Candy Jack
Sativa
Jack Herer × Skunk 1
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Sativa
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Jack Herer × Skunk 1
- Flowering
- 56–65 d
- THC Range
- 19% – 27%
- CBD Range
- 1%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Limonene, Terpinolene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Creative
Reported
Energetic
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Headache
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC19% – 27%
- CBD1%
- CBG1%
- CBN1%
- THCV0.38% – 1.31%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyReported- LimoneneReported
- TerpinoleneReported
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Cotton Candy, Grape, Strawberry
Aroma
Candy, Diesel, Lemon, Sour, Sweet
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 3AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5ADHD/ADDReported as a reason for use.—
Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.
View all reported usesGenetics & Origin
Jack Herer’s parents
Skunk 1’s parents
Jack Herer
Sativa
Parent Strain
Skunk 1
Hybrid
Parent Strain
Candy Jack
Sativa
Origin
Candy Jack is Jack Herer crossed with Cotton Candy. Some sources add Skunk number one; our own records list it as the second parent in place of Cotton Candy. Jack Herer contributes the clarity and the structure; Cotton Candy the sweet, sugary flavor that defines it. The exact recipe is not settled, so a specific breeder's version is worth asking for by name.
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- October
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
Indoor
- Harvest
- 8–10 wk
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- Moderate
- Flowering
- 56–65 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Candy Jack is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a moderate yield with in about 8–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.
Cultivation Notes
Candy Jack flowers in about eight to nine weeks and does best outdoors. Height, yield and difficulty are not recorded in our data. Its Jack Herer parentage points to a tall, structured plant. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Morning
Occasions:
- before creating
About
Candy Jack takes one of the sharpest strains around and makes it smell like a fairground.
Jack Herer is all pine and spice; crossed with Cotton Candy, it turns sweet, sour and sugary instead. Sources disagree on whether Skunk number one is also in the mix. It won a Cannabis Cup once and tests among the stronger strains around.
What to Expect
Candy Jack is a daytime creative strain. Leafly's breakdown leads with happy at 62 percent, then uplifted at 55, euphoric at 50 and energetic at 49, from a solid sample, with creativity strong in the relevance data. It keeps the Jack Herer clarity under the sweet flavor.
Dry mouth and dry eyes are the main notes, near 26 and 19 percent, with paranoia for about one in eleven. At its tested strength, a small dose goes a long way.
Flavor and Aroma
Candy Jack is sweet and sour with clear notes of strawberry, grape and cotton candy over a lemon-and-diesel base. The candy sweetness is up front; the Jack Herer sharpness sits underneath. The flavor is sugary with a citrus edge.
Terpenes Explained
Candy Jack has no terpene panel in our data, only Terpinolene, Caryophyllene and Limonene named without figures. Nothing here is measured.
The cotton-candy note comes from lighter aroma compounds a standard panel does not report, which is common for sweet-named strains. Smell a batch for the candy over the diesel, since that balance is what tells you the cut is right.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Candy Jack THC is reported around 19 to 27 percent, and the lab sample in our data sits near 25, so it tests genuinely strong. CBD is around one percent. The high end of that range is backed by an actual reading here, not just menus.
Candy Jack tests near the top of the scale, so treat the sweet flavor as a disguise and dose it like a strong strain.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2013 San Francisco Cannabis Cup — entry recorded as “Candy Jack”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2011 San Francisco Cannabis Cup — entry recorded as “Candy Jack”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 2 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Candy Jack 0
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How we verify businessesExperience Evidence & Sources
Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.
Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 5 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
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