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“ Starting your cultivation career with difficult strains could turn you off growing cannabis before you ever really get a real feel for it .”
Northern Lights
Northern Lights is an indica strain that flowers in six to seven weeks . It is one of the most famous cannabis strains to date — it has been popular in cultivation circles since at least the 1980s . Even more , NL was a crowd favourite in Amsterdam clubs decades before cannabis was legalized in the rest of the world . Original NL genetics are pure indica . However , because it has been crossbred countless times over the past few decades , many of the NL strains on the market today are indica-dominant hybrids . Nonetheless , NL hybrids still grow like pure indica . NL is a great strain for newbie cultivators who are interested in growing indoors . Because it is an indica , these plants don ’ t stretch much during flowering , so a crop of NL plants makes for an even growroom canopy that is easy to manage . NL is also an extremely quick finishing strain . Because flowers are finished in just six to seven weeks , it gives you the ability to perfect your craft over many harvests each year .
Blue Dream
Blue Dream is a sativa-dominant hybrid that flowers in eight to nine weeks . A cross between the iconic strains Silver Haze and Blueberry , Blue Dream exploded onto the cannabis grower scene in the late 2000s . This wildly popular strain offers the best of both worlds seen in sativas and indicas . Blue Dream grows vigorously in the sun with the structure of a sativa plant , yet produces the dense sugary buds for which indicas are known . For this reason , Blue Dream is one of the most popular strains among commercial outdoor growers in Northern California . This is a great strain for newbie growers because it can handle an aggressive feeding schedule . As such , BD offers the ability to follow the exact directions provided by nutrient feeding calendars .
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