KGB - Marijuana Strain Spotlight


- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - FEBRUARY 2012 - Blue Dream [Santa Cruz Medical] Blue Dream originated in Northern California, where DJ Short's Blueberry was crossed with a Haze (possibly Silver Haze) plant from the Santa Cruz area. The resulting strain is a sativa...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - JANUARY 2012 - Chiesel [Big Buddha Seeds] The Chiesel project started in 2006 when friend and master breeder Soma gifted Big Buddha some of his legendary New York City Diesel in seed form. Out of these seeds, Big Buddha...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - DECEMBER 2011 - Dutch Haze [Dutch Passion] Haze strains have a loyal fan base, and with good reason. Hazes are known for their smooth transition into a soaring lucid, cerebral, and extraordinarily euphoric high. The main down...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - NOVEMBER 2011 - Super Lemon Haze [Green House Seeds] The Super Lemon Haze is a superstar. This strain has swept first prize in Amsterdam's Cannabis Cup for two consecutive years (2008 and 2009), also taking second in the Sativa Cup...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - OCTOBER 2011 - Crippled Pit [Stoney Girl Gardens] The puzzle of the enigmatically named Crippled Pit, also known as "Crippit", is solved when you realize that it takes one name from each of its parents. "Crippled" comes from the Crippled Rhino...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - SEPTEMBER 2011 - Querkle [TGA Seeds] The name "Querkle" is a clever twist on this indica-dominant strain's heritage. The mother strain is the Purple Urkle, a memorable Pacific Northwest strain that is easily recognized for her...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - AUGUST 2011 - Lemon Skunk [DNA Genetics] The Lemon Skunk is all about selection. This addition to the venerable skunk family is a cross between two skunks that were selected especially for lemon characteristics...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - JULY 2011 - L.A.P.D. [California Bean Bank] L.A.P.D. stand for LA Confidential Purple Diesel, which incorporates the names of both parents for this strain while giving this strain an unmistakably West coast address. LA Confidential...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - JUNE 2011 - N.Y.P.D. [Nirvana Seeds] The New York Power Diesel (NYPD) is an indoor power strain with a radical mix of Sativa Mexicana father and Afghan/Dutch indica mama. The Nirvana addition to the diesel family stays close to the...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - MAY 2011 - AMS [Green House Seeds] If you've ever had the pleasure of traveling to Amsterdam, then you may already recognize AMS as the airport code for the Amsterdam airport, since it also appears in bold letters on the tag attached to your luggage...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - APRIL 2011 - Skunk Haze [Ceres Seeds] The Skunk Haze is a straightforward combo of two classic strains, each with their own strong fan base. The Haze has become a widely used addition to hybrids because people appreciate its unique soaring, lucid, happy high...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - MARCH 2011 - Cheesus [Big Buddha Seeds] When Buddha and Godbud mix it up with the Cheese, it seems only fitting that their progeny would be none other than Cheesus. This strain was developed by young bloods in the Amsterdam breeding scene...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - FEBRUARY 2011 - Caramella [Greenhouse Seed Co.] Caramella is a stable, mostly indica hybrid with long colas and fresh caramel scent that accounts for her storybook name. Bred for the last 15 years with much success, she was selectively backcrossed for taste and a high...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - JANUARY 2011 - Hawaiian Haze [Greenhouse Seed Co.] Hawaiian Haze's name tells its story of origins. This combination of a renowned Hawaiian island sativa with a Haze / indica hybrid has produced a pleasing tropical smoke with the smell of freshly cut flowers. Although Hawaiian haze contains some indica, the growth time, the high and the plant's structure all show strong sativa characteristics...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - DECEMBER 2010 - Sour Diesel IBL [Reservoir Seeds] This strain's heritage draws on North American Dead Tour genetics that bring together New England and the Rockies of Colorado. Reservoir created an IBL, or "inbred line" over three years' time in order to produce a uniform strain from a plant that was only available as a kick-ass clone. The Sour Diesel IBL has been crossed with itself to stabilize the line into a sativa...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - NOVEMBER 2010 - Cinderella 99 [Gypsy Nirvana] Cinderella 99 received her name because, like the well-known fairly tale heroine, she is a high-class girl with humble origins. Originally, the Brothers Grimm developed the F1 generation of Cinderella 99, but they discontinued their business, making the strain unavailable. Gypsy Nirvana commissioned the breeders at nirvana to produce the F2 generation...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - OCTOBER 2010 - Cannalope Haze [DNA Genetics] Cannalope Haze is the sativa gardener's ideal synthesis. DNA began with a qulity sativa, then backcrossed and selected to achieve a shorter season and higher yield than is typical of these equatorial natives. This plant has pure sativa roots with a hint of haze mixed in, and finishes in a speedy 8-9 weeks. Outdoors, she finishes at the end of October when grown in California...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - SEPTEMBER 2010 - Australian Blue [Homegrown Fantaseeds] Australian Blue crosses homegrown Fantaseeds' prize-winning strain, Blue Haze, with an Australian sativa given to them in 1999 by some friends from down under. Australia is well known as one of the great global spots for sativas. Blue's 90% sativa mother, the "Duck" or "Boesi" strain, contributes a classic sativa high and the clean musk of a lemon grove to this hybrid...(More)
