Strain Library

Northern Light came out of the US west coast in the late 1970s, reportedly from a pool of eleven different seed lines that have since been interbred and hybridized so thoroughly that no one can fully reconstruct the pedigree. What's generally agreed on is that an Afghan indica formed the core of the original cross, with possible Thai genetics mixed in from some of the eleven starters. The line became one of the foundational genetics of commercial cannabis - every major modern indica hybrid either descends from it or has been influenced by it. RQS's feminized version works from Northern Light S1 and produces an indica-dominant plant with an unusual tell: the leaf structure carries noticeable sativa traits, a genetic fingerprint from the Thai side of the ancestral pool.

Sensi Seeds' feminized Northern Lights is the line-direct interpretation of one of cannabis's foundational indicas — a 90% indica, 10% sativa hybrid built from the original Thai and Afghani landrace genetics and redeveloped over years of breeding work in-house. Northern Lights has earned enough Cannabis Cups over the decades that some contest organizers have asked Sensi to leave it out of judging rounds to give other strains a chance. The strain gets its name from the Aurora Borealis, and the allusion isn't marketing — the high is the kind of deep, quiet, body-first calm that fits the imagery. A compact easy-to-grow strain with generous yields, a distinctive earthy scent underlaid by fruit and herb, and a resin production level that's been benchmarked against every modern indica since.

Pineapple Express Auto is Barney's Farm's autoflower cross of Pineapple Chunk with BF Super Auto #1 — a 70% Indica / 30% Sativa autoflower that compresses the Pineapple Chunk heritage into a 65-70 day total cycle while preserving the distinctive tropical fruit character that made the original famous. THC averages 24%, which is strong for an autoflower, and the aromatic signature reflects the Pineapple Chunk parent directly: mouth-watering sweet pineapple with tropical fruits dominating the nose. The palate delivers rich tropical notes and intense pineapple character — a genuinely distinctive flavor profile that separates her from generic fruit-family autos. The effect is stress-reducing, calm, sensual, relaxing, and mellow — firmly evening or stress-relief territory, where the 70% Indica dominance produces deep body relaxation without the couchlock some heavy Indica autos deliver.

Amnesia Haze came out of the 1990s as one of the strains that would define Dutch coffeeshop menus, and like a lot of Haze-dominant varieties her provenance is half history, half legend. What's documented is the competition record - she took 2nd place in the Highlife Cannabis Cup Bio Haze category, and demand for her has stayed high enough that RQS continues stocking seeds of the line three decades later. She's a true Haze-dominant hybrid: the kind of strain the word sativa was invented to describe, genetically and experientially.

Barney's Farm's Amnesia Haze is one of the most decorated modern Haze crosses in commercial cannabis — a four-way landrace combination of Jamaican, Thai, South Asia, and Cambodia genetics that produces 80% Sativa / 20% Indica hybrid with THC averaging 24%. The landrace heritage is what separates this strain from typical Dutch Haze crosses: pulling sativa genetics from four distinct tropical regions creates a layered complexity in both the growth pattern and the effect profile that modern single-source crosses can't match. The aromatic signature is classic Haze: pungent, fresh citrus, spicy, with the unmistakable Haze character that defined 1990s Dutch coffeeshop menus. On the palate she delivers citrus, Haze, earthy, and spicy notes — a clean, sharp profile that pairs perfectly with the clean-headed cerebral effect. The effect is energizing, mentally stimulating, cerebral-uplifting, and euphoric — textbook Sativa-dominant Haze territory where users stay engaged, creative, and sharp rather than sedated.

Amnesia Haze Auto is the autoflowering solution to the biggest practical problem with the original Amnesia strain: flower time. The classic Amnesia, bred in the Netherlands in the 1990s by Hy-Pro Seeds - and known variously as Amnesia, Champagne Haze, The Bomb, and Ultra Haze - needs 11-12 weeks of bloom on average, with some phenos stretching to a full 20 weeks before finishing. That timeline is unworkable for most home growers and commercially impractical. Crossing the original into ruderalis solved it, producing an auto version that keeps the signature euphoric high and spicy-sweet flavor while cutting the cycle dramatically and limiting final height.

