Sativa Lover - "The Classics"

Paflucy Hello to all the old-school veterans :) A very interesting project is coming up for sativa lovers. These are quite old seeds, so let’s talk about them a little. Dinafem - Diesel I think these seeds are at least 5 years old. I bought them at a local grow shop about 3 years ago, and that was already a good few years after Dinafem had shut down. I dug them out from the bottom of a basket full of old stock :) That day I also picked up a few other curiosities, like Moby Dick from Dinafem or Remo Chemo from Dinafem. I’ll probably get around to those projects someday, but today it’s not about that. Only 1 out of the 3 seeds germinated, but I still have 2 left in the freezer. DNA - Lemon Skunk I bought them about 3 years ago. It’s a pack of 3 seeds, and as far as I know DNA hasn’t been producing these for some time, so these seeds are probably around 3–5 years old as well. I have to admit, I’d been hunting for this Lemon Skunk for quite some time and it was always out of stock, so I’m really glad I finally managed to get it. I’m really excited that I’ll finally get the chance to see what this legendary strain has to offer. 1 seeds - 100% germination succes! Humboldt Seed Organization - Blue Dream I’d been thinking about this strain for a long time, but I always ended up choosing something else. Then Humboldt shut down and there was a bit of despair, but about 3 years ago at a local grow shop I dug up a forgotten pack of Blue Dream from a box of very old seeds. Even back then we figured that pack was around 5 years old, so today it must be at least 8, if not more. You know, it’s one of those boxes of old stock—strains that were ordered for someone, never picked up, and ended up forgotten at the bottom - lucky me! :) I’m doubly happy because I only took 1 seed and it germinated, so I still have 4 left for later :) Barney Farms - Acapulco Gold About 3–4 years ago, I got this pack as a freebie when buying some other things. Since it’s an old Barney’s package, I suspect the pack is at least 8 years old. I don’t have any expectations—we’ll see what surprises this genetics brings. Great germination rate after all these years—100% success from a single seed. Sensi Seeds - Jack Herer I bought this pack about 3 -4 years ago as well. My friend took 2 of them, and none of the seeds germinated. Surprised, I wrote to Sensi Seeds to ask what was going on, and they told me that it wasn’t the freshest pack, so that might have been the issue. But since it wasn’t purchased directly from them, there was nothing they could do about it. I suspect this pack is at least 5 years old. For me, germination was 100%—I took just one seed. Since these are old seeds, the process looked a bit different than usual. First, the seeds went into the freezer for 3 days. Then they were placed in a glass of water—they immediately sank to the bottom. After 24 hours, I did a pre-crushing and placed them on a damp cotton pad inside a ziplock bag, then into a box where the temperature was 25–26°C. After 48 hours, the sprouts started to appear, so the seeds were transferred to the first small 0.25 L pots. The soil was well watered with a mix of Rhizotonic + Orca + Great White Shark Even though the germination process went wonderfully and the girls quickly emerged from the soil, they showed low vigor and slow growth. They’re currently one month old, and… we’ll skip over the vegetative period for now, because I’m a bit disappointed with the slow growth. I had hoped to finish the veg phase in 3–4 weeks, but it looks like it will take more like 6–7 weeks. I’ll share more details closer to the flowering stage, which isn’t too far off :) Seee yaa soon :)