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Grape Apehybrid3 sources
Thin Mintshybrid2 sources · disputed
Grapefruithybrid3 sources
Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookieshybrid1 source · disputed
GRAPEFRUIT STRAINShybrid1 source · disputed
Unknown Strainhybrid1 source · disputed
Gelato #33hybrid2 sources · disputedPheno of Gelato
Zkittlezhybrid3 sources
Zkittlezhybrid3 sources
Gelatohybrid3 sources

Parents

Sources name different parents — 2 versions recorded.

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Runtz

aka og runtz, runtz og, runts, z runtz, animal runtz, deep fried runtz

Candy/Sweet
12 back4 forward

Ancestor of 235 strains

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Disputed lineage

At least one parent for this strain is contested — sources disagree on its lineage.

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Children

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Blue Nerdshybrid7 descendants
White Runtzhybrid47 descendants
Pink Runtzhybrid10 descendants
Cadillac Rainbowhybrid1 descendant
Rainbow Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Super Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Cherry Runtzhybrid0 descendants
GRuntzhybrid0 descendants
Bubblegum Runtzhybrid1 descendant
Red Runtzhybrid16 descendants
Lantzhybrid2 descendants
Airheadshybrid1 descendant
Jokerzhybrid5 descendants
Black Runtzhybrid0 descendants
Blue Runtzhybrid2 descendants
White Gummyhybrid2 descendants
Lychee Dreamhybrid0 descendants
Rose Gold Runtzhybrid1 descendant
Strawberry Runtzhybrid2 descendants
Red Bullzhybrid2 descendants

215 more descendants

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Aroma profile

Aroma profile of RuntzStrongest: Candy Sweetness, Floral, Citrus.typicalBright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.CitrusConfection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.CandySweetnessDeep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.Dark FruitBlossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.FloralGreen, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.HerbaceousSoil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.EarthSour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.FunkFuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.GasBakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.Dessert &Cream
What the axes mean
Citrus
Bright peel and juice: lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit. Often driven by limonene, the same compound that makes citrus rind smell like citrus rind.
Candy Sweetness
Confection rather than fruit: sugar, tropical brightness, an almost artificial sweetness. Ester-driven, and the register modern dessert-lineage breeding has pushed hardest.
Dark Fruit
Deep and jammy: grape, blueberry, plum, berry. Comes from esters rather than terpenes, which is why two strains can share a terpene profile and taste nothing alike.
Floral
Blossom and petal: lavender, rose, violet. Linalool sits behind much of this; it is what makes lavender smell like lavender, and it turns up in cannabis more often than people expect.
Herbaceous
Green, leafy and cooling: sage, tea, mint, cracked pepper. Pinene and terpinolene drive the fresh green edge; the peppery bite is caryophyllene, the only terpene known to bind directly to a cannabinoid receptor.
Earth
Soil, forest floor, bark and pine. Myrcene and humulene do most of the work here — humulene is the same compound that makes hops smell like hops.
Funk
Sour, savory, barnyard: skunk, aged cheese, pungency. Like Gas, this is sulfur chemistry rather than terpenes, which is why it survives drying and curing so stubbornly.
Gas
Fuel and solvent: diesel, chemical sharpness, ammonia. Not a terpene smell at all — the gassiness in cannabis comes from volatile sulfur compounds, the same family that gives skunk and garlic their punch.
Dessert & Cream
Bakery and dairy: vanilla, butter, coffee, toasted nut. The Cookies and Gelato register, and the newest of the nine in cannabis terms — it barely existed before the 2010s.

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