Dropastones Northern Lights #5 Grow Journal

[C.Indica]

Nice walls, can't wait.
How's the three rooms looking?

 

[Dropastone]

Coming right along, I gotta build doors yet. Then I gotta install em. Then I gotta put door trim on to seal light leaks. Then I gotta paint every thing flat white. Then I gotta put latches and handles on the doors. Then I gotta put filters on the passive intakes. Then I gotta hang lights and and install the ventilation system.Yeah I should be done in another week or so.

I should have had this project done two weeks ago but I'm still having quite a bit a back pain. It's like I work a day or two then I"m laid up for a day or three. Then on top of all that for some unknown reason my knees have been in excruciating pain for the past month. Hmm I think my lifestyle and age has finally started to catch up with me.

I"m only 41 but I feel like I'm 61. I've worked in trailer factories my whole life. Most of the places I've worked at are no joke. You have to hustle because it a fast paced environment the whole day and if you can't hack it there is always someone to take your place. 22 years of that has taken a toll on my body.

Sorry, I'll stop crying like a little baby now.

Check ya later bro.

 

[Dropastone]

I finally got all the rooms built but I still got a little trimming to do because I ran out of 1 x 4's but that's just cosmetics and it can wait until I make it back to Lowes. Tomorrow I'll be cleaning it all out from top to bottom and applying my first coat of flat white paint. I'm hoping I can get by with just one coat but I'll paint it twice if I need to. After that It's all down to installing the ventilation and the lighting. I bought quite a bit a duct work the other day and it'll mostly be all straight pipe and elbows.

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel fellas and it wont be long now. I'm thinking I'll have it finished by Sunday at the latest. I'm still waiting on the new 8" inline exhaust 762 CFM to arrive but it should be here by tomorrow.

Enough talk, here's some pics.

Thanks for riding along.

Peace.

 

[dmoose]

Dropastone going Big Time! I knew it would happen... I am loving the construction! Thanks for sharing!

 

[chb444220]

very nice man... very nice!!!

 

[faderharley]

Sweet set-up, looks awesome.... my room all I did was slapted a little wall up w/an exhaust hole for my carbon filter exhaust fan, but yours looks all-pro..... plan to crack seeds in a week or so, still waiting on my order to arrive, Jack Herer, Durban Poison, The Church, White Rhino, Skunk #1 and of course Blue Widow.... getting 2 freebees, Holy Grail 69 and Thunder Bloody Mary Auto.... will be starting a new journal w/these 8 strains... nice room bro, your grow will be stellar....

 

[Dropastone]

After months of being out of the game I'm back! I'll post a link to my new grow thread when i get some sprouts going.

Peace and happy medicating.

 

[Kiki007]

very nice carpentry work... sub'd.

 

[Dropastone]

Glad to have ya kiki and thanks for stopping by.

 

[faderharley]

really diggin your new grow area.... I'm cracken seeds on 10-01-11 and started a new journal... later bro

 

[chb444220]

fuckin niiiiice man!! wow! looks awesome all set up and wat not. wat strains ya startin??

 

[Kiki007]

fuckin niiiiice man!! wow! looks awesome all set up and wat not. wat strains ya startin??

Thanks for asking that questions CHB..... so share the strain list brotha!!

 

[Dropastone]

3) G13 Labs Pineapple Express two have cracked and waiting on the 3rd.

Sex : Feminized
Type : Indica / Sativa
Flowering : Photo period
Genetics : Many Rumors', No one actually knows for sure
Flowering Time : Medium
Outdoor Harvest : Unknown
Height : Medium
THC Level : Medium
Characteristics : strong fruity fragrance

G13 Labs Pineapple Express is awesome! Unheard of Quality, Great Yield, Fast Flowering, Highly Resinous, Potent mentally and physically, Incredible taste, & feminized.
What more can you ask for. Pineapple Express are high-grade cannabis seeds that were previously extremely rare.
True smokers appreciate the delicate and its sweet characteristics. These seeds are superior quality and all have been thoroughly tested. Extreme caution is advised strong fruity fragrance.

1) G13 Labs Northern Lights Automatic, still waiting on it to crack.

Sex : Feminized
Type : Indica, Ruderalis, Indica / Sativa
Flowering : Auto flowering
Genetics : Auto Northern Lights
Flowering Time : Short, Medium
Outdoor Harvest :
Height : Short, Medium
THC Level :
Characteristics : A perfect choice for those who desire a heavy, lethargic stoned effect with Auto Flowering

NL Auto flowering Feminized is a result of selective indica breeding carried out by G13 Labs experts. The seeds were specially developed for growers who prefer short bushy plants in their marijuana gardens.
Feminized seeds of Northern Lights have been favorite amongst marijuana fans for years for their easy growing characteristics and great narcotic values. We would definitely recommend these cannabis seeds for new growers as it is very forgiving during the vegetative stage and tolerates high temperatures.

