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Russian Snow Hybrid
Hybrid

Russian Snow

White Widow × AK-49

How to grow it
Median THC
18.4%
Flowering
8–10 weeks (~56–70 days)

What labs found

Median THC
18.4%
Typical range
14.4–24.0%
Lab tests
294
States
2

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Most of these tests come from one producer, so they may say more about that grower than the strain.

Flower tested under this name in legal US markets, 2020–2025. The range covers the middle 90% of tests. Growers and labs vary, so a given jar can fall outside it. Data: Jikomes & Zoorob (CC0), Cannabis Wise Guys (CC BY 4.0), Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0).

About Russian Snow

Russian Snow is a hybrid cross combining White Widow and AK-49. Known for coffee, diesel, earthy aromatics.

In grower catalogs and dispensary menus, Russian Snow is documented as a hybrid cross combining White Widow and AK-49. State lab records track Russian Snow across 2 legal markets between 2020 and 2025, with a large share of tested flower batches originating from a single regional cultivator. Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 8–10 weeks (~56–70 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.

Aroma and flavor

Jars of Russian Snow are most often described as showing roasted coffee, sharp fuel and diesel, earthy, soil-like depth and dried black and green tea. Chemotype data points to earthy, herbal myrcene, crisp, forest-like pinene and peppery beta-caryophyllene as the primary aromatic drivers, with batch-to-batch variation depending on cultivation and curing.

Reported effects

Consumers commonly report a lighthearted, giggly mood, an active, energetic lift and an elevated, euphoric mood, making Russian Snow a frequent pick for daytime sessions, creative work, or social settings. The most commonly noted downsides are dry mouth and dry eyes.

Specs

Growing

Grower notes
Photoperiod cuts typically finish flowering in 8–10 weeks (~56–70 days) under indoor or greenhouse lighting.

The flower

Flavour
Coffee, Diesel, Earthy, Herbal
Aroma
Roasted coffee, sharp fuel and diesel, earthy, soil-like depth
Terpenes
Dominant terpenes: myrcene, pinene, caryophyllene
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Family tree

Russian Snow is reported as White Widow × AK-49.

  • Parents
  • Grandparents
  • As reported, not a genetic test

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