The History of Northern Lights

conor c

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Fuck, this is really going to sound like a soap opera but that's mainly because it is. Sam the skunk man, Dave Watson, is commonly given credit for the development of all skunk. Others disagree, I wasn't there so I don't know, and quite frankly could give a shit. I'm familiar with the Uncle Fester story as well, think that's more believable, but that's just my opinion.

My experience with both of them, buying "retail" for the first time up in Vancouver, from connections to Vic High at the Blunt Bros coffee shop in 98-99. I could actually judge what was good versus what smelled and or looked good, because my wife and I had been relatively straight for three or four weeks before our trip, a very rare occurrence related to the cost of taking a cruise:

"A couple of streets down, I go into a basement area of a building, ask "What do you have for sale?" and the guy uncovers a display area with different kinds of buds and hash. Holy fucking moly! I'll take some Skunk, a couple of grams of hash and what was my second choice from Jock, Northern Lights. After we get onboard, my wife and I completely agree, the Skunk smells better but the Northern Lights _is_ better. In fact, it’s even better than the hash."

Have no idea if the thread is still there on mrnice.nl but for the longest time Neville was positive that Dave Watson narc'd him out, and yes I've read Mr McCormick's exculpatory account of Ray Cogo, and believe it. But it still doesn't change the fact that everything about his online personna indicates he is a certified asshole, if you spend any time on IC mag you'd understand what I mean. But, he's also responsible for one of the biggest and best web links on cannabis research that is currently on the internet:

Cannabis Research

I know nothing about the Arjan guy except for seeing his documentary on Netflix, again another certified asshole who claims he's the king of cannabis, OMFG. Regardless of all his flaws, addictions, and disagreements with people I respect, there is no other king of cannabis, and can _be_ no other king of cannabis, other than Neville.

NLSG and Shanti are cut from the same cloth, humble, respectful of others, feel like cannabis developers should be a brother and sisterhood. Shanti doesn't put marketing and sales at the top of his phone reminders when he wakes up.

I think Ben Dronkers of Sensi was a damn good guy as well, could give a shit about the rest of them, they don't have anything to do with Northern Lights.

And I can't guarantee it but I believe the nym who posted this original article is strongly affiliated with AD, if not Mr McCormick himself, so it kind of reeks of sales and marketing to me.

I learned all I need to know when Mr McMillan's old personal website now links directly to a PayPal account.
Arjan is a buisiness man not a breeder alot of his stuff was done by others btw i aint a fan of his thanks to him leaving landrace in a sorry state wherever they go dave watson i dont trust either shanti used to breed high thc cannabis more now its all cbd and the medical side of things he focusing on these days
 

gosabres716

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It takes at least three to four generations before you can homogenize and standardize _any_ cannabis variety that is disparate.

This guy doesn't have enough experience actually _developing_ cannabis, he's a celebrity pollenchucker trying to make money off of the names of people who actually created and _worked_ the plant, even Watson actually worked the plant, and I detest him. Mr. McCormick has the online support of many people that I profoundly respect... but just because you're connected with someone doesn't give you the respect they have _earned _.

Just look at his history, he may be an OK writer but actual cannabis development experience? Where is it other than with Peter McWilliams when he got busted 30 or 40 years ago?
Completely agree. I'm not digging the fact he's selling ibl seeds so quick. Definitely didn't test just pushed thru the breeding. I would of rather just bought the f2 generation. Csi is messing with northern lights genetics as well.
 

Week4@inCharge

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This is all from a cut and past MS Word doc that will probably not format well but I'll html highlight who said what. Some may be duplicates because they came from 4 or 5 hd images and trying to find this shit, cut and paste it to save and then re-compile in in a readable format and chronicalocal fashion takes more time than I'm willing to do right now.

If you are really into NL and want to know more about it without a bunch of marketing bullshit and hype trying to get you to buy something, then read on and then you can draw your own conclusions, as I have:

NL Seattle Greg Posted

Aloha, The 11 packets of seed Nevil received were graded the #1 ,2, 3, were 100% indica, #5 the clone I traded Herbie Nelson for was 50% Afghani & 50% Hawaiian sativa. The others #6-#11 were crosses with Columbian, Thai, and Mexican Sativas. Nevil then sold out to Ben, became partners with Arjan, and then hooked up with the Mr. Nice Crew

Aloha, I agree 100% the kristilon brown + calcium nitrate is a good combination. Here in the USA I use JR Peters who has a 16-4-17 that has it all in one bag.(N,P,K, Ca, Mg, S, Fe, Mn, B, Zn,Cu, Mo)

Aloha, Steve Murphy owned The Indoor Sun Shoppe in Seattle. NL #5 was a F1 hybrid in 1982.

