Nirvana seeds are crap!!!

[Polydectus]

I've ordered from Nirvana twice and both times and 2 different strains, the plants just stunted at around the same stage. There were only 2 common factors: Me and the seeds. Who was at fault? Guess we will never know.

 

[VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO]

I've ordered from Nirvana twice and both times and 2 different strains, the plants just stunted at around the same stage. There were only 2 common factors: Me and the seeds. Who was at fault? Guess we will never know.

did you say something? To busy starring at your avatar

 

[Dr. Yo]

I have listed breeders and seed companies (in those cases not individual breeders by name) a number of times.

In no particular order

Reeferman Seeds

Shantibaba (Mr. Nice Seeds)

Serious Seeds

Sensi Seeds

De Sjamaan

Soma Seeds

Sagarmatha Seeds

Sannie's is good but most of the line just isn't my cup of tea, but his gear is still good.

I've tried a few strains from Paradise Seeds and was very well pleased, but I have not tried all that many of their strains .. Nebula was good, and even though I am not a real indica fan Sensi Star was more than just enjoyable.

I could say the same for Black Label Seeds and a couple more breeders/seed companies .. but not all that many.

Sometimes what makes me like one more than others is not a wide selection or even the most potent strains but the consistency you get. I don't care much for surprises and sometimes just being able to know you can rely on what you will get is more important to me than two more percent of THC.

When it comes to pretty colors, they are meaningless to me, as are exotic aromas when growing, and something that tastes like some fruit, tropical or otherwise, has never made me any higher just because of the flavor .. so again those things are all utterly meaningless too me. To me they are gimmicks to catch the eye of the customer because the breeder can't offer anything more tangible, not higher potency or a longer lasting more enjoyable high, they turn to pretty, pretty colors and exotic aromas and tropical fruit flavors .... basically in most cases, not all, but in most it's all just 'flash, just 'go faster stripes' to make a mundane strain appear to be unique and special and better than it actually is.

It's so funny to see how much you hate TGA/Subcool seeds Brick....lol. All these veiled references to pretty colors and exotic aromas, and your documented disdain for TGA. You like to paint new breeders into these corners, sounding like a fuddy-duddy who's resistent to change to a fault.

You're a valuable resource on RIU and master gardener, but also a true contrarian.

 

[VICTORYGARDENSHYDRO]

It's so funny to see how much you hate TGA/Subcool seeds Brick....lol. All these veiled references to pretty colors and exotic aromas, and your documented disdain for TGA. You like to paint new breeders into these corners, sounding like a fuddy-duddy who's resistent to change to a fault.

You're a valuable resource on RIU and master gardener, but also a true contrarian.

if you ask nicely, he will tell you why. it is a very interesting story.

 

[carl.burnette]

I bought 5 Bubbalicious Auto flowering seeds from Nirvana& they germinate. They sent me new seeds right away. I was very pleased.

BUT

At the same time I ordered a 10 pack of Haze seeds from them.. I just spent 2 weeks trying to germinate them & only 1 cracked. The Bubbalicious replacement seeds cracked in less than 12 hours.

I wonder if my shipment was radiated going through customs or got too Hot/Cold during shipping?

I hope they do something about the haze seeds but to be honest, I will order from them again just because of how they handled my other issue.

 

[marmarb]

i go thru gyps for my nirvana gear and i gotta tell you im loving they gear normally i do autos but switched it up this round go me some nl and papaya and got 7 weeks in from 12/12 and i will never run a fully auto grow room again

 

[flysomething]

I ordered Nirvana for my first ever grow. Even with the torture i put it through my white castle endured and packed on trichs. Its potent, just very very leafy. Just a leafy but dank pheno.

