High Grade Farms - Push Popz - 3.5g

Push Popz is a new eighth from High Grade Farms, the family-run indoor grow in Sacramento, and it arrives with less paperwork than most of their strains: no Weedmaps listing yet, no published parents, just the name and the jar. The name puts it in the Push Pop family of candy-flavored crosses, and High Grade Farms' track record is in exactly that lane, sweet in-house hybrids like Cuties and Gummy Pears that lean on nose over numbers. Treat this one as the grower's latest entry in that series and read the jar label for the specifics on the lot in the case.

Quick Specs

Genetics & Lineage

High Grade Farms has not published the parents, and this eighth is not yet on the brand's Weedmaps catalog, so there is no listing to cite. The name belongs to a small family of candy crosses. Push Pop, from Exclusive Seeds, is Cookies and Cream x Temple Flo, an indica-leaning hybrid that Leafly describes as smelling sugary and tasting like milky candy. Purple Push Pop is a Seed Junky cross of Ice Cream Cake x Sunset Sherbert and Jealousy, and Orange Push Pop is Triangle Kush x Orange Cookies. High Grade Farms has not said which of these, if any, its Push Popz descends from, and several of the brand's eighths are in-house crosses with no outside pedigree at all. The Sacramento grow itself is well documented: a specialty indoor license in Sacramento County, two brothers running it, and California State Fair medals for Peanut Butter Cup in 2022, Grape Gushers in 2023 (the Gold Bear for co-dominant terpenes) and Dole Whip in 2026.

Flavor & Aroma

What the name promises is candy: the Push Pop family is known for sugary, creamy, sherbet-style sweetness, with vanilla and a soft fruit note that changes with the cut, grapefruit and pear in the original, orange in the Orange line, grape and berry in the Purple. High Grade Farms has not published tasting notes or a terpene panel for Push Popz, so the honest description is what the jar tells you: open it, and if the nose is creamy candy with a fruit edge, the name is doing its job. The brand's other candy eighths, Gummy Pears and Cuties, are named for their flavors and described that way by the grower, which is the best available guide. The label on each Commercial Select jar carries the tested numbers for that lot, and the budtender can pull the jar for a smell before you commit.

Effects

Unpublished for this cut. The family it is named for skews balanced to indica-leaning: Leafly's tags for Push Pop are euphoric, tingly and relaxed, and AllBud files it as an even hybrid with a happy, calming arc. Read that as a mood lift first, then a slow settle, the shape most dessert hybrids follow. Until High Grade Farms lists it, the safe assumption is an afternoon-to-evening flower, not a morning one, and not a couch-lock indica either. Start with a small dose and let the first half hour tell you which way it leans. Dry mouth is the standard note across the family; the sweeter the cut, the more water it seems to want.

Best For

• Candy strain fans: the name is the promise, and this grower names its sweet strains for what they taste like
• Late afternoon into evening: the family runs balanced to relaxed, not racy
• Trying something before it is everywhere: an eighth that is not yet on the brand's own listing
• Sharing: dessert hybrids are the easy crowd-pleasers, sweet smoke, no pepper
• High Grade Farms regulars: the next in-house entry after Cuties, Gummy Pears and Dole Whip

Not for: mornings, or anyone who needs the lineage on paper before they buy.

Pairings

Food: something salty against the candy. Focaccia from Liguria Bakery on the corner of Washington Square, then whatever the appetite asks for. Music: soft and sweet to match, a Frank Ocean record, a slow R&B playlist. Activity: a couch, a sketchbook, a long dinner. If you want the same grower with a documented flavor, Gummy Pears is the pear-candy sibling on the same shelf.

Cultivation

Indoor, Sacramento, under High Grade Farms' own specialty indoor license, sold under its Commercial Select label. The brand grows and breeds in the state capital and sells across Northern California. It has not published what separates Commercial Select from its standard jars; the strains and the license are the same. This is the first time Push Popz has come through our door, and it arrived without the brand's usual listing, which usually means a fresh release rather than a back-catalog strain. The 2023 Gold Bear for Grape Gushers was awarded for co-dominant terpenes, which says where this grower's attention goes: nose first.

Dosing

New to flower: one or two puffs of a joint or a small bowl, then wait fifteen minutes.

Regular smoker: a half-gram joint is a session. Note which way it leans before rolling the second.

Heavy tolerance: a full gram, afternoon or evening.

Storage

Keep the jar closed, cool and dark. Candy strains lose their sweetness to the air first, and dry buds burn harsh. A humidity pack in the jar keeps the cure where the grower left it.

Similar Strains

• High Grade Farms Gummy Pears 3.5g: the in-house pear-candy hybrid, documented and dependable
• High Grade Farms Cuties 3.5g: the citrus-candy sativa from the same breeder
• High Grade Farms Rizz 3.5g: grape and berry with a creamy finish
• Fig Farms Whole Fruits 3.5g: another sweet fruit hybrid, from a different Bay Area grow

FAQ

What is the lineage of Push Popz? High Grade Farms has not published it. The name places it in the Push Pop family (Cookies and Cream x Temple Flo, plus the Purple and Orange spin-offs), but the brand has not confirmed which, if any.

Is it an indica or a sativa? Not listed by the grower yet. The Push Pop family runs balanced to indica-leaning, so expect an afternoon-to-evening flower.

What does it taste like? Unpublished for this cut. The family is creamy candy with a fruit edge. Ask to smell the jar.

What is Commercial Select? A High Grade Farms label used on these eighths. The brand has not published how it differs from its standard jars; the grow and the strains are the same.

Why is there so little information on it? It is new. Push Popz is not on High Grade Farms' Weedmaps catalog yet and the brand has not written it up. We list what is confirmed and leave the rest to the jar.

How strong is it? Full-potency indoor flower; the tested numbers are on the jar label. Start with a half-gram joint if you do not know your tolerance.

Where is it grown? Indoor in Sacramento, on High Grade Farms' own license.

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