TL;DR
- Lean: Indica-dominant hybrid (60/40), 22 to 27 percent THC
- Flavor: Sour pepper, gas, pine, floral cream
- Effect: Clean head pressure, slow body settle. Mellow with a quiet uplift.
- Best for: Late afternoons, after-dinner sessions, last bowl of the night
- Bottom line: The pheno 23 sister to Narco, frostier and tighter, gas-and-pepper instead of candy
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Strain Overview
Sicario is the other keeper from the same Project 4516 x West MAC pheno hunt that produced Narco. Where Narco is pheno #6, Sicario is pheno #23, and they read like siblings: same parents, same family resemblance, distinctly different fingerprint. Sicario runs frostier, tighter, more pine-and-pepper-forward, with a deeper purple expression in cool finishes.
She belongs on the connoisseur shelf. Gas and floral, not candy and dessert. The bag appeal alone, frost layer, violet calyxes, tight architecture, sells her on a craft menu. The smoke backs the bag up. Run her next to Narco and you have a same-cross, two-pheno pairing that markets itself.
Quick Facts For Smokers
| Price | $69 (free 2-day shipping) |
| THC | 22-27% |
| Dominant terpenes | Caryophyllene, humulene, pinene, limonene |
| Lineage | Project 4516 (Gelato 45 x Platinum Puff) x West MAC |
| Breeder | Pheno-hunt selection from Project 4516 x West MAC, Grandiflora and Capulator parent stock |
Quick Facts For Growers
| Flowering time | 9-10 weeks indoor |
| Yield | Medium to high in well-managed rooms |
| Difficulty | Intermediate to advanced |
| Climate | Indoor, light dep, outdoor |
Lineage and History: Same Hunt, Different Pheno
Project 4516 is Grandiflora’s Gelato 45 x Platinum Puff, the indica-leaner that anchored E85, Ya Hemi, OG 85, and Project Cake. She brings purple, dense flower, a caryophyllene-and-limonene panel, and a happy-then-relaxing curve.
West MAC is the West Coast cut of Capulator’s MAC, originally Alien Cookies x the Colombian-Starfighter “Miracle 15” male. MAC is famous for 50/50 hybrid balance, extreme resin output, and a chemmy, peppery, lightly floral profile. The West selection runs slightly more sativa-forward and frost-heavy than Cap’s original.
Cross those two and run a hunt and you get multiple keepers. Pheno #6 became Narco. Pheno #23 became Sicario. The two siblings share half their lineage and almost none of the small details that matter on a shelf, terpene emphasis, internodal spacing, color. Run a question-mark seed pheno of this cross and you might land near her. Run the verified #23 and you land on her.
Flavor and Aroma
The jar reads sour pepper, gas, and pine on the top. The middle resolves into a soft floral cream, and a faint chem-funk background sits behind everything else. Crack a fresh bag and the immediate impression is gas-forward and chemmy, with the pine and pepper resolving second. There is a sweet-floral component that shows up more on the smoke than in the dry nose.
On the inhale she lands peppery and gassy with a clean pine edge. The exhale opens into floral cream and a warming, slightly chemmy finish that lingers on the back of the palate. Smoke is dense and oily, smooth at proper cure. Concentrate runs from this cut throw a complex savory-floral terpene profile that holds up cleanly through extraction.
This is connoisseur shelf, not candy shelf. If you smoke MAC, GMO, OG, or 4516, you already know the territory. If you came in chasing pure sweetness, you came to the wrong strain.
Effects and What to Expect
Onset is moderate, ten to fifteen minutes in. The first thing you feel is a clear pressure behind the eyes paired with a slow, settling relaxation through the upper body. Compared to her Narco sibling, Sicario runs slightly more head-engaged early, the lift holds a beat longer before the body weight takes over.
Mid-session she is mellow with a quiet uplift. More present and engaged than pure indica-dominant strains, more talkative at moderate doses than Narco at the same dose. At higher doses the body weight wins, the headspace quiets, and the back half pulls firmly toward couch and eventual sleep.
Time-of-day, she is a late-afternoon or evening strain. Too body-leaning for a wake-and-bake, comfortable in the after-work or after-dinner slot, sleepy enough late that some smokers keep her as the last session of the night.
Growing Sicario
Pheno #23 runs medium height with strong lateral branching, dense frost-heavy bud production, and slightly tighter internodal spacing than Narco. That tighter structure makes her a strong SCROG and trellis candidate by default. Stretch through weeks 1-3 of flower runs moderate, with the West MAC side pulling somewhat upward through early bloom.
Flower runs 9-10 weeks indoor, most phenos finishing cleanly inside that window. Yields land medium to high in well-managed rooms, and resin output is heavy enough that she is a strong concentrate candidate downstream. Outdoor finishes early to mid-October in northern climates. Greenhouse runs benefit from supplemental dehu at the tail end and consistent canopy airflow throughout.
Trellis early, by week 3. Sicario’s cola weight will overwhelm unsupported branches by week 6, and propping branches at week 8 is a problem you do not want. She is a moderate to heavy feeder through stretch, then tapers in the back half. Cal-Mag through weeks 3-6 keeps resin production clean and prevents the upper-canopy yellowing this kind of pheno otherwise throws.
Hold humidity at 45-50% in late flower. The dense, frost-heavy buds are rot-prone above 55%, and dehu plus airflow matters more than nutrient adjustment at that point. For the purple-and-lavender expression, run a 10-15F day-night swing in the last 14 days, aim for night lows in the mid-60s F. Cure 21 days minimum. The pepper-floral-cream balance only resolves with a proper cure, smoke her too early and you get raw gas without the supporting notes.
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If You Like Sicario, Try
- Speaker Knockerz: another Cookies-family stablemate, denser bag appeal with a similar finish.
- Farmer’s Daughter: stays in the dessert lane, slightly heavier on the body with a different front.
- The Flyin Hawaiian: a sister dessert cut, swap the host’s expression for a different cream-and-cake tilt.
FAQ
Is Sicario indica or sativa?
Indica-dominant, roughly 60/40. The body weight and sleepy back end sit firmly on the indica side, though the head-engagement at moderate doses is a touch more present than in straight indicas.
How long does Sicario take to flower?
9-10 weeks indoor, most phenos finishing at week 9 with the option to push to week 10 for full amber and full purple. Outdoor harvest in northern climates lands early to mid-October.
What does Sicario smell and taste like?
Sour pepper, gas, and pine up top with a floral-cream middle and a faint chemmy background. Smoke is peppery gas with a pine edge on the inhale, floral cream and warming chem on the exhale.
How is Sicario different from Narco?
Same parents, different pheno. Narco is #6, Sicario is #23. Sicario runs frostier, tighter on internodal spacing, and more pine-pepper-leaning. Narco runs slightly gassier on the citr