Nearly all promising modern indoor cannabis strains contain NL genes. High flower to leaf ratio, compact buds, good yields and exceptional resin production are all characteristics displayed by this wonderful strain. Plants of this variety are very compact and respond well to any growing methods, they perform well in pot, soil and/or hydroponics setups. Their miniature size makes them ideal for places with limited spaces.
Breeding specialists from that industry made this highly suitable for outdoor growing; IT is a fantastic strain for gardens where smell is an unfavorable factor. Purely indica, feminized seeds of Northern Lights delivers the finest qualities expected from that variety and remains the strongest marijuana variety in the world, with a nice sweet taste.

After a typical indica flowering of 8-9 weeks, and large flowers turning into chunky nuggets can be expected after a short maturing period. Harvesting when grown outdoors is September-October.

G 13 Labs seeds Auto NL is said to be a great yielder - 350-450 gr. per m2 when grown indoors and 600 gr per m2 when grown outside.
Some cannabis growers top the plants to bush them up and get more cuts for cloning. A free tip - take cuts 20 minutes after fresh watering, you will be nicely surprised with the result.
Northern Lights feminized is a perfect choice for those who desire a heavy, lethargic stoned effect. The smoke is full bodied yet somewhat neutral in flavor. The taste is pungent with a sweet after taste. As a typical indica the effect is strong, producing a high level of relaxation for the body and the mind.

1) TH Seeds Burmese Kush, cracked

Sex : Feminized
Type : Indica / Sativa
Flowering : Photo period
Genetics : Burmese Kush x OG Kush
Flowering Time : Medium
Outdoor Harvest : September/October
Height : Medium
THC Level : High
Characteristics : Great Kush flavor & high
TH Seeds Burmese Kush: Meet BUKU aka the ancient treasure Burmese Kush!
A short but phat plant with a flowering time of only 7 1/2 weeks, making it one of the fastest T.H. Seeds strains. To create this mean machine, we've crossed the authentic Burmese Kush with the O.G. Kush from L.A. which is without a doubt the hottest thing being passed around in Cali right now. BUKU has got that great Kush flavor & high and all a grower could wish for. Bound to become one of your garden & stash favorites. Quick flowering time and a low leaf-to -flower ratio make the BUKU the perfect plant for small highly productive grow rooms. It takes cannabis seeds between 50-55 days to flower.

1) TH Seeds Kushage, cracked.

Sex : Regular
Type : Mostly indica
Flowering : Photo period
Genetics : S.A.G.E. x OG Kush
Flowering Time : Long
Outdoor Harvest : October/November
Height : Tall
THC Level : High
Characteristics : spicy sweetness

T H Seeds Kushage: Every few years a new flavor emerges on the scene, and right now this is the one. With two proven parents, this combo of Cali super plants just gets better.
Our S.A.G.E. male has proven over the years to produce stable vigorous plants. The O.G. Kush we used in this cross has a following of biblical proportions; the S.A.G.E, on the other hand, delivers the essential Sativa influence to lift up the sometimes overwhelming Kush effect. With a longer flowering than the O.G. you can expect bigger yields & more elegantly shaped plants.
With this outrages vigorous growth, TH Seeds Kusage will make any indoor gardener proud !

The sandalwood flavor of S.A.G.E. & the crystal clear high add an extra boost to the almost addictive buzz of the O.G. Kush.I should be putting a few into solo cups and getting them under the T5 lamp tomorrow.

I got a small setback that shouldn't effect anything but my patience. A while back after my last grow my 600 watt ballast took a crap so I had to return it for another one. When it arrived it also came with another hood for free, hmm their mistake. So I decided to buy another 600 watt ballast from them so that I would have 2 matching setups. After 3 days of testing my room for temps and whatnot I noticed that one of them (brand new mind you) was getting very hot. Well the cooling fan on the ballast took a crap. The ballast still works but it gets hot.

So now I'm waiting on a reply from them so I can send it back to be replaced. Good thing I'm not gonna be using the flowering room for another month or so.

Check ya later.

 

[chb444220]

=D nice list ya got there man. lookin 4ward to seein the PE grown out. =) im gonna be doin a SOG grow... with a few new genetics.. sum G 13 f2's.. super skunk.. calizahr x casey band... chocolate chunky munky.. grape apollo.. ice x caseyband... and that will probly be it. =) may add anotehr strain... not sure. doin them basically 12-12 from seed.. might veg for a week or 2 at tops. =) excited to see the burmese kush as well.. =) heard good things about that strain! good luck with everything man!!

