Which Sativa should i grow!

So im new to growing and am really excited to get myself going! Ive grown mushrooms for a couple years and know it takes a lot of research to get my green thumb working. Anyways as the title says im trying to decide which sativa to grow. Id really appreciate recommendations on which strain to choose and which breeder to buy from. Overall im looking mainly for quality over everything. Being that this is my first grow It would help that these strains be less difficult to maintain and noob friendly. Yield and fast flowering is always a bonus with sativas but harder to come by vs indica as ive been reading, but is not a must have in my book. So what do you think would be the best quality sativa/sativa dominant hybrid would be?!!

I promise you. Chocolope.

Ya this was recommended by a friend of mine who said it was almost too good to be true. I was going to get them from dna feminized

You should take a look at Pure power plant by Nirvana. It was def one of the best sativa's iv had.

Yes, I picked up a killer clone of it years ago, when it was known as D-line. I almost threw it out, but decided to flower it, and it fucking blew everything away. It's quite unique.

I would pick up at least 3 fem beans. You sure to get a real nice keeper out of 3. I prefer the taller, more sativa dom pheno. soooo good.


SSH and WW. hahah, what is this - 1998?

I haven't had the chance to try most of those.. but I love me some sativas. That green crack kicks ass and makes great hash, waxed up immediately though..I like em real racy. The mist was fire too but tastewasnt all that. It was just spicy but a great high, the green crack tasted like green apple and I thought that was amazing. Ran a real nice slh that made great shatter, tasted like lemon candy and was real light colored(blonde/clear) but the high was more like a sativa dom

Those are the only 3 I've tried out the list and all three were from a friend so I don't know how phenotypes go with those

Depends on the source for the genetics for some of these.

Jack Herer go with Sannie.
C99 I'd go with one of the open pollination lines (Classic seeds I know is open, and I believe there are a couple others).
Super Silver Haze I'd go with Mr Nice. You might need to hunt through this line to find a great plant but if you find one you will hold it forever.

I've had chocolope but I wasn't that impressed. It was from a dispensary though and I can't judge it based on dispensary buds which are inconsistent. Heard a lot of good reviews. Probably wouldn't be my first choice though.

Sugar Punch from Sannie is supposed to be dropping soon and is amazing, easily the best weed I've ever grown and probably smoked other than some seriously haze dominant stuff when I was younger. I've had people from Vancouver Island who have been in the game for decades call it some of the best they've ever had too. You will need to do selection but they breed true for the important qualities generally speaking (potency).

Pure Haze from Tom Hill, I got 5 going right now and it would be the first source I'd look at for a pure Haze. Nothing easy about growing them if you follow most forum advice. If you grow organically though, quite simple. All are simple to grow if grown organically.

I've had some very good Satori and it's known for being easy to grow. Again organically would be the way to go.

Durban Poison sounds like it has some great phenotypes I'd love, except that I'm not sure there are good sources of seeds that exist anymore. I'd never buy anything from Dutch Passion.

I've never seen what appears to be a bad grow journal of Super Lemon Haze. And I've tried multiple really good phenotypes.

You want Black Widow from MNS, not White Widow from any other source. I've grown out a pack of these and I found multiple good phenotypes. I did some bad selection unfortunately due to space constraints and probably would run another pack, but I still found a plant that yields insane amounts and is done in about 12 weeks of high quality sativa smoke. There were some more hybrid phenotypes with incredible potency as well.

All the Kali Mist I've tried was from the same dispensary as the Chocolope. It was good, but slightly more indica leaning and definitely a bit lethargic for my tastes. Nice flavor. I suspect something better could be found on your own and that they just took the fastest flowering/highest yielding/decent quality they could find.

hahah ya thought id throw those in because I heard ww is a noob friendly strain and ssh just looked like something that caught my interest. thanks for the help guys!

Bounc3r said:

You should take a look at Pure power plant by Nirvana. It was def one of the best sativa's iv had.

