Something still doesnt add up regarding official strain lineage and nomenclature.
And Nevil's contributions here at the forum didnt clear things up, more confused them. And Shanti can be vague to say the least, hell I would be with his work loads. Whatever the answer to the question is, things are not crystal just yet.
OK so we know that #122 came from the 1000 seeds popped when Nevil and Shanti started working together at the time he joined Greenhouse. #122 Shanti selected, Nevil had his own selection. Nevils selection becomes SSH mum, Shanti's Mango mum.
I remember reading somewhere that
Haze C male is alive, and that
Haze A male is dead. So Shanti could have easily created NL5HzC, or more relevantly a Skunk Haze C (For the AC DAD), as a new selection from old seed or a new combination based on old or new selection. But he definitely cant create any new Haze A crosses from scratch if Haze A is dead. Maybe this is why I keep being led to believe that mass germination must have been a mix of genes containing both A and C genes...
Where does Sk Hz A come from if not from this germination.....
So thats what lead me to believe that the 1000 seed germination which he has personally spoke of, include at the least a NL5hzA selection, as this is where Nevs Haze and SSH both were borne of! That makes more sense than all the missing links that other theories would have unexplained. This explains the parallel lines of SSH and MH, which adds up! It explains the male used to create AC dad, the sisters that make up SSH and Mango Haze respectively,
nevil stated :
"The area for improvement was not the NL5xHz mother, SB already has cuttings of the best ever produced.
(the 2 cuttings of NL5HZ Nevil and Shanti selected from the 100 seeds) The improvement would be in the SKxHz father.
(My theory - so Haze still there to make improved Skunk cross) Later Skunk versions that were crossed with the Haze were far superior to the Skunk Hazes of the '80s.
So if "Nevil's Haze is a cross using both males (A and C). The mother is made from the Haze A male crossed to Northern Lights #5 - the best indica Nevil has ever found. The male is Haze C - NL5HzA x HzC".
My version of events is the oldest NL5HzA cutting selected as mother to Nevs Haze. Then the later germ of 1000 seeds is to find a new mum, and dad, and thats where #122 and the current NL5HzC mum originates.
My head is spinning... Trying to work this out is worse than a PhD!!!! Maybe this link helps....
http://www.mrnice.nl/forum/4-talk-shantibaba-mrnice/278-lineage-mh-ssh-nh.html