BIG SUR HOLY WEED
🌸 Flowering: 63–70 days (≈ 9–10 weeks)
📏 Stretch: Approximately 2×
🌿 Plant Size: Medium – Vigorous branching sativa structure
⚖️ Yield: Moderate to High
🧬 Genetics: Heirloom Sativa Line – Originating from Big Sur, California (suspected Mexican, Colombian, and Afghan ancestry)
💪 Difficulty: Easy to Moderate
🔥 Aroma: Incense • Spice • Wood • Earthy Resin
🧪 THC: Typically 16–20% (reported higher in select phenotypes)
Summary / Suitability
Big Sur Holy Weed is a heritage sativa perfect for new growers, experienced growers, or anyone seeking to cultivate a piece of California cannabis history. With its incense-heavy aroma, uplifting effects, and reliable 9–10 week flowering time, it is well-suited for collectors, breeders, and connoisseurs who value heirloom preservation alongside a unique and classic terpene profile.
Genetic Background
An heirloom legend from California’s coastal mountains, Big Sur Holy Weed (often shortened to BSHW) is a stabilized inbred line (IBL) originally collected from Danbo who maintained the line for decades. Known for its place in counterculture history, it’s celebrated as one of the region’s original boutique sativas. Though lineage is unknown, it is suspected to include Mexican Sativas, Colombian Sativas, and a touch of Afghan.
Plant Characteristics
- Flowering time: 9–10 weeks
- Medium height growth with 2X stretch
- Suited to both indoor and outdoor cultivation in temperate climates
- Can be grown outdoor in North America
- Strong branching with good internodal spacing
Flower Characteristics
- Produces elongated, resin-rich buds, lime green and covered with orange hairs
- Dense trichome coverage despite its heirloom origins
- Good producer
Growing Tips
- Expect 2X stretch; topping or training is recommended indoors
- Performs very well in greenhouses and sunny outdoor locations
- Hardy plant that responds well to organic feeding programs
Effects & Potency
Big Sur Holy Weed is reported to provide an uplifting, clear, and long-lasting sativa effect. Its high has been described as euphoric and creative, suited to social or reflective settings. Potency is strong for an heirloom, often surprising growers with its resin density.
Appearance & Aroma / Flavor Profile
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Aroma: Strong incense-like fragrance, spicy and woody, often compared to church incense
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Flavor: Earthy with resinous incense undertones, smooth on the exhale
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Appearance: Bright green buds with a loose but resin-coated calyx structure
Cultural Uses
This strain is often referenced as part of California’s “holy weed” movement, gaining notoriety among spiritual seekers and counterculture communities in the 1960s–70s.