- STRAIN SPOTLIGHT - AUGUST 2010 - White Russian [Serious Seeds] White Russian combines AK-47 with the White Widow to produce a snowy plant with a pleasantly sweet aroma and a strong, clear high. It was not until much later that Serious Seeds breeder, Simon, became aware of the alcoholic cocktail by the same name. This easy-to-grow plant works equally well in soil or hydro...(More)
- JULY 2010 - Mazar [Dutch Passion] Named for the cannabis growing center in Afghanistan, Maza-I-Shariff, this variety derives from a resinous indica descended from marijuana's motherlands, and Skunk #1 mother that adds some of her sativa traits. This plant does well outdoors, in the welcoming climates of Spain or California, but her November finish at Holland's latitude...(More)
- JUNE 2010 - Island Sweet Skunk [Federation Seed Co.] Island Sweet Skunk came to Federation by way of expat Vietnam veterans who settled on Vancouver Island in Western Canada. The parent is a 1970s California Skunk #1 strain which was referred to as "Sweet Skunk". Stabilized outdoors, Island Sweet Skunk remains Federation's most prolific variety with outdoor yields averaging a pound per plant...(More)
- MAY 2010 - Hash Plant [Sensi Seeds] Hash Plant derives from the famed indoor Hash Plant cutting that traveled to Holland from the Northwest U.S. in the 1980's. This hybrid was crossed to one of the three genotypes of the super Afghanis, Northern Lights #1, to produce an impressively strong indica specimen...(More)
- APRIL 2010 - OG Kush [DNA Genetics] The "Original Gangster" OG Kush comes from the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles and is considered to be the strain that put Southern California buds on par with the flowers coming from up North. Developed over three generations and years of stabilizing as well as developing the perfect fertilizer / food for this parrticular strain, resulted in a phenomenal...(More)
- MARCH 2010 - Double Dutch [Medifarm] Double Dutch mixes mixes the genetics of the Warlock male with a pre-2000 Chronic female, two popular native Dutch varieties. The Warlock - Magus Genetics' foundation strain - is a branchy plant with a pleasurable scent. Chronic, a strain developed by Serious Seeds in the 1990s, forms massive colas. Their offspirng, Double Dutch, shows its indica...(More)
- FEBRUARY 2010 - Ultra Skunk [Medifarm] This Big Bud x Skunk cross is a classic hybrid. Although thousands of varieties have been offered since this was created in the 1980s, Ultra Skunk remains one of the most dynamic plants for both indoor and outdoor gardeners. It is strong and vigorous and wants to produce, even under adverse conditions...(More)
- JANUARY 2010 - Granddaddy Purple (GDP) [Apothecary] Apothecary specializes in creating medical strains. They have been growing and refining this all-indica variety for five years. Her ancestors have grown in the hills of Northern California for over two decades, where her phenotypes have been known by many different names including Grape Ape, Purple Erkel, and Grandaddy Grape Ape...(More)
- DECEMBER 2009 - Chocolope [DNA Genetics] With Chocolope, DNA Genetics continues their project of creating tasty short-flowering sativas and reviving the classic features of old school Thai stick. The strain's father, Cannalope, is a sativa line backcrossed for fast finishing. DNA refined this feature still further, then crossed a Cannalope male with an Original Chocolate Thai female...(More)
- NOVEMBER 2009 - CannaSutra [Delta-9 Labs] CannaSutra is the flagship strain of Delta-9 Labs. This F1 hybrid has a good yield, a sweet aroma and a stimulating sativa high that retains the lucidity of its Reclining Buddha parent. While a stronger indoor performer, this strain can also be grown outdoors in moderate to hot climates. She likes lots of food, but is sensitive to overwatering...(More)
- OCTOBER 2009 - Blueberry [DJ Short Seeds] While Blueberry is a sativa / indica mix, it is subjectively considered a mostly indica cross. The name is obviously related to the flavor of the finished product, but also fits with the cool blue hues of the plant and buds, which will pale to a lavender blue in the curing and drying process...(More)
- SEPTEMBER 2009 - Kali Mist [Serious Seeds] Kali Mist was developed in the early 1990s, when many primo sativas from mysterious origins were gathered and selectively bred. Kali has had a series of fathers, creating slight differences based on time period. Seeds first sold under this name strongly resembled the typical Southeast Asian sativa, but an interim father in the 1990s gave the offspring a more Afghani look...
