Classic Cannabis Seeds — 507 Varieties Shipped Across New Zealand
507 varieties that were established before the current naming conventions took hold — the lines other breeders crossed to make everything else. Their appeal is not novelty but predictability: these have been grown in enough gardens, in enough climates, for long enough that what they do is genuinely known. Growth data on an old line tends to be better documented than on a recent release for the same reason. Composition runs 269 indica-leaning, 70 sativa-leaning, 157 balanced hybrid.
Also worth a look: Kush seeds the heritage line behind most modern indicas, best sellers where many of these still sit, and exotic strains for what breeders built from them.
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What this shelf holds
507 varieties sit on this shelf right now, and the THC figures on their listings run from 5% up to 33%, with the middle of the group at 20%. Counted from the catalogue when this page was built, so it matches the grid below.
- Photoperiod, all female: 358 of them (71%). You choose when they flower, and they carry the most weight per plant.
- Day-neutral: 149 (29%). These run on age, so the New Zealand daylight cycle is irrelevant to them.
- Indica-leaning: 269. Short and wide, quicker to finish, and usually myrcene-forward.
- Sativa-leaning: 70. Taller, later, and worth the season length only where you have it.
- Balanced crosses: 157. Somewhere between the two, and generally the easier grow for it.
- CBD-forward: 11. Bred for a different cannabinoid balance, with THC correspondingly lower.
- First three alphabetically: $100 OG, 303 OG and 501st OG. The grid below filters on finishing time, height and type.
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A Numerical Look at the Classic Cannabis Seeds
Of the 507 varieties here, 269 lean indica (53%), 70 lean sativa (14%), 157 sit as balanced hybrids (31%), 11 are CBD-forward. 149 of the 507 are autoflowering (29%), and the remaining 358 flower on a light cycle. The mean listed THC across the group is about 20%, which is a genetic ceiling rather than a guarantee — the figure a plant actually reaches depends on light, feeding and harvest timing. These counts are read from the catalogue when the page is built, so they move when stock moves and cannot drift away from what is listed below.
Matching These Genetics to a New Zealand Site
The distance from Cape Reinga to Bluff covers two genuinely different growing climates, and a plant that suits one can be caught out by the other. the Bay of Plenty gives you high sunshine hours alongside humid Marches that punish tight bud structure. Gisborne, by contrast, gives you first light in the country and dry summers, though the season narrows quickly after April. Read the flowering window on any variety you plan to grow outside against your own first-frost date, not against a national average. Plan around autumn moisture rather than temperature. Airflow through the middle of the plant, enough space between plants, and a variety that finishes before the weather closes in will save more of a crop than any feeding schedule.
Choosing From a Wide Group
A category this broad rewards narrowing before browsing. Decide the environment first — tent, greenhouse, or open ground — because that eliminates more of the list than any other single question. Then set your finishing deadline: if you are south of Christchurch and growing outside, anything with an eleven-week bloom is already ruled out. Only then look at type and potency, which is the order most people reverse. Each listing shows whatever cultivation data we were able to trace and shows nothing where we were not, so a blank flowering window is an admission rather than an oversight. This applies to the 358 photoperiod varieties in this category; the other 149 run on age instead.
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