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Shop the Blueberry family โ DJ Short's 2000 Cannabis Cup winner and its crosses. Fruit-forward terpenes, indica-dominant relaxation.
Blueberry is DJ Short's late-1970s landrace cross that won the 2000 High Times Cannabis Cup and put indica-dominant fruit-flavored hybrids on the modern map. The signature blueberry-and-baked-goods terpene profile reads almost dessert-sweet, and the effect runs body-heavy with a euphoric headspace that comes on slow and lasts.
Modern crosses โ Blue Dream, Blueberry Kush, Blueberry Headband โ keep the flavor while adding hybrid vigor and faster flowering. Our Blueberry catalog mixes the classic line with crosses that bring out the fruit notes most cleanly.



DJ Short spent years selecting for one specific quality in his Blueberry line: an authentic, deep fruit aroma that doesn't taste manufactured. The work paid off. Blueberry Autoflower descends from that legacy โ built on a foundation of Purple Thai sativa, Afghan Indica, and Highland Oaxaca Gold landrace genetics, then stabilized into an autoflowering line that preserves the characteristic sweet-blueberry scent alongside earthy vanilla undertones. Myrcene leads the terpene profile, backed by pinene and caryophyllene, contributing to both the flavor and the deeply relaxing body effect the strain is known for. As an autoflower, Blueberry reaches harvest in roughly 8โ10 weeks from seed without requiring a light-schedule change. Plants grow compact and bushy โ typically 75โ110 cm โ with a tendency toward purple, blue, and near-black hues in the buds when temperatures drop slightly during the final weeks of flower. That cold-triggered coloration is especially easy to coax in a New England grow environment, where nighttime temperatures in a basement tent or unheated outbuilding often dip naturally in autumn. Boston, MA growers dealing with the compressed frost-free window of the Northeast will find the autoflower lifecycle genuinely useful here. Set seeds outdoors after the last frost in May and the plants are typically ready by late July or early August โ avoiding the late-summer humidity spikes along the Massachusetts coast that can promote mold in slower-flowering cultivars. For indoor growers running year-round in a home tent, Blueberry Auto's compact height and forgiving feeding requirements make it one of the more manageable choices across back-to-back cycles. Effects and Character The high opens with a calm euphoric quality โ mood elevates without sharp stimulation โ then eases into a progressive body relaxation that most consumers associate with wind-down use. It's a profile that suits people looking for a predictable, smooth experience rather than anything jarring or intensely cerebral. The flavor on the inhale mirrors the aroma closely: sweet and fruity, unmistakably blueberry, with an earthy finish that grounds the sweetness and keeps it from reading as cloying. Given proper curing time, the profile deepens and the vanilla undertone becomes more apparent, adding complexity to what first appears to be a straightforward fruit-forward strain.


THC and CBD ranges, flowering windows and current pricing for all 5 Blueberry varieties in the catalog, side by side.
| Variety | Type | THC | CBD | Flowering | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autoflowering Blue Dream | Sativa | THC17โ23% | 0.1-0.2% | 10-11 weeks from seed | $16.80 |
| Blue Dream | Hybrid | THC17โ24% | 0.1-0.2% | 9-10 weeks | $16.80 |
| Blueberry Autoflower | Hybrid | โ | โ | โ | โ |
| Blueberry Crumble | Hybrid | THC17โ22% | 0.1-0.5% | 10-11 weeks | โ |
| Northern Lights x Blueberry Autoflower | Autoflowering | THC15โ19% | 0.1-0.5% | 7-9 weeks from seed | โ |
DJ Short started the Blueberry project in 1979, crossing a Highland Thai sativa with two Afghani indicas. The breeding took two decades to stabilize, and the strain didn't see commercial release until the late 1990s โ at which point it immediately became the reference for fruit-forward cannabis. The 2000 Cannabis Cup win cemented its reputation.
The defining trait is terpene expression. Blueberry's myrcene-pinene-linalool combination produces an aroma that reads almost identical to fresh blueberries โ sweet, slightly tart, with a baked-goods richness on the back end. No other commercial strain hits that flavor as cleanly, which is why Blueberry shows up as a parent in dozens of modern fruit-flavored crosses.
The effect is indica-dominant but not heavily sedating โ a relaxing body high with a euphoric mental component that lasts 2-3 hours. Yields are moderate, flowering runs 8-9 weeks indoors, and the plant produces some of the most colorful flowers in any commercial catalog when night temperatures drop in late flower.