White Strains...

siense

Active Member
Anbody have any recommendations on a good white strain id refer a heavier indica one if possible. I know in the past years the trend of the white strains from the early 2000s as turned into the kush craze. I just need to add one to the collection I have enough og,diesel,cheese,purples,kushes. I just want a top notch white strain. I once got a couple lbs of some white rhino that smelled like straight fuel I enjoyed that stuff. I just doent know what breeder to go with at this point.
 

hughesresearch

Well-Known Member
well. you like indica and love white rhino obv. any search for mostly indica white strain will pop up wr. WR originally came from greenhouse, so id suggest to go with them. i used to support nirvana, but after growing out some ww, fuck them. the potency was mids at best using flora product line with 3 plants under 400w hps in a dwc.....if your mainly looking for a strain to knock you down and keep you there, id look into purple strains.
 

Oldreefer

Well-Known Member
I've just harvested a Chrystal....which is a cross of white widow and northern lights....definitely some stoney shit......
 

hughesresearch

Well-Known Member
Mr. Nice Seeds Medicine Man .... the original name was White Rhino but Shantibaba changed it.

Mr Nice Seedbank - Medicine Man



Strain: Medicine Man
Breeder: Mr. Nice
Location: indoor, outdoor, greenhouse
Type: mostly indica
Flowering: ~60 days
No feminized seeds.
A proven Medical marvel for those in need of high levels of the most active cannabinoids such as CBD. Almost toxic at times, so handle with care and don't abuse the medicine, man . It has won many awards since its introduction as the White Rhino in the late 90's. An incredible strong genetic heritage stemming from a Brazilian sativa/South Indian hybrid combined to a prodigious-yielding Afghani. It is in the Widow family and a proven champion for the sick and terminally -ill patients. For those who prefer indoors, then expect an incredibly resinous and compact Indica look from this plant. It has an expected flowering time of 56 to 60 days. For outdoors in the northern hemisphere expect harvest around October and in the southern hemisphere by May. The yield should be at least 600 grams a square meter… but be careful how you handle the Medicine, Man!

Family of breed: Afghan x Brazilian Sativa / South India
Breeder: Shantibaba's
Preferred medium: Bio and Hydro, Indoors and outdoors/greenhouse
Expected yield: indoor 600 g/m2 g/h & outdoor 450/600 g/plant
Flowering period: Indoor expect it to be completed in 56 to 65 flowering days.In the northern hemisphere it should be completed by October and in the southern hemisphere by late April to May.
Recommendations: For the inexperienced growers to the most advanced cultivator.
Special Notes: It was also known as White Rhino when it was first released…a tribute to Denis Peron's (art.215) for Medical growers.


Strain Lineage / Genealogy / Family Tree



shit, i forgot he found that like ww then left. i just didnt know that he took the linage of wr with him too.
 

siense

Active Member
Thank for the help everyone I think Im going to go with Some Mr.Nice . @ Hughes I 'am on purple over load at this time . I currently have The real mendo purps outdoor from 1994, Grape ape, Grand Daddy , Purple Urkle, Purple Diesel, Jack berry, Purple Kush, Razzle Dazzle, Some non-name purple afghani. Killing fields.and all the crosses I have made with some pollen Personally I think the Hazes are the strongest my Favortie is the Jack Herer circa 2001-2003 I have one mother left of that I grow everytime. I need a white just because they are never get past around anymore. I am presuming because of the fuel smell and taste. I am also looking for an orginal California Orange and real Manatuska thunderfuck. I have all the blueberrys, diesels,chems,nl,and kush crosses I will ever need. Im also on a mission for somne rare skunks like the Salmon Creek
 

soofresh

Member
Can anyone tell me who to talk to about strain info. Apparently I came across a strain that hasnt been in circut for a while. Its called Silver Spur. From Sierra. Cross between Orange Julius x White Mustang. White Mustang is from Chemdog. Orange Julius is a AK47 hybrid. This is all I could come up with. Can't even find anything on Sierra Seeds. Please, any help would be appreciated. Am new to this forum, layed out very well and people seem pretty cool, glad i stumbled across it.
 

ValleGrown

Well-Known Member
Snow white man I'm growing it ATM check out the grow it could be of reference use. It is a pure heavy indica father x white widow.
 

Brick Top

New Member
Can anyone tell me who to talk to about strain info. Apparently I came across a strain that hasnt been in circut for a while. Its called Silver Spur. From Sierra. Cross between Orange Julius x White Mustang. White Mustang is from Chemdog. Orange Julius is a AK47 hybrid. This is all I could come up with. Can't even find anything on Sierra Seeds. Please, any help would be appreciated. Am new to this forum, layed out very well and people seem pretty cool, glad i stumbled across it.
This isn't much ... but maybe it will be of some help.