- AUGUST 2009 - Sour Diesel [Reservoir Seeds] Beyond the citrus end of the pot palate spectrum lies a sour lemon tang tending toward the heay pungency of an open drum of diesel. This odor is so strong is Reservoir's Sour Diesel strain that it may need to be masked during growing if stealth is a goal or necessity. Even when dried and carried in a pocket, these buds are smell yenough to raise suspicions...(More)
- JULY 2009 - Master Kush [Nirvana Seeds] First called High-Rise, Master Kush was developed in one of the tall buildings of south Amsterdam. The coffeeshops instantly fell in love with this bud. A vigorous plant, Master Kushy thrives under most growing conditions, producing well in indoor and greenhouse set-ups. This variety grows into a medium-sized, compact, densely formed plant with sparse, spiky, forest green leaves...(More)
- JUNE 2009 - Hawaiian Sativa [Federation Seed Co.] Hawaiian Sativa has the instincts of a canopy dweller, competing to outgrow surrounding vegetation. Fully stabilized after nearly 30 years of breeding, this variety has been described as "Banana Hawaiian pot" because of her thick, curved buds. Buds have very wispy sativa-like hairs, and elongated calyxes, giving this plant more than the usual number of trichomes...(More)
- MAY 2009 - The Purps [BC Bud Depot] This scrumptious purple plant comes out of Mendocino County, in northern California, where she began as a clone-only plant among the medical marijuana community. BC Bud Depot has developed a stable cross to make Purps seeds available. The Purps is good in indoor and outdoor environments, finishing well in a coastal British Columbia climate...(More)
- FEBRUARY 2009 - Lavender [Soma Seeds] Lavender brings together a world of weed. Strains with historues that traverse Afghanistan, Hawaii, Korea, the U.S., and Europe are all melded together in this 3-way cross. An exotic looking strain, Lavender develops the darkest purple coloration you can imagine. The color is intense, with the leaves turning nearly to black at the ends, they are so deeply saturated with color...(More)
- JANUARY 2009 - Romulan [Federation Seed Company] In the 1970s, this variety was brought from Califronia to British Columbia by a Vietnam veteran, where it was grown on Vancouver Island. It was nicknamed Romulan after people joked that the high "could dent your head," producing ridges like those of Star Trek's warrior-like race with the same name...(More)
- DECEMBER 2008 - Blue Velvet [DJ Short Seeds] Blue Velvet is a "leggy" half sativa - half indica cross, named for her lush appearance. Due to the lineage, this variety has also been known as Blueberry Thai. The Long branches sport lavender-red leaves and the buds have a trademark "fox tail" appearance. The calyxes are large and striped...(More)
- NOVEMBER 2008 - Strawberry Cough [Dutch Passion Seeds] Strawberry Cough is a sweet-flavored indoor variety with just enough indica influence to shorten the typically slow growing time of the semitropical sativa into a 2 month flowering cycle. The creamy berry taste combines with its expansive smoke to deliver a variety worty of its name...(More)
- OCTOBER 2008 - Pot of Gold [The Flying Dutchmen] Pot of Gold is a stable Hybrid. The Hindu Kush mother is a long-maintained pure strain from the mountains of Afghanistan. The Skunk #1 father is a Mexican/Colombian/pure Afghani cross. Both parents of this plant come from California to Holland in 1985 with a legendary cannabis enthusiast and breeder...(More)
- SEPTEMBER 2008 - Kushage [TH Seeds] The parentage of Kushage, OG Kush x S.A.G.E., symbolizes a new era: old-school haze flavors, coupled with new world genetics. This indica/sativa hybrid offers redilient, versatile indica growth and an uplifting haze high. Growers will find Kushage easy, hardy, and good candidate for cloning success - a plant for beginners who want old-pro quality...(More)
