This is my first SAGE grow - from a clone gifted to me by a friend, and it's a pheno that turns purple in the last two weeks.
It's very attractive, and has many different colors close-up, even when dry - there's burgundy calyxes in there and almost black budleaves. The aroma is spectacular - one of the most pleasant-smelling strains I've ever experienced. It's candy-sweet tropical fruit (mangoes, papayas, etc.), mixed with exotic herbs and spices - it's like an amazing fruit curry - I can't stop smelling the jar! The taste is creamy fruit with an exotic herby aftertaste. There's no sage, but as if I care about that trivial point.
The one note of caution is that it threw a male flower at the base of each bud at 21 days - no idea why, as it was very happy. I pinched them off and they never returned. But I'm picking one or two selfed seeds out of every bud, so I should be able to reproduce this pheno fairly easily. No-one else I know reported any hermie traits, so it must be a one-off. Yield isn't too bad, at 38 grams for a small plant, so I'm happy with that.
The smoke isn't the most potent I have, but it's a beautifully balanced one - perfect 50/50 sativa/indica just as advertised. It's quite long-lasting too, which makes it a great daytime smoke, but it doesn't have much ceiling, so it can get quite heady if overdone - which is easy when it's so tasty!
I probably would grow it again, as it's incredibly easy to grow, tolerant of nutes and pests, and looks and smells amazing...
It's very attractive, and has many different colors close-up, even when dry - there's burgundy calyxes in there and almost black budleaves. The aroma is spectacular - one of the most pleasant-smelling strains I've ever experienced. It's candy-sweet tropical fruit (mangoes, papayas, etc.), mixed with exotic herbs and spices - it's like an amazing fruit curry - I can't stop smelling the jar! The taste is creamy fruit with an exotic herby aftertaste. There's no sage, but as if I care about that trivial point.
The one note of caution is that it threw a male flower at the base of each bud at 21 days - no idea why, as it was very happy. I pinched them off and they never returned. But I'm picking one or two selfed seeds out of every bud, so I should be able to reproduce this pheno fairly easily. No-one else I know reported any hermie traits, so it must be a one-off. Yield isn't too bad, at 38 grams for a small plant, so I'm happy with that.
The smoke isn't the most potent I have, but it's a beautifully balanced one - perfect 50/50 sativa/indica just as advertised. It's quite long-lasting too, which makes it a great daytime smoke, but it doesn't have much ceiling, so it can get quite heady if overdone - which is easy when it's so tasty!
I probably would grow it again, as it's incredibly easy to grow, tolerant of nutes and pests, and looks and smells amazing...
Looks like a killer pheno, I've only smoked a green pheno of SAGE and it was a bit heavy on the indica for my liking.
Enjoy smoking that 