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ill definitely check it out! any specific breeder you would recommend?

Nirvana is what he recommended. I thought they were purchased recently. I've heard some good things about PPP though from more than one source. I've never tried it.

OGEvilgenius said:

Depends on the source for the genetics for some of these.

Jack Herer go with Sannie.
C99 I'd go with one of the open pollination lines (Classic seeds I know is open, and I believe there are a couple others).
Super Silver Haze I'd go with Mr Nice. You might need to hunt through this line to find a great plant but if you find one you will hold it forever.

I've had chocolope but I wasn't that impressed. It was from a dispensary though and I can't judge it based on dispensary buds which are inconsistent. Heard a lot of good reviews. Probably wouldn't be my first choice though.

Sugar Punch from Sannie is supposed to be dropping soon and is amazing, easily the best weed I've ever grown and probably smoked other than some seriously haze dominant stuff when I was younger. I've had people from Vancouver Island who have been in the game for decades call it some of the best they've ever had too. You will need to do selection but they breed true for the important qualities generally speaking (potency).

Pure Haze from Tom Hill, I got 5 going right now and it would be the first source I'd look at for a pure Haze. Nothing easy about growing them if you follow most forum advice. If you grow organically though, quite simple. All are simple to grow if grown organically.

I've had some very good Satori and it's known for being easy to grow. Again organically would be the way to go.

Durban Poison sounds like it has some great phenotypes I'd love, except that I'm not sure there are good sources of seeds that exist anymore. I'd never buy anything from Dutch Passion.

I've never seen what appears to be a bad grow journal of Super Lemon Haze. And I've tried multiple really good phenotypes.

You want Black Widow from MNS, not White Widow from any other source. I've grown out a pack of these and I found multiple good phenotypes. I did some bad selection unfortunately due to space constraints and probably would run another pack, but I still found a plant that yields insane amounts and is done in about 12 weeks of high quality sativa smoke. There were some more hybrid phenotypes with incredible potency as well.

All the Kali Mist I've tried was from the same dispensary as the Chocolope. It was good, but slightly more indica leaning and definitely a bit lethargic for my tastes. Nice flavor. I suspect something better could be found on your own and that they just took the fastest flowering/highest yielding/decent quality they could find.

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wow thanks for the great response and all the recommendations! ill be doing my research on these strains now, especially that sugar punch! im still not 100% on how ill be growing these but organically really seems the way to go and will most likely be the path I choose. as for super lemon haze ill most likely be throwing in a couple of those bad boys in regardless as its in my top 3 favorite smokes....just haven't been able to find anywhere with them in stock for more than a month now.

https://www.rollitup.org/smoke-reports/618263-sugar-punch-sannie-results.html

That's my smoke report on my grow of it. I just recently cut down SP6 clones and I have well over a unit of it that I am just hitting again right now as I type. It's fantastic.

Ah yes, the SLH is out of stock everywhere. If you are near Canada/Victoria I have a pack I can offer. It's great smoke, no question. Lemon Skunk is an S1 of the one of the parents and also puts out some killer phenotypes. SSH x Lemon Skunk = SLH.

Sugar Punch is another SSH cross, but instead with The One (which is Blueberry Sativa x NYCD).

When I say organically, I mean with Supersoil, not bottles. Much cheaper this way. Just add water. Maybe the odd tea/aloe/coconut water feeding and some foliar sprays and you will have super healthy awesome plants and it's a much easier way to grow. At least in my opinion/experience.

Check out RRog's threads on organic gardening. They are awesome. There's one in the Michigan forum and I think another in the organics.

OGEvilgenius said:

Ah yes, the SLH is out of stock everywhere. If you are near Canada/Victoria I have a pack I can offer. It's great smoke, no question. Lemon Skunk is an S1 of the one of the parents and also puts out some killer phenotypes. SSH x Lemon Skunk = SLH.

