Strawberry Cough

Strawberry Cough is flower that goes by the name of a strain with a sativa label on Leafly and a sativa dominant hybrid label on AllBud, an 80/20 split in sativa’s favour. Our Strawberry Cough guide likewise describes a sativa dominant strain with a sweet strawberry flavour.

Haze, Strawberry Fields and the name

AllBud has the strain as a cross of Haze and Strawberry Fields. Leafly calls it a potent sativa believed to be that cross, and its genetics panel names Haze and Strawberry Fields as the parents and Strawberry Lemonade as a child.

Leafly links the name to a fresh-strawberry scent and a distinctive lung-expanding sensation, and our guide puts it down to a mild tickle in the throat that the strain can cause.

Strawberry on the nose, pepper on the exhale

AllBud describes a sweet strawberry flavour with a peppery kick on the exhale and a fresh strawberry aroma, with spicy herbs and earthy pepper over a hint of sweetness. One AllBud reviewer says the smell fills a room with a sweet rather than dank scent.

Leafly describes skunky and berry flavours and tags strawberry, sweet and berry. One Leafly reviewer finds a sweet, berry-forward smell with soft tropical and mango hints, and another stresses that quality is very batch dependent.

In our guide, Steven De Guzman expects fresh strawberries on the nose the moment the jar is opened, though Leafly reviewers find the berry varies by batch and one says it tastes like strawberry toast. He suggests fresh strawberries on the side as a quick way to test how true a batch runs.

Neon cones under a milky frost

AllBud describes dense, cone-shaped nugs in vivid neon green, with thick red-orange hairs under a frosty, milky-white layer of trichomes. A Leafly reviewer describes dense, light-green buds coated in white trichomes with brownish hues.

Uplifted, energetic and happy, by report

Uplifted, energetic and happy are the feelings Leafly reviewers tag most, and Leafly describes cerebral, uplifting effects with a euphoric feel. AllBud users describe a lifted, cerebral high with energy, creative motivation and sociability, plus a body high, and tag euphoria, happy, relaxing and uplifting.

THC, terpenes and growing notes

Leafly gives THC as 19% with 1% CBG, rating the potency above its average; AllBud gives 22% to 26% and lists CBN at 1%. Leafly’s terpene figures put myrcene (herbal) in front, then pinene and caryophyllene. For growers, Leafly notes yields of around 450 to 550 g/m2 and calls it a medium-to-heavy feeder that takes well to topping.

Health Canada recommends beginning with just 1 or 2 puffs when smoking or vaping and choosing something with 10% THC or less. AllBud’s 22% to 26% is well beyond that, and half an hour may pass before the effects peak.