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Genetics

Is Gushers indica or sativa? Its genetics and family tree

Gushers is an indica-leaning hybrid: a cross of Gelato #41, a numbered Gelato phenotype from the Cookies Family in California, and Triangle Kush, an indica from Florida.1,2,3,4 Who made the cross is disputed, Leafly lists it as TK41, and several strains sold with “Gushers” in the name do not descend from it.1,5,6,7

Family tree

  • Gelato #41Hybrid; Sunset Sherbert × Thin Mint Cookies; Cookies Family, selected 2014
  • Triangle KushIndica; Florida; also sold as Triangle OG

Gushers

  • Gush MintzKush Mints × (F1 Durb × Gushers)
  • Poison GushersF1 Durban Poison × Gushers
  • Durban GushersF1 Durban × Gushers
  • Watermelon GushersCocomero Gelatti × Gushers
  • Wedding TK41Wedding Cake × Gushers
  • SplashGushers × Chauffeur
  • Gusher PieGushers × Rainbow Pie F2
Parents and offspring as reported by Leafly and Leafly News.1,2,3,8,9,10,11,12,13,14

The two parents

Gelato #41 is one of the keepers from the Cookie Fam’s Gelato pheno-hunt, the cross of Sunset Sherbert and Thin Mint Cookies: Leafly’s genealogy lists “Bacio” Gelato 41 among the picks from a private tasting on June 16, 2014, and Leafly says it comes from the Cookies Family in California and gives a heavy, relaxing body high.2,15 Gelato has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gelatostrain.com.

Triangle Kush, also sold as Triangle OG and OG Triangle, is an indica from Florida that Leafly says is named after the state’s three cannabis-producing capitals, Jacksonville, Miami and Tampa; growers give it a 70-day flowering time.3 Westword counts it among the “old, mysterious Kush genetics from Florida”, and Leafly’s 100 best list calls it mythical.16,17 Seed Junky Genetics crossed it with Animal Mints to make Triangle Mints, and Leafly lists Wedding Cake, also known as Triangle Mints #23, as Triangle Kush × Animal Mints; both have their own guides in the network (trianglemints.com, weddingcakestrain.com).18,19

Who bred it: three accounts

Sources agree on the parents. They disagree on who made the cross, and none we opened gives a year.

AccountWho says so
Cookie Fam Genetics, the Bay Area breeders behind Girl Scout CookiesWeedmaps (“California-based Cookies Fam Genetics”); Westword, 2019; SeedFinder; ILGM’s strain profile, 202016,20,21,22
Kush4Breakfast, using Cookie Family’s Gelato #41 and a Triangle Kush bred in FloridaHigh Times, 20195
Unknown breedersLeafly’s TK41 page1

We say “credited to Cookie Fam Genetics”, the majority account. The earliest dated record of Gushers we found is the 2018 Emerald Cup.23

One strain, several names

Menus and databases use several names for the same Gelato #41 × Triangle Kush cross. Leafly avoids the fruit snack’s name “for legal reasons” and titles its page TK41; its 2026 list of the 100 best strains calls Gushers “the copyrighted name of a gushing fruit snack brand”.1,17

NameWhat it refers toWho uses it
Gushers, GusherzThe strainWeedmaps; AllBud; Westword; High Times4,5,16,20
TK41Leafly’s name, short for Triangle Kush × Gelato 41Leafly1,12
White Gushers, White GusherzAnother name for Gushers; to AllBud, a frosty phenotype of itLeafly; Weedmaps (“in many dispensaries”); AllBud1,20,24
Fruit GushersAnother name for GushersWeedmaps; Leafly News, 2021; a separate Leafly page with the same parents14,20,25

Official Cannabis has no connection to the fruit snack or its maker.

Gushers, and the Gushers that aren’t

Breeders have put the name on many strains. Some descend from Gushers; others share only a Gelato parent, or a color and a fruit, with it.6,7,26

NameLineage (breeder)From Gushers?Source
Blue GushersA variation on Gushers; grown by Made in California and ArizonaYesLeafly; Leafly News, 202427,28
Watermelon GushersCocomero Gelatti × Gushers (Cannarado Genetics)YesLeafly11
Poison GushersF1 Durban Poison × TK41 (bred by Connected, hunted by Fiore)YesLeafly9
Durban GushersF1 Durban × Gushers (Mohave Cannabis Co.)YesLeafly10
Gush Mintz (Gush Mints)Kush Mints × (F1 Durb × TK41) (Purple City Genetics)Yes, a grandchildLeafly8
Purple GushersPurple Punch × Gelato (Compass Genetics)NoLeafly6
Grape GushersGMO × Gelato (High Grade Farms)NoLeafly7
Black Cherry GushersAcai × Black Cherry Funk (The Standard Cannabis Co)NoLeafly26
Cherry GushersAcai × Black Cherry Funk (SF Canna’s, in the Bay Area)NoLeafly News, 202428

Leafly gives the same parents, Acai × Black Cherry Funk, for Black Cherry Gelato, and its Cookies genealogy names “Acai” as Gelato 49; Black Cherry Gelato has its own guide in the network at blackcherrygelato.com.15,29

How indica is it?

