The Grey Man
New member
Hi everybody...
I am just finishing a grow of Critical Haze.
I was given a pack and because I didn't have my usual cut, I chose to grow it through.
I've done this variety before, with MUCH success.
Last time I grew it, the smell was like lemony skunks were running free through my house. (I stole that phrase from another grow log but it seemed perfect for this strain..)
Anyway, I have called this thread 'new' Critical Haze because there is NO DOUBT in my mind that this is not the same strain that I grew those years ago.
Here is the grow:
1 whole packet. 7 females.
5 harvested so far.
All plants will finish within 8, maybe 8 1/2 weeks.
The buds are dense and have a good covering of resin glands.
The 3 biggest yielders will have about 30 (yes, THIRTY) ounces between them, the biggest probably has about 12 - 14 ounces on it.
Excited?
Don't be.
This is the worst marijuana I think I have ever grown. It has NO SMELL at all. Completely characterless. No taste at all ( and none will come through with the cure as this weed is without flava.)
This is actually worse than the Early Skunk Haze and NOBODY wanted that.
There is no doubt that this is a MASSIVE KNOCK for me. I will struggle for months now because, in the end, this crap ain't going anywhere but the compost bin... the smokers round here are discerning - this isn't Oxford (they smoke anything there..just call it Cheese!)
I just can't understand why. WHY? The product wasn't broke so why change it - and for this shit?
Judging the the blandness of some MasterKaze I smoked recently (another old favourite of mine..) I would say that, on a hunch, the Afghan Haze mother has been changed.
Why would ANY breeder send this crap to market?
I'm afraid that I have lost all faith in this seed company. The Nev's Haze was awful, too...
I keep searching but I haven't had a really good plant from Shanti for years. They are all just so bland now...
As a good control, I grew some DNA plants along with Shanti's Criticla Haze (I started to have suspicions about Shanti's stuff a while back and lost confidence.. I no longer dedicate a whole garden to Mr Nice weed as it so after disappoints...Lucky me this time around, I would say...) and the DNA stuff smells MIND BLOWING and is so so sticky in comparison. (Although the Critical Haze has a covering of resin, for some reason it isn't sticky..go figure..)
The conditions, pots and mud are identical.
I'm sorry to say that I can NO LONGER ADVISE ANYBODY TO PLANT ANY SEEDS COMING FROM MR NICE.
Plant them, if you like - but not based on my advise. The best stuff I grow these days is all from the States or DNA.
I'm not sure if Shanti's Hazes have lost their vigour or just dies and had to be replaced. Whatever it is, the Haze hybrids coming out of this stable are appalling, tasteless, characterless and don't get you high. I have had much more joy with the Central American sativas in the last few years and I am tired of wasting any more time.
I know I have been guilty of over-hyping sometimes and I'm sorry I did that.
REVIEWERS - BE MORE HONEST THAN ME, please!!
Honestly, the last good plant I got from this place was a Mango Haze and that was YEARS AGO. I don't know why I kept coming back. It's no wonder Nevil left this company. He couldn't put his name to this crap.
Sorry Shanti - I am leaving you. You have let me down time and again. What have you done? Is somebody else breeding your plants for you?
I'm sure I will be banned just for giving my honest opinion (and I am just SO disappointed and gutted right now) but it makes no difference as I can't associate myself to these terrible strains anymore.
Goodbye. Grover has left the building.
I am just finishing a grow of Critical Haze.
I was given a pack and because I didn't have my usual cut, I chose to grow it through.
I've done this variety before, with MUCH success.
Last time I grew it, the smell was like lemony skunks were running free through my house. (I stole that phrase from another grow log but it seemed perfect for this strain..)
Anyway, I have called this thread 'new' Critical Haze because there is NO DOUBT in my mind that this is not the same strain that I grew those years ago.
Here is the grow:
1 whole packet. 7 females.
5 harvested so far.
All plants will finish within 8, maybe 8 1/2 weeks.
The buds are dense and have a good covering of resin glands.
The 3 biggest yielders will have about 30 (yes, THIRTY) ounces between them, the biggest probably has about 12 - 14 ounces on it.
Excited?
Don't be.
This is the worst marijuana I think I have ever grown. It has NO SMELL at all. Completely characterless. No taste at all ( and none will come through with the cure as this weed is without flava.)
This is actually worse than the Early Skunk Haze and NOBODY wanted that.
There is no doubt that this is a MASSIVE KNOCK for me. I will struggle for months now because, in the end, this crap ain't going anywhere but the compost bin... the smokers round here are discerning - this isn't Oxford (they smoke anything there..just call it Cheese!)
I just can't understand why. WHY? The product wasn't broke so why change it - and for this shit?
Judging the the blandness of some MasterKaze I smoked recently (another old favourite of mine..) I would say that, on a hunch, the Afghan Haze mother has been changed.
Why would ANY breeder send this crap to market?
I'm afraid that I have lost all faith in this seed company. The Nev's Haze was awful, too...
I keep searching but I haven't had a really good plant from Shanti for years. They are all just so bland now...
As a good control, I grew some DNA plants along with Shanti's Criticla Haze (I started to have suspicions about Shanti's stuff a while back and lost confidence.. I no longer dedicate a whole garden to Mr Nice weed as it so after disappoints...Lucky me this time around, I would say...) and the DNA stuff smells MIND BLOWING and is so so sticky in comparison. (Although the Critical Haze has a covering of resin, for some reason it isn't sticky..go figure..)
The conditions, pots and mud are identical.
I'm sorry to say that I can NO LONGER ADVISE ANYBODY TO PLANT ANY SEEDS COMING FROM MR NICE.
Plant them, if you like - but not based on my advise. The best stuff I grow these days is all from the States or DNA.
I'm not sure if Shanti's Hazes have lost their vigour or just dies and had to be replaced. Whatever it is, the Haze hybrids coming out of this stable are appalling, tasteless, characterless and don't get you high. I have had much more joy with the Central American sativas in the last few years and I am tired of wasting any more time.
I know I have been guilty of over-hyping sometimes and I'm sorry I did that.
REVIEWERS - BE MORE HONEST THAN ME, please!!
Honestly, the last good plant I got from this place was a Mango Haze and that was YEARS AGO. I don't know why I kept coming back. It's no wonder Nevil left this company. He couldn't put his name to this crap.
Sorry Shanti - I am leaving you. You have let me down time and again. What have you done? Is somebody else breeding your plants for you?
I'm sure I will be banned just for giving my honest opinion (and I am just SO disappointed and gutted right now) but it makes no difference as I can't associate myself to these terrible strains anymore.
Goodbye. Grover has left the building.