Aloha, We use research like The Plant Analysis Handbook by Dr. Harry Mills, Dr.J. Benton Jones Jr.,Dr. Allen V. Barker they have the numbers for hundreds of different crops.

Aloha, What is the source the peters excel range??? The product is made in in the USA in Pennsylvania and they have been in business a long time.

Aloha, Don (aka the Indian) was from the Queets Tribe in Washington State who got injured on the job and needed a way to supplement his income. We set him up with lights substrate and strains and he worked for several years until his Son got out of the Army. Our relationship soured when Nevil tried the backdoor direct bypass me so all seeds to The Netherlands were halted for 30 years now. I sent bag-weed seed and kept the good strains in Seattle.

Aloha, Jorge & Sam like to talk too much about things they know nothing about. Sams ICMJ ? I lasted less than 24 hrs and got the forever boot. NL strains did not come from California period they brought nothing of value to Seattle. going to The Netherlands Nevil had Sams Skunk # 1, California Orange and Rob's Early Pearl along with the Afgani he collected with Clyde from LA on the trip to Kandahar when Clyde ODed on heroin. We were Vietnam Combat Veterans needing ptsd meds (sleep matters) so the focus was NL 1 to 5 with a beat this breeding program. The only strain of any interest was the Orange that was lost due to police raids

Aloha, Why would i have Nevil's strain I have been breeding since 1970 and he got NL from me? I sent seed to Sensi for free to Kees to promote competition

Aloha, The Northern Lights Crew was very small because of intense police pressure. It was all people from the Bellingham, Seattle, Olympia, and Portland area. And we were real wary of anyone who was not known. Paranoia ruled for good reasons as Nevil and Marc Emory found out.

Aloha, With the pure strain wide leaved short Afghan strains in Seattle pure strain seed started showing up in the mid 1970s the same time we were working out the details for HID lighting indoors. Nevil had the one he collected and the NL 1 & 2 from Seattle. Ask Nevil I have no clue what he did and it is real hard to speculate after all these years.

Aloha, Here is the way I traded for the original NL #5. After I was gifted 4 wide leaved pure afghani seeds I went to seed and started the Luther Burbank selection process to get superior female cuttings. I traded with my friend Herbie my pure strains and was blessed with one very nice mama that I took to seed and named #5. Having bud ,seed and cuttings of #5 was also nice! & then came Nevil and getting the seed for the medicine to my Vietnam Veteran Brothers and others who needed it. Herbie and i never went into detail and he said indica x hawaiian. Looking at the hybrid vigor it was a nice mix.

Aloha, Due to intense police pressure the NL #5 was lost after it had been shipped to the Netherlands to Nevil. Thanks to Ben, Nevil, Arjan, and Shantibaba this genetic base will be around for a long time. Here in Hawai'i i grow seed 95% of the time in my work

Aloha, Cannabis breeders are a small group of people who should use the energy we are gifted to work in harmony. We are group that has accomplished major advances and I like the brothers concept as opposed to the dog eat dog competition game.

Aloha, I breed seed for many years now and seed i get great results from 100% of the time when it hits the average joes & janes hands there can be problems without end. not the seeds problem it's the grower who is the problem 95% of the time. most do not have a clue how to water so they try to grow in swamp conditions and then blame the seed.

Aloha, The NL #5 seed I sent to Nevil was a cross. The cutting he was sent was the original from Herbie.

Aloha, The 11 strains were graded by height and flavor for indoor growing. The #1 was a short phenotype pure Indica from Afghaniatan as was #2,3, & 4. #5 to #11 was the Hybrids with the narrow leaved strains we worked with.

Aloha & Sam sounds like he is getting bored with it all? I do not have that problem at NL as every batch of seed brings something new and interesting. My Guru was Luther Burbank and with my Marine mentality I will be breeding to make things a little better until the day I die. Breeders Forever & Forever Breeders.

Aloha & George & Sam are incorrect. NL had nothing to do with California. And the Indian (Don Downes) was supplied with genetics by me including the NL#5 and the seed I propagated from the 4 seeds from Murphy.

All of these are from here: https://mrnice.nl/forum/threads/northern-lights-1-vs-northern-lights-5.12611/page-2

Aloha,

The base plants for the entire Seattle Northern Lights strains 1 to 10 was a batch of seed sent from Afghanistan that ended up in Herbie's employers hands who just happened to be an old friend from High School so I was able to get four seeds. Then I started doing seed crops of the pure Indica and crossing it with other strains from Nepal, Mexico, and Columbia.

I had clones and seed and NL#5 was Hawaiian x Steve Murphy's Afghani Strain that is what I sent to Nevil. Steve Murphy owned The Indoor Sun Shoppe in Seattle. NL #5 was a F1 hybrid in 1982.


Northern lights # 1 was Nevils Afghani crossed with the Seattle Afghan strain form Steve Murphy.


