Ice Seeds from Nirvana


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'Ice' from Nirvana
LineageAfghani, Skunk, NL, Shiva
FamilyUnknown or mixed family
OriginEurope
RegionNetherlands
GenotypeMixed, primarily Indica
Indoor Maturation55 to 60 days
Outdoor MaturationOct 1 to Oct 15
Sex PossibilitiesStandard (M/F)
StatureNot Listed
YieldNot Listed
Odor LevelNot Listed
Odor DescriptionNot Listed
Taste LevelNot Listed
Taste DescriptionNot Listed



  Breeder's Description - 'Ice'
With Ice we have successfully attempted to bring quality and quantity together. Ice has ancestors of Afghani, a very special Skunk, Northern Light, and Shiva. An intense selection process of thousands of plants was used in finding this special mix. Ice flowers are richly covered in trychomes and have a dense consistency. Buds form along main branches and there is a high flower to leaf ratio. Fantastic for hydro and soil applications. The stone is heavy and the aroma is almost like fuel. Ice is a winner of the 1998 Cannabis Cup.

  Grower Report - wallyduck on July 22, 2003, 8:33 pm  

Overall Rating8  EffectVaried effects
Potency8  StatureAverage size

These are my observations of "Ice" from Nirvana seeds....

Plant size and formation
...500-600 mm high, about the same in width.. large leaves (one resembled more indica) very long stems on the leaves , keeping them from covering any bud sites , very fast grower , fills out to very well shaped
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  Grower Report - go_burn_1 on August 12, 2003, 11:09 pm  

Overall Rating8  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency8  StatureSomewhat short and squat

I had two distinct phenotypes:

The first was was more Sativa influenced and was a harder to contain in my small flower space. Would have done much better outside. Flowers were very large but the bottom 1/4 of the flower was strechy.

The second was more Indica influenced that took *very* well t
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  Grower Report - BobbyDigital on May 26, 2005, 1:17 pm  

Overall Rating9  EffectNicely balanced
Potency8  StatureAverage size

This Ice plant was the only one that survived until harvest. Planted 4 outside early Spring that were already establish for ~1 month. 2 were male, got mauled. One got munched on by rabbits.

The one that grew uninibited I named Athena because she was one beautiful bitch. Ended up finishing a
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  Grower Report - Naturbursche10304 on November 10, 2003, 9:08 am  

Overall Rating7  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency8  StatureVery short and squat

I grew Ice from clone. IMO this strain was very sensitive to wind and nutes.
My problems with this plant grew so big that I had to cut her down on day 31 of bloom. She still produced a lot of resin and some nice buds.

  Grower Report - Sticky Resins on November 23, 2003, 1:17 pm  

Overall Rating8  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency9  StatureAverage size

Ice is one of my faves. It produces so many resin glands that the plant is completely covered. The high is nice and uplifting and will not turn you into a couch potato. Ice is good to smoke before doing something active like biking or hiking. The high creeps up on you after smoking ... you might en ...continued

  Grower Report - Raqueteer on January 2, 2004, 4:28 pm  

Overall Rating7  EffectSomewhat couchlock
Potency7  StatureAverage size

Started out with 5 seeds, 100% germ rate!

Seedlings were vegged for about 6 weeks and then put into 12/12. In about the 4th or 5th week of Veg there was a strong odor though, so Carbon scrubbers had to be turned on at this point.

They were very easy to maintain in my DWC setup, very happy wi
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  Grower Report - Cuban on January 5, 2004, 8:54 pm  

Overall Rating8  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency8  StatureAverage size

The Grow
This is my second Ice plant grown, the first was male. It was an extremely vigorous strain. I used Sams Choice soil with a 40% mix of perlite. During veg I used Miracle Grow AP 15-30-15. She was vegged with 100 watts of CF's for 5 weeks and 13" at which point she showed female pre fl
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  Grower Report - bubs_ice on January 10, 2004, 10:21 pm  
Ice from Nirvana rated 6.57  



Overall Rating7  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency8  StatureSomewhat tall and lanky
Yield5  PhenotypeMixed, some Ruderalis
Ease7  Indoor45 to 50 days
Appearance7  OutdoorNot Listed
Odor Level5  Odor: Low odor during grow, maybee because of ionic air cleaner.
Taste Level5  Taste: Good taste, but still lacking some major kick
Grower's Tilt9  SexesStandard (M/F)
SI RatingNot Listed Vintage: Not Listed

I thoroughly enjoyed this plant! I am re-growing it right now. Don't let my numbers fool you, I think I may have messed up somewhere with the hydro solution. It isn't the plant's fault, even though I wish there was no Ruderalis in the strain (causes early flowering), I wanted to veg my plant for a bit longer and see if I could get a more pleasing yield.

The trichomes cover everything and shimmer in the light, the smell is definitely pleasing but hard to describe or put a finger on. The main intense smells come from the buds actually being broken into bits. Low odor was a major issue with my setup and I'm glad I got a plant that doesn't make the whole house smell like growing pot (already smells like smoked pot).
 
