Quote Originally Posted by the image reaper
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
I have no complaints over AFs so far. Fast, potent, and a great supplement to a normal grow. I think you should come sample some of my white dwarf Reaper because after you leave high as a kite, you might not look so pessimistic towards AFs. I've had people offer me $50 for 1/8 already and I take that as a compliment. From a lot of reading I've done, it seems the older AFs sucked. However there are lots of new strains...Attitude Seeds has an entire section devoted...and many pictures and logs prove to me that there is hope for AFs. Just my two cents.:hippy:

Back to the actual thread topic...I've only had 1 kind of NL from someone who regularly grows it. Great all around strain. I heard #5 is best but I don't know differences in leaves from NL1-5, etc. Tasty strain in the vape too.:hippy:
FourTwenty4Life Reviewed by FourTwenty4Life on . 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