Any original strains from the 1990's left?

[Phillybonker]

Are their any strains from the 1990's that still exist today with their original genetics?

 

[Phytoplankton]

I don’t know, and wish you well on your hunt. I’m still looking for some of the original “skunk weed” from Humboldt Co., that we got back in the 70’s. It didn’t really have an official name back then. I’ve found close, probably more thc now, but not the heavy skunk smell.

 

[Phillybonker]

I don’t know, and wish you well on your hunt. I’m still looking for some of the original “skunk weed” from Humboldt Co., that we got back in the 70’s. It didn’t really have an official name back then. I’ve found close, probably more thc now, but not the heavy skunk smell.

Please let me know if you find what you are looking for, I'm always interested in growing old school strains. If you find something from the 70's, even better.

I'm currently growing a cut of Exodus Cheese from the late 80's that apparently is very similar to road kill skunk, so I'm told. This sort of weed was before my time but I would like to experience old school weed.

I've also located the original White Widow from the 1990's (confirmed by old school smokers) and not even Shantibaba or Green House Seeds have the original White Widow cut like they claim (also confirmed by old school smokers).

Really keen to hunt down more original genetics.

 

[Icemud]

Are their any strains from the 1990's that still exist today with their original genetics?

Quite a few 90s strains have been either circulating lately, or old school breeders are starting to germinate old seeds and sort through what they have...

Some of what I've seen lately:

• Bubblegum made its rounds a few years ago,
• Skunk and Roadkill skunk seeds and genetics being worked and argued about among old school breeders currently. (Lots of arguing been happening on other social media about whos skunks are true/real from that era..etc)
• The original Northern Lights is also being worked on by a few different seed companies currently.
• White widow is around still in certain older breeder collections. I have a aloha white widow x white shark currently in flowering.
• I'm currently working with DJ Short Blueberry F4
• Afghani landraces are still around

Most of the search is finding reputable sources of the 80's genetics that have remained untouched since the 80s. I've seen more and more coming to the surface lately, I say just keep your eyes on a lot of older breeders and you may find what you are looking for.

 

[Phillybonker]

Quite a few 90s strains have been either circulating lately, or old school breeders are starting to germinate old seeds and sort through what they have...

Some of what I've seen lately:

• Bubblegum made its rounds a few years ago,
• Skunk and Roadkill skunk seeds and genetics being worked and argued about among old school breeders currently. (Lots of arguing been happening on other social media about whos skunks are true/real from that era..etc)
• The original Northern Lights is also being worked on by a few different seed companies currently.
• White widow is around still in certain older breeder collections. I have a aloha white widow x white shark currently in flowering.
• I'm currently working with DJ Short Blueberry F4
• Afghani landraces are still around

Most of the search is finding reputable sources of the 80's genetics that have remained untouched since the 80s. I've seen more and more coming to the surface lately, I say just keep your eyes on a lot of older breeders and you may find what you are looking for.

The original bubblegum is one strain I'd like to get my hands on, the closet I can get is TH Seeds sativa pheno.

I thought the original Northern Lights was breed out of existence, glad to hear it's still around.

I'll look into some of the older breeders like you suggested and see if I can get lucky.

Hope your grow goes well with your aloha white widow x white shark and DJ Short's Blueberry.

 

[No Pain]

By the original bubble gum strain from the 90's are you referring to the strain that smelled like juicy fruit bubble gum ? If so its still around ..they had to change the name ..its now called fruity juice and its by sensi seeds ... it actually originated in the USA in indiana in the mid 90's good smoke great smell ..was known to put out a sac from time to time though ..just some fyi .

 

[Phillybonker]

By the original bubble gum strain from the 90's are you referring to the strain that smelled like juicy fruit bubble gum ?

Yep the one that smells like juicy fruit bubble gum.

fruity juice and its by sensi seeds

There she is!!! Thanks

 

[Shukin]

Are their any strains from the 1990's that still exist today with their original genetics?

