Tropicana Cookies Purple Autoflower Seeds

Tropicana Cookies Purple brings together two well-known parents. Tangie supplies the bright tangerine and orange-peel smell; Girl Scout Cookies adds a sweet, doughy depth and a heavier coat of resin. On the label the cross reads Girl Scout Cookies x Tangie, 70% sativa and 30% indica, with THC at 20%. The Purple in the name is about colour: this line is selected for calyxes and leaves that shade toward violet late in flower.

These are autoflower seeds, so the plant blooms as it matures and the lights stay on one schedule throughout.

Citrus first, cookies after

Early in flower the smell is all orange and tangerine, sharp and zesty. As the buds ripen, a sweet, doughy note and a little spice come through underneath. The citrus keeps best when the buds dry slowly and cool; dried too warm, it fades quickly.

Effects

Growers describe a bright, fairly quick start that sits mostly in the head, with a talkative, upbeat feel. The label puts it at 70% sativa, so most people reach for it in the daytime or early evening. A calm body feel follows from the cookie side, but it rarely gets heavy.

Flowering, harvest and cure

Bloom takes 8 to 10 weeks. In late flower the buds fatten along stretched, branchy tops, the orange pistils darken, and the sugar leaves can pick up violet when nights turn cool. Judge harvest with a loupe: mostly cloudy trichomes with a few amber heads. Check several tops, because autos ripen unevenly across a branchy frame. The buds are airy rather than dense, so they dry fast. Hang whole branches for 10 to 14 days in cool, dim air, then jar them and burp daily to keep the citrus.

Growing Tropicana Cookies Purple Auto in Canada

Outdoors, start Tropicana Cookies Purple Auto any time from late May to early July once the nights are no longer cold. Count 3 to 4 weeks of early growth plus the 8 to 10 weeks of flower. A late May sowing finishes from mid August to early September, and an early July sowing finishes in late September or early October. In the warmest regions a second run fits behind the first. The airy buds shrug off coastal BC rain better than a dense indica would, but sowing by mid June keeps the finish ahead of the wet weather.

Tropicana Cookies Purple outdoor calendar for Canadian cities

Tropicana Cookies Purple flowers on age, so the calendar starts from when nights stay warm (about two weeks after the typical last frost) and adds 8 to 10 weeks of flowering plus 3 to 4 weeks of early growth.

Dates use typical frost dates for each city and shift a week or two with the year, so check your local forecast before planting out and in late September.

Who Tropicana Cookies Purple Auto suits

A 1.2 m tent suits it, as does a sunny corner of a garden. It fits growers who like a sativa-leaning plant on a single light schedule and are happy to bend and tie a few branches. Skip it if you want a plant you never touch.

Similar strains at The Seed Pharm

• Tropicana Cookies Purple Feminized Seeds, the same cross as a photoperiod plant
• Girl Scout Cookies Autoflower Seeds, shares the Girl Scout Cookies parent
• Tangerine Autoflower Seeds, another citrus-led autoflower

How it compares

Figures from each strain's label in our catalogue.