Sage
Hybrid
Lineage not recorded
No alternate names recorded
- Sourced
- Cannabinoids: Sourced
- Effects: Sourced
- Review date not recorded
Review date not recorded
At a glance
- Type
- Hybrid
- High
- Head and Body
- Genetics
- Not recorded
- Flowering
- 51–65 d
- THC Range
- 17% – 28%
- CBD Range
- 0.2% – 1%
- Dominant Terpenes
- Camphene, Caryophyllene, Limonene
Effect Profile
Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.
- Reported
- Reported Negatives
Frequency not recorded
Creative
Reported
Deeply Relaxing
Reported
Euphoric
Reported
Happy
Reported
Uplifted
Reported
- Dizzy
- Dry Eyes
- Dry Mouth
- Headache
- The Scaries
Plant Profile
Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)
View methodology- THC17% – 28%
- CBD0.2% – 1%
- CBG1%
Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.
Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)
View all terpenes- CampheneReported
CaryophyllenePeppery, SpicyReported- LimoneneReported
- TerpinoleneReported
Flavor & Aroma
Flavor
Citrus, Pine, Sage, Spicy, Woody
Aroma
Earthy, Herbal, Pungent, Sage, Woody
User-Reported Medical Usage New
Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.
5 reported uses
- 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
- 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
- 3AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
- 4Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—
- 5Chronic PainReported as a reason for use.—
Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.
View all reported usesGenetics & Origin
Origin
SAGE is an Afghani landrace crossed with an original Haze, though one source lists Big Sur Holy as the second parent. The name reflects the goal, an equilibrium between Afghani body and Haze head. Its 2001 Cup placing is part of why the name has lasted, and it is still a benchmark for a genuinely balanced high.
The Grow
Best Results
Indoor and Outdoor
Preferred Climate
Warm
Grow Difficulty
- Beginner
- Easy
- Average
- Difficult
- Expert
Average
Outdoor
- Harvest
- Early November
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- 14oz/ plant
Indoor
- Harvest
- 73–78 d
- Height
- Average
- Yield
- 10 to 12oz/ m2
- Flowering
- 51–65 d
- Resistance
- Standard
The difficulty to grow Sage is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a 10 to 12oz/ m2 yield with in about 73–78 d. Outdoors, harvest around Early November.
Cultivation Notes
SAGE yields 10 to 12 ounces a square meter indoors and around 14 ounces a plant outdoors, finishing late, in early November. It is hardy and low-maintenance outdoors. Climate is not recorded. Figures are grower and breeder reported.
When To Try It
Best:
Morning
Occasions:
- before creating
About
SAGE smells of the kitchen herb it is named for, which is also an acronym.
The letters stand for Sativa Afghani Genetic Equilibrium, and the strain crosses an Afghani landrace with an original Haze. It took second overall at the 2001 High Times Cannabis Cup. Genuinely sage-scented, and a strong cerebral hitter despite the equilibrium in the name.
The nose is literal.
What to Expect
SAGE is a heady strain that leans up. Leafly's reviewers lead with happy at 59 percent of a solid sample, euphoric at 54 and uplifted at 52, with relaxed behind at 46 and creative at 36. The Afghani side adds weight, but the head comes first and hard.
At a high dose the cerebral push can tip anxious, and a small paranoid note is on record. Dry mouth runs to 34 percent and dry eyes to 22. Not a gentle strain despite the balanced name.
Flavor and Aroma
SAGE really does smell of sage, sharp and herbal, over a pungent, woody, earthy base. The flavor adds citrus and pine with a spicy, almost diesel edge. It is one of the few strains that lives up to a herb name.
Terpenes Explained
SAGE has no terpene test in our data, with Camphene, Terpinolene, Caryophyllene and Limonene named and nothing measured.
That true sage note is unusual and sits in lighter herbal compounds a standard panel does not report. A SAGE jar that smells clearly of the herb, not just pungent, is the genuine one.
Cannabinoids and Potency
SAGE THC is reported from about 19 to 28 percent, a strong range, with no clean lab sample in our data. CBD is around one percent. Even at the low end it hits hard.
SAGE's cerebral punch is stronger than the number suggests, so a small first dose is the right way to meet it.
Awards & Recognition
Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.
2003 Highlife Cup — entry recorded as “S.A.G.E.”
Source: not recorded on this entry
2003 Highlife Cup — entry recorded as “S.A.G.E.”
Source: not recorded on this entry
0 verified recognitions. 2 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.
Competition historyBusinesses familiar with Sage 0
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How we verify businessesExperience Evidence & Sources
Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.
Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)
Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 5 source records.
Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract
Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.
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