Auto Euforia is one of Dutch Passion's most stable and robust autoflowers, combining the genetics of the classic photoperiod Euforia with a carefully selected autoflowering Skunk to produce a Sativa-dominant plant with a genuinely distinctive uplifting euphoric high and XL yield potential. The photoperiod Euforia is an original selection of a 1990s Skunk, specially chosen for its unique euphoric effect, and that stress-busting feel-good character is still the most appreciated feature of both the photoperiod and the automatic genetic lines. Auto Euforia builds on Dutch Passion's broader 1990s Skunk breeding program that also produced Skunk #1, Orange Bud, and Skunk #11 — a pedigree that shows in both the cultivation behavior and the flavor profile. The terpene signature is classic Skunk with sweet and floral overtones: notes of lavender, geranium, and roses layered over earthy, woody, and musky base notes. Like all proper Skunks she can genuinely stink — the aroma is strong, pungent, and penetrating during flowering, especially in the later weeks when trichome production peaks. The taste is slightly more subtle than the aroma — woody, sweet, sometimes fruity — producing a complex smoke experience that Skunk aficionados have welcomed enthusiastically. She's developed a strong reputation shortly after introduction.

Cream Mandarine XL Auto is a 4th Generation autoflowering hybrid resulting from a cross between selected specimens of Cream Mandarine Auto and a Super Tai'98 elite clone.

Gorilla Girl XL Auto is Sweet Seeds' 6th Generation autoflowering strain — a tall "Super Strong" marijuana variety produced by crossing two of the most powerful Cookies-family strains: Gorilla Girl and Sweet Gelato Auto. The effect is potent and stimulating with very high THC levels reaching 25%, and individual plants can even surpass that threshold under optimal conditions. Buds feature an intense sweet fruity aroma and taste with tones of blue cypress and wood complemented by citric and earthy shades. The plants are known for exuberant resin production that completely coats the calyxes with aromatic trichomes — buds are heavily loaded with resin, featuring long trichomes and very large flower calyxes.

Royal Queen Seeds' take on the Super Silver Haze lineage — Haze x Skunk x Northern Lights — a cross whose story really begins in the 1970s, when a pair of American brothers started collecting and breeding sativas from Colombia, Mexico, Thailand, and South India. After thousands of seeds and years of work they isolated the clean, soaring cerebral effect that came to define the entire Haze family. When those genetics eventually reached Amsterdam alongside the now-classic Skunk lines, two Dutch breeders set out to solve Haze's main problem: the flowering time was too long to be commercial. Crossing Haze with Skunk and Northern Lights gave them Super Silver Haze, the first Haze variety with indica-scale flowering and Cannabis Cup pedigree. Shining Silver Haze is RQS's version of that line, a two-time winner of the Highlife Cannabis Cup in the Bio Haze category and a well-respected sativa among growers who want Haze character without the commitment of a four-month bloom.

Black Jack is one of Sweet Seeds most powerful and productive strains, resulting from crossing Black Domina'98 with an exceptional Jack Herer.

RQS's take on the Bubblegum family, built on a Power Plant x Santa Maria cross. The Bubblegum lineage started in Indiana in the early 1990s, with phenotypes refined in New England before the Dutch cut perfected by TH Seeds put the whole line on the international map. That Dutch pedigree earned the family a 2005 High Times Cannabis Cup and a Spannabis Cannabis Champion's Cup the same year, and the candy-sweet terpene profile has kept the variety in rotation ever since. RQS's XL version pairs that Bubblegum heritage with a Power Plant backbone for a plant with the signature nose but a sturdier, more commercial structure than the original Indiana cut.

Cookies Gelato crosses two of the most decorated modern American hybrids — Girl Scout Cookies and Gelato — and the result is a strain built for experienced smokers rather than casual sessions. Both parents are known for sweet, sugary terpene profiles and serious potency; Cookies Gelato inherits the densest expressions of each. This isn't a beginner's smoke or a low-tolerance strain: the THC is high enough that a single hit will overwhelm most novice users, and experienced smokers will recognize the pedigree immediately in the first inhale. The genetic pedigree reads like a list of the most influential US hybrids of the last decade, which is essentially what it is.

Critical is the answer to the question most commercial growers actually ask - what yields the most weight in the shortest time without sacrificing smoke quality? The genetic answer RQS landed on is Afghani x Skunk, an indica-dominant cross that compresses a classic heavy-stone Afghan profile into a plant that finishes in seven weeks. This isn't a connoisseur strain and isn't trying to be. It's a production pick built around a specific calculation: maximum grams per square meter per week, with enough potency and flavor to stand up to retail-grade expectations.

