TL;DR
- Lean: Indica-leaning hybrid (60/40), 19 to 26 percent THC
- Flavor: Baked cherry pie, pine, diesel, soft hash
- Effect: Clear cerebral lift, smooth indica settle. Old-school OG with dessert manners.
- Best for: Late afternoons, movies, conversation, evening sleep
- Bottom line: The Archive classic that tastes like dessert and hits like real Kush
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Strain Overview
Pie Face OG is the Archive Seed Bank classic that put sweet cherry hash and Face Off OG fuel in the same bag. She is Cherry Pie crossed with Face Off OG bx1, and she has been a quiet workhorse on the OG lane since Archive dropped her over a decade ago. Newer Cherry Pie crosses have come and gone, but Pie Face still gets requested by name because she does something most modern hybrids do not. She tastes like an old-school OG.
This is the cut for growers who want real Kush expression. The Face Off OG side throws the diesel-and-pine signature that built the OG family, while the Cherry Pie side carries a sweet berry top note that softens the smoke and adds bag appeal. She finishes dark, often purple, with a thick coat of golden trichomes and amber pistils that read more like a vintage menu than a current one. Old-heads love her. Newer collectors are catching up.
Quick Facts For Smokers
| Price | $69 (free 2-day shipping) |
| THC | 19 to 26% |
| Dominant terpenes | Beta-myrcene, alpha-pinene, caryophyllene |
| Lineage | Cherry Pie x Face Off OG bx1 |
| Breeder | Archive Seed Bank |
Quick Facts For Growers
| Flowering time | 9 weeks indoor |
| Yield | Moderate, 1.3 to 1.6 grams per watt |
| Stretch | 1.8 to 2x |
| Difficulty | Intermediate |
| Climate | Indoor, light dep, dry-climate outdoor |
Lineage & History: Old-School OG Meets Cherry Pie
Cherry Pie is a Granddaddy Purple x Durban Poison cross that came up in the Bay Area in the early 2010s. She brought a sweet, berry-forward terp profile and a relaxed body high to a market that was still mostly stuck on Kush. Face Off OG is the hard-hitter on the other side, an indica-heavy OG Kush selection bred by Archive that shows up across their catalog as a structural backbone. The bx1 designation means Archive backcrossed her to lock the OG signature in tight.
Putting the two together gave Pie Face OG a personality that neither parent has on her own. The Cherry Pie sweetness comes through clear on the nose. The Face Off OG diesel and pine sit underneath and define the smoke. The result is a hybrid that hits like a classic OG but tastes like a dessert strain, which made her ahead of her time when she dropped and is the reason she still gets pulled out of collector vaults a decade later.
She has stayed clone-only in most circles. The Archive seed pop produced multiple keeper phenos but the verified clone cut is the one that gets traded in collector groups. She is not a commercial monster, she is a connoisseur cut, and the smokers who run her tend to keep her on rotation for years.
Flavor & Aroma
Crack a jar and the cherry hits first. Sweet, slightly tart, with a top note that reads like baked cherry pie filling. Underneath that the OG comes up clean, pine-and-diesel, with a soft hash undertone that grounds the whole bouquet. Late in the cure a floral note from the alpha-pinene comes through and brightens the front of the nose. She is more layered than most modern hybrids and reads like a mix tape of three different decades of cannabis flavor.
On the burn the OG side takes the front. Pine, fuel, and a touch of skunk hit on the inhale. The cherry comes up through the middle of the smoke, sweet and clean, and the exhale fades into a soft hash note with a touch of pepper from the caryophyllene. She runs cool through glass and burns to a pale gray ash. Wrapped in a paper she pushes the cherry forward; packed in a bowl she leans deeper into the OG.
For hash she presses to a light amber rosin that holds the cherry top note remarkably well. Old-school OG strains do not always translate cleanly to solventless, but the Cherry Pie side gives Pie Face enough volume on the terps to make a real run worthwhile. Live rosin shows the floral pine clearly. Dry hash shows the diesel. Both have their place.
Effects & What to Expect
The high comes on faster than the lineage would suggest. First few minutes you get a clear-headed cerebral lift that runs almost sativa-leaning, with a mood boost and a touch of giggle. Twenty minutes in the Face Off OG side comes through and the body weight starts pulling you down, smooth and steady, into a relaxed indica settle. She runs balanced through the front half and indica-heavy through the second.
She works as a late-afternoon and evening rotation. Strong enough to feel after a few hits, balanced enough that you can hold a conversation, watch a movie, or hang out without zoning out. Tolerance smokers will lean her for the flavor and the OG signature. Newer smokers should pace because the THC range goes high enough that she can stack into a couch-lock if you push her.
The come-down is smooth and slow. No abrupt drop, just a gentle fade that hands you off to a quiet evening or a clean night of sleep. She is the kind of hybrid that disappears into the background of a relaxed evening, which is exactly why old-heads have kept her on rotation for so long.
Growing Pie Face OG
She runs like a true OG hybrid with Cherry Pie manners. Through veg she stays medium-tall, branches moderately, and stretches roughly 1.8 to 2x in the first three weeks of flower. Top her at the fourth node, support her with a trellis, and let her fill out because the OG side throws long colas with airy spacing if you do not train her tight. Tip: she likes a longer veg, give her at least 4 to 5 weeks before flip.
She is a moderate feeder with classic OG sensitivities. Watch your EC because she will burn at the tips faster than most modern hybrids. She loves Cal-Mag and rewards a steady supply through the whole cycle. Keep your nitrogen modest in late veg, ramp into PK by week 3 of flower, and back off the feed in the last ten days for a clean fade. Tip: she colors up under cool nighttime temps, drop your night setpoint by 10 degrees in the last two weeks for purple expression.
She is moderately mold-resistant but does not love high humidity. Keep RH below 55% in late flower because the colas finish dense. Defoliate twice through flower for airflow. She runs well in light dep and finishes outdoor early to mid October in dry climates.
Yields run moderate. Expect 1.3 to 1.6 grams per watt indoor with a clean canopy and proper feeding. She is not the heaviest yielder in the modern catalog, but she packs flavor and bag appeal at a level the heavier producers cannot match. Cure her three weeks minimum and the cherry on the back end keeps opening up the longer she sits in the jar.
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If You Like Pie Face OG, Try
- Cement Mints: another Cookies-family stablemate, denser bag appeal with a similar finish.
- Redneck ZaZa: stays in the dessert lane, slightly heavier on the body with a different front.
- Giesel: a sister dessert cut, swap the host’s expression for a different cream-and-cake tilt.
FAQ
Is Pie Face OG indica or sativa? Indica-dominant hybrid, roughly 60/40. Cerebral lift on the front end, indica body settle through the second half.
What are the parents of this strain? Cherry Pie (Granddaddy Purple x Durban Poison) crossed with Face Off OG bx1. Bred by Archive Seed Bank.
How long does Pie Face OG take to flower? Roughly 9 weeks indoor. Day 60 gives you the brightest cherry expression, day 65 to 70 gives you the deepest OG signature and the heaviest body weight.
What does Pie Face OG taste like? Sweet cherry pie filling on the inhale, OG pine and diesel through t
