Yeah, I have a pack of LaNina to open, and I'm sure that I'll run into something delicious..
I m sure you ll find something nice to keep in a pack. If you want to find a Hazy keeper I d say run 2 packs just to be sure.But if you want a sat/ind Widow dominant hybrid keeper I think 1 pack will guaranty you ll get one.
It is just way off to say that a 100% sativa (haze) added to an at most 50% indica could be '1/4 sativa'.
No one said that. I said that if the selected WW was almost 100% indica , and if also LN is (HazexWW)xWW , then LN would be 1/4 sativa indeed.
I would bet that heaven's stairway just made the description up. From what I've seen of the grows (mostly yours, lol) and the description (8-10wks) is looks like (haze x indica dom widow)x widow, or something similar is very possible.
I dont think they made it up cause I remember (if my memory serves me well) reading the same thing from shanti elsewhere. (That LN is 3/4 Indica that is) . And the same descriptions were on other seed reseller' sites too..
I know that there is a lot of b.s. about the origins of the widow, but..
Brazillian x South Indian
No Brazillian landrace indicas that I know of....
Who said that the Brazilian is an indica??
If you check the strain description here on this site of BW it clearly says Brazilian Sativa. Not Brazilian indica.
I was under the impression that the herb from S. India/Kerala was Very sativa dom. Not like a skinny leafed, tall indica (bud structure, finish time, seed size), but like a kali-mist/haze sativa.
Actually the description here is somewhat 'incomplete', is 'general' , meaning I ve read from shanti numerous times that the South Indian Side is not an Indica but a South Indian Hybrid.
Anyway, I LOVE to dig into the backgrounds of the MJ plant, and that is 1 of the reasons that MrN is my fave seed co. The transparency.
That makes two of us Barletta. Some people may not want to know the background of the strains they grow, but I see it as a learning process , so I can identify where specific traits/aromas etc come from in the hybrid we grow in our gardens.
I am thinking that I may run these LaNinas in a few months. What was the % of sativa dom Shits for you? I have 2 girls, both stay so short.... I have 10 shits to run, and may run 2-3 La nina's to get a feel for her.
Has Shanti reccommended a pheno/trait(s) to look out for as far as being a keeper? Did you keep a LaNina? Shit?
I only grew 2 Shit females , they were pretty identical in the looks and smoke. I couldnt say they stayed 'short' , for example they were taller than all my CMass but they were within reasonable limits.Unfortunately I couldnt keep clones at the time so no I didnt Keep any Shit/LN but when I run them again I know what to look for especially with LN. Its all down to personal preference, me, I d keep the Hazy LN it was one of the best smokes I had from Haze Hybrids. Unique flavor and aroma.Very uplifting , instant effect too. Not very long lasting maybe compared to other strains but very very enjoyable.
EDIT:
One thing to remember is you can have a cross between a pure sativa and a pure indica and the plant you finally select from this cross can be almost 100% sativa . In the papers that plant is still 50% sativa but..in reality its not, its almost 100% sativa.
Some genes are more dominant that others .
Now if you use this selected plant to make another strain you d most probably say that this was 100% Sativa and go from there , I hope you get what I mean.Personally I believe that this is the case with LN , being an almost 100% indica Widow male used and LN makeup is Haze x WW , backrossed to WW male. Thus the ''1/4 sat and 3/4 indica'' descriptions.