Early Skunk Feminized is Sensi Seeds' best all-rounder for outdoor cultivation, built specifically to produce bumper crops in climates that would kill lesser strains. A 35% sativa, 65% indica hybrid that won an award at the High Life Cannabis Cup in 2006, Early Skunk combines uncomplicated skunk genetics with a powerful hybrid buzz and the mould-resistance needed to finish reliably in the short, wet summers typical of Northern Europe. Robust and resilient enough to reward novice growers, she's the strain Sensi built to solve a specific problem: before this line, growing potent skunks to full maturity in places with short summers was essentially impossible. Fat skunk buds tend toward mould in poor weather, which forced northern growers to harvest before flowering peaked. Early Skunk was developed explicitly to solve that problem.

Gorilla Cookies Auto is Fast Buds' most awarded and best-selling autoflower of all time — a powerhouse fusion of GG4 Auto F6 × Cookies Auto F5 bred to deliver extreme potency, dense yields, and mouthwatering flavor in a fast easy-growing format. Now in her F6 generation, the strain has earned her reputation through real commercial and competition performance. She grows stout and bushy, reaching up to 150 cm with thick branches and a sturdy main cola. Expect golf-ball-sized buds absolutely coated in trichomes, producing up to 650 g/m² in around 10 weeks. Late in flower the buds turn almost white from resin, making her a top pick for extractors and commercial growers alike.

Gorilla Cookies FF (Fast Flowering) is Fast Buds' cross of hand-picked Girl Scout Cookies and Gorilla Glue #4 genetics combined with the famous Gorilla Cookies Auto — a variety that takes the best traits from its parents to the next level. This wonderfully balanced hybrid thrives indoors and outdoors across all climates while staying super-resilient to bugs and pests. A massive yielder offering growers of all levels up to 650 g/m² of top-shelf bud. As one of the most powerful versions of these genetics, Gorilla Cookies FF boasts a whopping 29% THC that translates into loads of resin and flavorful terpenes making for the best extractions ever — the perfect choice for hash-makers looking for hard-hitting strains producing exceptional flavors and aromas.

Fast Buds' Girl Scout Cookies Auto is one of their best-selling and most renowned strains — a 20% THC cultivar with extra-large yields and the fantastic sought-after cookie flavor that made the GSC family famous. The Cali cookie genetics are a cinch to grow indoors or out, producing dense sparkling nugs. A huge-yielding sticky resin machine.

Passion #1 is one of the oldest outdoor varieties in the Dutch Passion collection — a feminised hybrid cannabis strain with California origins that have been shaped by Dutch breeding work since 1980. Originally developed as one of the best green outdoor varieties in 1970s California, the strain was formerly known as Amstel Gold and is the result of years of selection and crossing. It's been bred selectively over decades for speed, size, yield, and potency, and the combination of those four traits has made Passion #1 one of the fastest and at the same time largest outdoor varieties available on the commercial market. THC levels can reach nearly 20%, which is high for an outdoor strain and particularly high for one with this growth vigor — Passion #1 is no weak outdoor option. Smokers looking for potent resin-drenched buds from a strain bred explicitly for outdoor cultivation have relatively few better picks. The aroma is fresh, tart, and slightly spicy, dominated by a fruity blend of lemon, lime, and woody herbs — rosemary and thyme come through clearly for experienced palates. The scent is strong without being super-penetrating, a practical advantage for outdoor growers who prefer not to advertise their plants to neighbors or passers-by. The taste follows the aromatic profile: sour citrus notes mixed with a bit of spice and earth, smoking smoothly and producing a strong potent up-high. The sharp, spicy, sour notes can tingle the throat on bigger draws, which some users love and others find notable.

White Label's Pure Power Plant Feminized is a fast-flowering 60% sativa, 40% indica strain built for quick turnarounds and abundant yields. She's been around since the 1990s and remains popular — a firm favourite in Dutch coffeeshops, often on the menu, and prized for super-sized yields that surpass many other cannabis strains. The strain produces a skunky vanilla-wood aroma during growth that carries through clearly into the finished flavor, and the sativa dominance results in a talkative, uplifting, exuberant high. Grown indoors or in warm outdoor climates, she delivers plentiful yields — as much as 700 grams per square metre under optimal conditions — alongside a focused, energetic effect that the 60% sativa genetics drive directly. Also available as Pure Power Plant Automatic by White Label for autoflower setups.