CGF – Northern Lights

The origins of Northern Lights are shrouded in mystery because there is no one single breeder who can take all of the credit for its creation. It was developed for indoor cultivation in the late 1970s around the city of Seattle in Washington state although the various genetics that gave rise to this hybrid were known to have originated in California from whence many great, modern hybrid strains of cannabis hail. The first iteration was the result of a stabilized sativa crossed with an Afghan indica.

Northern Lights made the journey to Holland in clone form and was introduced to the nascent cannabis seed market in 1985 by The Seed Bank. Due to the fact that it was only available in clone form it could not undergo a process of in-breeding to stabilize it in order to produce seeds. For this reason it was crossed with both Skunk #1 and Original Haze leading to the availability of seeds to a market of grateful growers.

The modern day Northern Lights clearly displays its Afghani Indica heritage growing into small plants that nevertheless produce dense buds with loads of resin. Although primarily an indoor strain it can be grown very successfully outdoors in warmer areas. It gives a sweet smoke thick with resin and the effect is of a comfortable but lazy feeling which has come to be known as “couch-lock”.