Northern Lights

[KillerDemo]

Finally got my C-card and had some time to hit the bay area for some fire smoke and came up on this half zip of Northern Lights. Very musty/fruity smell. High potency. Beats all the stuff I see around my area as "kill, fire". Glad I took the trip.

 

[Lucky 7]

Ka-Boom! looks good . . . . sounds so cool to be able to walk in somewhere & get dispensed!

 

[KillerDemo]

Seriously this stuff blows my top back. 0.4 gram pinner joint has me soaring!

 

[yesum]

Not sure if it is the same or anything close.... but I grew a NL from Nirvana and got a stellar plant. Smoke impressed a buddy who has had dispensary 'Kush' and whatever.

I found the smoke to be as good as the various dispensary strains I tried as well.

Do not mistakenly think the oldies are not goodies my friend.

 

[Goyakla]

Agree... Nirv. Nl is a excellent strain for next to nothing $ wise.. highly recommended.. also as med strain... relaxing etc etc

 

[tosh.o]

i've had Nirvana NL next to some of the top breeders indica varieties and I must say Nirvana has a solid NL that was more potent than 95% of the indica's i've ever grown...for $100 dollars you could go thru 40 plants and find something that would stand next to top dollar varieties, it was even better than Sensi's current NL offering imho

 

[Azhden]

Agree... Nirv. Nl is a excellent strain for next to nothing $ wise.. highly recommended.. also as med strain... relaxing etc etc

The main reason I used Nirvana's Northern Lights #5 years ago to make my first cross ; Potent, Low odor, heavy yield, and a heavier smoke .

 

[1TWISTEDTRUCKER]

Nirvana's NL is the 1st plant I ever grew, and to this day6-7yrs later, My Best Bro. is bugging me to get more NL beans, It is getting hard to find straight NL, NL#5 is around
some, but NL, not so much. Sensi does have a NL, but I alnt paying crazy money 4 beans.
$75-$80 is My limit, and it KILLS Me to go more than $60.

tosh.o its good to hear that iyho, Nirvana's NL is better than Sensi's.
Looks like Ima gonna getz some Nirvana NL next time I order beans.

Peace; 1TT

 

[hyposomniac]

Nirvana's NL is the 1st plant I ever grew, and to this day6-7yrs later, My Best Bro. is bugging me to get more NL beans, It is getting hard to find straight NL, NL#5 is around
some, but NL, not so much. Sensi does have a NL, but I alnt paying crazy money 4 beans.
$75-$80 is My limit, and it KILLS Me to go more than $60.

tosh.o its good to hear that iyho, Nirvana's NL is better than Sensi's.
Looks like Ima gonna getz some Nirvana NL next time I order beans.

Peace; 1TT

What's the difference between the NL and NL#5? I always thought that NL5 was the definitive version that everyone was talking about when they said NL.
Cool about it being your first.. we got NL occasionally in the 90s and it was always a treat; it would be great to find a nice one to grow; I imagine something that reeks of pine needles and woodchips.

 

[Azhden]

What's the difference between the NL and NL#5? I always thought that NL5 was the definitive version that everyone was talking about when they said NL.

From what I can find " "

Northern Lights (BC Bud Depot) Atomic Northern Light X Northern Lights #6
Northern Lights #1 (SSSC) Afghani IBL
Northern Lights #2 (SSSC) Hindu Kush X Thai
Northern Lights #9 (Sagarmatha) Northern Lights X White Widow X Durban

And I read somewhere that Northern Lights #5 was NL#1 x Thai x Skunk ?? but I don't know how accurate any of this info is, just what I could find on the Interweb

I know whenever I posted about the "NL" I grew (Nirvana's) I always listed it as NL#5 just like nirvana once had it labeled. I was also told by Mau (from Nirvana) that their "NL#5 was an 'IBL' " but didn't get any other information about the strain.

