Sorry I wasn’t totally clear there. The dispensary staff were saying they occasionally go back to the seed line to grow fresh mother plants because it makes it easier to comply with the olcc mandated plant tracking and plant health / viroid testing for each cutting they sell.
They were saying it’s a pure blueberry line, but they occasionally grow a new mother from their seed line to maintain the vigor and health of their mother stock, and to make it easier for them to comply with the plant testing and tracking requirements.
its also interesting / weird that doc from archive’s post that @iamyou_youareme quoted seems to contradict what the dispensary staff has been saying.
I had the old “oregon blueberry” clone a few years ago in 2018. I got it and the original non hybridized pure indica PNW northern lights from an old black market grow that had been operating continuously since the late 80’s.
The archive clone was pretty similar to that one in growth characteristics, but the high felt somewhat different. Your description of the archive clone is perfect- a “relaxing dreamy high.” It’s a nice balanced hybrid expression of the line.
I would describe the high from the old black market blueberry as sparkly and dreamy in a psychedelic way. It had a noticeable visual effect which is unusual for me, and was definitely more of a sativa high.
I don’t think they were the same phenotype. The plant itself looked pretty similar, but the old black market cut was slow to root, slow growing, and lower yielding with narrow pointy buds. It also came from the old black market grow riddled with spider mites and mildew, and it took months to nurse it back to health.
I think the archive blueberry is pretty much ideal, I can tell based on the smell, the high, and the unique crinkled leaf veins that it is genuine blueberry. The plant health has always been on point. It’s definitely my go to blueberry.
in the end, I agree with minitiger. it’s authentic and the bud is good, so the specifics don’t matter too much.
Sour butter and blueberry muffins! Been hunting for that blue moonshine still but it’s a rare one.