Cherry Pie strain: every version compared

Which Cherry Pie should you grow?

Choosing a Cherry Pie is mostly about room and timing.

Photoperiod or autoflower? Photoperiods give the full plant and the bigger yields, run on a timer across 56–58 days of bloom, and list THC 16–20%. Autoflowers finish on their own clock from seed in 63 days, and here they list 19% and 25%. For a first grow, the auto takes the timing worry away.

How much headroom have you got? The versions stay fairly contained. The shortest here is listed at about 100 cm (an auto); the tallest two, a feminized and an auto, reach 150 cm. Read the height figure before you buy and keep a little training in reserve.

Cherry Pie photoperiod (feminized)

The photoperiod versions are the classic Cherry Pie: you set the clock, with an 18-hour day in veg and a 12-hour day to flower, which repays the effort in sweet, resin-heavy flower. Flowering is 56–58 days, with listed THC 16–20%. Heights are listed at 120–150 cm.

Cherry Pie autoflower

Cherry Pie comes as an autoflower too, which brings a simpler timetable: no flip to flower, she just gets on with it. There are 2 autos here, and they keep the sweet, berry-rich Cherry Pie character. Seed-to-harvest runs 63 days. World Wide Cultivars note theirs stretches, so leave it room and a little training, while Royal Queen's stays compact at around a metre. The autos list 19% and 25% THC; the photoperiods 16–20%, so the strongest listed is an auto, at 25%. Breeders reach for The Fog, Ruderalis or a Granddaddy Purple Auto to set the automatic clock. For a first grower who wants the Cherry Pie flavour without a light schedule, the autos are the easier way in.

How Cherry Pie grows

Cherry Pie is a small family, a handful of versions, but they split in a way worth knowing before you buy. Height is the first fork. World Wide Cultivars' auto is the taller of the two autos: their note says it stretches to around 150 cm, so plan the vertical space rather than fight it. The other auto goes the other way, listed at a compact 100 cm that tucks into a tent without complaint, while Herbies list their feminized at 150 cm, level with that taller auto. Across the versions the listed span is 100–150 cm, so read the height column and match it to your ceiling.

The grow itself is forgiving. Royal Queen describe theirs as dependable and forgiving, producing dense, resin-coated flower with minimal hassle, and World Wide Cultivars call theirs an easy plant to keep, resinous and reliable, once it has the room. Flowering is quick either way, the photoperiods landing at 56–58 days.

That resin is the one thing to prepare for. Both autos run dense and sticky, and Royal Queen put it plainly: keep your scissors clean through the trim. Tidy blades, a light touch at harvest and room for the taller cuts cover most of it. Cherry Pie rewards a grower who wants flavour and dependability over sheer tonnage, and she does not ask much to give it.

Where Cherry Pie comes from

Cherry Pie is a named cross. The best-known telling has her built from Granddaddy Purple and Durban Poison, and two of the three photoperiods list exactly that. The autoflowering versions keep that heritage and add The Fog and Ruderalis, or cross in a Granddaddy Purple Auto, to bring the line into automatic form. Breeders vary the detail: Female Seeds build theirs from a Cherry AK and Purple Punch base crossed to a Kush and Skunk line, a different road to a similar place. Breeders quote her indica-leaning, usually between 65 and 80%. Each cross is given here as its breeder lists it, with no verdict from us on whose is right.