Every source calls Gushers a hybrid, and most put the lean at 60% indica: AllBud, Royal Queen Seeds, Zamnesia, ILGM’s profile and Nasha Genetics’ S1 seeds all list 60% indica and 40% sativa, and Weedmaps calls it indica-dominant.4,20,22,30,31,32 Leafly files it simply as a hybrid and places its effects on the calming side of its scale.1 The parents pull in different directions: Leafly lists Triangle Kush as an indica and Gelato #41 as a hybrid, and crosses with Durban lean the other way, Durban Gushers being 60% sativa.2,3,10

The original cut versus seed versions

Gushers spread as cuttings. SeedFinder notes that Cookie Fam Genetics’ Gushers was never available as feminized seeds, ILGM says it does not sell Gushers seeds, and a home grower quoted by Westword in 2019 said they had not found seeds anywhere.16,21,22

Seeds sold under the name are new lines. Royal Queen Seeds and Zamnesia sell feminized Gelato #41 × Triangle Kush seeds and Zamnesia an autoflower; Nasha Genetics sells a Gushers S1 (Gushers × Gushers), and Humboldt Seed Organisation a fast-flowering cross with Uncirculated OG Auto.30,31,32,33,34 Cuts differ too: Westword found that the flavor “really depends on the cut”.16

What our lab data adds

Our strict name matching counted 177 flower tests of Gushers (2 of them labelled Fruit Gushers, which we count as the same strain) and excluded 248 results across all product types (143 of them flower) sold under longer names, led by "Gushers and Cream" (36), "(H) Nuclear Gushers" (20), "Nuclear Gushers" (12).35 One of those names, "Watermelon Gushers" (8 results), is a separate Gushers cross from Cannarado Genetics.11

Strains bred from Gushers

StrainCrossSource
Gush Mintz (Gush Mints)Kush Mints × (F1 Durb × TK41), Purple City Genetics; nominated for Leafly’s Strain of the Year 2025Leafly8,36
Poison GushersF1 Durban Poison × TK41; bred by Connected, hunted by FioreLeafly9
Durban GushersF1 Durban × Gushers, Mohave Cannabis Co.; 60% sativaLeafly10
Watermelon GushersCocomero Gelatti × Gushers, Cannarado GeneticsLeafly11
Wedding TK41Wedding Cake × TK41Leafly12
SplashTK41 × Chauffeur, Uncle Dad VibesLeafly13
JoltVietnam Black × Gushers, CannaradoLeafly News14
Gusher PieGushers × Rainbow Pie F2, Purple City GeneticsLeafly News14

Durban Poison and Wedding Cake each have their own guide in the Official Cannabis network (durbanpoisonstrain.com, weddingcakestrain.com).

Sources

  1. Leafly, TK41 (aka White Gushers, White Gusherz) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato #41 (aka G41) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Triangle Kush (aka OG Triangle, Triangle OG) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Gushers marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. High Times, 20 trending strains (Ab Hanna) (2019-09-19). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Leafly, Purple Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, Grape Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, Gush Mintz (aka Gushmints, Gush Mints) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Poison Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Durban Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Leafly, Watermelon Gusherz (aka Watermelon Gushers, Watermelon TK41) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  12. Leafly, Wedding TK41 strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  13. Leafly, Splash strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  14. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 8 cannabis cultivars trending up in 2021 (David Downs) (2021-01-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  15. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  16. Westword, Why Colorado tokers love Gushers (Herbert Fuego) (2019-10-16). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  17. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  18. Leafly, Triangle Mints strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  19. Leafly, Wedding Cake (aka Triangle Mints #23, Pink Cookies) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  20. Weedmaps, Gushers (aka Gusherz) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  21. SeedFinder, Gushers (Cookie Fam Genetics): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  22. ILGM, Gushers cannabis strain information and review (2020-04-21). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  23. SeedFinder, The Emerald Cup 2018: cup winners. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  24. AllBud, White Gushers marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  25. Leafly, Fruit Gushers (aka White Gushers, Gushers, Gusherz) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  26. Leafly, Black Cherry Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  27. Leafly, Blue Gushers strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  28. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 12 hot cannabis strains of September 2024 (David Downs) (2024-09-20). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  29. Leafly, Black Cherry Gelato strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  30. Royal Queen Seeds, Gushers feminized cannabis seeds. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  31. Zamnesia, Gushers (Zamnesia Seeds) feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  32. Seeds Here Now, Nasha Genetics Gushers S1, feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  33. Zamnesia, Gushers Autoflower (Zamnesia Seeds) feminized. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  34. SeedFinder, Gushers Fast Flowering (Humboldt Seed Organisation): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  35. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  36. Leafly, Announcing the nominees for Leafly Strain of the Year 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-01-27). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.