# Black Cherry Gelato

> Black Cherry Gelato is a hybrid of Acai, the Gelato #49 cut also sold as Acai Berry Gelato, and Black Cherry Funk; Leafly and Weedmaps give its original breeder as unknown, and Leafly lists the same two parents for Cherry Gelato and Black Cherry Gushers. It tests at a median total THC of 23.98% across 102 state lab tests of Black Cherry Gelato flower, with the middle half of results between 21.13% and 25.18%, 68.6% of the tests from one Nevada lab. CBD is negligible: none of the 97 tests that reported CBD reached 1%.

Published by Official Cannabis (https://officialcannabis.net). Lab statistics: 102 state lab tests, median total THC 23.98%, middle half 21.13%–25.18% (Cannlytics cannabis_results, CC BY 4.0, analysis by Official Cannabis). Comparative THC rankings require at least 30 flower tests.

## Guide
- [Strain overview](https://blackcherrygelato.com/): Black Cherry Gelato is an Acai (Gelato #49) × Black Cherry Funk hybrid, breeder unknown. Median THC across 102 state lab tests: 23.98%. Genetics, effects.
- [Genetics](https://blackcherrygelato.com/genetics/): Black Cherry Gelato crosses Acai (Gelato #49) with Black Cherry Funk, breeder unknown. Leafly lists the same parents for Cherry Gelato and Black Cherry Gushers.
- [THC and terpenes](https://blackcherrygelato.com/potency/): Black Cherry Gelato flower tests at 23.98% median THC (21.13%–25.18%) in 102 state lab results, limonene leading the terpenes; 68.6% came from one Nevada lab.
- [Lab report](https://blackcherrygelato.com/lab-report/): Lab report for Black Cherry Gelato: 81% of tests reached 20% THC, limonene led 77% of terpene panels, menu rank 21st
- [Effects](https://blackcherrygelato.com/effects/): Leafly’s top effects for Black Cherry Gelato are aroused, hungry and relaxed, rated mostly calming; AllBud adds sleepy. Downsides: dizziness, dry mouth.
- [Growing](https://blackcherrygelato.com/grow/): Black Cherry Gelato finishes in about 8–9 weeks per Weedmaps; GrowDiaries lists 60 days and up to 400 g/m². What the few published grow specs say, side by side.
- [Where to find it](https://blackcherrygelato.com/near-me/): Black Cherry Gelato flower was listed by 44 stores near Los Angeles on Weedmaps on Oct 4, 2026. Store counts and eighth prices for 27 US markets.
- [History](https://blackcherrygelato.com/history/): How a cross of Gelato #49 and Black Cherry Funk, breeder unknown, went from the 2014 Gelato pheno-hunt’s keepers to menus under three names. With sources.
- [FAQ](https://blackcherrygelato.com/faq/): Black Cherry Gelato questions answered: indica or sativa, THC, taste, terpenes, who makes it, seeds, and whether it is Cherry or Lemon Cherry Gelato.

## Lab report: key findings
- Leafly's caryophyllene lead claim conflicts with the labs: limonene led 77%, while β-caryophyllene led 12%.
- THC strength is high within our set: median total THC is 23.98%, ranking 6th of 52, and 31% of tests reached 25% or more.
- For Black Cherry Gelato, 81% of flower tests met the 20% total THC cutoff, while 1.0% met the 30% cutoff.
- Higher-THC tests carried more total terpenes: 2.29% in the high-THC third versus 1.59% in the low-THC third.
- On Oct 4, 2026, Weedmaps counted 221 store listings for Black Cherry Gelato flower across 17 markets out of 27; its menu rank was 21st among 58 strains.
Full analysis, tables and method: https://blackcherrygelato.com/lab-report/

## Comparisons
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Gelato](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/gelato/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Gelato: a cross of the Gelato #49 cut against the family it comes from, compared on state-lab THC, terpenes, effects and flavor.
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Cherry Gelato](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/cherry-gelato/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Cherry Gelato: Leafly lists both as Acai × Black Cherry Funk. Compared on state-lab THC, terpenes, effects and flavor.
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Sherbet](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/sherbet/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Sherbet: Mr. Sherbinski’s Sunset Sherbert, a grandparent through Acai Berry Gelato, compared on state-lab THC, terpenes and effects.
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Gushers](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/gushers/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Gushers: crosses of two Gelato cuts, #49 and #41, plus the Black Cherry Gushers name clash, compared on state-lab THC and terpenes.
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Tropicana Cherry](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/tropicana-cherry/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Tropicana Cherry: a calming Gelato-family cherry against an uplifting Cookies cross, compared on state-lab THC, terpenes and flavor.
- [Black Cherry Gelato vs Ice Cream Cake](https://blackcherrygelato.com/vs/ice-cream-cake/): Black Cherry Gelato vs Ice Cream Cake: two crosses of Gelato cuts with calming reputations, compared on state-lab THC, terpenes, effects and flavor.

## Data
- [Lab test CSV](https://blackcherrygelato.com/data/black-cherry-gelato-lab-tests.csv): one row per test (state, date, lab, product, THC, CBD, terpenes)
- [Full text for LLMs](https://blackcherrygelato.com/llms-full.txt)