 

[FOE20]

Azhden there is a on going back and forth on what NL is and by looking on the web you will find more then a few answers...
I can tell you if you Grow those lines you may learn otherwise..
For 1....Oasis is said NL#2...if so then locate a Thai phenom...or ask Chimera to...
2ndly NL from BCBD?......umm no....thats the Newest and prob most watered as it shows its lineage is orig NL/NL6? and when the NL is not identified by a numeral then its a Line not Phenom specific..
and somewhere you read on NL5?....heh....try this site...it will do you much better then the web has done you my friend...heheh..
btw Nirv does use base lines but also outcrosses them...so even tho you may get A phenom or so breeding with that plant and line may not be as consistent as other in the long run..
What surprises me is your a 2005 member....and this info has been widely discussed here with doc's to back up the info...
and I dont think Nirv ever sold NL as NL#5 cause its been copy written since bcsc days...you'll also notice with the likes of their ak48 ala ak47 they Rip and re-work lines...So i'd reconsider some of those views and options....
but nice try

Heres the 3 main phenoms I got from a basic run of Sensi 95 NL line...and its still the same line it always has been...A Kush/HP dom..a Affi/HP dom and a mixed perfect NL#5....you can work out which is which....keep rollin
FOE20

 

[Dirt Life]

I always figured Nirvanas NL was derived from old Sensi stock? Ive read they got their start from Positronic stock mainly, when posi shut down. I always assumed they f2'd already worked f1's from other banks... if they outcrossed their NL, then what to? And what NL line were they working with to begin with if not Sensi? Confusing... Also, I've seen people refer to Nirvanas NL as NL#5 in the Nirvana seeds fan thread, but don't personally remember the company listing their line as such... meh, no matter... Will never part with my Nirvana gems, even if they turn out to be genetics found on some Dutch farm ditch.

 

[lemongrove]

Right attitude ManyClouds. I see people arguing ALL the damn time about the origins of strains ad nauseum and I always want to ask, ( Is it any good? If it is really good and you love it, then why do you care where it originated, who bred it and what frickin' names it has had in the past?) Honestly I just don't get why people get themselves so twisted up and angry over the whole ancestral history of a plant and who has and has not had their hands on it at some point in time. Seems like people are more interested in personal stuff rather than if the stuff they are growing and smoking is any good or not.

Personally I don't care who bred it ( unless you are a breeder who has a long and documented reputation for ripping people off and for treating people like shit, then I care), or who sprinkled magic dust on it. I appears to me that so many strains have passed through so many hands, bred with so many different other strains, there is so much really unknown about many of them, that it makes it almost impossible to know their true origin. What I do is read grow and smoke reports from people who appear to have no conflict of interest, who appear to be trustworthy and I base my decisions on those. It's not fool proof but it's the best I can do.

I know people like to be puritainical about these things and the self righteous, many times mean spirited, guardians at the gate, defend to the death the integrity of their favorite breeders. Many of these same HOLY, squeeky clean, pure breeders have had many people help them grow out many strains and have had many people help them breed. There is nothing wrong with that. Many times I'm sure they take the guys word when he says he used this strain or that strain, this cut or that cut. I know people and many times people, shall we say (embellish) their stories about things. They add a little extra sauce, use a little hyperbole when they are giving their history of things. People are people and that is what we do. The point is that along the way the stories behind some of these strains may not be nearly as accurate as people think they are so people need to ask, is it any good?

As an example look at the history of Haze, Northern Lights and Skunk. Three of the most influential strains in modern marijuana history. Sam and Neville tell different stories about some those strains. Who is right and who is wrong? Have they both had a huge influence on those strains? Yeah probably. Have those strains had thousands of hands use them? Yeah probably. Have you smoked some of Sam's Haze/Skunk? Did it blow your fucking mind like it did me? Well then it's for real. Have you smoked some of Neville's Haze? Did it blow your mind like it did me? There you go. As an aside. Sam's beans are a stone cold steal. 15 of those beans for $40. You got to be fucking kidding me. I think those are the hidden jewels in the whole mj scene. Find some keepers in one of those packs and you got yourself a UNIQUE experience.

Like I said, many of these strains have passed through many many hands. I'm pretty sure what the breeders do when they make their final decisions on different strains is to actually smoke the damn things and decide if it is actually any good or not. That's what we should do too.

