

The strain’s buds are largely round or cone-shaped, while their structure is very dense. Looks: A true purple heavyweight, with dark, velvety calyxes and spots of forest green contrasting against rust-orange pistils and speckles of trichomes. I’ve seen it at Alternative Medicine on Capitol Hill, Altitude the Dispensary, Denver Kush Club, Doc’s Apothecary, Euflora, Green Tree Medicinals, Kind Meds, Lyon’s Finest, Medicine Man, Native Roots, New Amsterdam Organics, Oasis Cannabis Superstore, Silver Stem Fine Cannabis and Urban Dispensary. Purple Urkle has been a fixture of the Denver dispensary scene since the early medical days, and - part of the black market long before that. Those predictable relaxing effects make the strain a great candidate for a litany of medical issues, though, and a reliable way to help you fall asleep when closing your eyes just isn’t enough. The body’s unraveling isn’t far behind, either, as you’re pulled into a pit of munchies and lethargy before ultimately going off to dreamland.Īnyone smoking Purple Urkle before the sun goes down should expect a nap in the near future, or a very early bedtime, at the least. One session with Purple Urkle will quickly showcase the strain’s powerful sedating qualities, instantly cloaking the brain in a lazy fog. The only argument against that theory is that anyone who’s high on Purple Urkle is far from nerdy, because being nerdy requires a modicum of thought.

The prevailing theory is that Purple Urkle was named for the strain’s potent high, which often leads to bumping into walls, irritating behavior and falling and not being able to get up - all hallmarks of everyone’s favorite nerdy annoyance in the ’90s, Steve Urkel. The history behind the fruity, tranquilizing indica’s name is cloudy. In fact, I’m pretty sure I’m in the majority. I can’t be the only person who instantly thinks of Family Matters the minute Purple Urkle makes an appearance on a dispensary shelf.
