Kali Mist

Kali Mist by Serious Seeds is a classic strong sativa which yields good incensed and fresh productions. This strain will lead to high plants with few leaves and the typical sativa body. In this respect, it's just another sativa. However, when it starts flowering you'll see flowers sprouting all over the plant that will force you to tutor or wire it so that they don't collapse under the weight of the branches.

Mel Frank, one of the most worldwide recognised cannabis breeder, stated back in 1996, that Kali Mist probably comes from the regions of the Asian South East and that it'll probably arrive in the United States and more specifically to Oakland as a seed, at the beginning of the 80's. It clearly shares some features with Cambodian strains. Also, the bank founder, Simon, says several American growers worked on these plants before without managing to develop seeds out of them. 

While this plant provided a great high, Simon wanted to improve the average productivity of this genetics and decided to increase its Afghan part. Thanks to it, Kali Mist received genes from Afghan varieties which resulted in a considerable reduction of the flowering time and increased the density of the fruit.

Dutch authorities dismantle two labs where Serious Seeds were developing crosses and doing genetic research and all male specimens of Kali Mist were confiscated and destroyed. Luckily, Simon had kept specimens of the original genetics, almost identical to the real Kali Mist.

After the seizure, there were no seeds of Kali Mist on the market for one year and Simon worked hard on a new genetic profile to bring out a strain which was as similar as possible as the original one. It refreshed the sativa genes of the same plant creating the final and long-lasting version of the plant in this way. In order to do this, he employed a third father, responsible for the almost pure sativa genes. Simon's decision about rescuing a sativa KM was early rewarded and the plant ranked first at the sativa category of the HTCC 2000.

Indoors, you can harvest it after 90 days of flowering, so you'd better plant it by mid-November. It creates dense clusters of buds all over the plant. Buds aren't too compact but they have a very good smell of strong spices and an amount of resin that will make you look forward to the harvest. It's very advisable to use a SCRoG system, so that you can manage its height even if you don't have much space. Besides, it can produce up to 300g with 9 plants per m2.

Outdoors, you'll see plants that grow tall and slender, with prehistoric-looking large leaves. Its strong stalks will support the weight of the buds with no problem. Despite being a bit spongy, buds will produce a resin you'll rarely see anywhere else. This is a very sticky strain, and resin glands can be seen with the naked eye. Bud are quite resistant to rotting thanks to its sativa genes, so it's a good strain for Spain where growers usually face humidity problems in October. Since it's a very late plant, you'll have to be patient and wait until it's ripe, which might be by mid or end of November.

It's believed to alleviate menstrual syndrome pains so, if it's your case or your girlfriend's, you can use it to ease the aches while you also enjoy it. Very attractive flavours of pine-tree and Provençal herbs with a Haze background. A very recommendable strain if you're looking for a high-flying sativa.

• Sativa/Indica: 100% sativa
• Flowering: 70-90 days indoors. End of November outdoors.
• Height: 1-2m indoors. 2-3m outdoors.