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Comparison

Black Cherry Gelato vs Gushers

Gushers and Black Cherry Gelato are cousins through Gelato: Weedmaps gives Gushers as Triangle Kush × Gelato #41 from Cookies Fam Genetics, while Black Cherry Gelato’s Gelato parent is Acai, #49.1,2,3 Leafly files Gushers as TK41, also called White Gushers, and Gushers tests lower in state labs: 20.95% median THC against 23.98% for Black Cherry Gelato.4,5

Side by side

Black Cherry GelatoGushers
TypeHybrid per Leafly; 60% indica per AllBud; indica per Weedmaps3,6,7Hybrid, mostly calming (Leafly, as TK41)4
LineageAcai (Gelato #49) × Black Cherry Funk2,3Triangle Kush × Gelato #41, Cookies Fam Genetics1,4
Median THC (state lab tests)23.98% (102 tests)20.95% (177 tests)
Middle half of THC results21.13%–25.18%17.77%–23.83%
Top terpenes (median)Limonene, Linalool, β-Caryophyllene (78 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, Linalool (74 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, hungry, relaxed; mostly calming3Tingly, relaxed, euphoric4
Flavor (Leafly)Apricot, pear, berry3Tropical, sweet, berry4
Leafly THC listing22%322%4

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.5

Lab-tested THC: Black Cherry Gelato vs Gushers

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Black Cherry Gelato Black Cherry Gelato: median 23.98%, middle half 21.13%–25.18%, 102 tests 24.0% n=102 Gushers Gushers: median 20.95%, middle half 17.77%–23.83%, 177 tests 20.9% n=177 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.5

Black Cherry Gushers is not a Gushers cross

Leafly lists Black Cherry Gushers as Acai × Black Cherry Funk, the parents it gives Black Cherry Gelato, credits it to The Standard Cannabis Co and abbreviates it BCG, as it does Black Cherry Gelato.3,8 Leafly News found SF Canna selling Cherry Gushers, also Acai × Black Cherry Funk, in the Bay Area in 2024.9 Gushers has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gushersstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 44 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Black Cherry Gelato flower on Weedmaps, against 70 stores for Gushers; around New York the counts were 24 and 17.10

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Weedmaps, Gushers strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Just desserts: the Cookies and Cakes family genealogy (David Downs) (2021-04-15). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Black Cherry Gelato (aka BCG) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, TK41 (aka White Gushers, White Gusherz) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. AllBud, Black Cherry Gelato marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Weedmaps, Black Cherry Gelato strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Leafly, Black Cherry Gushers (aka BCG) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Leafly, Leafly Buzz: 12 top weed strains of September 2024 (David Downs) (2024-09-20). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.