What SŌMA knows, strain by strain
The full reference set every match reads from.
Tuning Strains to your taste…
What SŌMA knows, strain by strain
The full reference set every match reads from.
Tuning Strains to your taste…
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Northern Lights #5 is the most celebrated phenotype of Northern Lights — an Afghani-and-Thai cut that won early Cannabis Cups and seeded a huge share of modern genetics.
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How fully SŌMA has described this strain — not a quality rating.
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Aroma
Flavour
“Pine and earth with a spicy sweetness.”
The nose is sweet and resinous: pine and earth with a spicy sweetness. The effect is heavy and dreamy — a relaxing body stone that drifts toward sleep.
It's dense, frosty and dependable, and it parents Shiva Skunk and Jack Herer. For NL at its most prized, #5 is the reference cut.
Northern Lights #5
Indica
Northern Lights #5 — Afghani × Thai phenotype
Genetic makeup
Reported indica/sativa split (lineage ratio, not lab-verified).
Bud structure
Density varies with the grower and conditions — treat this as a tendency, not a guarantee.
Northern Lights #5 is typically described with aromas of sweet, pine, earthy and spicy and flavours of sweet, pine, earthy and spicy. Aroma and flavour vary with grower, batch and freshness.
Northern Lights #5 is commonly associated with effects such as relaxed, heavy body, sleepy and euphoric. Effects are subjective and vary with the dose, the way cannabis is taken and the individual — this is sensory guidance, not a guarantee.
Northern Lights #5 is classified as indica in the SŌMA catalog. These labels are a loose shorthand rather than a precise prediction of effect; studies find they do not reliably track a plant's genetics or chemistry.
By sensory profile, the closest strains in the SŌMA catalog include G13, Big Bud and Allen Iverson. SŌMA matches on aroma, flavour and effect rather than name alone.
Sensory guidance for adults 21+ where legal — not medical or legal advice.