superskunk and powerplant

Hi!

Im a little bit confused about that white labe stuff....

Now there are superskunk seeds  available . are they similar to the sensiseeds superskunk or  whats going on?...


And does anybody know  about the whitelabel powerplant. i thought the original is from dutch passion and mostly sativa . whitelabe say its  mostly indica...so ??

Originally posted by Solidopc I've often wondered how White Label go about recreating strains such as AK, White Rhino, Sensi Star, Kali Haze. Do they buy the seeds, grow them out and sell f2s? Or do they just try and recreate them using their own genetics?

yes, that would be very interesting to know...

Afghan Kush and Kali Haze are only available from WL, as far as I know.

Kali Haze may be a reference to Kali Mist (the 'Mist' part of which is a reference to the Haze family, IIRC). It's also possible that the name Kali was chosen because she is often seen as a female counterpart of Shiva, who is well known as a cannabis-loving god. There are many strains that refer to Shiva (usually with genes that come from north India or Afghanistan), but relatively few that refer to Kali.
Making a new Haze variation is well within the means of WL or Sensi, though the refining process still may take a while.

The AK-47/Afghan Kush connection is interesting, if somewhat ambiguous. I mentioned what I know in another post, which should be easy to search. Serious Seeds' version of AK-47 is listed as having Sativa in the mix (possibly dominant), but  the AK-47 I've seen is always very, very Indica, possibly with some Skunk adding some run and 'bubble' to the calyxes.
I think Serious was the first to trademark the name as a strain of cannabis, but I think AK-47 was a known strain before that.
Since Serious trademarked it, their AK-47 is widely regarded as the official one, but the characteristics of that strain may not fit with what I understand about the AK-47 up until that point - named for Afghan Kush (as opposed to Hindu Kush, the mountain range that's mostly in Afghanistan, which leads to confusion in some cases) and flowering in under 50 days. Together, the 'AK' and '47' also formed another reference to the main country of origin and to the power of the strain.

I think Serious lists AK-47 as flowering in 8-9 weeks, which suggests that their version does have more Sativa in it. OTOH, the Sativa genes could come from an older Skunk.

PP has a similar story. I think the name/plant existed before the trademarked strain-name. It gained fame as the ideal commercial coffeeshop crop, and was mostly seen in clone form by growers. I think of PP as super-dense, highly resinous white weed, the main fare of the coffeeshops (and a little generic for my taste).

I haven't looked up DP's listing for PP, but I think theirs is meant to have a fair chunk of Sativa in it. The WL feminised Power Plant I've seen growing also has some clear Sativa influence along with the Indica weight.

This suggests that both were bred from PP clones. The choice of father plant would be different between the two companies anyway, and since WL PP is feminised, there was no male used in the production of the seeds.

Really interesting stuff for sure! Thanks for taking the time to share that Ganja. It seems like the only big difference between most breeders strains then, is how they go about choosing parent plants. Apart from that, its just different names for the same strains.