American Cookies

Description

Parent lines and genetic origin

American Cookies starts from a cross between Girl Scout Cookies and OG Kush, two names that sum up a good part of modern US genetics. The Cookies family is associated with the San Francisco Bay Area, where at the beginning of the 2010s a line with a sweet profile and compact structure began to circulate and spread quickly across the whole west coast. The OG Kush lineage had become popular earlier in southern California and is one of the bases on which dozens of later hybrids were built.

The combination of both branches explains the character of the strain. The marked indica dominance recorded on this page, 80% indica and 20% sativa, is associated with the Kush side of the cross, while the sweet and fruity register of the aroma is usually linked to the Cookies side. It is a documented and recognisable cross within the Californian school, not a free reinterpretation of a popular name.

The version of American Cookies shown on this page comes from our own mother plants selected and stabilised at the Trikoma Seeds bank in Barcelona. We work only with our own starting material and we do not distribute third-party seeds. The line we describe here is the result of that selection work on our mother plants: it does not descend from any particular breeder nor does it rest on anyone else’s awards.

American Cookies technical data

• Genetics: Girl Scout Cookies × OG Kush.
• Genotype: 80% indica and 20% sativa.
• Type: feminized.
• Declared THC (catalogue data): 24–29%.
• Indoor flowering (catalogue data): around 60 days.
• Outdoor flowering — northern hemisphere (catalogue data): September.
• Outdoor flowering — southern hemisphere (catalogue data): March.
• Aroma and flavour: sweet and fruity.
• Formats: 6, 100 and 1,000 seeds.

The percentages are ranges declared by the bank for its parent lines. The result varies between phenotypes and conditions: these are catalogue data to identify and compare strains, not a guarantee of result or an indication of use.

What makes this strain recognisable

The trait that most identifies American Cookies is its sweet and fruity profile, the register the page records both in aroma and in flavour. It is a bakery-type sweetness rather than a citrus one, the one that gave its name to the whole Cookies family, and it appears clearly against the more earthy and resinous background contributed by the OG Kush branch.

As for the structure, a genotype with an 80% indica load is associated with plants of contained habit, short internodes and compact flowers, with a tight calyx-to-leaf ratio. That architecture is the one that usually accompanies the flowering cycles recorded on this page: around 60 days indoors and the month of September outdoors in the northern hemisphere.

How it fits within the catalogue

• Gelato: it shares the Girl Scout Cookies lineage, but its declared genotype is 55% indica and 45% sativa, as against the 80% indica of American Cookies. It is the most direct comparison within the Cookies family.
• OG Double Kush: it shares the other branch of the cross, the OG Kush, with a declared THC of 22–27% and an earthy aromatic profile with notes of lemon and pine instead of the sweet and fruity register of this page.
• White Widow: the European contrast of the catalogue, with its own Widow Bilbo × Widow BCN cross and a profile very different from that of the Californian school.

The rest of the collection is in USA Strains and in feminized seeds.

About the large formats

The 100-seed and 1,000-seed packs of American Cookies are single-strain, with no mixes: all the seeds come from the same selection as the small pack, not from a different lot or an assortment. The only things that change are the quantity and the price per seed, which drops from €3.33 in the small format to €2.40 in the 100-seed one and to €1.20 in the 1,000-seed one.

These formats are intended for collectors and for those who preserve large quantities of one and the same genetic line. You can see all the strains available in large format in bulk seeds.

Frequently asked questions about American Cookies

What cross is behind American Cookies?

The declared cross is Girl Scout Cookies × OG Kush. It joins the Cookies branch, responsible for the sweet and fruity profile, with the OG Kush branch, which brings the indica dominance recorded on this page.

Is it an indica or a sativa strain?

The declared genotype is 80% indica and 20% sativa, that is, a hybrid with clear indica dominance.

How does it differ from Gelato, if both are Cookies?

Both share the Girl Scout Cookies lineage, but they part ways in the genotype split and in the declared THC: American Cookies is 80% indica with a range of 24–29%, while Gelato is 55% indica with a range of 25–30%. They also differ in aroma: Gelato’s incorporates notes of berries, citrus, vanilla and biscuit.

Is the declared THC of 24–29% a guaranteed value?

No. It is a catalogue range declared for the parent lines and it serves to identify and compare strains with each other. It varies according to the phenotype and the conditions, and it does not constitute a guarantee or an indication of use.

Legal information

Trikoma Seeds sells its seeds exclusively for collecting and genetic preservation. The information on this page describes the genetic material and is not a recommendation of use or a cultivation instruction. Sale restricted to adults over 18. Check and respect the legislation of your country before placing an order.