OK, so…
[Cuban Black Haze x (A5 Haze x Mirakel Thai)] x {[Cuban Black Haze x (A5 Haze x Mirakel Thai)] x (A5 Haze x Mirakel Thai)}
Simpified:
Bandaid Haze #7 x (Bandaid Haze #7 x A5/Thai)
An incross of the Bandaid Haze line favoring the A5 Haze/Thai father. It uses the Bandaid Haze #7 mother, selected by Doc D.
A5 Haze Thai came from Europe. Yo Sammy and ET were involved, but I forget the details. Bodhi acquired the A5 Haze/Thai beans from Europe, and crossed it to the American clone “Cuban Black Haze” AKA Miami Haze, Black Haze, etc. Cuban Black Haze is thought to be Neville’s Haze or NL5 x Haze from the early releases. It is grown predominantly in Florida by Cuban/Dominican gangs, but makes its way to NYC, where it is sold as piff, haze, etc. There are other cuts of NYC piff, before any feathers get ruffled. It takes about 14 weeks to flower and is thus uncommon in today’s kush market.
A5 is NL5 x Haze A male, a different and rare sister plant to NL5 x Haze C male, known as “C5”. C5 is the mother to a great many Dutch winners. Jack, SSH, Mango Haze, all use the C5 mother. Some people in Holland still hold the A5 cut. It is known to be more incensey, woody, spicy than the C5 cut, which lends varieties like Jack that classic lemony Dutch Haze scent. Haze A male is lost; these cannot be made again. Story goes Neville never sold the NL5 x Haze A line in catalogs, but sold a ton of NL5 x Haze C beans or somesuch, so it’s much harder to find.
Mirakel Thai I cannot get much information on. Karma was involved with it somehow. Details get fuzzy when I’m tracking a person’s specific involvement.
Now onto my experience. Bandaid Haze is the shit. 12-14 weeks from seed. Smell is curry spices, funeral home, old lady soap, floral, perfume, musty, old books. Stretch is pretty crazy but expected. Low yield. Most plants displayed some degree of purpling, one standout female in particular was quite purple. Strong medicine. More golfball fluffy “neckbones” than big haze colas like you get with stuff like SSH and Jack. Not really like much else on the market.
I grew an 11 pack, made F2 stock with 1 male and 2 females.