writes: “The bag appeal is out of this world but the flavor and smell is where it shines the unique gas/sherb taste is unlike anything I’ve tried.”

“You can actually smell that permanent marker smell no bullshit,” writes another.

Al Capone Wraps have become the number one natural leaf wrap in the US and are the only double-bonded self-sealing cellulose wraps in the market, guaranteeing an easy-to-roll and slow-burn experience. 

You deserve a wrap that is a cut above the rest. Made with love for blunt aficionados, these wraps are like little presents, each one wrapped up to keep things fresh, pre-cut to perfection, and boasting a double leaf for a laid-back burn and self-sealing sugar strip offering a clean and sweet sealant for your wraps. Available in Original, Cognac, and Rum flavors, you can snag them online or at your local spot. Treat your blunt right!

Who’s got great Permanent Marker?

Look for Permanent Marker in most major weed cities and you won’t be dissappointed. 

California brand MOCA just dropped flawless jars of their Marker. We’ve seen stellar versions from breeder Seed Junky, Made, Connected, and CAM. It’s the strain to carry if you want that reputation for zaza.

Oregon has Permanent Markers from Oregrown, Grown Rogue, Rebel Spirit and more.

Washington brands Freddy’s Fuego, Lifted, House of Cultivar, Phat Panda and more have the cultivar.

Doja and Made brings the winning flower to Arizona. Seed Junky has brought it to New Mexico. Aries has it in Illinois, and Sparq sells it in Boston. It’s really a national phenomenon now.

Permanent Marker seeds

Permanent Marker’s (Biscotti x Sherb Bx) x Jealousy genetic remains smoking hot. You can go straight to Seed Junky for fresh Marker genetics, or try ordering from Premium Cultivars or WeedSeedsExpress on the Leafly site.

You can also hit the seedbanks for even more Marker crosses.

Permanent Marker terpenes

Labs tests of samples labeled “Permanent Marker” have averaged high in myrcene with limonene and beta-caryophyllene. That gives the strain its deep sherbert notes with the pungent ‘gas’.

Other highlights this October

Can’t buy our HighLight? Don’t cry, dry your eyes—with three related or seasonal picks.

Golden Pineapple

Tired of more Sherb crosses? Grind up some classic Golden Pineapple—recently spotter from Phat Panda. It’s light, sativa, daytime fun without all the crazy narcotic effects of a GSC strain.

ILGM Lemon Fresh

ILGM wants you to check out the new Lemon Fresh (Jungle Spice x Gorilla Diesel #3)—with two of the top terps of Permanent Marker (beta-Myrcene, beta-Caryophyllene). Lemon Fresh is easy to grow hazy, citrus, gas weed.

Strawberry Pop

Red Pop x Red Runtz combine for this legit strawberry soda pop-tasting strain from Exotic Genetix. Really unique terps from Talking Trees farms.

Bonus Pick: ILGM Pineapple Donut

ILGM has an easy to grow Franken Cakes x Gorilla Diesel #3 called Pineapple Donut with tropical, cake, floral notes that’s beta-Myrcene, Limonene, beta-Caryophyllene—just like Permanent Marker.

And that’s a quick Leafly HighLight for October 2024. Enjoy the fall season and have fun out there on Halloween.

Daytime smokers have a special strain to enjoy the fall season all across the US’s 37 legalization states and beyond.  The ironically named weed strain Super Boof has become a top 200 variety thanks to its flavor, pretty look, dank citrus smell and taste, and lovely center-of-the-road effects. (This Leafly HighLight is brought to you by I Love Growing Marijuana.)

Super Boof (aka Blockberry) is winning contests, taking over grow rooms, and pollinating the next crop of winners—making Super Boof our Leafly HighLight for September 2024.

A brilliant cross of Black Cherry Punch and Trop Cookies, Super Boof averages 4.6 out of 5 points after 134 reviews—which is pretty, pretty, pretty good.

It’s got dead-center hybrid effects that make folks giggly, hungry, and high. Some people use it to pour sunshine on the blues, or de-stress and chill the heck out. Since it does test well into the mid-20s for THC percentage, newbies might get a little nervous or dizzy. Never fear—drink some orange juice and put on some chill beats.

Super Boof combines a stunning look, daytime effects, and legit medical attributes.

On looks: “This has had to be the most beautiful strain I’ve ever smoked. The bright purple looks like sparkles and the trichomes are even more sparkly,” said one Leafly reviewer.

