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

conor c

conor c

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GWilliamsCannabis said:
As someone who wasn't smoking until the early 2000s I'd agree with you.

Most of the strains everyone is chasing weren't considered top strains by connoisseur smokers at the time.....they were the "cookies" of their time periods; aka the most popular strain....very commercialized.....and more of what the connoisseur smoker avoided unless they could get a small batch grow because in small batch grows those commercialized strains become elites
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Id say once they won cups or got a rep they were more sought after tho like masterkush did for example
 
Week4@inCharge

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conor c said:
Seeds always are thats why there the best you never know till you pop it and see what u gonna get
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Took me a couple years to get this pheno hunt dialogue, I had to see it with my own eyes, you pop from the same bag and get two, three entirely different plants.. kinda cool you can pick from the best and keep it going once your cognizant of the whole process.
 
conor c

conor c

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Week4@inCharge said:
Took me a couple years to get this pheno hunt dialogue, I had to see it with my own eyes, you pop from the same bag and get two, three entirely different plants.. kinda cool you can pick from the best and keep it going once your cognizant of the whole process.
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Yeah especially with things with a wide genetic pool shit be all over the place
 
Week4@inCharge

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Boatguy said:
Imagine the clones... That kind of thing takes up some serious space
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When you get to that level, hard to imagine. He ended up selling that "one" for $1000 a clone in Colorado, sold out on one day, folks came from around the world to grab a clone.
 
Houstini

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CSI nl5 open pollination. 3
Males 1 female. 12/12 from seed. Ya it exists, pretty stable line from what I can see. Have 80,000 lifetimes of my fgeens and crosses from that release. You can say whatever you want about it, but flavor is all sorts of seatttle ‘97 just saying, it’s alive and well and being preserved vigilantly
 
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TheWholeTruth

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I wouldnt say nl5 and 5hz wasnt good at the time and wasnt hunted by connesuers it dominated the market and still does today as its a large part of todays genetics. It was the nl especialy the c1 clone they asked not to be entered into the cup no more cuz it was ahead by miles. Even the very first hightimes cup it was the nl that was more potent than the sk1, but the judges picked sk1 cuz of the hype that the team brought with them for sk1

No one has the c1 nl#5 cutting no more, some of what goes round as nl5 the bud dont even look anywere near the same as what come from the c1 clone. The c1 wasnt easy to grow to peak, but if you grew it right and dried and cured it right it would come out dank for mostly a pure hash making strain.
 
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Week4@inCharge

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TheWholeTruth said:
I wouldnt say nl5 and 5hz wasnt good at the time and wasnt hunted by connesuers it dominated the market and still does today as its a large part of todays genetics. It was the nl especialy the c1 clone they asked not to be entered into the cup no more cuz it was ahead by miles. Even the very first hightimes cup it was the nl that was more potent than the sk1, but the judges picked sk1 cuz of the hype that the team brought with them for sk1

No one has the c1 nl#5 cutting no more, some of what goes round as nl5 the bud dont even look anywere near the same as what come from the c1 clone. The c1 wasnt easy to grow to peak, but if you grew it right and dried and cured it right it would come out dank for mostly a pure hash making strain.
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It is Cervantes favorite all time strain..that has to say something...no?
 
Boatguy

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TheWholeTruth said:
I wouldnt say nl5 and 5hz wasnt good at the time and wasnt hunted by connesuers it dominated the market and still does today as its a large part of todays genetics. It was the nl especialy the c1 clone they asked not to be entered into the cup no more cuz it was ahead by miles. Even the very first hightimes cup it was the nl that was more potent than the sk1, but the judges picked sk1 cuz of the hype that the team brought with them for sk1

No one has the c1 nl#5 cutting no more, some of what goes round as nl5 the bud dont even look anywere near the same as what come from the c1 clone. The c1 wasnt easy to grow to peak, but if you grew it right and dried and cured it right it would come out dank for mostly a pure hash making strain.
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I will never forget smoking nl5 and nl5hz somewhere around 1997/8, after that everything else started showing up and it kind of went away. I wouldnt say that nl5 or any version now reminds me of then in any way. AK47 is another that has lost its traits over the years
 
shorelineOG

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Back in the day Northern Lights seeds were advertised as low odor.
I grew a most of stuff from Sensi, Nirvana and Flying Dutchman early 2000s.
Northern Lights was alright, the crosses were better.
Strains that were better than NL
Blue Mystic
Bubbleberry
AK 47
Pot of Gold
Skunk/haze
Hindu Kush
White Rhino
Afghan
 
Boatguy

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shorelineOG said:
Back in the day Northern Lights seeds were advertised as low odor.
I grew a most of stuff from Sensi, Nirvana and Flying Dutchman early 2000s.
Northern Lights was alright, the crosses were better.
Strains that were better than NL
Blue Mystic
Bubbleberry
AK 47
Pot of Gold
Skunk/haze
Hindu Kush
White Rhino
Afghan
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Pre 2000 white widow, purps, jack h, and orange bud were some missing from your list. The first time i smoked white widow i was convinced i was smoking something laced, ak gave me the same feeling
 
Bodyne

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quiescent said:
It depends what northern lights you're looking for.

Looking for pinesol type smells from NL2, chem #4 or the "pure" OG cuts, s1/2/3, are basically the modern version. A touch of hashplant tossed into both, likely.

NL5 sweet-fruit-citrus type stuff is out there but not much of it has as nice of a buzz as NL would. So much of that terpene profile is filled with stuff geared towards hash because heavy smokers can't smoke enough of the flowers to get their desired effect.

There's good stuff coming out today but there's a reason why people are yearning for the old stuff.
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It’s disappointing sometimes. I’ve popped some Hawaiian lights looking currently. Sensi star, Ak, bubblegum, none are the same. In 84-90, friend would plant the nl clones just outside our county lines in the Ozarks , always had harvest party. I remember the power buzz over everything else, it hit hard fast and had legs. But no terps by today’s standards, but I’m a potency over terp kind of guy. I agree fully with your consensus, I like certain ones from the past, but I can’t live without chem d and legend, but I sure like to add that ole nl in there too.
 
shorelineOG

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Boatguy said:
Pre 2000 white widow, purps, jack h, and orange bud were some missing from your list. The first time i smoked white widow i was convinced i was smoking something laced, ak gave me the same feeling
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I grew a few of the white strains.. White Russian , White Widow and Rhino.
Rhino was my favorite based on flavor and strength.
A lot of guys were traveling to Amsterdam and we chose strains based off their recommendations .
 
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