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What the desk is actually smoking.
Hands-on strain, product, dispensary, and podcast features from the Crushed desk, fact-checked against grower, retailer, and dispensary listings.
SpotlightVortex · Flower
Donny Burger
Skunk House's GMO × Han-Solo Burger cross in the hands of Sean Roussin's Phoenix craft grow — testing north of 30%, reeking of garlic and seared beef, and fresh off a Best of Phoenix sweep.
GMO × Han-Solo Burger (Skunk House Genetics)
SpotlightProject Packs · Flower
Pave
Project Packs built its name hauling California heat into Arizona. Its biggest jar is Pave — Compound Genetics' Paris OG × The Menthol cross — and right now it's outselling every other eighth in the state.
Paris OG × The Menthol (Compound Genetics)
SpotlightGreen Dot Labs · Flower
Candy Cake
Boulder's most genetics-obsessed brand crossed the state line last fall, and its sugary-vanilla-gas Candy Cake is now the priciest jar in Arizona's top ten — averaging $50.59 while everything around it sells for $40.
Z Cake × Jungle Cake (Green Dot Labs Selections cut; some strain databases trace the name to a separate Big Sky Beans cross)
SpotlightConnected · Flower
Permanent Marker
Seed Junky's sharpie-scented Biscotti × Jealousy × Sherb BX cross won Leafly Strain of the Year back in 2023. In Arizona, Connected's cut of it is still doing top-ten numbers — twice.
Biscotti S1 × Jealousy × Sherb BX (Seed Junky Genetics)
SpotlightAlien Labs · Flower
BK Satellite
Legend of Nigeria crossed onto Milky Way, terpinolene out front, and lemon-mint smoke that doesn't put you down — Alien Labs' sativa is the one eighth in Arizona's top ten you can smoke before noon.
Legend of Nigeria × Milky Way