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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 — Blue Dream, Blueberry Kush, Blueberry Headband — 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 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 — 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 — 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 — 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.
Yes — Blueberry's terpene profile (myrcene, pinene, linalool, and trace amounts of fruit-ester-mimicking compounds) produces an aroma genuinely close to fresh blueberries, with a baked-goods richness on the back end. It's one of the few commercial strains where the name accurately describes the flavor.
Blueberry was bred by DJ Short, starting in 1979 from a cross of a Highland Thai sativa with two Afghani indica landraces. The breeding took roughly two decades to stabilize, and the strain didn't see commercial release until the late 1990s. It won the 2000 High Times Cannabis Cup.
Yes — Blue Dream is a cross of Blueberry and Haze (Super Silver Haze in most phenotypes). It inherits the Blueberry parent's fruit-forward terpene profile while gaining sativa-leaning cerebral effects from the Haze side, making it one of the most popular daytime hybrids in the United States.