Absolutely. White widow and northern lights are ones I like that are still true blue to the 90s

 

[No Pain]

Your very welcome Brother ....when you said 90's and bubble gum I felt like that had to be the one ...fyi they are only sold as regular seeds ..no fem version available .

 

[Phillybonker]

Absolutely. White widow and northern lights are ones I like that are still true blue to the 90s

What seed bank sells the 1990's White Widow?, I know a guy that smoked widow back in the 90's/early 2000's and he has tried widow from all the major seed banks, DP, Mr Nice seedbank, Greenhouse seeds, etc and said none of them have the original widow. He said DP has a nice version of widow but it's not the original, he mentioned they use to sell the original back in early 2000's because he would buy it from them.

 

[TorturedSoul]

For White Widow, try De Sjamaan. Ingemar, the guy who appears to have created it back around 1988 was giving (technically, at least, as the government in the Netherlands wasn't letting them legally sell them) his seeds to De Sjamaan at one time. But "one time" was early 2000s. therefore I have no idea whether this is still the case.

The original bubblegum is one strain I'd like to get my hands on, the closet I can get is TH Seeds sativa pheno.

Three people (in the Netherlands) were given Bubblegum plants in 1993 - Adam (TH Seeds), and Simon and Tony, who split not long afterward, with Simon starting Serious Seeds and Tony, Sagarmatha Seeds. Each person, of course, then did their own work. Simon's (Serious Seeds) was said to be the closest to the original, more sativa-leaning, and his only IBL strain.

Bear in mind the fact that most, if not all, Dutch breeders have suffered busts and other misfortunes, so their current genetics may or may not be the same as whatever originals they once had. However, if I were you, I would try those three, and I'd try Serious Seeds' version first.

By the original bubble gum strain from the 90's are you referring to the strain that smelled like juicy fruit bubble gum ? If so its still around ..they had to change the name ..its now called fruity juice and its by sensi seeds ... it actually originated in the USA in indiana in the mid 90's good smoke great smell ..was known to put out a sac from time to time though ..just some fyi .

Fruity Juice is an F₁ cross of Thai and Afghani, done by Ben Dronkers, from genetics that he collected back in the day. I'm not knocking the strain - but it didn't come from Indiana.

 

[bluter]

i know there's guys in bc still running ww and skunk lines from the late 80's early 90's. the ww was later than skunk. too many folk got pinched with skunk. i always associate it more with late 80's as that's when i sold it lol

edit : i think both actually came from humboldt. both are synonymous with the rise of the bc bud explosion worldwide. you could trade it straight weight for cocaine in to the US market at one time. stupid stupid times.

 

[Phillybonker]

For White Widow, try De Sjamaan. Ingemar, the guy who appears to have created it back around 1988 was giving (technically, at least, as the government in the Netherlands wasn't letting them legally sell them) his seeds to De Sjamaan at one time. But "one time" was early 2000s. therefore I have no idea whether this is still the case.

My guy tried Ingemar's cut and said it didn't remind him of widow.

Bear in mind the fact that most, if not all, Dutch breeders have suffered busts and other misfortunes, so their current genetics may or may not be the same as whatever originals they once had. However, if I were you, I would try those three, and I'd try Serious Seeds' version first.

It seems some seed banks did have original strains then something happened and they'd pretend their current stock is the original strains that they always had. Busts would explain how some of these seed banks lost the original genetics.

I thought I remember reading something about Serious Seeds getting busted at some point and losing all their original genetics, not sure how reliable my memory is though. I was looking for the original AK-47 at the time.

Fruity Juice is an F₁ cross of Thai and Afghani, done by Ben Dronkers, from genetics that he collected back in the day. I'm not knocking the strain - but it didn't come from Indiana.

Thanks for the correction.

