The Haze marijuana strain was born in the early 70s in Santa Cruz, California, and owes its name to the Haze brothers, who cultivated and crossed different marijuana varieties from Colombia (Columbian Gold), Mexico (Acapulco Gold), India and Thailand.
In another article we had talked about the origin of Skunk and Sam The Skunkman, one of the most emblematic characters in the history of modern marijuana who moved to Holland and that changed the course of modern marijuana history. Well, in this chapter, the stories intersect and have similar destinies since Sam The Skunkman was a neighbor of the Haze brothers and provided them with various types of seeds for their crosses and the creation of other marijuana hybrids.
In search of a 100% Sativa hybrid
Haze and J. Haze wanted to achieve a hybrid that was 100% Sativa and went through an accumulation of crosses until they found what they were looking for. To do this, they started by crossing a pure strain called Landrace Sativa from Mexico with another Landrace variety that came from Colombia.
After a year they selected the best females from this mix and crossed them with a male from another Landrace variety from southern India. And finally, the result of this hybrid was crossed again with a Landrace male that came from Thailand. This entire chain of crosses resulted in the marijuana variety we know today as Haze.
The first crosses had not been very successful for cannabis seed growers since they were varieties that required a lot of attention and care, and above all, because their flowering process was quite long, reaching up to 16 weeks.
At first it was not very stable and suffered variations, one of them, the well-known "Purple Haze", where its Colombian profile predominated since it was more potent and beautiful, although on the other hand it was one of the most expensive. Then, it seemed like it wasn't going to go very far. However, Neville Schoenmakers, preserved the species and began to cross it.
NEVILLE SCHOENMAKERS - The father of Haze
Neville Schoenmakers is one of the most important characters in marijuana history. In fact, the Original Haze variety is sometimes known as Neville's Haze. Born in 1957 in Australia to Dutch parents, he started working in a laboratory with illegal substances and had to flee to Thailand for a while before landing in Holland in the 70s. There he was able to dedicate himself to his two passions: genetics and marijuana.
With the varieties that existed at that time from tropical countries like Thailand, Colombia and Africa, he found that the results were not as expected, since they did not grow in the same way due to the Dutch climate. Indoors and with artificial light they didn't seem to improve either. He came to the conclusion that the best solution would be improving their genetics so he traveled to remote places in search of other varieties until he found a stable hybrid.
Creation of the world's first marijuana seed bank
In 1984 he founded "The Seed Bank of Holland", the world's first marijuana seed bank where growers could find quality and stable seeds with minimal guarantees. To create strains more suitable for temperate climates and for indoor cultivation and to satisfy his European and American clients, he crossed equatorial sativas with Afghan indicas.
In a very short time, his seed bank achieved abysmal success by exporting marijuana seeds to countries around the world. It is estimated that, in the United States alone, he had 15,000 producer buyers. It was also the first cannabis business to advertise and announce itself in the media, and together with other articles that talked about his achievements, this brought him even more success.
High Times Magazine baptized him as "The King of Cannabis" and as if he wanted to honor such a nomination, he moved to a mansion that was nicknamed "The Cannabis Castle" where he had rooms dedicated solely to cannabis cultivation. He is considered the father of the original Haze adored by sativa lovers around the world, and is credited with creating award-winning and well-known varieties such as: Nevil's Haze, Northern Lights Haze, Super Silver Haze, Nevil's Skunk, Super Skunk, Silver Pearl, Silver Haze, among others.
NORTHERN LIGHTS - THE MEDICINAL VARIETY
With the cannabis seeds that Sam the Skunkman provided to Neville, only for his crosses with the prior agreement not to commercialize them -something that would later lead to their enmity-, he obtained different crosses that he himself named as plant A, B, C, D and E. From the Haze A and Haze C males he got one of the most important and well-known hybrids today: Northern Lights #5.
The original strain was mostly indica, had been developed in the Seattle area, and was a cross of Hawaii with Afghanistan. As on many occasions throughout marijuana history, this one came camouflaged to send it by ordinary mail to Holland, in the form of a cutting and with the leaves trimmed to go unnoticed.
For indoor cultivation of indica varieties, Northern Lights was a great inspiration and its F1 hybrid Northern Lights 5 X Haze is still one of the most acclaimed of the modern indica lines of marijuana. From the 80s to the present it continues to receive awards at the Cannabis Cup among others. It should be noted that this marijuana variety gave way to many of the modern medicinal varieties that are very popular today and Neville has always been linked with those healing and therapeutic properties of this marijuana line.
In fact, after 25 years of silence and living in the shadows, it seems that Neville returns to dedicate himself to something that had always awakened great interest in him: medicinal marijuana. 
Discover our HAZE varieties at Ripper Seeds
RIPPER HAZE
A diamond that we met in 2002 on one of our trips to Holland. This variety has been number one on all coffee shop menus for more than a decade due to its aroma, unmistakable citrus Haze flavor and its "ripper" effect even for the most experienced users. Known under different names, the most popular of them is Amnesia Haze. RIPPER HAZE are the marijuana seeds result of our search for the perfect Haze: very potent and lasting effect, fast flowering cycle and intense aroma and flavor. Its large amount of trichomes and its incomparable aroma will make it your most precious jewel. So far one of the highest THC values.
SIDERAL
Sideral is one of our first works which we later used to develop Zombie Kush. An old Lavender Kush clone was pollinated by our brilliant Amnesia. The objective was to achieve a hybrid with a wide and intense range of aromas and flavors. Sideral has a slightly sativa structure with compact flowers and large calyxes. Its flowering period is around 65-70 days. During this time it will reach double its initial size. Its production is medium-high. The effect of sideral is potent but manageable. An ideal variety for the regular marijuana consumer who wants to enjoy a good palate.