Sugar Punch is another SSH cross, but instead with The One (which is Blueberry Sativa x NYCD).

When I say organically, I mean with Supersoil, not bottles. Much cheaper this way. Just add water. Maybe the odd tea/aloe/coconut water feeding and some foliar sprays and you will have super healthy awesome plants and it's a much easier way to grow. At least in my opinion/experience.

Check out RRog's threads on organic gardening. They are awesome. There's one in the Michigan forum and I think another in the organics.

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that's one hell of a smoke report! looks like you already have me sold on this beautiful strain. as far as the slh goes unfortunately im nowhere near you and live in the states, thanks for the offer though thanks for the thread recommendation as well! really appreciate all the help you've thrown my way! Cheers!

white widow leans more towards indic a, and white strains in general are famous for tasting like cardboard as they're all about resin.

kali mist is a really fun buzz if you don't like sitting down and want to feel like a happy tweaker. i wanted to trip out on tunes like i used to on columbian gold, but couldn't sit still and wound up cleaning house. it was the ORIGINAL spicier version that tasted like straight up crushed red pepper, but the spicy fruity 2.0 has the same buzz comparing notes with someone. it's a really long flowering 17w+ strain. textbook C99 does much of the same thing, but in 55 days or less.

for your list, i voted for herer and lemon skunk. durban disgusts me because it tastes like licorice which i don't like, gave me dry heaves, and wasn't the most potent high either as per it's comparisons to thai. lemon skunk has a similar or maybe even better buzz, from memory, but clearly tastes better and looks sexy all golden glowing. never tried my chocolope

not in your list, but really worth trying are
haze x skunk - high quality seeds (potent, long lasting & never stony)
sweet haze - DNA genetics, extra fruity, sticky and more psychoactive than many other "generic hazes", jacks & thais
8 miles high - mandala awesomely energy neutral playful high that's noob & 24/7 friendly. i loved it wary more than "one trick pony C99 & kali mist" as it does sensory effects with precedes body control
jack's cleaner 2 - TGA subcool might be slightly more stony than i like, but does visuals, makes you feel warm all over & happy, and is touchy feely. a nice complex high
sativa trans-love - john sinclair seemed like an average generic haze except it makes buds like a moro as soon as you flip it like it thinks it's an afghani and starts out faster than even C99! might be a yield monster, though it takes 12 weeks

just try a few strains so you can pick faves. super silver haze has the exact same genetics as jack hearer, down to the actual parents used, but uses an indic a dominant in the final cross so it's less of a haze than jack. i tried a couple hits of some SSH i was gifted and it was nice enough, but more saliva = better to me

hazey grapes said:

white widow leans more towards indic a, and white strains in general are famous for tasting like cardboard as they're all about resin.

kali mist is a really fun buzz if you don't like sitting down and want to feel like a happy tweaker. i wanted to trip out on tunes like i used to on columbian gold, but couldn't sit still and wound up cleaning house. it was the ORIGINAL spicier version that tasted like straight up crushed red pepper, but the spicy fruity 2.0 has the same buzz comparing notes with someone. it's a really long flowering 17w+ strain. textbook C99 does much of the same thing, but in 55 days or less.

for your list, i voted for herer and lemon skunk. durban disgusts me because it tastes like licorice which i don't like, gave me dry heaves, and wasn't the most potent high either as per it's comparisons to thai. lemon skunk has a similar or maybe even better buzz, from memory, but clearly tastes better and looks sexy all golden glowing. never tried my chocolope

not in your list, but really worth trying are
haze x skunk - high quality seeds (potent, long lasting & never stony)
sweet haze - DNA genetics, extra fruity, sticky and more psychoactive than many other "generic hazes", jacks & thais
8 miles high - mandala awesomely energy neutral playful high that's noob & 24/7 friendly. i loved it wary more than "one trick pony C99 & kali mist" as it does sensory effects with precedes body control
jack's cleaner 2 - TGA subcool might be slightly more stony than i like, but does visuals, makes you feel warm all over & happy, and is touchy feely. a nice complex high
sativa trans-love - john sinclair seemed like an average generic haze except it makes buds like a moro as soon as you flip it like it thinks it's an afghani and starts out faster than even C99! might be a yield monster, though it takes 12 weeks

just try a few strains so you can pick faves. super silver haze has the exact same genetics as jack hearer, down to the actual parents used, but uses an indic a dominant in the final cross so it's less of a haze than jack. i tried a couple hits of some SSH i was gifted and it was nice enough, but more saliva = better to me

