Northern Lights question:

[the image reaper]

k man let you in on an old secret, dominant indica hybrids have really broad leaves Purest indicas left in the world look almost like a sativas, and some dominate sativas have wide leaves. the really skinny skinny leaves are usually a Rudaralis, or the purest sativas ,and as you can see Rudaralis hybrids like lowrider have wide leaves, so You cant really identify an unstable cross. kinda confusing for me too

not to be rude, but that is just so wrong ... bad info ... pure sativas have very narrow, even needle-shaped, leaves ... pure indicas always have broad leaves ... and Ruderalis ? ..., that garbage ditchweed, isn't even considered a true cannabis, by many of the world's Botanists ... it is a short, squat weed, that NEVER should be hybridized with true cannabis ... it will only lower the genetic qualities of good cannabis ... yes, it is my opinion, but I base it on experience ... in the 1960's, GREED encouraged growers to start using indicas, to speed up harvest times, and increase yields ... the quality of the landrace sativas suffered greatly, and are virtually extinct now ... the 'age of the hybrids' has helped in some ways, but has also broken the great lines ...

for the record, 'Northern Lights' began as a pure indica, and over the years, has been tinkered with a 'bit' of sativa ... if it's 'sativa-dominant', it really can't be called a 'Northern Lights' ... :smokin:

I highly recommend this short article, by the famous breeder, DJ Shorts, for details: Breeding tips | Cannabis Culture Magazine

the image reaper Reviewed by the image reaper on 06-01-2009. Northern Lights question: Some time ago, I was given 4 Northern Lights seeds. Unfortunately, only one grew and it turned out to be male. I'm planning to cross it with my current mystery-strain that I've been growing. The odd thing is that I've just been traveling about the interweb and discovered that N.L. is supposed to be an Indica dominant strain - which, judging from the leaves, the plant in my bloom chamber very much is not. In fact, this thing is a poster child for what a Sativa should look like. I Rating: 5