I have been breeding since 1970 and he got NL from me. I sent seed to Ben and Kees at Sensi too for giving me the nutrient formula for Grodan and Seattle water.


The 11 strains were graded by height and flavor for indoor growing. The #1 was a short phenotype pure Indica from Afghanistan as was #2,3, & 4. #5 to #11 were the Hybrids with the narrow leaved strains we worked with.


The 11 packets of seed Nevil received were graded the #1 ,2, 3, were 100% indica, #5 the clone I traded Herbie Nelson for was 50% Afghani & 50% Hawaiian sativa. The others #6-#11 were crosses with Columbian, Thai, and Mexican Sativas. Nevil then sold out to Ben, became partners with Arjan, and then hooked up with the Mr. Nice Crew.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=7172832&postcount=69

http://www.mrnice.nl/forum/6-breeders-support-information/12611-northern-lights-1-vs-northern-lights-5-a-6.html
"#5 the clone I traded Herbie Nelson for was 50% Afghani & 50% Hawaiian sativa." <---- Who's this Herbie Nelson that Seattle Greg says he got the #5 from?
Edit; I found it.. just had to read it down some more, I'm rereading this again. Lot to take in. Afghani and Maui Wowie.. ?
 
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conor c

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"#5 the clone I traded Herbie Nelson for was 50% Afghani & 50% Hawaiian sativa." <---- Who's this Herbie Nelson that Seattle Greg says he got the #5 from?
Edit; I found it.. just had to read it down some more, I'm rereading this again. I'm understanding this better now.
One of the nl crew there was many people not just a few who were involved the #5 came from him with what was meant to be Hawaiian thai genetics yet greg now claims mexican genetics are involved not Hawaiian thai so who knows
 

Week4@inCharge

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One of the nl crew there was many people not just a few who were involved the #5 came from him with what was meant to be Hawaiian thai genetics yet greg now claims mexican genetics are involved not Hawaiian thai so who knows
He's gotta be up there in age where the mind really starts to fade, and then with the post traumatic stress and ganja smoking.. right now the #5 sounds more like a theory/concept than an actual product. Wow, 30 + years was the last time Greg sent anything to Amsterdam.. what's their #5 now ?

Greg answers this for us...

"Due to intense police pressure the NL #5 was lost after it had been shipped to the Netherlands to Nevil. Thanks to Ben, Nevil, Arjan, and Shantibaba this genetic base will be around for a long time. Here in Hawai'i i grow seed 95% of the time in my work"
 
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Week4@inCharge

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One of the nl crew there was many people not just a few who were involved the #5 came from him with what was meant to be Hawaiian thai genetics yet greg now claims mexican genetics are involved not Hawaiian thai so who knows
What I'm getting now is the #5 he got from Herbie Nelson was Hawaiian.
 

Week4@inCharge

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I’m not sure there are native Hawaiian strains, so it could have been procured from Hawaii and still been of Mexican or Colombian seed
I was curious about it this morning and Google says there's 3 landraces in Hawaii.
Maui Wowie, Kona Gold (from the Big Island), and Kauai Electric (from Kauai) Hybrids or legit?
 
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conor c

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I’m not sure there are native Hawaiian strains, so it could have been procured from Hawaii and still been of Mexican or Colombian seed
Yeah there isnt Hawaiian strains that are landrace they all are heirlooms acclimatised to the island cannabis isnt native to Hawaii and theres a huge thread over on icmag if you would like further info on it mate its a good read
 

TheWholeTruth

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The odds of them arriving the same day .. one is labeled Northern Lights #5 (AGSeeds) the other is NL#5 & Haze (Mr. Nice).
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Wtf, why does it say ag seed co established since 1984. That guy really tries to spin bs in to truth. If you find anyone who bought seeds off him that he made in 1984 let me know. Heck even in 2012 if you can. Too many people blatantly think cannabis users are dumb.
 

conor c

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Wtf, why does it say ag seed co established since 1984. That guy really tries to spin bs in to truth. If you find anyone who bought seeds off him that he made in 1984 let me know. Heck even in 2012 if you can. Too many people blatantly think cannabis users are dumb.
I wouldnt trust ag seeds myself but let folks find that out for themselves i wonder if he trying to do a arjan lol make the year the company was supposedly established the year he first grew lmfao who knows why it says 84 on it
 

PopAndSonGrows

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I wouldnt trust ag seeds myself but let folks find that out for themselves i wonder if he trying to do a arjan lol make the year the company was supposedly established the year he first grew lmfao who knows why it says 84 on it
That's exactly what it sounds like, even if you read the "About Us" on the site. His "Est." date seems to be the date homeboy first popped a bean.

Why wouldn't u trust them otherwise? Asking as a n00b taking notes as i go. . ..??
 
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