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so far it looks like ill be trying sugar punch that evil recommended, SLH...if I can find the seeds and chocolope. im still pretty torn on the others but its nice to hear c99 is a lot faster. with flowering time completely aside which would you rather grow between kali mist and c99. id be willing to put in the time and effort if any of these strains have a longer flowering time in exchange for the quality of the high. im actually willing to put just about anything aside for the quality of the smoke tbh! thanks for the help!

Listen man, you should check out Satori by Mandala. I'm all over it right now. It is pretty much everything I want out of a plant - easy to grow, light feeder, chunky nugs, easy trim, incredible vigor. It's also exactly what I want out of a sativa buzz - potent, heady, non lethargic, euphoric, motivating, uplifting, creative - just wonderful. It's a very forgiving, beginner friendly strain as well. I can't recommend it enough. Oh, and it's cheap!

Imo/from my experiences
Flower length has always been directly related to the type of high..but I've never grown c99
Most I grow are 16-24weeks

instead of C99, i'd much rather grow 5 days faster third dimension from TGA sub cool as it would have more psychoactivity than C99 does from my joey weed experience and the original grimm brothers' descriptions before the potent pineapple phono was selected for. cindy, like kali mist is just too one dimensional a buzz for me. i don't consider simple motivation and euphoria as a complete high without the sensory and inspirational effects that good sativas have. even the warm body glow and touchy feely effects of jack's cleaner 2 make it funner than cindy even with some body thump, but that one totally surpasses her by doing actual visuals like 3D might do too as both strains share extra trippy jack the ripper (there's a fast "haze" for you with a name i despise) as half of their genetics and apollo 13 should be funner than cindy too like it's twin apollo 11.

i'd go with cindy before kali mist because it finishes faster, but it's buzz is less racy so it's easier to sit still on. i'd rather smoke that than most stuff on the streets, but have a bunch of favorites that have more satisfying buzzes:
haze x skunk - high quality seeds
jack's cleaner 2 - TGA sub cool
sweet haze - DNA genetics
lemon skunk - DNA genetics
8 miles high - mandala
malawi gold - holy smokes
&
sativa trans-love - john sinclair

but then again, pretty much ANY haze, jack or thai is funner than cindy even if most are lacking in any serious psychoactivity that makes movies, music, dancing or whatever more inspirational and fun.

i doubt i'll ever grow cindy again other than to maybe preserve the joey weed phonos or to speed up longer flowering fruity hazes. otherwise, i'd take any of the above before her, but also might grow it again for "work weed" when i get a head stash grow out and am looking for some variety. then i'd also grow some CH9 jack for a heavier but not too stony buzz for the other end of the spectrum & more variety.

it's really tough to make anyone happy though as everyone's tastes vary. that's why virtually no two growers choose the same strains. me? seriously sensory and laugh your ass off columbian is the gold standard, pun intended, especially because of it's super rare lighter than air floaty effect i've never experienced since the 80s. that's what i'm trying to get back to, though that's a strain that can get mean if you overdo it, and it turns stony after a month of wake and bake. in that regard, haze x skunk is better if not floaty or quite as visual

Dude, this is the shit that bothers me...

You have never smoked C99 the way it supposed to be. You have never smoked 3D at all, in any way, yet you are telling people they should choose 3d over cindy...

this is why YOU are THE TROLL.