Purple Jack
Hybrid
Lineage not recorded
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Not recorded
- Flowering
- 56–63 d
- THC Range
- 10% – 17%
- CBD Range
- 0.25% – 1.1%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Caryophyllene, Terpinolene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Creative
Reported
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Focused
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Headache
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC10% – 17%
- CBD0.25% – 1.1%
- CBG0.13% – 2.3%
- CBN0.08% – 0.17%
- THCV0.41% – 1.55%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
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CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyReported- TerpinoleneReported
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1StressReported as a reason for use.—
- 2DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 3PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 4FatigueReported as a reason for use.—
- 5Arthritis PainReported 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
Origin
Purple Jack is Purple Kush crossed with Jack Herer, from unknown breeders. The two parents pull in opposite directions, a heavy indica against a heavy sativa, which is why the balance is hard to pin down. No breeder or verifiable cross is on record, so two Purple Jacks can balance very differently.
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
- 56–63 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Purple 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
Purple Jack finishes outdoors in October, and no other grow figure is recorded. Its buds take on the purple color the name refers to in cooler conditions. Height, yield and flowering time are all blank in our data. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Morning
Occasions:
- before creating
About
Purple Jack crosses a heavy indica with a heavy sativa and lands mild.
Unknown breeders put Purple Kush and Jack Herer together, and the result tops out low, in the teens. Grape on the palate, a Jack Herer lift, a Purple Kush settle. The purple color is cosmetic and tells you nothing about the effect.
It is an easy start.
What to Expect
Purple Jack lifts first, then eases down. The Jack Herer side gives an uplifted, focused, slightly creative opening; the Purple Kush side brings a gentle body settle after. Leafly's reviewers lead with uplifted at 64 percent of a solid sample and euphoric at 61.
Dry eyes at 19 percent are close behind dry mouth at 25, and the harder side effects stay low. It is forgiving at a normal dose. Not for anyone wanting a strong hit.
Flavor and Aroma
Purple Jack smells earthy and skunky with a spicy edge. The flavor is sweeter, with a clear grape note over the earth and a sour, piney lift. The grape is real, even though the color that suggests it is just pigment.
Terpenes Explained
Purple Jack has no terpene numbers in our data, with only Terpinolene and Caryophyllene named.
The grape-and-spice character sits in lighter compounds a standard panel does not report. A jar with a genuine sweet-grape note, not just a purple tint, is the one worth having.
Cannabinoids and Potency
Purple Jack THC is low for a modern strain, testing in the mid teens by most accounts, with one outlier claim of 25 percent that the other data does not support. CBD is around one percent.
Purple Jack is genuinely mild, so it is one of the better strains to hand a nervous first-timer.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2015 International Culture Convention Cups — entry recorded as “Purple Jack”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 1 unresolved entry shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Purple 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 — 3 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
Source summaries only. Evidence bodies are not published on this page.
Methodology and sourcesReader Reviews 0
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