So I just received my post today and I got my purple haze x panama strain. It's a pure sativa and a cross of two really good strains. The panama has excellent reviews and the purple haze is supposed to be really good, although it's less well known. I do believe it's not the clone only purple haze people are more familiar with. It's actually a purple phenotype from the legendary strain, oldtimers haze, preserved by Ace seeds. Oldtimer1 from uk420 bred his haze ages ago and is probably the best haze out there. It's a pity it's difficult to grow indoors though, but it no doubt makes excellent hybrids. I think this cross is a limited edition release, so I'm glad I got it. I'm definitely going to be buying their paki chitral kush strain since it's so good for breeding projects. I'll definitely be crossing it with many other strains, such as my landrace stsrains that I've saved. I'll have to inbreed those first, though, so that I get uniform results.
edit: I just opened the Ace panama x purple haze and there are 14 seeds! Not bad, eh? Pretty good considering I was only expecting a mere 10 reg seeds.
I really think people are missing out because they turn down the chance at growing pure sativas because ofthe long flowering time or the fear about them being to racy and anxiety-inducing. Some would argue thatsome of the best pot in the world is from pure sativa strains, and I would agree with that statement mostly. To avoid the wee being too edgy, you can just let the plant flower for longer until more of the trichomes are amber than usual, and you can also cure the buds properly and for longer. This makes a world of difference and can turn an anxious strain into a relaxing one. Some sativas, like durban poison and to a lesser extent for some people, some hazes, can cause anxiety for some, so other options can be had instead. But some are just too good to miss out on in my opinion. There are some great Sativas from Cannabiogen that I'd love to try. I just need to be patient because my own collection of seeds is getting so big it's already going to take ages to get through them all! I might need to give some away to a grow partner in exchange for clones from the strain or something, I don't know (please, no requests!).
I'm not sure if the oldtimer pictured is a true purple phenotype, but it looks pretty purple to me, so perhaps it is I don't know.
I also got 5 free Seedsman Sleestack x Skunk#1 seeds, so they might be all right.
Oldtimer's haze:
Purple haze x panama seeds: