Cannabis Breeders

BeLeaf Cannabis

United States

Selector and namer of White Truffle (from Fresh Coast Seed Co.'s Gorilla Butter) and breeder of Cobra Chi and the Cakemera line; frequently collaborates with Seed Junky Genetics and In House Genetics.

11 cultivars documented5 on our menu

Prime Cuts Nursery

Sonoma County, California

Our own breeding and pheno-hunting program. In-house crosses are bred from the nursery's mother library; selections are hunted from breeder seed and kept only when they earn a place on the commercial menu.

10 cultivars documented5 on our menu

Relentless Genetics

United States

Seed breeder whose Runtz, Cake and candy-terp crosses are widely pheno-hunted by commercial nurseries; several of the selected cuts in this encyclopedia were hunted from Relentless seed.

10 cultivars documented3 on our menu

Seed Junky Genetics

Los Angeles, California

JBeezy's Los Angeles seed company, responsible for Wedding Cake (Triangle Mints #23), Kush Mints, Animal Mints and Ice Cream Cake, and for the Minntz collaboration line with Cookies. One of the most influential breeders of the post-Cookies era.

19 cultivars documented2 on our menu

Tiki Madman

United States

Breeder associated with the Oreoz family and its crosses, including Oreoz Blizzard and Pablo's Revenge (Sherb Bx1 × Animal Mints). Known for dense, resin-heavy dessert phenotypes with strong bag appeal.

7 cultivars documented2 on our menu

Rasta Cruz Farms

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz breeder working in the Lemon Tree lineage, source of Lemon Mash and Tree Flip.

3 cultivars documented2 on our menu

In House Genetics

United States

Seed company known for Jelly Breath, Slurricane (Dosidos × Purple Punch) and Platinum Kush Breath, with a catalog built heavily on Mendo Breath and Dosidos parents.

10 cultivars documented1 on our menu

Capulator

California

Breeder of MAC (Miracle Alien Cookies), the Alien Cookies × (Colombian × Starfighter) line whose MAC 1 selected phenotype became one of the most sought-after clone-only cuts in the United States.

6 cultivars documented1 on our menu

Lovin' in Her Eyes

Breeder of Banana Ice Pop; the Prime Cuts cut was pheno-hunted in-house from their seed.

2 cultivars documented1 on our menu

Backpackboyz

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles brand and breeder behind Lemon Cherry Gelato and the 5 Points LA cultivars, among the most in-demand exotic genetics in California dispensaries.

1 cultivar documented1 on our menu

The Keep Motive

Breeder of Candiez, a candy-terp cultivar carried on the Prime Cuts menu.

1 cultivar documented1 on our menu

Cookies / Cookie Fam Genetics

San Francisco, California

The San Francisco collective behind Girl Scout Cookies — bred by Jigga (Jai Chang) and commercialized by Berner into the Cookies brand. GSC's Durban Poison × OG Kush lineage sits under a large share of modern California genetics.

26 cultivars documented

Sensi Seeds

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Founded by Ben Dronkers in 1985 and the steward of the Nevil Schoenmakers Seed Bank catalog, Sensi stabilized and commercialized many of the foundational cultivars — Northern Lights, Skunk #1, Afghani, Jack Herer, Hindu Kush — that modern hybrids descend from.

13 cultivars documented

The Seed Bank (Nevil Schoenmakers)

Netherlands

Nevil Schoenmakers' Seed Bank (1984) was the first commercial mail-order cannabis seed company; his Northern Lights and Haze work (NL#5 × Haze) shaped the Dutch seed industry before the catalog passed to Sensi Seeds.

10 cultivars documented

Archive Seed Bank

Portland, Oregon

ThaDocta's seed bank, known for Dosidos (OGKB × Face Off OG), Face Off OG, Moonbow and Rainbow Belts. A primary source of the OGKB / Face Off OG genetics used across the modern hybrid catalog.

