At a glance
Deep East, also called Deep East Oakland Farms or DEO Farms, is an Oakland cannabis-breeding project best known for the Rainbow Sherbert line, RS11 and Zoap. Its influence travels primarily through genetics and collaborations rather than a conventional nationwide product catalog. Independent cannabis media consistently identifies DEO as the breeder, while partner cultivators and distributors have brought particular cuts to regulated markets under several brand combinations.
Founder and Oakland roots
Interviews identify the founder by the name Guero and the public moniker DEO. He has generally kept his legal identity and face private for security. The name Deep East refers to East Oakland, specifically the area around 105th Avenue. In a 2021 interview, DEO described learning cultivation independently, beginning with a small room dug out beneath a house and expanding the operation while remaining connected to Oakland.
Building the Rainbow Sherbert line
DEO’s most influential work grew from OZ Kush genetics obtained in the mid-2010s. He selected Pink Guava from that material and crossed it with a chosen Sunset Sherbert plant to create the Rainbow Sherbert, or RS, family. The work continued through multiple generations and phenotype hunts. This is why RS11 is more than a retail strain name: the number refers to a selected plant from a wider breeding population developed and tested with collaborators.
RS11 and the collaboration model
Wizard Trees and Doja helped turn RS11 into a visible legal-market release. Accounts from the participants distinguish their roles: DEO supplied the breeding work, Wizard Trees cultivated selections and Doja helped place and promote flower. That collaborative chain matters when reading a package or menu. “RS11” can identify genetics, while the grower and licensed seller determine the actual batch. Unlicensed or unaffiliated products can also use a famous cultivar name without proving provenance.
Zoap
DEO has described Zoap as phenotype 21 selected from an RS #16 F2 population after a large hunt. Media profiles connect it to the same broader Rainbow Sherbert and Pink Guava work. Zoap’s reputation accelerated through collaborations and competition results, eventually becoming one of the defining cannabis cultivars of the early 2020s. High Times included Zoap in its Best Strains of 2022 feature and credited Deep East and Wizard Trees.
Awards and recognition
Contemporary reports place Zoap near the top of Zalympix competition results. A 2021 LA Weekly profile reported a second-place overall finish; later coverage describes a first-place Best Overall Strain result in a subsequent competition. Those results should be kept tied to their year and event rather than compressed into one timeless award. Deep East’s broader achievement is genetic influence: RS11, Zoap and related selections became reference points across high-end flower markets.
Legal-market drops and partnerships
Honeysuckle documented a Deep East legal drop at The Marathon Collective, the dispensary associated with Nipsey Hussle’s family, and other coverage records collaborations with Doja, Wizard Trees and Michigan cultivator ProGro. These are partner releases, not proof that Deep East owns the participating dispensaries or cultivation companies. Market access changes by state because cannabis cannot be lawfully shipped through ordinary interstate commerce.
Website and buying caution
The website currently attached to this listing, deofarms.com, displays direct cannabis shipping claims across the United States and internationally, large bulk quantities and medical-effect language. Those claims conflict with the structure of licensed U.S. cannabis markets and were not corroborated by the independent profiles used here. The site is retained as the record’s existing URL but is not treated as authoritative proof of an official nationwide store. Consumers should use licensed local retailers and verify brand authorization directly.
How to read this profile
The history and genetics are reconstructed from named interviews and independent cannabis publications; the current commercial website is explicitly separated because its provenance is uncertain. Cultivar ancestry can be reported more confidently than present-day inventory or ownership. No therapeutic effect or purchase recommendation is made. Cannabis is for adults 21 and older where legal, and a famous strain name alone does not authenticate the breeder, grower or batch.