How to grow Alien Jack Motta
Taste
Seb's take
Jack Herer crossed with Black Domina, with Haze, Northern Lights and Afghani SA further back in a family tree that reads like a greatest-hits compilation. No flavour notes recorded, but the effect combines Jack Herer's lively energy with a properly Indica body high — enough to clear anxiety without confining anyone to the sofa.
Where it comes from
Jack Herer crossed with Black Domina, according to the record, and the extended lineage reads like a roll-call of the modern canon: Haze, Red Skunk, Northern Lights, Ortega, Afghani SA, Hash Plant. Trace it and the logic emerges plainly. Jack Herer carries the Haze and Northern Lights that lend the lively, cerebral lift; Black Domina supplies the Afghani and Hash Plant that build the heavy indica base. Hero Seeds have simply set two well-bred opposites against one another and let the balance settle at 60/40 in the indica's favour.
Nose & flavour
No flavour notes are logged, and with a lineage this crowded I would be guessing at which parent won the nose, so I will not. What the pedigree suggests is a tension between the sharp, incense-edged Haze side and the dark, hashy Afghani base, but suggestion is all it is until the jar settles the matter. Take the aroma as unrecorded rather than absent.
The high
The record describes the best of both sides: the lively, cerebral energy of the Jack Herer parent laid over the blissful body ease of a strong indica. The pairing keeps the head engaged while the body settles, enough weight to relax you, not so much as to confine you to the sofa for the evening. At 22% THC it has the substance to carry both halves. A balanced experience, and a considered one.
Growing it
No height is recorded, so I will leave it be. What the record does supply is the harvest, and it is the headline figure here: 617g/m², a genuinely heavy return that reflects the vigour a lineage this broad tends to carry. Flowering runs 60 to 65 days, a standard window for the weight on offer. Feminized seed, so no males to rogue out of the pack. A generous plant, and by the look of the numbers a straightforward one to bring to that yield.
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Common questions about Alien Jack Motta
How long does Alien Jack Motta take to flower?
Around 9 weeks of flowering, by the breeder's numbers.
Is Alien Jack Motta an autoflower or a photoperiod strain?
A feminized photoperiod strain — flowering starts when you switch the lights, so the timing is yours to control.
How strong is Alien Jack Motta?
The breeder lists THC around 22%. Firmly in the strong band.