Aurora Indica
2/13/2016
I have 40+ years experience growing and using cannabis, a masters degree in agri/horticulture from MSU and will break each review down as follows from my own personal experience with seeds or clones obtained directly from the original breeders:
I would like to first note that although a very nice strain, my experience was nothing like Nirvana describes and I would describe it as more of a hybrid than an indica dominant strain and from the reviews of others I know and the reviews on this site and others, I'm not alone in not getting what I expected and may be the reason why reviews are not as high as they should be.
It is a F1 hybrid which could explain the different variations and getting some that are very different than they intended.
Use;
Has more hybrid effects and is not a strong indica that makes you relaxed, happy and euphoric but it doesn't give you couch lock or make you want to sleep. It is still good for pain, muscle spasms but again, if you are looking for strong indica effects, than this isn't the best choice
This supposed indica dominant strain has a more hybrid balanced effect with relaxed, happy euphoric cerebral feelings but not a lot of physical couch lock type effects, like an indica should. The effect is good for symptoms such as pain, & muscle spasms but it won't make you feel like you have to go to sleep. The effects are great and useful, just not as they are described by the breeder so if you are looking for something with strong indica type effects, than I wouldn't recommend this. Buds are very dense and have a very pleasant odor that is hard to describe. It's kind of earthy with a strong chocolate smell with hints of spiciness. Reminded me of a strain I used to get in the old days called Chocolate Thai.
Grow;
Indoors: Finishes in 9-10 weeks
Outdoors: October 17th at 42*N latitude
Although this plant doesn't have the strong indica effects one would expect it definitely looks and grows like an indica. The leaves are very wide to the point of overlapping. Plant is short and stout looking like an indica should but just like the effects are more hybrid type, so is it's flowering time. I wanted this specifically because Nirvana stated that it would finish in mid September and it definitely displayed more sativa characteristics, finishing late in October. The weird thing is I germinated 3 seeds I ended up using and all three seemed almost identical, which is not only weird for a F1 but also makes it strange that every phenotype seemed so much alike and nothing like it's described.