I just binned a selected old "pre 98" Kali Mist cut as IMO it was not quite as good as the Serious Seeds new stock I bought in 2009 and 2010.
The old story about SS "changing kali mist" has repeatedly been exposed as bullshit, they did change it, people complained, so they changed it back to the original recipe. This I have heard directly from Simon myself. The current Serious Seeds Kali Mist is still the best Sativa I have ever grown, every year I try 5 or more contenders, so far all have fallen short in some ways.
Kali has a tiny bit of Indica, it bulks up the buds and adds an amazing vigour to the growth as well as more of a slap to the cerebral high, Tom Hills Haze and Cannabiogen/ACE Malawi are "purer" highs, as they are 100% Sativas, but the difference is marginal.
No need for any "strain preservation runs" ... just go and buy a pack.
I remember Kali as a stringy sativa with thin buds and a ceiling less buzz. Maybe I just sampled some bunk Kali the last time I remember it but it wasn't the same and the buds looked more like SSH in density and wasn't nearly as potent (nostalgia factor maybe making me bias? idk)
I agree the pre___ lingo is dumb as it sounds like you're talking about specific cuts being passed around when its just meant to tell you the "vintage"
If any thing wouldn't it be pre-2000, since that's when Simon made the modifications, no?
But all I was trying to convey is, pre-whatever Kali Mist is just to determine if it is pre-modded Kali mist, unlike pre98 bubba kush for example, which is a single plant.
A lot of people talking Kali Mist that probably haven't grown the current version or any version for that matter.
I have.
Kali Mist hasn't changed in 13 years.
It was changed twice. Once in 98 to the version everyone hated. And again in 2000 back to the sativa leaning hybrid that everyone loved before.
As for comparing it to something someone smoked 15 years ago. Well, that's pretty hard. Plus, this is a poly hybrid so there are some phenos to dig through. But, it's not hard to find a great plant or two in a pack of these.
Look, you can't recreate your Amsterdam coffee shop experience of 20 years ago in your living room in front of your TV. And, I think a lot of what people say is based purely on nostalgia.
This is their best strain ive grown from them. If you haven't grown this strain from seed in the last 13 years, please don't perpetuate false myths about it being different.
Love the old one and his old ak seed some of the best plants I ever had.... Sometimes u gotta leave things alone when they done once u go past perfect u go right to shit....