Super Malawi Haze （SMH） regular seed from ACE. Growing SMH side-by-side with Malawi gave me some good insights into both strains and allowed me to compare the effects of SMH with those of Malawi.
SMH is a cross of Malawi with a Nevil's Haze clone. Nevil's Haze is a NL#5 x Haze cross that was backcrossed with Haze, using Nevil's A and C Haze males. Genetically, SMH is 50% Malawi and 50% Nevil's. SMH is not a pure sativa like Malawi, but rather a poly-hybrid of approximately 90% sativa and 10% indica. SMH has a complex character, and in my opinion the effect of each parent can be distinctly felt in SMHs effects. As it turned out, my SMH plant was the Nevils Haze phenotype, with a strong cerebral effect alongside the Malawi effect.
This was an outdoor grow at 47N, which is quite a bit farther to the North than the breeder recommended for SMH outdoors. Fortunately, a heated greenhouse made it possible to let SMH flower and finish at 47N after November 1, when the temperatures dropped. Germinated in April, SMH was grown in 35L of soil having pH 6.3; water was from a nearby alpine lake. SMH was topped and super cropped, LSTd. Vigorous vegetative growth needed abundant NPK in veg and, in flowering, a 3-9-4 npk formula right up to the last week before harvest. In short, definitely a "hungry" strain that asks for full nutrient soil. SMH went into pre-flower later than many strains I've grown; sex-ID could not be confirmed visually until about September 1. SMH was very slow to ripen, so a lot of patience was required. However, patience paid off: SMH is a heavy producer of excellent weed, a tall plant, and at harvest her buds were covered with layer upon thick layer of resin -- see my photos here on seedfinder and on 420mag and elsewhere. I harvested SMH in several steps between November 17 and 24.
Smoke report. Super Malawi Haze has a very strong effect, and is the most powerful weed this grower has experienced in many years. Having consumed Malawi, I now recognise the unique head & facial buzz effect of Malawi, though of course this particular effect in SMH has only about 50% of the strength of the Malawi parent. Nevils Haze provides an equally strong effect -- a strong cerebral haze rush -- that complements the comparatively less-cerebral Malawi effect. In comparing SMH with Malawi, I concluded that the Malawi physical head buzz is present in SMH but is tempered, and also enhanced, by the energising and uplifting Nevils Haze rush. The result was a truly stunning head high, physical and also highly cerebral with an intense rush that slowly fades after several hours. A double-header, SMH has some of Malawis strong head-facial physical buzz along with the added soaring cerebral high of Nevils Haze. The SMH high is strong and psychedelic, heady, and lasts for hours, uplifting, stimulating, powerful -- I have not yet managed to finish a joint because I will put it down, bluntly, about halfway through, just overwhelmed with my mind soaring into new dimensions. Afterwards sleep is easy. Smoke is, after 2 months, smooth with floral and sandalwood flavours. SMH is truly great weed and I recommend it to any and all haze lovers. I would certainly grow SMH again.