Coming in hot out of Oakland, Fig Farms earns its reputation as one of the premier breeders and cultivators of indoor flavors on the NorCal scene.
Owners Keith and Chloe Healy started the grow in their garage nearly a decade ago, and Mike Doten joined in to help. Together, they run a craft Cannabis facility that turns out some serious heat, easily competing with anything on the top shelf.
I stopped in for a recent visit, and Doten laid out a number of flavors on the table, showing off some new phenos. One particular stunner was the International Orange, a take on Cali Orange, which gave off vibrant, pithy citrus peel aromatics and beautiful bud structure.
But as Doten took to the whiteboard, enthusiastically giving an impromptu and unprompted run down on their approach to pheno hunting and breeding, I couldn’t stop gazing at one strain in particular.
The Strudels
A cross between (Zkittlez x Gelato 41) x Pink Apple, the substantial dark green flowers sparkle like the night sky if it were dusted with seemingly unending trichomes. The myrcene and linalool-laden terpene profile gives off bright, crisp fruity aromas stacked with spice and ripe, dank undertones of funk in complex layers. One pinch and the buds leave a resinous residue on your fingertips, stamping you with the mouthwatering scent of the Strudels. It’s an energetic but heady conversational smoke, and its flavors linger on the lips.
Strudels is the perfect flower for the arrival of fall, reminiscent of baked apple pastries cooling on the windowsill of a just-cleaned kitchen. It also happens to be Doten’s favorite strain at the moment, and that’s saying something. If you know him, you know he has a platinum palate and excellent taste in flower.
While at the grow, I also had the chance to check out a number of phenos in a current project that Fig Farms plans to release in the coming months. I won’t talk much about that here, other than to say it’s exciting, and that fans of the Fig will be stoked.
In the meantime, go get yourself some Strudels, and enjoy the changing seasons with a little help from your friends at Fig Farms.
This article was originally published in the October 2024 issue of California Leaf.
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