greenjumble: This is my second successful (12 days away!) grow to harvest, and the first with AK-47. I bought the Hawaiian Snow for a pure sativa, and intended to get the AK for the pure indica, based on the stated flower time (47 days listed on gypsy) and described characteristics (as you mention, mostly indica-like).
But I've never seen a flowering time listed anywhere under 50 days, and after some looking I found the same seeds with 56-63 days listed on another site. So I did a little
more research and it appears that originally it was a sativa dominant mix but under subsequent breeding it has crossed the line to slightly indica dominant. I've decided to pull at day 56.
At the recent High Times Cannabis Cup (HTCC) 2003, there was some confusion about the fact that Simon entered AK-47 in the Indica Cup for the first time, instead of the Sativa Cup like before, in which the AK had gained several Cup honours, always being considered a mostly Sativa. But the above-mentioned Sativa/Indica relation of 50:50 allows for reclassifying AK-47 every time new results in the breeding process have lead to dominant outer traits of either the Sativa or the Indica type. Because after having finished a new strain and releasing it to the market, Simon uses to keep on working on the genetic formula and partly rebuilds the strains after some years by using previously unused material within the same genetic line as new parent, thus refreshing genetics. The trade-mark characteristics of the strain are basically maintained thereby, only the accents are shifted a little bit. This practice is the reason why Simon's small, but exclusive seed collection never loses its fascination and dynamics.
I can say it def is shorter and much quicker to flower (it puts out crazy preflowers under 24/0!) than the Hawaiian Snow next to it, but obviously not a complete full blown indica. It has an awesome smell and EVERYTHING is coated in a white frosting!
Serius: I've smoked the Trainwreck (at least that's what the guy was calling it), and maybe it was; it did have that lemon-lime taste - but it made my mind a trainwreck! I couldn't do anything after smoking that. Def a winner tho...
Dutch: I had the pleasure about 7 years ago (supply is shit here) of smoking Kali Mist - and I would have to say it's my favorite all time smoke so far. It's my next strain, however I've heard that the original KM from Serious Seeds was "improved" by adding some indica to the mix to shorten the flower time. Supposedly the Western Winds from Sagamartha is the closest to the original you can still get. I personally am willing to wait 12 weeks to Send My Mind...
