"strains that were better than you expected them to be"

Alright, i guess, i need to get this ball/thread// rolling since it was requested a few times...

I got quite a few i can pimp here, but unfortantantly many are unable to be retrived now..

i was educated via "old school" through the prince of pot, & cannibus culture, i have grown almost something from every bank they had in the 90's..MANY are no longer around & may never be again, but this will be fun anyway, i guess this would be strain you took a chance on & it really exceeded expectations...

1st & foremost i need to start here...(i read almost 100 pages of this forum here on strains & never even seen my favorite seed bank mentioned once..Federation seeds..

This bank was an absolute dream.. everything i tried was top shelve, these days MANY of the greats are Gone!! They used to have about 17 strains now they are done to about 3 or 4, & are completely ignored it seems.. THESE guys ROCK..

Mikado- one of the strongest strains ever, this stuff was incrediable!! i cloned it for almost 9 years before it died out, AMAZING!! this was far superior to any white rhino/russian, in my eyes. Taste & yield was above average..clones like a dream, with almost no drop off..for a long time..

Hawaiian sativa (federation)- I tried both there hawaiian strains the kush (indica side) & this one, which was FAR better, it really tasted like sprite pop, VERY, VERY tasty, and a great buzz, very recommended the best hawaiian i ever had hands down, i had alot..

Romulan (federation), little golf balls of hash that tasted like grapes, superstrong & top notch taste, but low yield, i REALLY wanted to try the crosses of this stuff, but missed the deadline before we got cut off..romulan started with the federation, i even tried romulan 7 of 9, again amazing short stout plant, with top shelf taste!!

Cotton candy (federation) i kept goin back!!, because i loved them, i would have gotten them all eventually, this stuff was a bit better than sweet tooth, before sweet tooth was in circulation, pretty decent yield, the best tasting i think i tried, unfortantly i didn't try the sweet island skunk, which was also supoose to be over the top tasty...also, it was next on my list..

others..
the best stuff i ever grew, (my option) others a different favs(of mine) but my love was...
Love potion #5 ///sweet leaf pure, anybody who has any memory of cannibus culture, should recall the bank//grower...THE JOKER..He was so far ahead of the other independent guy D.J SHORT, it wasn't even fair, the joker's stuff was legend. This stuff i cloned for about 10 years with real little fall off, my 1st harvest the top cola, was wider than a regulation college basketball..(i'm not kidding!!honest). It was only that big the 1st time but WOW, ozzy had to be singing about this stuff!! Along with steve miller, the midnite toker...So far ahead of others like big bud it wasn't fair!!

Another strong one i got from a random mix from the Jordan of the islands..don't know what kind but, i was afraid to drive on it, when i 1st tried it it blew my socks off, tasted like pure citrus, A Very underrated seed bank, completely over looked..i gave it to my friend as a seedling & i was like damn!! you might have surpassed anything i had then!!

The one i wish i kept was the orginal haze, i killed it because it Smelled more than about 5 other plants combined, it took forever about 4 months, but was clearly a cut above almost anything, definately stronger than mikado, & thats saying alot!! I can't recall the bank that i got it from back than but i remember the describtion talking about the orginal haze brothers creating this strain, i will find it, i still have the catalog's, i see a version of it being offered at different banks now..i'm guessing it was the now debunk willy-jack seeds...See i told you i was ushered in via old school..

Fuckin incrediable (vancouver island seed company) This stuff was top notch, i had the orginal strain it got crossed so many ways it was hard to tell what, was what, but the orginal was simply amazing i thought, average in many ways look/yield/ but it was tasty & strong as a horse..

Well i can come up with others but this is a good start..
let's get the thread rolling..

yea one strain comes too mind. no one says much about. is JUICY FRUIT i thought it was a sativa i bought it cause i liked the name. my first toke fkn blew me away man. i was on the space station without using the shuttle man. its a strong trippy cerabal high man its fkn awesome. have to say its my best find ever cant recommend it "highly" enough.

this is a great thread.. something that everyone needs

anyone grew any fem seeds that were above expectation?

toostoned said:

Another strong one i got from a random mix from the Jordan of the islands..don't know what kind but, i was afraid to drive on it, when i 1st tried it it blew my socks off, tasted like pure citrus, A Very underrated seed bank, completely over looked..i gave it to my friend as a seedling & i was like damn!! you might have surpassed anything i had then!!

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that was probably his Lemon Skunk.
Jordan is the creator of God Bud, the first Canadian strain to win a Cannabis Cup.

I tried juicy fruit!! i love it too, i had a hard time with it, though, (it was awhile ago) but it seemed like an outdoor plant, much more than indoor... did you do well with it indoors...? Most of those Humbolt weeds(grown outside), would kick the butt, of our favorite indoor stuff.. I payed $60 for half an 1/8 for some stuff, in arcata, CA, awhile back it was worth every penny.. The guy was trying to pimp it's quality..& i was like "you don't need to convince me, i can smell it in your pocket". It was excellent! Did juicy fruit do good indoors...? I had trouble get it to clone, if i remember right..it was ahile ago..

frmrboi said:

that was probably his Lemon Skunk.
Jordan is the creator of God Bud, the first Canadian strain to win a Cannabis Cup.