 
  Garden Information for this report  
Bloom Wattage Used20w to 250w
Average Plant Height48
Plants per Sq. Foot1.00
Average Yield per Plant2.00
Pruning or Plant StyleTree
Fertilization MethodChemically fed

Grow space: hightimes grow cube (measures 2x2x4), 2 pc fans, 4 flouro lights (each corner of the box vertically), 1 100W sunmaster HPS, General Hydroponics Waterfarm

Medium: clay pebbles and organo grow starter plugs

Watering cycle: 24/7 baby

Fertilization: General Hydroponics grow formulas by the book

Report added by: bubs_ice  Last edited by: Burramys Parvus on January 10, 2004, 11:01 pm


  Grower Report - chiro^ on July 22, 2004, 10:22 pm  

Overall Rating8  EffectNicely balanced
Potency10  StatureAverage size

Five seeds germinated out of six, in 3 days, directly in soil.
They stayed for a week under 54w of fluoros and then for other three weeks under 250w of HPS.
All the plants grew very fast with a lot of side branches and just one showed a bit of yellowing; they need quite a lot of nitrogen during
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  Grower Report - ksouras on September 19, 2004, 4:12 pm  

Overall Rating9  EffectAll in the head
Potency9  StatureSomewhat short and squat

I grew my ICE from seeds (3 plants totally) and vegged them with 18/6 hours of light/dark for 2 weeks
I transplanted on the 13th day and till that day I used 3 x 17W fluoro lamps
The day I transplanted I put them under a 400w HPS Son-T-Agro from Philips and the next day I put them on 12/12 hours
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  Grower Report - potassio on December 2, 2004, 10:11 pm  

Overall Rating7  EffectNicely balanced
Potency7  StatureAverage size

Planted 8 seeds in soil mix under 400w in less than a square meter..
After 13 days of vegetative i put in bloom whith 5-6 nodes each plant..

found 4 females, 12/12 for 49 days, harvest 20-30% amber.

THe yeld is 150g buds trimmed, and 40g of selected trimming 4 the hash..

Whith 10 days more
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  Grower Report - D0pE-4-ReAl on December 10, 2004, 11:45 am  

Overall Rating9  EffectAll in the head
Potency10  StatureAverage size

In veg, she showed sex (pre-flowers) at day 22. Which was great! I don’t believe that she is the nute hog like others say. I never over fed her and still there was a slight nute burn (fox farm products).
During veg there was a definite fuel like smell in the grow room

Flower: she stretched prett
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  Grower Report - CybeRopTiK on December 21, 2004, 12:19 am  

Overall Rating7  EffectSomewhat couchlock
Potency9  StatureSomewhat short and squat

This was my first grow, I only germinated one Ice seed (along with a few other seeds of other strains). It sprouted and turned out to be female (my only one actually). I cared for this plant well because she was all I had left. I was on a slight time constraint so I only vegged for a little under 4 ...continued

  Grower Report - Boseephus on March 18, 2005, 1:46 am  

Overall Rating7  EffectNicely balanced
PotencyNot Listed StatureSomewhat short and squat

VEG: I started 7 plants total, and ended up with 4 females. All the plants were similar in structure. Very branch and somewhat short. I used fish emulsion once a week for veg. They smelled very skunky during veg.

Flower: Flowering these plants was easy. I used Fox Farm Big Bloom for bloom. T
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  Grower Report - lostchild on July 4, 2005, 7:24 am  

Overall Rating8  EffectNicely balanced
Potency8  StatureVery short and squat

Planted seeds 10 seeds, lost 7 due to soil buggers.

Tossed out 1 male so 2 females were kept.

They grew out quite fast, had some troubles with nutes: they went from gimme more to a serious burn..

Plants were grown in soil and scrogged: good leaf to bud ratio and all the leaves were covered
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  Grower Report - Weed\'s *MV* Grower on July 21, 2005, 9:53 am  

Overall Rating7  EffectNicely balanced
Potency7  StatureAverage size

Well....

As i'm sitting here smoking a joint of ICE, i'm going to try and recap a bit.


Veg: I started 3 seeds, and vegged under florou's for 5 days, then moved under a 1000W MH were they were vegged for an additional 22 days. 27 days total veg.

The seedlings were all started in 16 oz. bee
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  Grower Report - ded flowers on September 28, 2005, 10:24 am  

Overall Rating6  EffectAll in the head
Potency8  StatureSomewhat tall and lanky

I started these 3 plants, dubbed the ICE Girls, directly into flower from seedlings at about 6-7".

I had 4 of 6 beans show female in 5 days of 12/12. I used GH Flora nutes at 5ml/10ml/15ml per gallon. Spider mites attacked at 2 weeks, I put in a No Pest Strip and raised RH to 70%. Mites were gone
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  Grower Report - FERDY on December 27, 2005, 11:51 am  

Overall Rating8  EffectSomewhat heady
Potency8  StatureVery short and squat

First of all let me say this is the best Nirvana's strain I've grown; very good final quality and quite good stability.
I started with 10 seeds bought in Amsterdam , got 4 females. One was given to a friend and now is a wonderful mother plant used to make clones.
ICE is a strong,resistant and
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Marijuana Seeds Review: Nirvana - 'Ice'