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Watermelon Z vs Gushers

Leafly files both under other names: Gushers as TK41, saying it goes by a popular fruit snack name it won’t mention for legal reasons, and Watermelon Zkittlez as Watermelon Z, calling the longer name an infringing candy name.1,2 Gushers is a Triangle Kush × Gelato 41 hybrid that Leafly users call tingly, relaxed and euphoric, and both list tropical and sweet among their top flavors.1,2 In our lab data the two share the same three leading terpenes, in the same order.3 Gushers tests higher in state labs: 20.95% median THC across 177 tests, against 18.60% for Watermelon Z from only 63 tests, a small sample.3

Side by side

Watermelon ZGushers
TypeIndica-dominant hybrid per Leafly and Weedmaps; 70% indica per AllBud2,4,5Hybrid, rated mostly calming1
LineageThe Original Z × Watermelon per Leafly and Weedmaps; disputed2,4,6Triangle Kush × Gelato 411
Median THC (state lab tests)18.60% (63 tests); small sample20.95% (177 tests)
Middle half of THC results15.27%–22.59%17.77%–23.83%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, Linalool (22 tests); 21 of them from Nevadaβ-Caryophyllene, Limonene, Linalool (74 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsSleepy, relaxed, giggly2Tingly, relaxed, euphoric1
FlavorTropical, tree fruit, sweet2Tropical, sweet, berry1
Leafly THC listing24%222%1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Watermelon Z vs Gushers

14% 16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Gushers Gushers: median 20.95%, middle half 17.77%–23.83%, 177 tests 20.9% n=177 Watermelon Z Watermelon Z: median 18.60%, middle half 15.27%–22.59%, 63 tests 18.6% n=63 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Watermelon Z has only 63 tests.3

Candy names

Leafly’s page for The Original Z, Watermelon Z’s parent, says Terp Hogz announced in 2023 that it would use that name as part of a settlement with a candy company over alleged trademark infringement.7 Gushers has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at gushersstrain.com.

Which is easier to find

On Oct 4, 2026, 104 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Watermelon Z flower on Weedmaps, against 70 stores for Gushers; around New York the counts were 16 and 17.8 Most of the Watermelon Z items around Los Angeles were infused flower (95 of 111), which these counts include.8

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, TK41 (aka White Gushers, White Gusherz) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Watermelon Z (aka Watermelon Zkittlez) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. Weedmaps, Watermelon Zkittlez (aka Wmz, Watermelon Skittles, Watermelon Z) strain page. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. AllBud, Watermelon Zkittlez marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. SeedFinder, Watermelon Zkittlez (Dying Breed Seeds): strain info and breeder description. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, The Original Z (aka Z) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  8. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.