I grew out a five pack of Nirvana's Chrystal after being told by several people that I shouldn't grow their stuff because it was cheap and that you couldn't actually know if their descriptions and the history of their strains were true or not. I ignored them because I read the reports on Nirvana's site from people who had actually grown and smoked the stuff and it looked pretty damn good to me. It's supposed to a cross of Northern Lights and White Widow. Now is it the original Northern Lights grown by the Indian on an island in Washington state, my fair state, in the USA? I'm sure it's not. Has that strain been worked to death by everybody and their brother. Yep.

Oh and by the way I knew that Indian. I actually helped him grow it. If you believe that then I've got some mj seeds I'll sell you that I got when Mt. St. Helens erupted and spewed them out onto my lawn back in 1980. It's some explosive shit that will blow your top off.

Was the White Widow used the original one? I'm sure it wasn't because that strain has also been worked to death. Was the Chrystal that I grew out any good? I loved it. If someone came along later and told me that it was really just some plant some guy in Holland found out in the woods, do you think it would change my opinion of the strain? Nope.

Now if someone thinks somebody is ripping off somebody's work then I feel they should contact the person they think is getting ripped off and let that person deal with it. I guess I'm just so tired of all the damn fighting from people in the marijuana community. If I read one more time where some guy says to another guy, " Oh that cut is not what you say it is. That cut was King Shit Joe's cut and he got it from Guru Grower when he was growing in that mountain cave back when Jimi Hendrix was his roommate. So that makes you a fucking liar man", I'm gonna fuckin' puke.

 

[Azhden]

What surprises me is your a 2005 member....and this info has been widely discussed here with doc's to back up the info

What surprises me is I was temp banned for talking about different strains back in the day and "Questioning" the authority here, most of my posts were deleted... and I will leave it at that, don't want to get re-banned for what happened in 2005 .

And thanks for the Info FOE, always love hearing and respect what you have to say. Just because "ICmag" forums has the info, doesn't make it any better or more accurate than the rest of the web (I mean, I'm here posting and messing up the "great info" )... I figured I would post what I could find sense no one else was helping... Most of the info I posted WAS FROM THIS SITE ("Huge Strain Lineage" or something), other than the "Nirvana NL#5" I got that info back when Nirvana had a forum, it was widely discussed by forum members AND 'Mau',,, thus the ?? after my post, so thanks for clearing things up

Also: please help get those "Sticky" threads deleted if the Info isn't up to par... I wasn't the one who made that damn thread or posted any info for it, but many people here figured it was helpful... I just Copy and Pasted...

(this is the problem child thread right HERE!)
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=86438

(and this one doesn't help either I'm sure...)
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=12330

 

[1TWISTEDTRUCKER]

I think Nirvana needs a forum,,, Cause since posting about Their Nl, wich was Bombastic 4 Sho!!!
A long time member here, and Personal friend(met on-line HERE at Ic).
Who lives 400mi. away from Me just dropped in outta the blue, and naturally I tell him I am getting ready to order some more of thos Killer NL's from Nirvana, again.

He is the 1 Who told Me bout them in the 1st. place,,,,,He says hold off on that.

Turns out He orderd a 4pk. deal from Nirv. recentelly, and they were smaller than any 100% Satty ever seen, and white as Hell.
Obviously immature.
Dropped tham all any how, and of course none popped.
The worst part is they're DEATH,DUMB, and BLIND to His Emails.

One can only speculate as to whats going on.

Peace; 1TT

 

[bigAl25]

lemongrove, You hit it out of the park. I like your approach to things. If it lights you up, then it's good shit, and yes I grew out some Nirvana beans, and they were as good as the high priced stuff right along side of it in the grow. Peace and respect MON. Let's have some red stripe, rasta ganga, and listen to Bob marley and chill.

 

[FIREGOD]

Nirvanas NL lasted 6hrs! Longest buzz ever.

 

[sodalitas]

I (Like Big Al25) think lemongrove hit it out of the park with that post.
...And BigAl25, 'One good thing about music...'

 

[COUNT-DE-MONET]

YOU Want The Real NORTHERN LIGHTS????.....Try Shantibabba/Mr. Nice.

It is called Ortega...93.00 for 18 beans.

 

[KillerDemo]

As the original thread starter I have come across the NL again! I had to pick this up again. Just like I remembered it. Fruity & potent!