last year Sensi Seeds was good?

[Sparkus_Maximus]

The main problem with their seeds today is the inconsistency, you can can have good results with a pack one day and buy the same pack a year after and get crap. The difference coming from who sold them the seeds, they don't have their own seeds production facilities anymore so they buy from different producers who don't have the same work ethics.
I often am tempted to get a pack of Super Skunk to run because it was by far my favorite line in the 90's and I've grown about 6 packs of 15 seeds when they were some of the best you could buy, from 96 to 2007. But I refrain myself because there is very little chance to get the same seeds I was buying before, their old seeds stock dried at different stage depending on the strain but every growers who was used to their work when they were the best know they are not the same anymore.
I've grown their Sensi SKUNK in O7 and the result was decent but in the same run I had California Indica, I had a good plant but they were not the same than the pack I had grown in 99, a lot more variation and a lot more sativa in their gene, they've grown from 20/25cm at day 1 of 12/12 to 160cm at harvest, I had never had such stretch before with the real CI seeds.

If I remember correctly those Super Skunk fem- freebies from a decade-ago came from the Attitude. Personally I loved the Indica-Leaning (hash-plant) buzz that just had me tasting more and more until it just basically knocked me -out for the night. There was a nice initial ''skunk#1'' - up- effect which turned into a full-on Afghani Hash-Plant body buzz within about 30 - 45 minutes, and became super-pleasant, thus keeping me coming back for another couple of tokes until a Full KO' for the night . The finish time was super fast at almost exactly 8- weeks, both plants were fully done before the others under the same conditions, and the taste was another classic ++ . Apropos the California Indica, I ran Nirvana's Cali-Orange back in 2006 and had several different phenos out of the same 10-pack of regs. A couple stretched like a Mofo, and ended up being a waste of space, but a couple of the best ones were Truly = Good. Medium in stature and compact, finishing around 9.5 weeks with Tons of Trichomes, Truly Orange-rind smell / flavor and a 2- Toke potency (for All experienced Heads in the house, and - beyond). I had to stop sharing, because Everyone I knew kept coming back wanting more of my Favorite Personal Stash at the time :-D. Talk about a need to pheno-hunt, but with Nirvana it was already expected, still those 2 Ladies were More than Worth the $30.00 bucks I paid for that 10- pack of regs back then. I only wish I kept clones or made F2's with them, but at the time I just didn't have the space to do what was needed to keep them going, and I chucked all the males as soon as they indicated.

 

[kro-magnon]

If I remember correctly those Super Skunk fem- freebies from a decade-ago came from the Attitude. Personally I loved the Indica-Leaning (hash-plant) buzz that just had me tasting more and more until it just basically knocked me -out for the night. There was a nice initial ''skunk#1'' effect which turned into an full-on Aghgani Hash-Plant body buzz within about 30 -minutes, and was super-pleasant, thus kept me coming back for another couple of tokes until a KO' . The finish time was super fast at almost exactly 8- weeks, both plants were fully done before the others under the same conditions, and the taste was another classic ++

Hey, it looks like you have been lucky and had a pretty good representation of what Super Skunk can be, even if you what describe sounds a bit more indica leaning than what I remember. But my last toke on Super Skunk was very long time ago now but what I like is the fact you got back for the taste even if you knew it would knock you out after that. In my memory the Super Skunk taste was one the best I've experienced then, today there is so many different terpene profiles maybe it would be lost in the mass.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

Hey, it looks like you have been lucky and had a pretty good representation of what Super Skunk can be, even if you what describe sounds a bit more indica leaning than what I remember. But my last toke on Super Skunk was very long time ago now but what I like is the fact you got back for the taste even if you knew it would knock you out after that. In my memory the Super Skunk taste was one the best I've experienced then, today there is so many different terpene profiles maybe it would be lost in the mass.

Yea bro, I actually remember those 2- freebies being quite good IME back in those days, and remember thinking I want to buy a pack and breed my own. Life happens, and somehow I didn't get around to doing that, and it seems some of Sensi's gear has degraded since then. Then again, it could be a luck of the draw, Their Super Skunk is a Long-Established hybrid, and not so expensive these days, If I didn't already have more beans in my fridge than hair on my own head, I would be tempted to get a pack and check the current lineage directly again for myself.

 

[Ca++]

Even with a great name, and the best marketing team, your market presence must be backed up by a reasonable product. We all know their name, as we do High Times. Yet something has them falling behind. AI can see the beans must be rubbish, and AI doesn't even grow.

Logic aside, I think I have done everything spoke of above, and more. The distaste I have for them isn't wanted, but it's the only thing growing well. It would take some good diaries to make me try something from them again, and it would have to be beside something that would carry me through.

They still have that great name, but need to team up with someone that has great beans. IIRC they do sell some stuff now, that's white label, not theirs. That is not how to work the branding though. That's how to sell for a friend. Which is what people say, that sell broken things.

The brand could and should be saved, but I don't even look anymore.

