Does the Northern Lights #5 from the 90’s still exist?

curious2garden

curious2garden

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jimihendrix1 said:
Todd McCormick is going to have NL2 seeds for sale in not very long. Looks killer too. He has photos on Instagram.
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LOL I went over there to gawk and ended up buying the Skunk #1 and the Original Haze! Because god knows I need to flower something for a half a year. Completely forgot about the NL #2 when I saw the Original Haze LOL. F'n stoner tricks.
 
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RocketBoy

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budtoker221 said:
quote from the 1990 The Seed Bank Catalogue intro:

“We are proud to announce that after 8 generations of selective breeding we are now able to reproduce our Northern Lights #5 from seed. This is the breakthrough indoor and outdoor growers have been waiting for for a long time. This current outdoor season will be devoted to mass-producing Northern Lights #5 seeds for the 1991 season. As a breeder I consider this to be my greatest achievement yet. Look out for this one, it will change the world.”

I wonder if they ever made those seeds?
AFAIK the 1990 was their last catalogue.
In that catalogue they did however offer this version of “Northern lights” “5x2”:

“Northern Lights 5x2 F-1 hybrid
This F-1 hybrid between the resin champ NL#5 and the wonderful NL #2 has made many indoor growers very happy. The plants are short, stocky. vigorous and high-yielding, truly one of the best all-around indoor plants in our collection. It has a nice juniper berry taste along with abundant resin and a great high. “

Is this the version that went on to become the classic version from the 90s?
Apparently when The Seed Bank changed to Sensi Seeds their original offerings were just called “Nothern Lights” and dropped the numbers.
This juniper berry version sounds amazing tho, I wonder if there’s any versions today that have a juniper berry flavor.
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According to Mel, the 89 Northern Lights #5 descends from Nevil's NL#5 Bx8 project.
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conor c

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RocketBoy said:
Again Nevil did not make NL#2 but received it.

NL#2 does have similar traits to what I would say is Thai but I've also found those same traits in pure Landrace Hindu Kush, so ‍:?:.

NL#2/R2 by D & 89NL by AKBB (which I believe is pure NL#2)
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Nope im afraid we gotta Agree to disagree there mate i aint seen anything concrete to prove otherwise so as far as im concerned nevil created nl2 other than bs stories ive never even heard anyone try to dispute this except you u can go ahead and listen to the Nl crew if you want but they only change there story 3 or 4 times depending on who you ask so i know who id trust make up your own mind of course
 
GoatSoup

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I don't know about the "Old Skool" NL but I grew one back in '18 and '19 that grew well and was damned compact. When I first tried it, I was not impressed, (poor cure). I had filled all my mason jars and had a bunch of larff that I stuffed in a plastic bag and then put in a five gal bucket and left it for a couple of years, while I tried out the jarred stuff.
Come this year I finally got to the bag and picked out some good sized buds. It was kinda dry soe I added some water to the bag, so it would burn slower and after it stabilized, it turned in to some very smooth mind stretch!
I'm going to fire up some of the old jarred stuff right now to see if the jarred is getting better after some re hydration too.
Pretty smooth now. Two hits before the cough came but it is lifting my mood! :bigjoint:
 
conor c

conor c

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GoatSoup said:
I don't know about the "Old Skool" NL but I grew one back in '18 and '19 that grew well and was damned compact. When I first tried it, I was not impressed, (poor cure). I had filled all my mason jars and had a bunch of larff that I stuffed in a plastic bag and then put in a five gal bucket and left it for a couple of years, while I tried out the jarred stuff.
Come this year I finally got to the bag and picked out some good sized buds. It was kinda dry soe I added some water to the bag, so it would burn slower and after it stabilized, it turned in to some very smooth mind stretch!
I'm going to fire up some of the old jarred stuff right now to see if the jarred is getting better after some re hydration too.
Pretty smooth now. Two hits before the cough came but it is lifting my mood! :bigjoint:
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Should be sleepy shit too left that long lol
 
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Ilikesnacks

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conor c said:
Nope im afraid we gotta Agree to disagree there mate i aint seen anything concrete to prove otherwise so as far as im concerned nevil created nl2 other than bs stories ive never even heard anyone try to dispute this except you u can go ahead and listen to the Nl crew if you want but they only change there story 3 or 4 times depending on who you ask so i know who id trust make up your own mind of course
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From Deep Ellum Seeds-

Nevil used an indica from Jim Ortega, called kush4, which he (Nevil) crossed with NL from the 2nd bag of NL he got from greg mcalister.
Nl2 x kush4.. nevil then backcrosses the f1 (nl2 x nl2/kush4). Nevil then inbred this.
 
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RocketBoy

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Ilikesnacks said:
From Deep Ellum Seeds-

Nevil used an indica from Jim Ortega, called kush4, which he (Nevil) crossed with NL from the 2nd bag of NL he got from greg mcalister.
Nl2 x kush4.. nevil then backcrosses the f1 (nl2 x nl2/kush4). Nevil then inbred this.
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Nevil inbred NL#2 before he added Kush4, which is what Nevil sold as NL#2 F3. Nevil never got the chance to backcross NL#2/K4 to NL#2 because he got busted.

I like Rob and the Deep Ellum guys be they need to do better research before stating "facts".


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conor c

conor c

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RocketBoy said:
Nevil inbred NL#2 before he added Kush4, which is what Nevil sold as NL#2 F3. Nevil never got the chance to backcross NL#2/K4 to NL#2 because he got busted.

I like Rob and the Deep Ellum guys be they need to do better research before stating "facts".


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Basically sounds like if this is true the nl2 he got wasnt up to much so required improvement?
 
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Todd Mccormick is selling in agseeds some nl #2 f2, purest indica (#1) f2, #5 f2 and 1# x #5 (hawaiian lights). JJ_nyc says Nevile was gifted the NL clone by Seattle Greg on 94.

Todd Mccormickis confirmed by Seattle Greg has the same cuts, and JJ_NYC was shilling his seeds, certifing all of this.

I bought a #2 f2 pack and a pack of Hawaiian Lights (#5 x #1) x #5.

Bargain

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