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I am wondering if anyone has tried Nirvana Shiva, and do you have any photos or smoke report. It is supposed to have Indian genetics in it, and it sounds very interesting.
Thanks for the reply motaco. Well, I have a pack of Shiva so I think I may pop a few seeds and see what happens. I haven't heard much about this strain other than Nirvana's description. I guess not to many people have grown it.
Shiva is some spicy herb that can be very potent depending on the pheno. Maybe I could dig pics of my Shivabush later or if I dont have them I could take couple more after I have borrowed camera. I am hearing motaco because I have also smoked Shiva that was quite average indica. All I can say now its spicy herb with fruity undertones and could give you very euphoric high EDIT: Shiva is easy to grow plant and can handle good amounts of nutes. It is very branchy and clones easy in about week depending rooting method! I hope this clears even little
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I grew a few Shivas some years back. I had one that went purple on me and oozed globs of resin. It was some ass kicking smoke. I can't desribe the taste though as many things have crossed my palette. I had some pics on OG of it back in the day. I wish I'd a kept her around, but I was a newbie at the time. I don't know how many prestine plants I passed up in my earlier days of growing due to lack of experience and what to look for. If I only knew then what I know now. This leaf would be a lot sweeter hehe.
Hi I grow most all nirvana strains. Shivas is what i called the chick weed all the girls I smoked it with like it very much and the guys said its ok.The taste was not a common taste. its like a sweet flowerry taste with some spicy to it.The buds where not to tight
but not to lose some where in the middle.Grows very nice full with some branches
the high is a 6.5 on a scale of 1 to 10 10 being best.I will grow this one again some day. I like all the nirvana strains so far that I have tryed. I think there the best bang for the buck at 15.00$ us dollar a pack or 12.50 a pack from seedbay and you get some freebies like I have got in the passed. Here are some of the freebies I have gotten in the passed. Phak,top44,big bud,magic mix.nubulaXkush,skunk#1,sweeth tooth,
durbon poison,mango,and some other along time ago
this is a list of nirvana strain I have grown
Aurora indica
B52
big bud
cali orange bud
citral
hindu kush
jock horror just started
k2 just started
NLXbig bud
NLXshiva
papaya (there best strain I think)
shiva
skunk#1
White rhino
afghan
NL
Top44 (its like red bull drink)uplifting buzz made me clean my house
AK48
Blue mystic
Bubblelicious
chrystal
ice
misty (in the top 5)
nirvana special (just started)
pure power plant (not to much power)I was not big in to the taste
white widows
durban poison
These strains I have seeds for and will try outdoors this spring
Early bud
early girl
early misty
holland hope
purple power
swiss miss
hope this helps. any Q about any of these strain from anyone just ask and i will tell you what i know of them if i have try it out (FishMan)
I grow Shiva last year. But the HGF Version. It was a very potent indica,lots of of resin on buds and leaves.
Avery easy Grow,tolerates lots of nutes.its a very bushy Plant,dont cut it in the veg phase,strech is moderate. i switches the plants by 15cm to 12/12 ended up after 60 day of flowering by ca 60 cm.
Taste is spicy with a touch of sweetness, a top smoke fo the indica lover.
a very good strain from HGF toghether with the Citral,Afghan x Widow and Shiva x Afghani
Well, I have a pack of Shiva so I think I may pop a few seeds and see what happens. I haven't heard much about this strain other than Nirvana's description. I guess not to many people have grown it.
Lots of us have grown nirvanas shiva, in a ten pack you can find a variety, which I believe tells us its an F2. Treasures can be found in F2's, win some lose some, still worth it.
Pop the whole 10 pack or wait until you can.
The first time I grew nirvanas shiva I popped the whole pack. If I had simply grew out 1 or 2 I might have a different opinion of shiva. I really like some phenos.
In my first pack I got a few than tasted like hash, yea the buds tasted like hash! A few males. One plant that had a main bud about the size of a 2 liter bottle, not real high potency or as tasty as I like . I gave that 2 + oz bud away . The people were used to commercial so of course they thought it was great. Most were not as dense, somewhat loose, great for sieving for hash. The leaves are covered with trichomes even on the petiole- leaf stem. I really like shiva overall awesome spicy taste with some keepers in each pack.
After I grew out the first pack ,I bought a several more packs and even got 10 going now. These are around a 1k hps vertical, my first shiva crop was under a 400 horizontal/ hood, dwc. I know some won't be keepers but some will be awesome, non keepers make nice hash.
I cannot find anything else but only this one veg shot:
Maybe I take some flowering shots and post them later. On the other hand I dont wanna show up my plants after mites have raped them...
I could totally agree with fishman about the Shiva smell. it is very floral & spicy but not in the average way. I havent smelled same smell in any other strain of our beloved herb. The Shiva smell is just SO seductive...
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hey ! i'm growin some Nirvana shiva now . you're most welcome to take a look : http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=46811
enjoy ! no smoke report . this is the first grow of shiva . i have not been dissapointed by nirvana strains either . give em a go ! many blessings , hidingtree
Alright, you guys are SOLID on yer shivas... Definetely chick weed with super great aromas and flavors, but some phenos can still knock a dude's dick in tha dirt if smoked enough...especially Shiva extracts. Very bogglin'. Super flavor, kind'a Kushy/Garlicy..
Homegrown Fantaseed's Shiva is my favorite from seed.
Nice looking plants HidingTree! My friend also had purpleshiva couple years ago but that pheno was only purpling from the sides of the buds, so it wasn´t as near purple as your plant!!! Hows the potency of that purplepheno? The reason that I asked this is because there have been some speculation about nirvana strains purplephenos potency, all the strains that I have smoked that have purplepheno have all been very potent, including: Jock Horror, Shiva, NL#5 x Haze, Hmm.. there was some another one´s too, I just cannot remember now, sorry!
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I've grown it out-over 5 years ago but to this day I regret not keeping a cutting
Old school hash taste-3 hitter quitter too and had a very florally aroma when dry-reminded me alot of charas we still get from Pak/Afgh
Great yields-2 OZ'S per 3 gallon bucket no sweat