Sounds like such an incredible smoke! I plan to give this strain a whirl at some point
It is a really nice smoke, and some added variety for effects compared the heavier sativas, like the Colombia Honduras I sampled last week, that one does have heavy hazey effects, I took a 20 minute nap 30 minutes after smoking it
I like a lot the look of your high yielding long flowering pure sativa pheno such expressions are probably the best in the line, i made sure to select and reproduce several females of this kind for current NC release. If you really like her terps and effects then you probably have a winner there. I have been following with great interest your amazing job latest years with Original Haze and its hybrids. Pleased to know you have found New Caledonia line good enough to include her into your breeding projects. Curious to learn more about the females and traits you like most from the line!
did not say lightly that this New Caledonia is the most interesting sativa landrace we have worked with and released at least in the last 5 years. Means a lot to me that someone can experience such sativa effects and appreciate them so much like you and your wife. 
I’m going to run a handful of clones of her as soon as my current R&D is finished. Can’t wait to have a pile of NC buds to play with.So glad you have had a good round this time with NC @Keif Cake
I don't find this New Caledonia sativa line is related with Nevil's work with Haze. Terps and effects are different. New Caledonia pure sativa line is consistently much fruitier than NL/Hazes or Original Haze. Effects are much more brighter, happier, expansive and non ceiling than NL/Hazes. NL/Hazes are usually more potent, but dirtier, colder and much more introspective, also much heavier on body effects and burnout at the end. There are fruity expressions in Original Haze (especially in hybrids) but Original Haze is in average not a strain i would consider fruity. Incense is very strong in Haze, while is rare in New Caledonia, which in my opinion is much more Thai like.
@funkyhorse the fact they are showing sex in preflowers close to summer solstice doesn't mean they are auto or they are going to start to flower soon, they have just probably reached their sexual maturity after a long enough growth and therefore showing their gender in preflowers, but at your latitude in sourthern hemisphere they should really start to flower around March (if estimate correctly).
And you are correct, Middle East landraces are not the best genepools to look for if you are looking for pm and botrytis resistant genetics.
Hey @MadMac happy to see you around these parts
Are you getting better results backcrossing to Haze than in your best Haze F1s ? I can hardly improve things with the backcross to Haze, at least with Oldtimer's Haze line, the really good Haze F1s are most of times superior.
So happy to hear that @Cactus Squatter
Happy New Year guys !!
Latitude makes a difference but many other things affect the local climate as well. When is on time for you? June? July? Even August?
By on time I mean the time stated in the strain description for normal in-season growing - mid May for NC. End of May/early June for Thai.
No doubt dubi will chime in. My thinking was pretty much the same as yours, but then I saw dubi advise someone in another thread to sow sativas 6 weeks before equinox if they wanted to limit size. I wanted to ask if they finish on time under that scheme but I forgot where it was posted. Others have also reported growing from seed off season and having the plants finish in the time frame stated for indoor flowering for sexually mature seedlings or clones. This is a matter that has always confused me. My experience with 12/12 from seed indoors suggests that the flowering period will lengthen flowering time but the whole grow time will be considerably less than if waiting to see preflowers under 18/6 or 16/8. I wish I had kept better records. It's probably quite different when seeds are sown under the gradually reducing photoperiod outdoors though.May? Hmm. Four months total. Long flowering strains and obviously won't start flowering straight away. Probably it's about time to do it if you're going to do it... But I think you can still do it.Hopefully @dubi will chime in.
A couple of posts have mentioned NC being quite eager to flower, which may be to your benefit in this case.
Twice I've grown Malawi regular and one time Panama regular 12:12 from seed. They move rapidly through the seedling and adolescence phases and show between days 24 and 36 after first seeing light.
My experience says no, my tent has been pinned at 11/13 for years now - the indicas/hybrids don’t seem to mind a bit either
Good to know man. This sounds like an excellent strain for lightweight sativa lovers like myself