 

[MsBotwin]

The first time I tried to pop my seeds I used a heating mat that turned out to be too hot, same with the second attempt. My latest attempt I think that I kept the seed mixture "soaked" instead of moist. My next attempt I will try your depth and width suggestion with just moist soil with humidity. I am open to suggestions and will try different things until I run out of patients or seeds. Thank you

I'm just a newb, but I soak my seeds in ph balanced water over night. If they sink to the bottom, the should pop, if they won't sink, they're not viable. I didn't have great luck with the paper towel method, but have had a 100% germ rate by soaking the seeds then putting them directly into rock wool that has been soaked in ph'd water and clonex liquid. I got the soaking the seeds before germination from "Marijuana Grow Basics" by Jorge Cervantes. The rock wool soaked in water and clonex was my brother's suggestion and itbworks for me. Once my seeds are in the rock wool, I use a humidity dome and propagation tray with a heat mat underneath.

 

[jungobo]

did you say something? To busy starring at your avatar

i left the site for 10 minutes after staring at his avatar...
but now im back.

 

[Brick Top]

It's so funny to see how much you hate TGA/Subcool seeds Brick....lol. All these veiled references to pretty colors and exotic aromas, and your documented disdain for TGA. You like to paint new breeders into these corners, sounding like a fuddy-duddy who's resistent to change to a fault.

You're a valuable resource on RIU and master gardener, but also a true contrarian.

Do not mistake my comments about pretty colors, exotic aromas, yummy flavors etc. to only be directed towards SubCool's gear. They are gimmicks that many breeders have gone to after they hit a wall where true appreciable increases in potency ended, which happened a good while ago, and they were forced to come up with something different to catch the eye of the buyer. They no longer could offer something truly better, something that was appreciably more potent, so they went for different.

Feminized seeds, while handy for someone with little room to grow so they do not want any males to separate and end up with unused growing space, are gimmicks. They are more hermie prone. Someone is better off using regular beans if they can. But something new and different was needed at to the time so along came feminized beans.

Auto-flowering strains are another gimmick. There is no true benefit from them. They are made using Ruderalis in crosses. Ruderalis is not much more potent when it comes to THC than hemp, and some cannabis researchers do fully believe that Ruderalis belongs categorized with industrial hemp.You will not see increases in potency by crossing a potent strain with something that is uber-low in THC. But you do get the keen gimmick of plants that will begin flowering on their own. They are sold as being faster and smaller but you can achieve virtually the same thing with many strains if you know what you are doing.

No color has ever added to or increased the potency of any strain. If a potent strain happened to be colorful it was not the color that created the potency..The same goes for flavors and the same goes for exotic aromas.

 

[seasmoke]

Damb, I would like to enlarge avatars.....

 

[glShemp]

I can't speak for all Nirvana seeds but take a look at these cola tops of Nirvana Blackberry harvested today. Donkey dick size colas. I topped the plants at about 12" and each plant had 4 main colas which I took today along with just the tops of the rest of the branches. The 4 plants looked like 16 under the light. The rest of the plants get another week or so to finish ripening.




Do not adjust your set, that is real purple on some of the tops.


The smell is amazing. It doesn't smell like blackberries. It's like some kind of strange tropical fruit you've never smelled before that's slightly fermented. The smell alone is intoxicating. I oven dried some buds for testing and the smoke is thick (just like Nirvana advertised) and cough producing but the strange fruity taste definitely comes though. After a proper drying and curing I expect this to be among the best tasting smoke I've experienced. They grew in soil with mostly organic ferts and I flushed the bejebus out of them in the final weeks for best taste.

The high is potent somewhere between Sativa and Indica. Again, this is from wet, just picked buds so more research needs to be done after drying.

Nirvana sells seeds for less than others and they like to knock off the names of other company's strains (Jock Horror for example) so I think some people assume their genetics are second rate. I just wanted to toss in my two cents that my experience with Nirvana was entirely positive and I'm very happy with the quality of the product.

Gonna smoke some now

 

[Serapis]

I can't speak for all Nirvana seeds but take a look at these cola tops of Nirvana Blackberry harvested today. Donkey dick size colas. I topped the plants at about 12" and each plant had 4 main colas which I took today along with just the tops of the rest of the branches. The 4 plants looked like 16 under the light. The rest of the plants get another week or so to finish ripening.


