The breeder behind Serious Seeds, Simon, is responsible for the material sold by the seed bank. He studied biology at one of the universities in Amsterdam and was always a non smoker. (Tabacco, and therefore also marihuana because in Holland it is common practice to mix the latter with tabacco and roll a joint.) He only discovered the merits of smoking pure marihuana after his study while travelling through Africa in 1986. From that moment on he started collecting seeds. Back in Holland he immediately started growing those seeds out for personal pleasure crossing what he thought were the best plants seemed a natural follow up. Contacts with other growers gave him access to different plants from which he also selected the best ones. The genetic background of this material was not always clear.Simon taught biology at a highschool when Alan Dronkers asked him to come and work at Sensi Seeds. It was quite a carreer change to do that but he never felt sorry about it. After some time working for Sensi he left and started a seed company with some American pot refugees. That year (1994) the AK-47 as well as the Chronoc won prices at the American Cannabis Cup festival in Amsterdam. That first seed company with the Americanshowever fell apart soon, and in 1995 Serious Seeds was grounded. It has always been a Serious policy to have the products grown from the different seeds available to try out in some of the best coffeeshops in Amsterdam. The "Greenhouse" is one of those coffeeshops which carries Serious' products to smoke from the start in 1995 to this date. Greenhouse coffeeshop won a Cannabis Cup in 1995 with the Kalimist grown by Serious Seeds. In 1996 another famous Amsterdam coffeeshop the "Dampkring" won the Overall Cup at that years Cannabis Cup with the newest Serious strain White Russian. Another serious shop from the early days is the Blue Bird and recently also the Dread Rock, they really sell what is listed instead of anything under an often asked for name.Serious has always been a small company, and prefers to stay like that.

Although this autoflowering variety is not perfect yet, the quality of the final product may surprise you. A quite uniform final heigth of 70 to 90 cm is normal, but factors like the strength of light a plant receives, or growing in small pots can influence the height a lot. Autoflowering White Russian #1 is not 100% uniform yet. Some plants have an open bud structure and will yield less, but most plants grow more compact buds and yield 10 to 20 grams or more. The more light they receive during their life, the better the endresult will be. All plants will be beautifully covered in a layer of trichomes. Most plants will finish between 70-75 days while some need a little longer, up to 80 days. Outside in Holland during lasting periods of bad weather we saw that the leaves of plants may show spots of powdery mildew when they are almost ready. This can lead to bud rot, especially if wet conditions maintain. So we advise to check them daily under these conditions. If during rainy weather harvest time approaches; check for signs of fungus and cut them rather early than late. We hope to improve this variety even more over time, but the taste and potency of Autoflowering White Russian #1 is so satisfactory that we decided to put it on the Serious' menu. We hope that she will in time become another Serious' classic on our menu.

The breeders who first came out with autoflowering strains created a new chapter in Cannabis history. Although interesting and promising, the development of fine autoflowering strains has not reached its full potential yet. Serious Seeds wants to contribute to the development of this new category of seeds and is also experimenting with autoflowering plants. Selection, breeding and production of autoflowering plants is a totally different process compared to breeding ´normal´ Cannabis plants. Autoflowering seeds will, as a result of those differences, show variation from generation to generation. The idea is that our autoflowering seeds will improve over time, a process in which feedback of customers is appreciated to help guide our selection criteria. Many autoflowering versions of our strains White Russian and AK-47 have been sold by others, trying to benefit from their popular names. If seeds are sold by other brands than Serious Seeds, carrying names rightfully belonging to Serious Seeds, we advise against buying these seeds.

Type: autoflowering inbred hybrid, mostly indica
Flowering time: Mostly 70 days
Yield per plant: 10-20 grams