In the middle of the 90's appeared in Amsterdam a variety of marijuana that changed so much the cannabis panorama there as in the rest of the world. At that time there were already many potent genetics in the menu of the coffee-shops, but nothing that resembled the great White Widow.
At first it was only available as a smoking bud in Green House's first coffee, but its great success quickly led to being offered in seed form as well. The White Widow was the first of the famous "White" family of cannabis, a lineage that continued with the White Rhino, the Great White Shark or El Niño among others.
What genetics does White Widow have?
It is said to be a F1 hybrid created from the cross between a Brazilian (Possibly Pink Manga) and the Kerala of southern India. There was some controversy about the origin and father of this new strain, the most widespread version is that it was created by Scott Blake (Shantibaba) but many people claim it is the work of Ingemar from De sjamaan seed bank.
Our feminized version of White Widow comes from a selected clone of seeds from the first period. Luckily we keep the original genetics, because after leaving Nevil and Shantibaba the Green House bank, this brand's widow was never the same.
How's White Widow in morphology and appearance?
The appearance and growth of the plant does not seem like the typical hybrid between pure sativas as is the case, since its structure is compact, wide leaves, and short flowering time. Actually in cultivation behaves more like an indica marijuana plant, something that also happens with other varieties.
This was a trend in cannabis breeding in the 70s, 80s and 90s, trying to preserve the soul and effect of the sativas on the body and flowering time of the indicas. You can see something similar with Skunk#1 or Blueberry among others.
White Widow comes from a phenotype with a more sativa morphology, but flowering time and ease of cultivation are more in line with Indica genetics.