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Do not adjust your set, that is real purple on some of the tops.


The smell is amazing. It doesn't smell like blackberries. It's like some kind of strange tropical fruit you've never smelled before that's slightly fermented. The smell alone is intoxicating. I oven dried some buds for testing and the smoke is thick (just like Nirvana advertised) and cough producing but the strange fruity taste definitely comes though. After a proper drying and curing I expect this to be among the best tasting smoke I've experienced. They grew in soil with mostly organic ferts and I flushed the bejebus out of them in the final weeks for best taste.

The high is potent somewhere between Sativa and Indica. Again, this is from wet, just picked buds so more research needs to be done after drying.

Nirvana sells seeds for less than others and they like to knock off the names of other company's strains (Jock Horror for example) so I think some people assume their genetics are second rate. I just wanted to toss in my two cents that my experience with Nirvana was entirely positive and I'm very happy with the quality of the product.

Gonna smoke some now

Speaking of Blackberry seeds from Nirvana, they go on sale soon... This weekend, only 20 euros for a 5 pack of fem seeds.

 

[MsBBB]

I can't speak for all Nirvana seeds but take a look at these cola tops of Nirvana Blackberry harvested today. Donkey dick size colas. I topped the plants at about 12" and each plant had 4 main colas which I took today along with just the tops of the rest of the branches. The 4 plants looked like 16 under the light. The rest of the plants get another week or so to finish ripening.

The high is potent somewhere between Sativa and Indica. Again, this is from wet, just picked buds so more research needs to be done after drying.

Nirvana sells seeds for less than others and they like to knock off the names of other company's strains (Jock Horror for example) so I think some people assume their genetics are second rate. I just wanted to toss in my two cents that my experience with Nirvana was entirely positive and I'm very happy with the quality of the product. Gonna smoke some now

Can you show us pictures of the ones still ripening? Until I can master germinating seeds I will continue to buy Nirvana. I don't have access to bagseed so I have to work with what's available to me at the best price for my budget.

By the way, this weekend (02/04/11 to 02/06/11) the Blackberry Fem is the "Weekend Whopper". ​

I was not going to waste my money with any more seeds, but I have to try these after seeing what you harvested. I would be happy with a faction of your yield, it looks so good. By the time I get the seeds I should have learned something from my past failures and these will pop for me. Show us more...

 

[glShemp]

Can you show us pictures of the ones still ripening?

Um, sure.





It's not pretty, there are a lot of burned leaves showing my inexperience as a grower. But that speaks well for the strain because of the excellent harvest despite my lack of skill at growing.

 

[glShemp]

MsBBB - You having germination problems? I've ruined my share of seeds. But take a look at these Nirvana Wonder Women. I germinated 5 seeds and got 6 seedlings! No kidding, look closely and one has a tiny little twin





This time I soaked for 24 hours in RO water PH 6.2. I don't worry about if they sink or float. Then they spent another couple of days in wet paper towels and made sure temperature was mid 70s at all times. When I had a 1/4" or more of tap root they went into rockwool with a pair of tweezers. Then two days on a plate inside a plastic bag to retain humidity.

Smoke report in May

 

[marmarb]

gonna harvet papaya and nl sometime next week got wonder woman sittin in the fridge with about 15 other strains just ordered blue mystic ak48 and swiss cheese

 

[MsBBB]

MsBBB - You having germination problems? I've ruined my share of seeds. But take a look at these Nirvana Wonder Women. I germinated 5 seeds and got 6 seedlings! No kidding, look closely and one has a tiny little twin

This time I soaked for 24 hours in RO water PH 6.2. I don't worry about if they sink or float. Then they spent another couple of days in wet paper towels and made sure temperature was mid 70s at all times. When I had a 1/4" or more of tap root they went into rockwool with a pair of tweezers. Then two days on a plate inside a plastic bag to retain humidity. Smoke report in May

I had to laugh! Here I can only get 1 out of 10 to pop, and you have 2 out of 1, go figure. You should start a thread or journal so I can follow the progress of the Twins.