8 cultivars documented

DNA Genetics

Amsterdam / Los Angeles

Founded in Amsterdam in 2004 by two Los Angeles growers, DNA Genetics and its Reserva Privada label released Tangie (with Crockett Family Farms), Kosher Kush, LA Confidential and Chocolope.

8 cultivars documented

The Cali Connection

Los Angeles, California

Swerve's Los Angeles seed company, which stabilized the SFV OG Kush and Tahoe OG clone-only cuts into seed form and popularized OG-family genetics worldwide.

8 cultivars documented

DEO Farms

Oakland, California

Deep East Oakland's breeding operation, best known for Zoap (Pink Guava × Rainbow Sherbet) and the Rainbow Sherbet selections that seeded a generation of exotic dessert hybrids.

7 cultivars documented

Sherbinskis

San Francisco, California

Mario Guzman's brand, originator of Sunset Sherbet (GSC × Pink Panties) and, with Cookie Fam, the Gelato line (Sunset Sherbet × Thin Mint GSC) — the numbered Gelato cuts (#33, #41, #45) that define the dessert category.

7 cultivars documented

Cannarado Genetics

Colorado

Colorado breeder behind Sundae Driver (Fruity Pebbles OG × Grape Pie), Grape Pie and Birthday Cake, with a catalog built largely on Grape Pie and dessert-line crosses.

6 cultivars documented

Compound Genetics

California / Oregon

Breeder of Apples and Bananas, Jokerz and the Grape Gasoline line, working extensively with Gelato and Jet Fuel Gelato-based parents.

6 cultivars documented

Green House Seed Co.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Arjan Roskam's Amsterdam seed company, known for Super Lemon Haze, Super Silver Haze and White Widow (the latter's origin is contested with Shantibaba of Mr. Nice Seeds).

6 cultivars documented

Barney's Farm

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Long-running Amsterdam seed company and coffeeshop, breeder of Pineapple Chunk, LSD, Tangerine Dream and many Cannabis Cup winners.

5 cultivars documented

Chemdog (Greg Krzanowski)

Massachusetts

Greg Krzanowski grew the original Chemdog plants from bagseed acquired at a 1991 Grateful Dead show; Chem 91, Chem D and Chem's Sister are ancestors of OG Kush, Sour Diesel and much of the gas family.

5 cultivars documented

Symbiotic Genetics

Sacramento, California

The Village and Budologist's Sacramento collaboration, originators of Mimosa (Clementine × Purple Punch) and Banana Punch, and of many Purple Punch-based crosses.

5 cultivars documented

Crockett Family Farms

Central Coast / Sierra foothills, California

Dave 'Tangie Man' Crockett's family farm, breeder of Tangie and Sour Tangie, released through DNA Genetics and acquired by DNA in 2019.

4 cultivars documented

OG Raskal Genetics

Los Angeles, California

Los Angeles breeder behind Fire OG and White Fire OG (WiFi), central to the OG Kush family tree.

4 cultivars documented

Powerzzzup Genetics

San Francisco Bay Area, California

Ken 'PieGuy' Dumetz's Bay Area program, co-creator with Cookie Fam of Cherry Pie (Durban Poison × Granddaddy Purple), a parent of Wedding Cake.

4 cultivars documented

Sacred Seeds / Sam the Skunkman

California / Netherlands

David Watson (Sam the Skunkman) and the Sacred Seeds collective stabilized Skunk #1 and preserved Original Haze in 1970s California before bringing the seed lines to the Netherlands in the 1980s.

4 cultivars documented

ThugPug Genetics

Michigan

Gromer's Michigan seed company, originator of Peanut Butter Breath and Garlic Breath and a prolific user of the Mendo Breath male.

4 cultivars documented

Dying Breed Seeds / 3rd Gen Family / Terp Hogz

Mendocino County, California

The Mendocino collective behind Zkittlez (Grape Ape × Grapefruit), which reset the industry's expectations for fruit-candy terpene profiles.

