Northern Lights #5 Seeds from British Columbia Seed Co

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'Northern Lights #5' from British Columbia Seed Co

Lineage:	Northern Lights (F-5 IBL)
Family:	Northern Lights
Origin:	North America
Region:	USA
Genotype:	*Indica*
Indoor Maturation:	45 to 50 days
Outdoor Maturation:	Not Listed
Sex Possibilities:	Standard (M/F)
Stature:	Somewhat short and squat
Yield:	7
Odor Level:	Not Listed
Odor Description:	Not Listed
Taste Level:	Not Listed
Taste Description:	Not Listed

Breeder's Description - 'Northern Lights #5'

This state of the art Indica is the result of over 25 years of selective breeding. We have bred for vigorous growth, high yield and a superb high. A must for growers who prefer short, bushy plants. The buds have an extremely frosted, resinous appearance. Truly one of the best all-around indoor plants in our collection. Our #1 selling strain with thousands of satisfied customers.

Grower Report - xdjangox on August 19, 2003, 8:58 am

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Overall Rating:	7			Effect:	Varied effects
Potency:	9			Stature:	Very short and squat

I grew this as a newbie and it was as hardy, stable, squat and low odour as the classic NL reputation suggests, with all the potency as well.

Odour: Oddly, plants smelled more skunky in veg than flower, when they were sweet 'n' low odour. A very sweet 'n' citrusy grapefruit smell, but stealthy. ...continued

Grower Report - Maliboo on December 2, 2003, 10:28 pm

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Overall Rating:	8			Effect:	Somewhat couchlock
Potency:	8			Stature:	Somewhat short and squat

I flowered 2 British Columbia Seed Co. NL#5 along with 3 Sensi Seed Bank Northern Lights. The NL#5 out performed the Sensi in every way. The buds swelled up a lot more, earlier, and had even more resin which is saying a lot cos the Sensi is heavily resined.

This strain is very very hardy and hard ...continued

Grower Report - NWGREENY on May 6, 2005, 9:04 pm

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Overall Rating:	4			Effect:	Somewhat couchlock
Potency:	4			Stature:	Somewhat short and squat

Being from the NW I used to get NL#5 back in the day all the time, it was the local favorite for many years spanning the 80s and 90s. Then it all seemed to kind of dry up after BC bud became what you would normally see. So ever since I started growing I have allways wanted to see if I could get a go ...continued

Grower Report - Elephant on November 19, 2005, 10:00 am

Northern Lights #5 from British Columbia Seed Co rated 6.40

Overall Rating:	6	Effect:	Not Listed
Potency:	Not Listed	Stature:	Somewhat short and squat
Yield:	10	Phenotype:	Mixed, primarily Indica
Ease:	10	Indoor:	65 to 70 days
Appearance:	10	Outdoor:	Not Listed
Odor Level:	1	Odor:	Little bit sweet and fuely, but not strong at all
Taste Level:	1	Taste:	Never lost the hay-like taste
Grower's Tilt:	Not Listed	Sexes:	Standard (M/F)
SI Rating:	Not Listed	Vintage:	May, 2005

Well, this was officially one of the most depressing experiences of my life. I spent months planning my first grow and building a wardrobe grow cabinet. I spent $1800 on equipment. I spent 3 months growing the plants. I started with 6 seeds. 1 didn't germinate, so I started a 7th. I got 2 females and ended up removing one of them to give more room to the other.

At harvest time there were virtually no trichomes on the buds, but the buds were very large and nice looking aside from that. The plant grew very well and easily for the most part. It just about doubled in height after switching to 12/12. The plant yielded about after drying 3 oz.

The horrible news is that the plant had LITERALLY no potency. I simply couldn't get high off the bud. Not even a little head change.

I stupidly believed that this was some genetic anomaly, and I decided to grow the last 2 seeds out in my computer case. One of them was female. Guess what... It sucks too. I just harvested and am very depressed. I'm pissed that BCSC could release these genetics. Although I must admit that the seeds were obtained from Marc Emery before he got busted. They were not in special breeder's packaging with logo etc, so I suppose there's a chance that Emery screwed up, but I highly doubt it. I don't know if BCSC even uses special packaging or if they were using special packaging at the time the seeds were obtained. This second plant hasn't been weighed yet, but it looks like about 1 to 1.5 oz.

So my first two and only grows were all for nothing. Totally worthless. It's hard to imagine a more depressing situation given all the months of waiting and all the care and planning and money spent.

I sent both BCSC and Marc Emery emails to explain what happened. Neither of them replied to my emails. That is super lame if you ask me, and as a result I will not be purchasing their seeds again.

Everything advertised about this strain came true in the sense that it was easy to grow, high yielding, short, and low odor. However there were two major things that didn't fit the bill... it took closer to 70 days to mature, and it had zero potency and no THC trichomes.

Garden Information for this report

Bloom Wattage Used:	Not Listed
Average Plant Height:	24
Plants per Sq. Foot:	1.00
Average Yield per Plant:	3.00
Pruning or Plant Style:	Mixed
Fertilization Method:	Mix of chemical and organic

First grow was in a IKEA wardrobe with a 250 watt HPS in Emily's Garden hydroponic unit with GH nutes.

Second grow was in a computer case with a 100 watt HPS all organic soil (FoxFarm Ocean Forest).

Report added by: Elephant