 

[Phillybonker]

i know there's guys in bc still running ww and skunk lines from the late 80's early 90's. the ww was later than skunk. too many folk got pinched with skunk. i always associate it more with late 80's as that's when i sold it lol

Are you referring to roadkill skunk or skunk #1?

you could trade it straight weight for cocaine in to the US market at one time. stupid stupid times.

Out of control times by the sounds of it lol

 

[bluter]

Are you referring to roadkill skunk or skunk #1?

probably skunk 1. it never went by any name other than skunk. it wasn't something you could buy seeds for either. we got it through grower networking and originally had to grow regs. others got it from clones. there was no internet or even much mail order back then.

i sold more for others than i ever grew. it was a nervous grow for sure once it flowered,

Out of control times by the sounds of it lol

it was back when guys used to try fill a backpack and guerilla it over a border.

 

[Phillybonker]

probably skunk 1. it never went by any name other than skunk. it wasn't something you could buy seeds for either. we got it through grower networking and originally had to grow regs. others got it from clones. there was no internet or even much mail order back then.

I've located the original skunk #1 phenotype known as The Pure. I was really hoping it was road kill skunk which was a bit wishful thinking on my part.

i sold more for others than i ever grew. it was a nervous grow for sure once it flowered,





it was back when guys used to try fill a backpack and guerilla it over a border.

Do you mean guerrilla growing it in another country?, like crossing over into Canada or something?

 

[bluter]

I've located the original skunk #1 phenotype known as The Pure. I was really hoping it was road kill skunk which was a bit wishful thinking on my part.

never heard of it. skunk was in that final envelope of strains that were still "underground". developed by a select few growers that never had a hope of getting directly recognized or renumerated for it. they grew it so sell it.

i have no clue for sure what it took but i do know there's a lot of land race. it was near ubiquitous here for a time. there's still bc growers harboring a few.

christmas bud and a couple others are kind of in the same boat. white widow is close but it can actually be traced.

i had some of the first cdn 'chemo'. which wasn't a strain, but was developed for late stage cancer patients. it was and still is the heaviest thing i've ever smoked.. literally debilitating. no matter how much or how little you smoked it was the same complete body lock up. no pain no movement no involvement. the only difference was the length.

i've smoked temple hash and it wouldn't touch that.

Do you mean guerrilla growing it in another country?, like crossing over into Canada or something?

no. shit no one would ever import US weed in to canada. it was always cdn weed going in to the states. not worth it now. we've been a net exporter for 30ish yrs prelegal.

 

[TorturedSoul]

Do you mean guerrilla growing it in another country?, like crossing over into Canada or something?

Lol. Maybe this will clarify?

Steel Balls

This happened about '73. I was driving to Tahoe (via Reno) from SoCal and picked up this 18-year old backpack hitchiker outside of San Berdoo. We start talking. He's headed back home to Canada. A few weeks earlier he and his friends had been sitting around bemoaning the dearth of weed. So...

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[Phillybonker]

Lol. Maybe this will clarify?

Steel Balls

This happened about '73. I was driving to Tahoe (via Reno) from SoCal and picked up this 18-year old backpack hitchiker outside of San Berdoo. We start talking. He's headed back home to Canada. A few weeks earlier he and his friends had been sitting around bemoaning the dearth of weed. So...

www.420magazine.com

Ah I see, that makes sense, Thanks.

 

[Phillybonker]

there's still bc growers harboring a few.

BC growers seem to get mentioned a lot when discussing original strains. I guess some of them probably have a good collection of old school genetics.

christmas bud and a couple others are kind of in the same boat. white widow is close but it can actually be traced.

The elusive christmas bud is another strain I'm trying to get my hands on if possible.

i had some of the first cdn 'chemo'. which wasn't a strain, but was developed for late stage cancer patients. it was and still is the heaviest thing i've ever smoked.. literally debilitating. no matter how much or how little you smoked it was the same complete body lock up. no pain no movement no involvement. the only difference was the length.

I wonder if this is the original chemo or a imitation....

Chemo – Jordan of the Islands

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