- AUGUST 2008 - Chronic [Serious Seeds] Chronic is serious flower power. This easy-to-grow plant can produce up to 600 g per square meter under 600 watt lights; that's a gram per watt. These desirable yields have been achieved with both hydro and soil methods. Hydro methods require less time in vegetative stage, around 3 days, whereas fledglings need about a week to get rooted in soil...(More)
- JULY 2008 - Somango [Soma Seeds] Somango blends the multiple hybrid Jack Herrer with Big Skunk to form the frutiest of all of Soma's strains. Previously known by Soma #5, this complexx cross was renamed for its tropical mango aroma and flavor...(More)
- JUNE 2008 - Purple Kush [Coffeeshop SR-71] This pure indica strain comes from California, where she is considered an "elite clone", meaning that she is only available as a cutting. Not to worry if you are a medical merijuana patient in California - this strain can be found at various despensaries throughout the state. Patients there praise this Purple Kush's deep body stone as a treatment for pain and depression...(More)
- MAY 2008 - White Widow [Greenhouse Seed Company] Since its introduction in 1995, White Widow has become an infamous breed in the world of weed. This variety can be found in almost every coffeeshop in Amsterdam, but while imitation may be the truest form of flattery, the genuine item bears the Greenhouse name...(More)
- APRIL 2008 - AK-47 [Serious Seeds] Despite it's aggressive name, AK-47 has many peaceful tendencies. First bred in 1992, the name suggests the power packed in its dark, resinous, compact buds that bristle with red hairs and glistening trichomes. AK-47 has a spiced aroma bordering on skunk, with a hint of sandalwood, but tastes sweeter and more floral than the smell would lead one to expect...(More)
- MARCH 2008 - MAKO HAZE [Kiwiseeds] The name comes from the Mako shark, an extremely powerful and beautiful creature that frequents the southern latitudes. As one of the fastest fish in the ocean, this ferocious shark can attain swimming speeds of up to 35 kmph and can leap clear of the water to heights of up to 6 meters...(More)
- FEBRUARY 2008 - FRUITY THAI [Ceres Seeds] Fruity Thai is the urban crop with a tropical twist, a blend of sweet Thai sativa with a dense and resinous indica. The combination creates a fresh and sweet "retro" Thai flavor and a clear sativa-style high, combined with a very good, very resinous indica yield. Ceres Seeds searched for a hybrid with sativa properties when it came to flavor and effect...(More)
- JANUARY 2008 - DUTCH DRAGON [Paradise Seeds] Bred by Paradise Seeds in 1994, Dutch Dragon was developed in East Holland by crossing astabilized Skunk/Durban hybrid female with a California indica father. A tall plant of fine sativa quality, Dutch Dragon has superb yields from long sticky colas. The aroma is very fruity and sweet, as is the taste...(More)
- DECEMBER 2007 - BLUE CHEESE [Big Buddha Seeds] Blue Cheese was created by crossing a set of Blueberry males, acquired from several different breeders, with Big Buddha Cheese, the backbone of many of Big Buddha's breeding projects. The resulting seeds were grown out and a male was selected from 40 different Blueberry x Cheese male contestants to be the father of this pungent strain... (More)
- NOVEMBER 2007 - NORTHERN LIGHTS [Big Buddha Seeds] The Northern Lights (NL) is one of the most potent and famous indica varieties. Even though there are a lot of copies circulating around with variations on the name, there are only 3 pure types from the original development of Northern Lights, which Sensi was lucky to acquire. (More)
- OCTOBER 2007 - JACK HERRER [Sensi Seeds] Named for beloved pot author and activist, Sensi's Jack Herrer is truly one of the top hybrids ever created at the Cannabis Castle. The goal was to make a 50 percent Haze cross that kept the properties of this top-rated sativa, while shortening the painful 6 month flowering time that a full-blooded Haze demands. (More)

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