 

[Kiki007]

Nice list!! It's good to see some different strains..... not the same o-same o..... good job mixing it up!

 

[Dropastone]

Just put em all in solo cups with some ocean forest and put em in the humidity dome. Got em under the T5's as I write. Should have some sprouts in a day or two. The NL auto didn't crack yet, I'll give her a couple more days to see if she pops.

 

[chb444220]

awesome!! lookin 4ward to seein everythign get under way!!! =D hopin that NL seed pops 4 ya! i got a few NL Fem seeds from nirvana. been growin it for a while tho. sooo i let the clones i had flower out. might grow it again soon tho. deff nice yielder. night tight buds too. wonderin how it will compare to your NL #5 plant. i saw a great p[ost about NL the other day. lemme see if i can post it on here.

 

[chb444220]

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The Origins of Northern Lights

No other indica plant besides the legendary G-13 has accumulated such widespread recognition and fame as the Northern Lights Afghani. The original Northern Lights plants were pure indicas but later hybrids were released with a bit of Thai Sativa in their pedigree. This probably accounts for the fruity taste and great, almost psychedelic, high that this plant is known for today. Although most of the subsequent plants were bred towards an indica expression, there are still sativa phenotypes popping up now and then as a reminder of the genetic history of the plant.
Making its way from the Pacific North West to the Netherlands in 1985, the Northern Lights arrived in the possession of Neville Schoenmaker. Neville was the owner of Holland's first cannabis Seed Company known as The Seed Bank, which later was renamed Sensi Seeds under new ownership. According to the most credible source; Northern Lights was originally bred by a man known as “The Indian” on an Island near Seattle Washington in the United States. Some also claim that the plant originated in California before ending up in the hand of this mysterious man from Seattle but there is no conclusive evidence to support this. Apparently there were a total of eleven plants that were labeled Northern Lights #1 through Northern Lights #11. Northern Lights #5 was said to have been the best of the bunch, with Northern Lights #1 coming in at a close second. The original Northern Lights plants were described to be true breeding Afghanis with extreme indica characteristics. They were dark green in color and very stable, with a high flower to leaf ratio while sporting a piney taste and purple hues in flowering. They were also known to be highly resinous with a THC percentage over 15%, sometimes higher.

The story goes that all the various Northern Lights plants that were given to Neville Schoenmaker at the Seed Bank were female clones. Soon after, many new plants showed up on the Seed Bank list, including several different Northern Lights strains. This is where the history begins to get a bit hazy. How exactly these new seeds came to be is unclear but apparently Neville Schoenmaker used the plants that he got from the Indian to create new hybrids by further crossing them to some males of Afghani origin. He might have acquired them from the same source as the females but the Northern Lights males were never labeled, so their history remains unclear. The best guess is that Neville Schoenmaker created the new seeds by further hybridizing and inbreeding the plants that he acquired from the Indian to his old stock. Northern Lights #1 was described as a true breeding Afghani IBL (inbred line), suggesting that it contained none of the Thai Sativa that was later incorporated into some of the Northern Lights strains. At what point the Thai Sativa was infused into the genetic lineage is however unclear. Most likely it was bred into the Northern Lights #2 hybrid at some point. Regardless of their origin or genetic makeup, two particular males labeled Northern Lights #1 and Northern Lights #2 are clearly mentioned as the fathers of many new plants in a Seed Bank catalogue from the 1980’s. Northern Lights #2, a wonderfully potent Northern Lights #1-Hindu Kush hybrid, is still offered by Dutch Passion under the name Oasis. There is also some Northern Lights #2 in Aurora B from The Flying Dutchmen.

The two Northern Lights males fathered several potent and exotic hybrids that included the notoriously potent G-13 female as well as Big Bud, Skunk #1, Hash Plant, Haze and Swazi, among others. One of the more noteworthy unions from this time was the Northern Lights #5 x Northern Lights #2 hybrid, which now no longer exists. The only strains from this collection that are still available at Sensi Seeds today are Hash Plant, which is made up of one quarter Northern Lights #1, as well as G-13 x Hash Plant, Black Domina and Big Bud with a slightly smaller portion of the same Northern Lights genes. Four-Way is also one quarter Northern Lights although it does contain some Cannabis Ruderalis, so it might not be the best choice for everyone. It might however appeal to the outdoor grower looking for auto-flowering or fast flowering varieties. The original Lowryder was also partly made up of Northern Lights #2 for those interested in the history of auto-flowering outdoor cannabis strains.

