TL;DR
- Lean: Indica-dominant hybrid (around 70/30), 21 to 24 percent THC
- Flavor: Tropical fruit punch on the front, Cherry Pie stone fruit on the exhale
- Effect: Soft dreamy head, deep couch-friendly body. Slows everything down without knockout.
- Best for: Post-dinner sessions, low-key hangouts, movies, evening rotation
- Bottom line: The 2015 Chameleon Extracts keeper that taught a generation what tropical cannabis was supposed to taste like
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Strain Overview
Forbidden Fruit is the strain that taught a generation of growers what tropical cannabis was supposed to taste like. She is a Cherry Pie crossed with Tangie, originally bred by Joseph at Chameleon Extracts back in 2015. The pollen came from Jigga’s Cherry Pie cut, the mom was a Crockett Family Farm Tangie, and the result was a 70% indica leaner that somehow tastes like a fruit cocktail had a baby with a citrus grove.
This is one of those strains where the flavor is the whole pitch. People who try Forbidden Fruit usually remember exactly where they were the first time. Deep purples, dark green sugar leaves, orange hairs that look photoshopped on, and a terp profile that is wildly fruit-forward without ever crossing into perfumey. If you want a heavy-hitting evening hybrid that earns its bag appeal honestly, this is the cut.
Quick Facts For Smokers
| Price | $99 (free 2-day shipping) |
| THC | 21 to 24% |
| Dominant terpenes | Myrcene, beta-caryophyllene, limonene, linalool |
| Lineage | Cherry Pie x Tangie |
| Breeder | Chameleon Extracts (Joseph) |
Quick Facts For Growers
| Flowering time | 8 to 9 weeks indoor |
| Yield | Medium indoor, heavy outdoor in Mediterranean climates |
| Stretch | 1.5x |
| Difficulty | Moderate |
| Climate | Indoor or outdoor in Mediterranean conditions |
Lineage & History: Two Famous Parents, One Loud Daughter
The story is short and good. Joseph at Chameleon Extracts grabbed a Tangie clone from Crockett Family Farm and dusted it with Jigga’s Cherry Pie. The first F1 batch was the keeper. He selected a leaning indica pheno that hung onto the Tangie tropical front and the Cherry Pie sweetness in the body, then ran it long enough that the cut stabilized into the Forbidden Fruit we know now.
What makes this lineage special is that both parents are loud and famous in completely different ways. Cherry Pie is a Granddaddy Purple x Durban Poison cross with a sweet, almost cherry candy nose and a body buzz that creeps. Tangie is a Cali Orange and Skunk descendant that tastes like ripping open a bag of mandarin oranges. Most crosses where the parents fight that hard end up muddy. This one ended up cleaner than either parent, which is rare.
Forbidden Fruit hit the market in 2015 and became one of the most copied flavor profiles of the last decade. If a strain has been described as “tropical fruit punch” in the last ten years, she probably owes Forbidden Fruit a royalty.
Flavor & Aroma
The smell is the easiest sell in the catalog. Open a jar and you get tropical fruit punch first. Mango, pineapple, a little passionfruit, all sitting on top of a Cherry Pie sweetness that gives the whole thing weight. There is a soft pine note in the background that keeps the smell from going too candied, and a faint cherry skin tartness that shows up about two seconds after the initial hit.
On the inhale she leans more citrus. Tangie is doing the talking. You taste sweet mandarin and a clean grapefruit pith. The exhale flips and the Cherry Pie comes through, dragging in stone fruit, a touch of berry, and that cookie-cake roundness. It is one of the rare strains where the inhale and the exhale taste like two different fruits.
For solventless extraction Forbidden Fruit is a top tier wash strain. The trichome heads are bulbous, the resin holds the tropical front through the press, and the rosin keeps a clarity to the citrus that most fruit-forward strains lose in extraction. Live rosin from a properly washed Forbidden Fruit run is the kind of jar you ration.
Effects & What to Expect
Forbidden Fruit is an evening strain. The first hit is a soft head pressure behind the eyes, almost dreamy, with a touch of euphoria that makes you smile at nothing in particular. Within fifteen minutes the body buzz arrives and starts working its way down from your shoulders. By the half-hour mark you are sunk into the couch in the best possible way.
This is a strain for slowing down. Music sounds better. Food tastes better. Conversations get a little weirder, in a fun way. She is not a knockout, but she does sit firmly on the couch-friendly end of the indica spectrum. Stack two bowls and you will not be making any plans for the rest of the night.
Recreational fit is post-dinner sessions, low-key hangouts with two or three friends, anything cinematic, and the kind of evening where you want flavor and comfort more than productivity. She pairs with sour candy in a way that is genuinely unfair. Try it once and you will see what we mean.
Growing Forbidden Fruit
She is a moderate grow. Not as forgiving as a pure indica workhorse, not as fussy as a pure sativa, but somewhere in the middle that rewards a grower who pays attention. Indoor she stays compact, with a stretch closer to 1.5x rather than the usual 2x. Top her early at four nodes and she will throw a wide, bushy frame that fills a SCROG net cleanly without much extra training.
She likes a slightly drier flower environment than most indicas. Aim for 45% RH in the back half of flower and keep airflow constant under the canopy. Those big dense calyx stacks can hide moisture, and bud rot in the last two weeks is the most common way new growers lose a Forbidden Fruit run. Defoliate at the start of week three of flower and again at week five if you have to.
Feed-wise she is a medium feeder. Push too much nitrogen in early flower and she will throw foxtails and bury the terpene loudness under leaf growth. Keep the schedule moderate and dial up phosphorus and potassium from week four. Cool night temps in the final ten days will pop the purple hues hard. Without the cooler nights she will still finish dark green with violet hints, but the deep purple bag appeal needs the temp drop to fully express.
Yields are medium indoor and lean toward heavy outdoor in Mediterranean climates. She finishes outdoor in mid-October. Harvest window is forgiving. Day 60 gives a slightly clearer head high and brighter citrus. Day 65 leans deeper into the Cherry Pie body and the tropical sweetness on the cure.
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If You Like Forbidden Fruit, Try
- Papaya Juice: another fruit-forward sister, similar daytime fit with a different terp front.
- Lemon Cherry Gelato Cannatique: stays in the fruit lane, swap the host for a sweeter or louder cousin.
- Grandi Guava: a fruit stablemate in the catalog, similar bag appeal with its own signature.
FAQ
Is Forbidden Fruit indica or sativa? Indica-dominant hybrid, around 70/30. Heady onset, then a deep body relaxation that sits you down for the night.
Who bred Forbidden Fruit? Joseph at Chameleon Extracts in 2015, using a Crockett Family Farm Tangie crossed with Jigga’s Cherry Pie. The cut has been preserved through clone-only circulation since.
What does Forbidden Fruit taste like? Tropical fruit punch on the front (mango, pineapple, passionfruit), citrus and grapefruit pith on the inhale, and Cherry Pie sweetness with stone fruit on the exhale. Two fruits in one toke.
How long does Forbidden Fruit take to flower? 8 to 9 weeks indoor. Outdoor she finishes mid-October in Mediterranean climates.
Does Forbidden Fruit turn purple? Yes, with cooler
