I grew some of Soma Seeds Somango from feminized seeds.
Maybe out of bad luck/conditions I got a lot of hermies and ended up with two all female plants to play with.
The two plants expressed two quite different phenotypes so I'll give 2 reports.
Somango (#1): I call this the BSK pheno after Sakuraba's posts.
Phenotype: Thin to medium wide leaves & farily sativa growth structure. Medium green leaves. Responded well to topping producing a lot of side branches each capable of producing a good sized bud. Fairly long internodes but acceptable. Buds are 80% white hairs. Looked lovely. Vigor: Quite vigorous.
Nutrients: Doesn�t like a lot of nutrients early on in cycle. Lower leaves yellowed a lot and required some extra N during flowering. Breeder claims it prefers organic nutes. Probably recommend feeding with Earth Juice throughout.
Smell: Strong. Pleasant lemony/tropical fruit smell. Very nice.
Yield: First plant from seeds is avarage. Not a cash croppper.
Potency: 8/10
High: Smoke tests indicate a strong up high. Very EUPHORIC and fairly sociable. You can feel the edge of the Sativa in it but mixed with something more dazing producing a dreamy body glow. whilst still keepin you fairly alert. Progresses to a more relaxed state. Continued smoking eventually makes one sleepy. Would not want to operate heavy machinery after a couple of J�s. Very nice smoke.
Hangover?: The body element to the stone definitely delivers a dope hangover the next day.
Overall: A good plant. Yield was not bad. The smell is LOVELY and smoke is definitely potent. Worth growing as a high-quality balanced head/body smoke. I was wanting and expecting a slightly more up smoke. But this stuff is perfect for smoking whilst listening to music - very rushy.
Somango#2: I call this the Jack Herer pheno for reasons above.
Phenotype: Medium to wide leaves. Poor topping attempt failed and plant carried on to produce the classic indica Christmas-tree shap. Medium internodes.
Vigor: Fairly vigorous but nothing special. Nutrients: Grew well on potting soil + one feed during veg. Some yellowing during flowering. Doesn�t like too many nutes. Breeder recommends organic nutes, I agree.
Smell: Strong pleasant tropical mango smell but more minty than the other plant. Not a security risk as far as smell goes.
Yield: First plant from seed is on the low side. Potency: 7/10
High: This is quite unusual weed. The high is quite speedy and electric. Mellows off to a very alert stone. Not remotely sleepy. I could smoke a bowl & go right out & deal with people (quite possibly the police) after smoking this � can�t be sure it this is due to slight lack of potency or not. Doesn�t appear to have any comedown at all.
Overall: I was surprised that the indy looking plant had the more speedy high. Maybe this plant would do better grown from a clone but the yield looks pretty low. The high certainly fits a niche - a real mellow-head-stone weed: nice smell/taste and virtuallty zero body stone. Ideal for toking at a party when you want to feel smoothed off but not out of it. Have to wait & see how it cures. I suspect it'll gain more body.