History of the Runtz Strain

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Runtz is a popular weed strain for smokers who prefer sweet candy terpenes AND a prime example of what hypey rap advertising can do for weed sold in mylar packaging. You might have put it together already, but the strain is named after a brand of candy called Runts. Smells like candy, grapes, and gas. Tastes tart, fruity and creamy with diesel notes. Most smokers report a heavy body high, relaxing chill with some describing a creative energy. If grown correctly, the flowers exhibit a vibrant array of colors. Green gives way to purple and accents of blues to bright orange can often be found in a brilliant kaleidoscope of tight colorful calyxes.

This impressive hybrid has produced phenotypes of some Cannnabis Cup contending genetics and used to create several first-class offspring. Custies, rappers, and farmers love it so much, that only after three years, it was voted Best Strain of the year 2020. Which is why you can find Runtz Cartridges ( pens / carts ), Runtz THC gummie candy, various concentrates and weed in shiny mylar bags at almost every cannabis dispensary.

Runtz was bred, or actually feminized in 2017 by "Ray Bama Runtz" and his head grower "Nick" by crossing the 3rd Gen Family "Zkittlez" against Sherbinski's "Gelato."

Ray: "My partner, Nick, he’s the head grower. Pre-2017, our claim to fame was having indoor Zkittlez. At that point, people didn’t have indoor Zkittlez – it was a unicorn. Everyone was looking for what was next. Having packs of it was unheard of … Nick asked me, ‘What should I cross it with, kush?’ Gelato was the biggest thing at that time, Young Dolph had just dropped the album called Gelato… I was like, ‘Let’s cross the Gelato with the Zkittlez.’ Nick dropped two phenos, it was a #7 and a #3. We had them in the car and we were like, ‘This is the thing.’ It was like a 15-minute drive and by the end, we had Runts with a ‘z.’

Yung LB (runtz yo life up)

While Ray and Nick handled the grow, hype man Yung LB made it LAF. With the Emerald Cup coming up, the three decided to showcase it at the contest with the rest of the Cookie Boy crew. Ray and LB stayed up all night trimming the only three pounds they had before the Cup. Berner was there at the booth, looking at us like, ‘What are you guys doing? You have all these people at the booth!’ We showed up with five girls, the Runtz and 1,000 t-shirts. Literally, that shit sold so fast – everyone at the Cup was like, ‘You’ve got something going."

Shortly after and following the Cookie Fam recipe to promote new strains, LB cemented the success of by releasing a Runtz Clothing line, the creation of Jokes Up entertainment, and dropping a few flavored tracks:

Runtz Yo Life Up Rich Off Runtz Obama Runtz Runtz World

Then the colabs just kept rolling up: Pink Dolphin Clothing Santa Cruz Shredder POTATO x /Imran Potato

Yung Lb in Pink Runtz Pink Dolphin promo

Runtz Ray Bama Berner Cookies weed

Cookies Berner and Ray Bama Runtz at a Weed Dispensary drop

Cookies Drop

When the Runtzs Crew couldn't keep up with demand, the strain was officially added to the Cookies weed lineup in 2018, allowing them to make use of the established infrastructure to ramp up production. Runtz may have been hard to find before, but as part of the Cookie fam the strain would make its way across the United States and as far away as Israel.

Once again, and similar to what happened to the famous Girl Scout Cookies SF clothing hype years before, Berner and the Cookies network produced an increase in Runtz’s popularity, which soon became one of the most sought-after genetics in American cannabis dispensaries.

Then came the hybrids

In just a short time cannabis breeders all over the country were hooked up with one of the clones of the various Runtz "phenotypes" and before you knew it, a substantial number of hybrids started popn off everywhere.

As far as the "OFFICIAL" Runtz strain offerings made by Cookies, there havent been too many. Only a few hybrids or phenos are promoted under its umbrella:

The list available from other breeders outside of the Cookies Fam is growing every day. Now that popular cannabis seed sellers are working with Runtz genetics, anyone can buy Runtz seeds or hybrids of it:

source: https://leafmagazines.com/profiles/ray-runtz-and-the-runtz-crew/

source: https://www.alchimiaweb.com/blogen/runtz/

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