When people say they’re from Seattle, it means something, as so many transplants have arrived in the Emerald City over the last 20 years. We call these OG’s mossbacks because they’ve been here so long that the moss figuratively grows from the neck to the cracks in the sidewalk. There’s few stoner mossbacks in the legal weed game who’ve been grinding as long as Sky High Gardens, which began cultivating in Seattle in 2015 and have stayed independent and focused on growing clean, craft cuts of fire through a decade of change for the city and industry.
Their newest strain pays homage to the streets where it all began, the SODO GMO, which is a delectable and powerful cross between GMO and Maple Leaf Indica. Bred by lead grower Lee Gentry, who has kept a stable of old-school genetics like the Maple Leaf, OG Headband and Super Silver Stardawg, this new incarnation of GMO is the best in the 206. Blending the true classic Maple Leaf Indica with a staple like GMO combines for a strain that blends as well as peanut butter and jelly, earning top marks in looks, flavor and effect.
Juicy and foxtailed, these thick nugs glisten from the jar with visible trichomes, teasing the mind with scentsations – pun intended — waiting to be released. First notes rush over the senses with a woosh of GMO funky gas and a sour, maple syrup and piney spice that captivate the olfactory glands. Complex and heavy notes ooze from these chunky buds as they’re broken up, leaving fingers sticky from a fluffy but dense nug that loads easily. Ripping into a bowl like a Ken Griffey Jr. home run sends a rush of sweet and sour GMO directly into the frontal lobes, melting the mind into a puddle of euphoria above a relaxed and happy body.
Repeated tokes amplify these effects like the wave going round the stadium; each time getting a little bigger and louder, until an explosion of chillaxed Indica rips through the mind like homerun fireworks reverberating in the Dome. The smooth, burning flower coats the palate in mapley GMO, making it hard to stop smoking, until a final hit frees the mind and body from stress, pain and most thoughts in general and a happy state of bliss takes over the senses for hours of peaceful relief.
Take a trip to memory lane and hit a downtown-style homerun with the SODO GMO by Sky High Gardens, a true Seattle classic, down to the roots.
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This article was originally published in the December 2025 issue of Northwest Leaf.
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