ILGM is partnering with Phylos Bioscience to empower homegrowers to reach their fullest potential with genetically stable F1 Hybrid seeds. Using a data-driven approach, Phylos has deciphered the genome of the cannabis plant, helping them better understand the plant and be able to assess the beneficial properties of specific cannabis plants through genetic markers while breeding. Shop the Phylos collab line of cannabis seeds from ILGM in three categories: Elite, Premium, and Autoflower.

On Super Boof’s effects

“There’s focus plus another level of focus that wants to bore in on whatever it’s pointed toward. Super Boof does that for me,” said another.

As a medicine

“Suuuper boofed. Got rid of my body dysmorphia, feeling like the bad bitch I always knew I was ;),” said one.

Another reviewer says: “I smoke for chronic pain and I’ve never seen another strain handle my pain this well.”

Who has the Super-est Boofs?

Super Boof has become a top 200 flavor in the US in just three years, with ample options coast to coast as flower, dabs, pens, and more.

Los Angeles—check with Cream of the Crop, and Oakfruitland.

Portlanders in Oregon have Benson Arbor brand, and Trichome Brands. In Washington State—Plaid Jacket is your go-to, as well as Soulshine, and Constellation. 

Phoenix, AZ has joints by Jeeter, and carts by Rove, and Timeless. In Colorado, we’d start with Veritas or Rare Dankness. It’s great to see legal Albuquerque, NM get dabs and pre-rolls, just like the coast. 

Kansas City, MO rocks Super Boof from Codes, Elevate Missouri, and Proper. In Chicago—Northern Heights sells Blockberry flower and live rosin. 

Shoutout Harbor House in Massachusetts for their superb flower. Boston also has Super Boof cannagars and cold cure live rosin. 

Medical Miami has edible, potent RSO Super Boof with mind-bloggling applications. And Bangor, Maine has tasty live rosin carts of the cultivar from Kalikori Farms.

Super Boof seeds

Super Boof comes from the breeder Blockhead Genetics, who calls it Blockberry. Grower Mobile Jay who made the Super Boof selection an ironic name, which can refer to bad weed.

New Super Boof crosses include Offensive Genetix’s Playmate (Superboof x Pink Lady 27), and Angel’s Rest (Superboof x Hellcat 15). An all-star relative—Surfr Seeds’ Point Break.

Blockhead tells Leafly it feels “pretty good” to see the Blockberry wave build nationally. 

“I’m happy that others like it and I hope I can keep making others stoked on the flavors I create,” Blockhead told Leafly.

He’s at work making Blockberry F2 and crossing Super Boof to all the hype lines including Cap Junky, Lemon Cherry Gelato, Z, and so much more. 

“I’m going to be popping and hunting through a ton of those crosses.”

Super Boof awards

Leafly feels proud to have heralded the arrival of Super Boof in 2022. The cultivar scored trophies each year since, including 2023 wins at the Oregon Leaf Bowl, and The Ego Clash. The San Diego Farmer’s Cup this May awarded a Super Boof cross highest combined cannabinoids and combined terpenes. Yew! 

Super Boof terpenes

Speaking of those essential weed oils—the terps—we think Super Boof has to be high in myrcene, with some caryophyllene and some limonene, pinene, or terpinolene in it. Individual bags may vary. The myrcene shows up in Tangie, while the caryophyllene is common in Trop Cookies. Myrcene plus terpinolene is a very prominent “sativa” terp combo.

Other highlights this September

Can’t buy our HighLight? Don’t cry, dry your eyes—with three related or seasonal picks.

Orange Runtz

Keep your eyes peeled for a rare Orange Runtz. It’s Runtz crossed to an old-school African Orange from the seed brand Equilibrium Genetics.

Yuzu Sour

Sour Tangie helps power Yuzu Sour ILGM made it super-easy to grow by crossing it to their current auto of choice—EZBake AF.

Clementine

Tangie to a Lemon Skunk yields Clementine, which has searing sativa effects. Clementine’s a classic that deserves a reboot.

Bonus pick: Lime Glow Auto

Get sour citrus terps in an easy-to-grow format with the Phylos+ILGM Lime Glow Auto. Lime Glow auto combines OG Kush x Skunk #1 x EZBake AF to finish automagically in 12 to 14 weeks.

OK, there’s your morning cup of juice to get you going in September. The days don’t get any longer—so make each one count!