3 cultivars documented

Exotic Genetix

Washington

Mike's Washington-state seed company, breeder of Cookies and Cream, Grease Monkey and Red Pop, with a large catalog of Cookies-and-Cream-derived crosses.

3 cultivars documented

Ken Estes (Grand Daddy Purp)

San Francisco Bay Area, California

Ken Estes introduced Granddaddy Purple (Purple Urkle × Big Bud) in 2003, the cultivar that made purple flower a Bay Area signature.

3 cultivars documented

Oni Seed Co.

United States

Breeder of Tropicana Cookies (GSC × Tangie) and Papaya, and stabilizer of Tropicana Cookies into seed form.

3 cultivars documented

Runtz

Los Angeles, California

The Los Angeles crew (Nick Corwin, Ray Bama, Yung LB) that selected and branded Runtz (Zkittlez × Gelato), the cultivar that launched the candy-terp generation.

3 cultivars documented

Skunk House Genetics

United States

Skunkmasterflex's company, which selected and named GMO (Garlic Cookies) from Mamiko Seeds' Chem Cookies — one of the most important modern gas cultivars.

3 cultivars documented

3rd Coast Genetics

Michigan

Michigan breeder (MaxYields) known for Oreoz (Cookies and Cream × Secret Weapon) and Pure Michigan.

2 cultivars documented

Apothecary Genetics

California

Bret Bogue's California seed company, whose lines were later refined and distributed internationally by Barney's Farm.

2 cultivars documented

Connected Cannabis Co.

Sacramento / Los Angeles, California

Caleb Counts' California brand, breeder of Gelonade and Biscotti, marketed in partnership with Cookies.

2 cultivars documented

DJ Short

Oregon

DJ Short bred Blueberry, Flo and Blue Moonshine from Thai and Afghan landrace stock in the 1970s–80s, founding the Blueberry family.

2 cultivars documented

Ethos Genetics

Colorado

Colin Gordon's Colorado breeding company, known for Mandarin Cookies, Member Berry and a data-driven approach to stabilizing commercial lines.

2 cultivars documented

Fresh Coast Seed Co.

Michigan

Michigan seed company (founded 2015) that bred Gorilla Butter (GG#4 × Peanut Butter Breath), the source cross for White Truffle.

2 cultivars documented

Gage Green Group

California

Breeder of Mendo Breath (OGKB × Mendo Montage) and Grape Stomper — the Mendo Breath male underlies much of the 'Breath' family.

2 cultivars documented

GG Strains

Nevada

Joesy Whales and Mardogg's company, originators of Gorilla Glue #4 (Chem's Sister × Sour Dubb × Chocolate Diesel), an accidental hermaphrodite cross that became a global staple.

2 cultivars documented

Rare Dankness Seeds

Colorado

Scott 'Moonshine' Reach's Colorado seed company, breeder of Ghost Train Haze and the Rare Dankness #1 line.

2 cultivars documented

Serious Seeds

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Simon's Amsterdam seed company, breeder of AK-47, Chronic and White Russian.

2 cultivars documented

Sin City Seeds

Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas breeder known for Blue Power, SinMint Cookies and White Nightmare.

2 cultivars documented

Swamp Boys Seeds

Florida

Florida breeder (Krome) working from Triangle Kush and other Florida legacy genetics.

2 cultivars documented

Top Dawg Seeds

New York

JJ NYC's seed company, breeder of Stardawg (Chem 4 × Tres Dawg) and keeper of the Chemdog lineage in seed form.

2 cultivars documented

Lumpy's Flowers

California

Jason Dias's California brand, breeder of Apple Fritter (Sour Apple × Animal Cookies).

1 cultivar documented

Supernova Gardens

Hawaii

Hawaiian breeder of Purple Punch (Larry OG × Granddaddy Purple), a parent of Slurricane, Mimosa and dozens of Punch crosses.

1 cultivar documented