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Sativa dominant retail shopping label — not genetics

Red Sapphire Strain

Red Sapphire is a sativa dominant strain (Malawi x PCK × Nepalese Jam). 63-day flowering.

Median THC
Flowering
63 days
Breeder releases
1
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Indica / Sativa — retail shopping guide

Indica 30%Sativa 70%

Indica, sativa and hybrid are a retail shopping convention — not a reliable guide to genetics or effects. When researchers analysed 89,923 commercial samples across six states, these labels did not predict a plant’s terpene or cannabinoid profile, and a genome-wide study found sativa- and indica-labelled plants to be genetically indistinct (PLOS ONE 2022; Nature Plants 2021). The labels are so fluid that AK-47, a hybrid, won “Best Sativa” at the 1999 Cannabis Cup and “Best Indica” four years later. For an accurate, genetics-true picture, see the chemotype above.

Genetics & Lineage

Parents
ParentMalawi x PCKParentNepalese JamParentMalawi/PCKParentPurple Nepal Jam
This strainRed Sapphire

Breeder releases (1)

BreederTHCFloweringSeedsRating
ACE Seeds63dfeminized

About Red Sapphire

Malawi/PCK #47 F1 (purple pheno) x Purple Nepal Jam (F6) A hybrid with complex genetic heritage, containing 2 tropical pure sativas (Malawi and Jamaican), a dominant sativa (Nepalese) and a colourful indica hash plant from Central Asia (Pakistan Chitral Kush), which fuse their best qualities in a perfect sativa/indica equilibrium. Red Sapphire plants are sturdy and robust, growing to a manageable medium size with thick stems and powerful side branches with perfect moderate internodal distance that allows excellent light penetration throughout the plant, without being languid, and being able to sustain the heavy weight of the flowers during bloom without major problems, even in windy and rainy conditions. Its spectacular flowers develop and mature in only 9 weeks, developing an intense pigmentation (regardless of the temperature) that paints the plants with all the colours of the rainbow: green, yellow, blue, purple... with most of the plants finally producing a deep reddish/fuchsia colour of incomparable beauty that has given the name to this variety. The buds are dense and medium/large in size, with excellent flower to leaf ratio (a pleasure to manicure), large and resinous ovarie

Frequently asked questions

What are the genetics of Red Sapphire?
Red Sapphire comes from Malawi x PCK × Nepalese Jam.
Is Red Sapphire indica or sativa?
Red Sapphire is classified as sativa dominant.
How long does Red Sapphire take to flower?
Red Sapphire flowers in about 63 days.
Is Red Sapphire available as feminized or autoflowering seeds?
Red Sapphire is offered as: feminized.