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Comparison

Guava vs Sherbet

Sherbet, also known as Sunset Sherbet or Sunset Sherbert, is one of Gelato’s parents and so a grandparent of the Cookies Fam’s Guava; Leafly lists it as Girl Scout Cookies × Pink Panties, bred by Mr. Sherbinski.1,2,3 It meets the Guava names twice more: Deo Farms crossed it with Pink Guava to make RS11, and Leafly lists Guava Lava as Sherbert × Kauai Mints.4,5 Guava tests higher in state labs: 23.52% median THC from only 92 tests, a small sample, against 20.52% for Sherbet.6

Side by side

GuavaSherbet
TypeSativa-leaning hybrid (Cookies Fam Guava, per Leafly); Flavour Chasers’ seed version is mostly indica3,7Indica-dominant hybrid; mostly calming1
LineageA Gelato phenotype (Cookies Fam); also a 2011 Stardawg phenotype and Stardawg × Afghani seeds3,7,8Girl Scout Cookies × Pink Panties (Mr. Sherbinski)1
Median THC (state lab tests)23.52% (92 tests); small sample20.52% (768 tests)
Middle half of THC results21.32%–25.73%17.60%–22.79%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (20 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (193 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsTalkative, focused, energetic3Relaxed, tingly, happy1
FlavorApricot, tree fruit, tropical3Citrus, sweet, tropical1
FloweringAbout 63 days (Flavour Chasers); 8–10 weeks (Weedmaps)7,963–72 days1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.6

Lab-tested THC: Guava vs Sherbet

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Guava Guava: median 23.52%, middle half 21.32%–25.73%, 92 tests 23.5% n=92 Sherbet Sherbet: median 20.52%, middle half 17.60%–22.79%, 768 tests 20.5% n=768 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Guava has only 92 tests.6

Pink Guava and Guava Lava

Pink Guava is a Deo Farms selection from Dying Breed Seeds’ OZ Kush, with OZ Kush rather than Guava as its parent, and Leafly says it went into RS-11, RS-54 and Zoap; RS11’s children include Rainbow Runtz.4,10 Guava Lava is the most common longer name our matching kept out of Guava’s lab count (96 results).6 Sherbet has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at sherbetstrain.com, and Rainbow Runtz at rainbowruntz.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 78 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Guava flower on Weedmaps, against 38 stores for Sherbet; around New York the counts were 35 and 61.11 Most items in Guava’s count carry longer names, such as Guava Casquitos or Passion Orange Guava (see where to find it).11

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Sherbert (aka Sherbet, Sunset Sherbet) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Gelato (aka Gelato 42, Larry Bird, Zelato) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Leafly, Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Leafly, RS11 (aka RS-11, Rainbow Sherbert #11) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Leafly, Guava Lava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. SeedFinder, Guava (Flavour Chasers): strain info. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. High Times, The High Times interview: Top Dawg Seeds (T.H. Caeczar) (2016-10-12). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  9. Weedmaps, Guava (aka Guava Burst) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  10. Leafly, Pink Guava strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  11. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.