Smoke report Silver Spur

« on: October 22, 2006, 04:05:49 AM »
First I must say Wow

Vegg 3-weeks
Flowering-9 weeks
Food - all AN prouducts
High - very strong uplifting Keeps on your feet
Weight -very dense buds pure indica
Taste- Excellent - would have been a great entry in Cannibis Cup
Smell- To be desired smell so good both flowering and smoking
Cured --7days in air hanging In jar for 21 days couldnt wait any
longer


Not to seem too nosy but by chance are you also tlsprague2003 on Cannabis.com?


Silver Spur
 

Brick Top

New Member
Lol. Yes I am. Like both forums. Between the two lots of knowledge.

I couldn't find any info on the strain at the sites I can normally rely on so I used Google and the first thing that came up was a question about Silver Spur and it was worded similar enough that I thought it might have been written by you ... so I thought I would ask.
 

bigsteve

Well-Known Member
I just did a grow and re-grow with White Siberian by Dinafem Seeds via Attitude. The yield was great at 70 grams dry
per small plant. After harvesting I re-vegged for 3 weeks and re-flowered for just 4 1/2 weeks before taking another
70+ grams/per.

Good luck, BigSteve.
 

Brick Top

New Member
A little info about the real true original White Widow/Black Widow and the birth of the true White strains.


The Real White Widow



Latrodectus mactans, also known as the southern Black Widow spider was the primary taxonomy used to describe the three species of spiders commonly referred to as the Black Widow spider prior to the early 1970’s. Unknown to most, there exists three species of the North American Black Widow spider. Along with Latrodectus mactans, the Latrodectus variolus (northern Black Widow) and Latrodectus hesperus (western Black Widow) are considered species of the North American Black Widow spider, not to be confused of course, with the false Black Widow spider. Such is the case with the infamous White Widow variety of cannabis, a strain of marijuana whose pedigree ultimately consists of a union between a South Indian hybrid and Brazilian Sativa. Her introduction to the masses in 1994 marked the end of an era in Dutch breeding circles and the beginning of a dynasty. Now known as Black Widow, the original White Widow would forever change the face of Dutch breeding and would go on too cement itself firmly as being among the most important strains of cannabis developed in the 20th century.

White Widow was originally bred by Shantibaba, the original founder, owner and head breeder of The Green House Seed Company (GHSC). The variety known as White Widow immediately catapulted itself into rock star status upon introduction to the public in 1994. Within a year of its initial release, White Widow took first place at the High Times Cannabis Cup in 1995 and a wave of copy cat White Widow varieties hit the market soon after. In 1996, both Nirvana and Dutch Passion seed companies purchased a single pack of White Widow seeds respectively from Shantibaba himself at the GHSC and within a year released their own versions of Widow. It wasn’t long before one would be hard pressed to find varieties of cannabis seed available from Holland that weren’t hybrids of the original White Widow released in 1994, literally breathing life into the Dutch cannabis breeding scene that had lagged in the time prior to White Widows release. For many years in Holland varieties such as Northern Lights, Skunk, Afghani and Haze were staples of the Dutch breeding community and with the introduction of White Widow came a renewed vigor in breeding top of the line, commercial and medicinal quality strains of cannabis. With success my friends, breeds greed and contempt for ones fellow man. A wave of White Widow varieties were available to the public by the late 1990’s, all of which were either hybrids a selected White Widow variety from a commercially available pack of F1 White Widow seeds from the GHSC, backcrosses from the original Widow or in some cases out right fraudulent lines to begin with. Having no true relation to the original Widow through hybridization or backcrossing. Imposters! To add to the growing complicated Widow landscape of the time, unscrupulous characters such as Ingemar, a former employee of the GHSC and self described breeder emerged claiming to be the true breeder of White Widow, offering their own version of the now legendary strain of cannabis. As if the whirlwind of disinformation wasn’t enough, along with Ingemar, yet another man who calls himself “Ecotronics” has laid claim to being the true breeder of White Widow and has been insistent everybody else is making money off of his line. While nothing is ever as black and white as it would seem from the outside looking in, it’s this kind of success and ultimately, confusion, that leads to the eventual name change of the original White Widow to the now proverbial Black Widow.

For those of you who may be in possession of genetics related to the Ingemar White Widow, but whom may be finding this article disappointing, I have you covered in that department as well. At one point in time, the man known as Ingemar worked for the GHSC, but if you were to believe Ingemar’s own account of the pedigree of his White Widow lines, one is left with the impression we are talking about distinctly different lines of White Widow from that of the Mr. Nice Seeds White Widow aka Black Widow. According to Ingemar, who now proudly assumes the title of “The Father of White Widow”, the pedigree of his line of White Widow is a secret, but that it was ultimately created from two seeds found in hand rolled hash which were subsequently selectively inbred for at least six years. Ingemar claims to have had access at the time to acres of land that he used to select the best plants from literally thousands of specimens. Again, the exact criteria Ingemar used to select his plants are kept a secret but he has been quoted as stating feed back from numerous medical users over the years played a role in the selection process of his particular White Widow line. According to Ingemar, the GHSC now uses his White Widow lines with express permission given solely to Arjan to use the name White Widow. In an ironic twist of fate, the GHSC now takes complete credit for the breeding and success of White Widow, without mention of either Ingemar or the true breeder of White Widow, Shantibaba, who of course is the only person in existence today with access to the original mother and father lines that created this now mythical variety of cannabis.

