For years, the Preferred Gardens team has been crushing throughout California and recently began making waves on the East Coast. Founder David Polley has spent the last few years breeding new heaters, and the results emerging now are nothing short of spectacular. The next in-house strain to hit the California market is Twin. With its all-star lineage, expect it to fly out of the gate.
The father of Twin is Georgia Pie x Zkittlez, which Preferred Gardens has been marketing as Lazer Gun for the last few years.
“In the last six months, we learned it was actually bred by Raw Genetics,” Polley told the Leaf. “It’s unclear if our cut is a different pheno than what’s circulating as Raw’s Z Pie.”
Twin’s mother, Zoap, was bred in Oakland by DEO Farms. Wizard Trees’ rendition of this Rainbow Sherbet and Pink Guava combo famously took top honors at The Zalympix in 2022. To this day, it remains a coveted cut, well protected by those lucky enough to be gifted it through DEO Farms.
Polley told the Leaf they originally hit Zoap with the Georgia Pie x Zkittlez on April 20, 2023. For Polley, a major goal in pairing the two strains was to toughen up Zoap’s famous flavor.
“Our team has always loved Zoap terps,” he said, “so flavor was a priority — but Zoap has always been prone to botrytis (aka gray mold). Georgia Pie x Zkittlez is the opposite, with strong vigor and mold resistance.”
He went on to describe how this now refined phenotype “delivered the Zoap terps we wanted plus the increased strength and resistance from the Georgia Pie x Zkittlez.” Another major win from including the Georgia Pie x Zkittlez was passing on that strain’s natural vigor and ease of cultivation. It consistently drops high-quality, smokable batches — something that’s passed directly to Twin.
Polley called Twin a flavor built for California’s tastes. He described Twin’s flavor as a sweet floral and soap pairing with subtle notes of earthiness.
“We breed for traits we personally love to smoke, but naturally, some terp profiles do better in certain regions,” Polley said. “East Coast markets love ‘sativa-leaning’ terps like haze and lemon, which crush in places like Florida and New York.”
After two years of refining, Twin will hit California store shelves for the first time this month. It’s shaping up to be another big win for Preferred Gardens here at home in California as they continue to grow across America — and beyond.
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This article was originally published in the December 2025 issue of California Leaf.
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