 

[kro-magnon]

Yea bro, I actually remember those 2- freebies being quite good IME back in those days, and remember thinking I want to buy a pack and breed my own. Life happens, and somehow I didn't get around to doing that, and it seems some of Sensi's gear has degraded since then. Then again, it could be a luck of the draw, Their Super Skunk is a Long-Established hybrid, and not so expensive these days, If I didn't already have more beans in my fridge than hair on my own head, I would be tempted to get a pack and check for myself.

I think very often of buying some myself but I don't want to be disappointed by the result as this strain is one of the grail of my youth. I'll certainly pull the trigger one day and try just 1 female by grow so it's a disaster it doesn't damage too much my harvest. One thing who could decide me to buy them is a grow log here from a trusted grower to see what they can do but no guaranty to get the same lot and that's the major problem as I stated inconsistency.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

Even with a great name, and the best marketing team, your market presence must be backed up by a reasonable product. We all know their name, as we do High Times. Yet something has them falling behind. AI can see the beans must be rubbish, and AI doesn't even grow.

Logic aside, I think I have done everything spoke of above, and more. The distaste I have for them isn't wanted, but it's the only thing growing well. It would take some good diaries to make me try something from them again, and it would have to be beside something that would carry me through.

They still have that great name, but need to team up with someone that has great beans. IIRC they do sell some stuff now, that's white label, not theirs. That is not how to work the branding though. That's how to sell for a friend. Which is what people say, that sell broken things.

The brand could and should be saved, but I don't even look anymore.

Very True, I totally agree here. Matter of Fact, the Last (most recent) Good result I personally got from Sensi was their Hindu Kush -fem which I pulled the trigger on due to Always Liking the (Classic H.K.) and the very Reasonable price for the 5- pack helped things along as well. Classic H.K. Finished in no more than 8 weeks (outside in this particular case), Lovely ''window-putty'' smell and the taste that we all know and adore. Mild (yet substantial) potency, at least when compared to some of the Frankenstein-Hybrids of this day and age. I personally really liked it, although that purchase was made around 2014, so I can't attest to their standards these days. The Price is very reasonable, and I can never really get that initial H.K. experience out of my mind. I Love the "'effective-functionality'' / relative mildness of the classic Hindu-Kush. 10- years ago, all those phenotypes I got were quite representative of a classic Hindu-Kush line and basically like (clones of each-other). I remember it some of my favorite Substantially Potent Yet ''Mild and functional'' Indica of all time all in all. Not to mention the Taste and smell was just - addictive AF. Those curing jars were getting burped as a daily reflex, even when I didn't have time to partake

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

I think very often of buying some myself but I don't want to be disappointed by the result as this strain is one of the grail of my youth. I'll certainly pull the trigger one day and try just 1 female by grow so it's a disaster it doesn't damage too much my harvest. One thing who could decide me to buy them is a grow log here from a trusted grower to see what they can do but no guaranty to get the same lot and that's the major problem as I stated inconsistency.

Exactly my same issue - And the fact that I have an Entire Jar Full of bean-packs (for 2-3 Lifetimes, apparently is not speeding up my new-purchases. SOO Many Beans to run... SOO little time (in / out) -combined

 

[kro-magnon]

Exactly my same issue - And the fact that I have an Entire Jar Full of bean-packs (for 2-3 Lifetimes, apparently is not speeding up my new-purchases. SOO Many Beans to run... SOO little time (in / out) -combined

I don't hoard seeds today, many years ago I had a lot of Cali O seeds from a repro made by my family but they all lost their vitality before I was able to grow them,I was really mad at me. So now I grow the seeds I get almost immediately and store some home made and a few from unfinished packs but not more than 100/150 seeds to not risk to waste them.

 

[Sparkus_Maximus]

I don't hoard seeds today, many years ago I had a lot of Cali O seeds from a repro made by my family but they all lost their vitality before I was able to grow them,I was really mad at me. So now I grow the seeds I get almost immediately and store some home made and a few from unfinished packs but not more than 100/150 seeds to not risk to waste them.

Yea bro, I never intended to actually hoard them, it just became a direct- result of my desire to never run out of many strains to have on hand in the time of need (pretty much the same result, I know . ) . As such, I know I don't need to buy for a Looong time if ever, especially considering the fact that I occasionally like to make my own crosses as well. Been feeding my local birds as a result of it all, so everything worked out in the long run, I came to your same conclusion, so now I'm just concentrating on filling the seasons (and indoors) with what I can accommodate and can use currently. I found collecting seeds / varieties can be a habitual-process (like anything else) in life.

 

[Slebban]

Sensi Seeds - Shiva Skunk
One nug tester plant. Smells like roses, citrus and a bit gassy. Been neglected, no signs of intersex.
Now doing good in reveg.

All the best!
S

 

[Senior Grower]

I grew Sensi back in the late 80's right after they showed up in Amsterdam until the late 90's. Some really great stuff then. But I had the impression that some of the really hyped strains were not quite as outstanding as they were expensive. I had my doubts as to how Cannabis Cup winners came to be. Still, the stuff I grew then was from good to excellent. And the strains were pretty stable at the time.

In the 2000's I gave up growing for quite a while.