As was mentioned earlier, the pedigree of the Mr. Nice seeds Black Widow is the result of a union between a south Indian hybrid indica and a Brazilian sativa. The south Indian hybrid was found at Kovalum Beach, but it was ultimately cultivated in the surrounding mountainous terrain of Kerala. Shantibaba has stated in the past that the special qualities of the south Indian hybrid were enough for him to schedule a “safari” into the mountains of Kerala to find it on his Enfield bike. Within a few days, Shantibaba found himself “sitting in a café drinking a chai and smoking a joint”, when a middle aged, glassy eyed fellow approached him and helped finish off his smoke. After getting severely stoned and drinking the last of their tea, Shantibaba accompanied the man back to his farm only to discover this was the grower of the strain that had lead him into the mountains to begin with. After several days of testing numerous samples of marijuana, all of which had been cultivated, selected and “bred” for years based on resin production, selection was ultimately made on what would later become known as one half of the legendary pedigree of Black Widow. The man who helped Shantibaba finish his joint and ultimately supplied the seed that would later become known as the South Indian hybrid, told him that the seed had always been in his village, but that variation existed among the line depending on which village you visited to gather your wares. The plants are said to finish rather fast, but aesthetic wise have a sativa-esk appearance to them. Along with the Black Widow, several hybrids of this deadly lady have went on to garner much acclaim in their own right, most notably the White Rhino (now known as Medicine Man) and Great White Shark (also known as Peacemaker and Shark Shock), both of which have won a multitude of awards and cups in their own right, with the Medicine Mans pedigree consisting of Black Widow x Afghani and the Shark Shocks pedigree being Black Widow x Skunk#1. These are the original, “true blue” champion lines that garnered the reputations which precede themselves. Both lines find their ultimate pedigree traced back to the original White Widow bred by Shantibaba at the GHSC, now of Mr. Nice seeds (MNS), fronted by the legendary hash smuggler Howard Marks alongside the original “King of Cannabis”, Neville Schoenmaker.

It should be noted there are several Widow Hybrids available to the public from MNS, but all varieties containing the name Widow in the description come from either a select male or female cultivar, both from the same generation whom have underwent extensive testing. Hybrids such as Medicine Man, La Nina, G13xSkunk and Shark Shock are all varieties offered by MNS that encompass the Black Widow father as the main building block for their pedigrees. The exact formula of this male is somewhat of a mystery for all but the select few, however extensive breeding was done on the original White Widow (Black Widow) line and the male contains both the South Indian hybrid sativa/indica and the Brazilian Sativa. In very general terms, within a pack of seed of Black Widow one should expect the females to yield somewhere in the neighborhood of 350-400 grams per square meter. Of course it is phenotype dependant, but an experienced grower could probably do better with some time spent working with the line. Outdoors, the plants can be expected to finish by mid-October. Between the major three, Black Widow, Medicine Man and Shark Shock, the Medicine Man is touted as the fastest variety, coming in between mid September and October with the Shark Shock expected right around the beginning of October, give or a take a few days of course. Of all the hybrids however, Shantibaba describes the Shark Shock as the most successful breed of the ‘90s. One can not go wrong with any of the Widow selections; however the Black Widow is obviously perfect for the amateur breeder. If one was to find themselves in Amsterdam with some time to spare to try each line for them selves, according to Shantibaba the Katsu coffee shop on the Sarphatti Park, along with a gentleman known as Mr. Haze (supplier of official MNS gear to many Dutch coffee shops) and quite a few others stock the MNS Black Widow.

When it’s all said and done, at the end of the day, those at Mr. Nice Seeds hold the original parental lines that produced the White strains that won all of the acclaim in the mid to late 1990’s. The awards and cups are documented, and exist as irrefutable proof of the true origins of the White Widow line. These varieties of White lines are not nearly uncommon, but are of a quality rarely seen on a consistent basis that have managed to capture the hearts and minds of millions of cannabis enthusiasts the world over. Unfortunately, it is all too easy to be led in the wrong direction when it comes to the quest for the true White Widow. Now the picture should be painted much clearer for you. Though, the search has only just begun. Selection is the key to success with any variety, but with some diligence you too can have a mother plant that produces herb almost too toxic to indulge in on a consistent basis. Heed my warning; this is one of the most powerful varieties of cannabis known to mankind. Handle with care, because these lines are known to leave even the most experienced of smokers pleading for mercy. Good luck out there, friends. However, if you go to Mr. Nice seeds to get your Widow you’re not going to need it.
 

ValleGrown

Well-Known Member
Hell yea

Thanks bricktop. I had no idea there was/is so mch controversy surrounding the "widow" strains. Very interesting man. Where did you find this at?
 
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