5 Alive Feminised
5 Alive Feminised β sativa, 29% THC on the listing, euphoric, energetic, calm. Sent in plain packaging with NZ Post tracking and covered by our germination promise.
What the seed lot did on the bench
Every lot is checked before it goes on the shelf, and the yield figures come from New Zealand growers who sent us a harvest weight against a batch code. This lot was read on 2026-09-22, from a tray sample of 120.
Outdoor figures come from a New Zealand season, so they run below what the same cultivar reaches somewhere with a longer, drier autumn. Treat them as what this plant does here. The full report for this lot sets out the method and the terpene panel.
About 5 Alive Feminised
Crack a properly cured jar of 5 Alive and pinene arrives first β that is the compound doing most of the aromatic work here, carried by limonene and rounded off with caryophyllene. Terpene expression is not fixed at the genetic level; it is something you either preserve or destroy in the last fortnight and the dry. This page is about keeping it.
Protecting the Pinene in 5 Alive
Terpenes are volatile. That single fact explains almost every flavour disappointment growers report.
Late flower. Heat drives off the lighter aromatic compounds, so the last fortnight wants cooler nights rather than a push for size. Growers chasing the final few grams routinely trade away the thing that made the strain worth growing.
The dry. This is where most of the loss happens. Slow and cool, over a couple of weeks, in the dark, with air moving but never blowing on the flower. Fast drying strips pinene first, and it does not come back.
The cure. Sealed glass, opened daily at first, held somewhere stable. Limonene and Caryophyllene tend to surface over the following month as the harsher volatiles clear.
Everything above matters more than any bottled additive claiming to boost flavour. If aroma is your priority, the sativa seeds range is where to browse the rest.
Effect Profile
Euphoric, Energetic, Calm is the consensus, and consensus is worth exactly what it sounds like β a starting point. 29% THC sets the scale; pinene and the terpenes alongside it shape the character rather than the strength.
Onset is quick by inhalation and slow by ingestion, which is where most bad experiences begin. Expect a mental lift first, with the body catching up later.
If potency is what you are shopping for, the high-THC seeds category is sorted for it.
The Terpenes
Pinene leads, limonene sits behind it, and caryophyllene runs underneath.
Aroma is not fixed at harvest β it develops. Fresh flower leads hard with pinene; three or four weeks in sealed glass at a stable 16 to 18 degrees lets limonene and caryophyllene come forward as the sharper volatiles clear. Jars opened at week one and week five smell like different plants.
Who It Suits
Who does well with 5 Alive? Growers who want to control plant size and harvest date, and have the vegetative space to use that control. First-timers included β the genetics are forgiving.
Still deciding? The indoor-friendly genetics list is the narrower place to start.
Published Figures
- Finishes in 8-10 weeks
- Under lights: 300 g/m2
- Grown out: 80-100 g/plant
- Height: 100 cm
- Difficulty: easy
Reported Effects
Descriptive, and ordered by how prominently each one appears in the sources we hold. Not a survey, and not a measurement.
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Where 5 Alive Feminised Comes From
Documented parentage is Bubblegum Γ Orange Juice Γ Grape Pie. Where a cultivar's origin is recorded we name it on this page; where it is contested or simply unknown, the field stays empty rather than being filled with something plausible.
We did not originate the cultivars in this catalogue and do not claim to have. What we do is select and stabilise the lines we sell, so that a pack grows out more uniformly than an unworked one β which matters more in New Zealand than in most places, because an outdoor grower here is working to a frost date rather than an open-ended season. The stabilisation programme sets out how that works and what it does not cover.
Every pack is covered by our germination promise: follow the method in the germination guide and seed that fails to open is replaced free within 30 days.