AK Bean Brains

nuskool89

nuskool89

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So far the nl1 3 way is empty. Had 2 really nice ladies and one male I kept pollen from; and 3 others I killed early. One with a weird one-sided growth mutation.

These were some of the easiest going plants in the garden and the smoke on my favorite lady is earthy-sweet and expansive. No slouch in the potency department but it’s not a day ender.

I did not keep clones, as my space is super limited, but early on had my eye (and nose) on the male I wound up collecting pollen from. It’s so rank, and it grew with such vigor and uniformity, I just couldn’t kill it.

Cherry Lemonade will get popped next from this lineup. When I got them last oct/sep two in the pack were actually open already. Akbb mentioned these are an older so I want to get them going. I envy those of you with space and freedom.

Admittedly the words “older pack” and “AKBB” in the same breath is a little intimidating. The master of bringing old seeds to life…….I’ll feel like a failure if I fuck these up :eyesmoke:

His potcast made me a believer and last year I started scooping up his gear. The NL1 result has me stoked for what’s to come.
 
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mindriot

mindriot

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Rurumo said:
Can anyone speak to the differences between his NL 5 vs NL 89? I'll probably pick up the NL 5 but then I saw the 89, and the various NL crosses and then lost my focus.
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I forget where AKBB posted this, I think IG about the NL 89:

"these are 31 year old seeds that hadn’t been touched since they were made they were in a dry cabin in interior Ak north of Fairbanks these are original nl from PNW not from seedbank of Holland never left the state ! These were bred by a friends aunt and was her favorite smoke ever !, "
 
SNEAKYp

SNEAKYp

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bodhipop said:
Do you have any photos of the females you're willing to post, sneaky?
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I literally just moved them to the back of the tent . They are still in stretch mode so when I take them out to pollinate I’ll take pics.

A few of them have started to frost up on the leaves so it’s a good sign considering they are only 12 days into flower

A week ago before I moved them they are the ones in the front left of the tent


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thetruthoverlies

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Spun up some nl5 x super skunk and some phk x durban beans. I am seeing some purple hues in the seedlings. On the hunt for something that resembles the northern lights smoke I had in the late 90's.
 
Rufus T. Firefly

Rufus T. Firefly

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Dankortowne said:
I’d say 5he 89 nl is more like unrefined nl2 and the nl5 is very close to the seedbank of Holland release just less sweet
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I think I have seen Seattle Greg say that their choice of smoke back in the day was the NL2 despite selling way more NL5

Also a quick question D, I noticed that when I re-upped on the AK4way the packs said F2 and my older packs did not, what’s the difference if any?
 
nuskool89

nuskool89

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Rufus T. Firefly said:
I think I have seen Seattle Greg say that their choice of smoke back in the day was the NL2 despite selling way more NL5
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Todd McCormick said the same thing in the recent potcast about nl2 being a favorite/hoarded and the nl5 being shared more often.

I’ll run the nl5 at some point….maybe I’ll grab some 89 NL too now that I see this. I bet both are fire. I’m picking up the NL1 jar a lot lately
 
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Rigman

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This is from the AG site;
The Northern Lights numbering #1 through #11, was from most Afghan, the #1, also called "Purest Indica", to the "Purest Indica"/Afghan crossed with more tropical/equatorial plants.

The NL#2 is a broad leaflet mostly Afghan variety that is quick flowering and covered in resin. The male flowers were also covered in trichomes and had the most resin that I have ever seen on male plants since I started growing in 1984.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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Rigman said:
This is from the AG site;
The Northern Lights numbering #1 through #11, was from most Afghan, the #1, also called "Purest Indica", to the "Purest Indica"/Afghan crossed with more tropical/equatorial plants.

The NL#2 is a broad leaflet mostly Afghan variety that is quick flowering and covered in resin. The male flowers were also covered in trichomes and had the most resin that I have ever seen on male plants since I started growing in 1984.
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I love the old broadleaf varieties. I'm going to pop some Pine Tar Kush soon. I guess I'll have to get some of the 89 for sure, but who am I kidding, I'll also try the NL #5.
 
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