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Thats good to know actually, i'd love to fine that again, i cloned this strain for almost 10 years, i held it's potency better than any other one, just about, i had sweet leaf for 10 years, & i had my ak--47 from serious for about 8 years now, but it barely represents, what it used to look like, it's hit the wall completely...I always took a clone of a clone, no mothers..that jordan lasted a frickin long time..i got my $ worth 300 times over!! (from a $40 mix pack) I couldn't have been more impressed!!

yea the juicy fruit does well indoors man.

toostoned said:

Thats good to know actually, i'd love to fine that again

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right here:
http://www.vancouverseedbank.ca/catalog/index.php?cPath=33_61

frmrboi said:

that was probably his Lemon Skunk.
Jordan is the creator of God Bud, the first Canadian strain to win a Cannabis Cup.

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Damn, your good man! i just lloked up what was in the mix..
citrus skunk
lemon skunk
dutch treat (not it for sure, i didn't care for this)
fruity buds (maybe?)
mississipi sweet bud (doubt it)
NL/hawaiian (no)
NL/indica (definate no)

Wow special inroductory price of $25!! less than i thought!!
thats $2.50 a year!!
also looks like he had
the "purp" way back then also..
that may have came from Jordan also..
thanks!!

Big Laughing, Dr Greenthumb

Greenthumb says it produces fits of laughter and I think "Yeah, right", but I have to try it. The first time I vaporized a bag of the stuff I was nearly pissing myself laughing at anything stupid on the idiot box.

I'm growning a few small clones in hydro now and I was short on weed a few weeks back, so instead of clipping bud I clipped some sugar leaf from the oldest plant and nuked it in the microwave for 20 seconds. I got a great 15 minute high with an hour of mellow good cheer, and it was great tasting right off the plant. Very potent.

Can't say enough about the strain, sampleing some right now actually.

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toostoned said:

Damn, your good man! i just lloked up what was in the mix..
citrus skunk
lemon skunk
dutch treat (not it for sure, i didn't care for this)

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no, I just was in the right place at the right time recently when someone else was looking for the Lemon Skunk and Jordan's came up.

Here's some interesting Research, i just found the Haze i referenced back @ the begining..
this is from the 2001 cannibus culture, (when i got the seeds there were a NEW product) they aren't in the late 90's catalogs..
Pure Haze (indoor) Willy jack seeds
This is one of the most potent strains on the planet. A super sativa developed in the 70's by the haze brothers, this stuff is electric.
height 5-6 feet, flowering 60-70 days
this stuff was WAY over the top, good..but VERY stinky..Definately the most potent i ever grew..
anybody think, this flying dutchmen is the same thing...?

The Flying Dutchmen The Original Haze



Developed: Pure breeding Sativa / Indica: Pure Sativa Appearance: Very resinous,large fluffy buds Smell / taste: Sweet and sour High / strength: Very potent, clear up, energetic high Yield per m2: Good Sowing time: May / June Outdoor harvest: End of December (Holland) Flowering period: 14 - 18 weeks (12 hrs indoor) Special breeding stock. The only original pure haze available. We have worked with this variety in Holland for more than 20 years now. It is the base for all the Haze you can find here in Holland. Since being stabilized in the late 70's The Original Haze has never been hybridized. Perfect for breeding projects due to it's pure breeding status. For commercial growers this strain is not recommended due to it's size and long maturation time. Very potent with an energetic cerebral high.

I have some cotton candy right now as we speak. Just smoked a tiny bud of it. got about two more grams left. It's dank shit. Chewed on a small stem I found and it did taste a bit like cotton candy.

Toostoned not all of the strains and seed banks you mentioned are gone.

You can buy Federation seeds Sweet Island Skunk at Hemp Depot along with some other Federation seeds:

http://www.hempdepot.ca/other/aprices.html#canadian

There are two sites I found that still carry Willy Jack seeds, this one only sends seeds to Canada so it wouldn't be very useful to those of you in the US:

http://www.canadianseedexchange.com/

This one looks like a smaller outfit but it sounds like they deliver to the US, they also carry some Federation seeds:

http://www.hiddenjungle.ca/HiddenJungle.htm

I haven't used these seed banks so I can't really recommend them though.

i went to the hidden jungle and purchased some willy jack seeds,

northern lights
white lights
white russian
purple kush x black domina

havnt grown them yet but coming soon

as far as something that was better than expected was twice i grew out 2 different random bagseed strains, and both times was much better in taste and potency than the original.

Sorry guys- I read this place is a rip-off site........... Hidden Jungle is Iron Seed Sales, a definite bull-shit site. Stay with the well-known places and you'll be better off.

Yeah, I hadn't heard of them before but I didn't know they were a rip off.