Purple City Genetics is one of the original cannabis nurseries in California—and the last one standing. We're the largest feminized seed producer in the state. We’ve also been on the ground in Barcelona since 2018.
We will always be guided by a few core beliefs: • We exist to match cultivators' dreams and ambitions. • The progression of cannabis requires audacious imagination. • One innovation can ultimately benefit the entire industry.
When it comes to serving cultivators, there's no problem too large or too small. We’re focused on amplifying farmers’ abilities, advancing the cannabis plant’s potential, and inviting everyone to experience growing cannabis for themselves.
Breeding at Purple City Genetics is both evolutionary and revolutionary. We are dedicated to continually improving demonstrated approaches as well as manifesting completely original ideas that force a reappraisal of what's possible. Every exploration serves the unrelenting pursuit of better cannabis. To that end, we are grateful to have been recognized with multiple collaborative State Fair and Emerald Cup wins. Our work is never over.
The NASC Cast Crew had the pleasure of sitting down with Auryn of Purple City Genetics. Listen to what he has to say below, and follow us on Vimeo for even more content!
Moroccan Peaches and the Rise of the Sativa Hash Plant, story provided by Purple City Genetics
Hash has lived in a narrow lane for a long time. Heavy. Sedative. Indica-dominant. The plants that wash well are almost always the ones that put you down. Dense resin, strong returns, predictable results. And for years, that tradeoff was accepted. If you wanted yield, you gave up energy. If you wanted lift, you gave up washability. Two different worlds.
The Constraint
Sativa plants have always carried some of the most compelling terpene profiles in cannabis. Citrus, tropical fruit, bright, volatile expressions that jump out of the jar. They also tend to fail where hash begins. Loose trichome structure. Lower return. Poor mechanical separation. So they get pushed out of the category. Distillate inputs. Flavor contributors. Not centerpiece hash. Meanwhile, the hash world optimized around what worked. The result: technically strong, but creatively limited.
El Krem: A Different Objective
El Krem was built to break that constraint. Not by chasing THC. Not by chasing yield alone. By selecting for expression first. The goal was to create plants that could sit on a table with dozens of jars and still stand out. Lime, orange, peach. Layered terpene profiles that don’t flatten out after extraction. At the same time, every cultivar had to function in the real world. Flower or hash. Jar or wash. Because growers don’t get to specialize anymore. They need optionality. This is what defines the El Krem line: dual-use genetics built for both flavor and function
Moroccan Peaches
Moroccan Peaches didn’t arrive quietly. From the start, it stood out for combining two traits that rarely coexist: Effect and washability. A sativa-leaning hybrid with loud lemon, orange, and peach terpenes. Bright, expressive, immediately recognizable. But what made it different wasn’t just the flavor. It was how that flavor behaved. Across crosses, peach showed up consistently. It held its signal. It carried through different pairings without collapsing into sameness. More importantly, it didn’t flatten everything around it. It organized it. Part of what makes that possible is structural. The peach-leaning expressions we’ve selected tend to carry dense, uniform resin heads and a terpene profile that reads clearly even after processing. That combination matters. It means the signal doesn’t just. of stability is present, it stops behaving like a note and starts behaving like a framework. That’s when you can actually build around it. Peach became a baseline strong enough to pressure-test everything it touched. Traits paired with it had to hold their ground. The ones that did started to define the edges of the expression: citrus on one side, gas on another, candy and sour filling in between. The ones that didn’t got absorbed. That’s how the range sharpens instead of getting muddy. Underneath that, structure. Resin that actually separates. Trichomes that hold. A plant that returns when you wash it. That alone would have made it notable. The effect made it different. Upward. Energetic. Engaging. Not the slow descent most hash delivers. That combination changed how people thought about what hash could be.
Why It Stuck
Most hype strains fade. Moroccan Peaches didn’t. Because it solved a real problem. It gave extractors something new to work with. It gave smokers a different kind of experience. It gave growers a plant that could perform in both lanes. That’s rare. And when it shows up, you build around it.
The 2026 El Krem Peaches Collection
For 2026, Moroccan Peaches became a foundation. Not a single release. A breeding block. The goal was to expand its core traits across a wider spectrum without losing what made it work. Each cross explores a different edge of the same structure: ● Fez: peach nectarine layered with incense and citrus depth ● Habibi: peach and Z-driven structure with strong bag appeal ● Moroccan Zowah: extraction-forward with candy and sour gas undertones ● Saffron: shorter cycle while holding the peach-forward identity ● Cheri Granada: full-spectrum fruit expression with floral and wood notes Different directions. Same backbone.
Beyond the Pack
Seedlings and clone releases pushed the work further. Different pairings. Different environments. Different outcomes. Some leaned tropical. Some leaned gas. Some sharpened citrus. Others pulled deeper into kush structure. Not every expression needs to last. But every expression adds resolution. This is the same philosophy behind the seedling program: early looks into where the line is going, not just finished products
The Shift
El Krem represents a change in how hash is evaluated. From yield to experience. From output to expression. Moroccan Peaches sits at the center of that shift. Not because it’s louder. Because it expands the range without losing structure.
The Point
Cannabis isn’t supposed to exist in one lane. Not in flower. Not in hash. Not in experience. El Krem is built to preserve that range on the extraction side of the plant. Because once you start narrowing what works, you don’t just lose options. You lose entire categories of experience. Written by Eric Rosen, Purple City Genetics
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