Obviously, when I was desperately searching for some seeds early this year (I did not want to buy online since it wasn't quite clear yet if we were really going to legalise) I turned to Sensi Seeds and Dutch Passion. Positronics would have been another go-to but after I found out that the original outfit was no more, that was it.

So, I bought Big Bud Auto and Afghani #1 Fem Photo from Sensi. The Afghani is growing nicely but it is growing in a greenhouse so I could not try it yet. A friend and I have 6 Big Buds growing. What really shocked me is that we have at least 4 phenotypes in those 6 plants, more likely 5 or 6 (some are still too young to say). Well, this basically means that the strain is not stable at all. I never had such variety back in the old Sensi days.

I only smoked/vaped one plant so far. The high is not to my expectations. OK, potency is good and I would estimate it to be around 20%, maybe a little less. But all I get is a massive couch lock after 30-60 minutes and after that I fall asleep, usually. Almost no head high at all.

I won't make a final judgement on Sensi before I test the Afghani and the other Big Buds. But the unstable strain does not leave a great impression, so far.

 

[kro-magnon]

Sensi Seeds - Shiva Skunk
One nug tester plant. Smells like roses, citrus and a bit gassy. Been neglected, no signs of intersex.
Now doing good in reveg.
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All the best!
S

That bud look good for sure, Shiva Skunk is a cross of Skunk#1 and Northern Light if I remember correctly. I made a similar cross from Flying Dutchmen, the Aurora Borealis, it made some of my best outdoor buds, they had a short flowering time but the high was closer to sativa with a very strong happy feeling coming immediately and a very sweet taste who could rival any indoor buds. I wish they still sell those exact seeds.

 

[CannaT]

Black Domina Sensi just as it was...100% indica with that eucalyptusy sweet flowery musky smell and taste.

 

[CannaT]

This is the same pheno Sensi have at ther site as BD...🫡

 

[RoyalFlush]

View attachment 19026447 This is the same pheno Sensi have at ther site as BD...🫡

Run Sensi's Hashplant, then we'll probably take you seriously.

 

[CannaT]

Run Sensi's Hashplant, then we'll probably take you seriously.

Why do you think that I care about your opinion ??
Im doing what I do you like it or not...I will but u pay the seed 4 me np mr DEA.
Anyway Im starting new pheno hunt with DNA genetics Kosher Kush x Holy Grail Kush x Richard Petty 43 OG( High octane s1)
Just to see are DNA seeds trash how people say here or not.
I grew them before and I got very high quality plants from their seeds.

 

[NLbred]

this girl was just harvested(March)..I I grew the NLa5 in 1990's and this plant is no where near the same..I still look for the qualities the original had but none of the 4 plants this harvest had anything similiar..it looks really indica and went 65 days.. just my opinion but I think it has been bred back to an indica as I never witnessed any sativa in the 5 I grew as they were all WL.. I let them all go as I want something more NL..although it would get thru in a pinch for the high.. pine smell and taste. peace out
NL

 

[bigtacofarmer]

Why do you think that I care about your opinion ??
Im doing what I do you like it or not...I will but u pay the seed 4 me np mr DEA.
Anyway Im starting new pheno hunt with DNA genetics Kosher Kush x Holy Grail Kush x Richard Petty 43 OG( High octane s1)
Just to see are DNA seeds trash how people say here or not.
I grew them before and I got very high quality plants from their seeds.

I have found lots of quality plants in DNA seeds. Never found anything I would clone and grow again from sensi. Highly unlikely either company will ever get any monet from me again. Would rather support a company I can respect.

 

[CannaT]

I have found lots of quality plants in DNA seeds. Never found anything I would clone and grow again from sensi. Highly unlikely either company will ever get any monet from me again. Would rather support a company I can respect.

Non of any seed company owner is my real friend or family so if company have respect for me I give back respect to it. Thats all I grew many seed companies and seeds and I dont remember any shit plant or something alike yes they are different more potent,less potent,more terps,less terps..

 

[NEED 4 SEED]

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this girl was just harvested(March)..I I grew the NLa5 in 1990's and this plant is no where near the same..I still look for the qualities the original had but none of the 4 plants this harvest had anything similiar..it looks really indica and went 65 days.. just my opinion but I think it has been bred back to an indica as I never witnessed any sativa in the 5 I grew as they were all WL.. I let them all go as I want something more NL..although it would get thru in a pinch for the high.. pine smell and taste. peace out
NL

Mine looked similar last year. Those curled leaflets. The high and taste wasn't special. Additionally I started Super Skunk and Skunk#1 by Sensi and Double Gum by their offspring White Label Seeds this year where almost all of the Super Skunks were Super Stunted and had very bad germ rate but surprisingly one of the Skunk #1s, which was also the slowest, has now a pretty nasty and distinctive Skunk spray odor on the stem rub in veg.
Double Gum is not even worth the mention. Those are total garbage. They dont even look like Cannabis. Weak stature, almost yellow leaves and strange leaf forms, almost like Australian Bastard Cannabis. Will post a few pics later.