Red Headed Stranger
- Spicy/Herbal (47% of reported flavors)
- Citrus (32% of reported flavors)
- Tar (21% of reported flavors)
Red Headed Stranger is a sativa-dominant hybrid that crosses William's Wonder with Tom Hill's Haze. Its name tips the hat to Willie Nelson's 1975 album Red Headed Stranger, stacking a little country-music history onto a cross of two seriously old-school genetic lines.
Snap into a bud and citrus, pine, and herbs come forward before pepper, earth, and a dirtier streak of fuel start working underneath. The Haze side brings plenty of spice, while William's Wonder adds enough sweetness to keep things from going completely old-school funk. Dense green buds, fiery pistils, and a heavy trichome coat give Red Headed Stranger a chunkier look than its sativa-heavy classification might suggest.
People who've made this their go-to describe a fast, cerebral start with plenty of energy, focus, and creative momentum. The experience tends to stay bright and mentally active, with an underlying relaxation keeping some weight beneath all that Haze-driven horsepower.
Red Headed Stranger earned second place for Best Sativa at the 2012 Denver High Times Medical Cannabis Cup. More than a decade later, its combination of citrus, spice, fuel, and high-energy effects still gives this Stranger plenty of reason to stick around.
Pacific Seeds says the citrus- and pine-flavored buds can contain as much as 23% THC.
According to Pacific Seed Bank, Red Headed Stranger is sativa-leaning and difficult to grow, making it best for those with experience who can trim and tend it right. Low-Stress Training (LST) and an indoor growing environment should result in dense bud production after 10 to 11 weeks.