The genetic lineage of the various Northern Lights plants quickly becomes confusing since the entire line is diverse but also closely related and inbred. However, the Northern Lights #5 clone, which was considered the most superior plant of the bunch, was apparently never sold in seed form and must therefore have been the only unaltered version of the original plants. The pure Northern Lights #5 Afghani indica was used to create several outstanding and potent hybrids in combination with many of the strains that The Seed Bank had to offer at the time. Although many of these Cannabis Cup winners are now extinct, some are still available in seed form today at Sensi Seeds. These plants are also the closest relatives to the glorious Northern Lights #5 mother that Sensi Seeds has to offer. Most notable of these strains are the Northern Lights #5 x Haze, Northern Lights #5 x Skunk #1 or Shiva Skunk, Silver Pearl and last but not least; Jack Herer, the main ingredient in the now legendary Cinderella99. The glorious Jack Herer is a superior plant that forms a union between the three most important building blocks of modern cannabis strains; Northern Lights, Skunk and Haze.

Some of the strains mentioned above were also sold under the flag of the Super Sativa Seeds Company carrying different names. Some might remember the M39, which was made up of a strain called Basic 5 and Skunk #1. The Basic 5 was apparently Northern Lights #5, which means that this hybrid was similar to the Shiva Skunk offered at the Seed Bank, now known as Sensi Seeds. The Brothers Grimm also offered their version of the Aurora Borealis but it has since disappeared from the market.
The current, unnumbered version of the Northern Lights that Sensi Seeds offers today is according to their description a mix of the three pure variants of Northern Lights that were at their disposal in the past. Since the plant is a result of years of selection and back-breeding, it is difficult to say what the exact lineage is but an educated guess would be that they perhaps combined their Northern Lights #1 male to either the original Northern Lights #5 mother or the Northern Lights #5 x Northern Lights #2 hybrid in order to create this current version.
There are a few other breeders that offer high quality Northern Lights plants and hybrids. One of the most highly regarded versions of modern Northern Lights #5 comes from the British Columbia Seed Company. Their plant possibly derives from the original Northern Lights #5 x Northern Lights #2 hybrid created at the Seed Bank by Neville himself. Dr. Atomic, Joey Weed, Reeferman as well as many others also offer select versions of Northern Lights, some more highly regarded than others. The Sweet Pink Grapefruit that Breeder Steve used to create his Sweet Tooth seed line is also allegedly an old school Northern Lights #1 cutting from British Colombia. Federation Seeds Mikado is also thought to be a reworked version of the Spice of Life Sweet Pink Grapefruit. The Sagarmatha Seed Bank in turn offers a plant that they call Northern Lights #9, which is made up of Northern Lights #5, White Widow and Durban. Slyder from Sagarmatha contains the same Northern Lights #5 and can be considered a forerunner to the Northern Lights #9.
Some of the strains from Serious Seeds also contain some old school Northern Lights, mainly Chronic, which is made up of 50% Northern Lights with a touch of Skunk #1 and the notorious "one-hit-wonder" AK-47. The origin of the Northern Lights used in both the Serious Seeds and Sagarmatha hybrids can be traced back to the original plants, since the owners of both seeds companies apparently worked at Sensi Seeds at one point of their careers and thereby obtained their plants directly from the source. Likewise, some of the strains from The Mr Nice Seedbank contain pure, authentic old school Northern Lights #5 genes, including their Super Silver Haze. Apparently Neville and Shantibaba are also reviving the original Northern Lights #5 from a Haze hybrid from old stock. It might resurface in the near future. Exile from Magus Genetics is also made up of one quarter Northern Lights with some White Widow thrown into the mix but the strain is still highly propelled by the potent and always popular Warlock Super Skunk. Double Dutch from the same company is an early version of Chronic from Serious Seeds coupled up with the same potent father, making it a true Northern Lights hybrid. Both plants have accumulated several awards and are of uttermost high quality.

There is also some mentioning of a private Northern Lights cutting that is said to be the real thing. It is known as P91, which stand for Poway Class of '91. This version of the plant, which originates from Poway San Diego, is supposedly an inbred or cubed version of Northern Lights #5 but this was impossible to confirm. It is considered to be one of the few, true and pure Northern Lights plants left in the world.
The strains containing Northern Lights are simply too many to mention. Northern Lights has over the years become a very important line in modern cannabis genetics. Today, most seed companies offer their version of Northern Lights. Some of the plants are more closely related to the original plants than others, and descriptions by breeders are often lacking in detail. One thing is for certain and that is that there is more than one version of Northern Lights in circulation, ranging from indica to sativa in expression.

 

[Dropastone]

Just checked this morning and NL auto doesn't look like it's gonna make it. It's been germinating since Friday afternoon. I got about an ounce of NL5 left. I saved the choice buds for last and the extended cure has really made it some mind bending smoke. I've been trying to hold on to it so I think it's roaches for me until the next harvest around Christmas.

 

[Dropastone]

Thanks for the article, it was a good read.