Silver Pearl

Hybrid

Early Skunk × Northern Lights #5 (#5)

No alternate names recorded

  • Sourced
  • Cannabinoids: Sourced
  • Effects: Sourced
  • Review date not recorded

Review date not recorded

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At a glance

Type
Hybrid
High
Head and Body
Genetics
Early Skunk × Northern Lights #5 (#5)
Flowering
49–65 d
THC Range
13% – 21%
CBD Range
0.3% – 100%
Dominant Terpenes
Myrcene
Sativa88%Indica

Effect Profile

Reported by the community and curated from multiple sources.

  • Reported
  • Reported Negatives

Frequency not recorded

  • Creative

    Reported

  • Energetic

    Reported

  • Euphoric

    Reported

  • Happy

    Reported

  • Uplifted

    Reported

Reported negatives:
  • Dizzy
  • Dry Eyes
  • Dry Mouth
  • The Scaries

Plant Profile

Cannabinoid Profile (As Reported)

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  • THC13% – 21%
  • CBD0.3% – 100%
  • CBC0.2% – 1.07%
  • CBG1%
  • CBN0.06%+
  • THCV0.41% – 1.99%

Ranges reflect legacy lab reports and aggregated user data, as recorded.

Dominant Terpenes (Top 5)

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  • MyrceneHerbal, EarthyReported

Flavor & Aroma

Flavor

Sour, Sweet

Aroma

Sour, Sweet

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User-Reported Medical Usage New

Community- and source-reported, not medical advice.

5 reported uses

  1. 1DepressionReported as a reason for use.—
  2. 2PainReported as a reason for use.—
  3. 3InsomniaReported as a reason for use.—
  4. 4AnxietyReported as a reason for use.—
  5. 5Loss Of AppetiteReported as a reason for use.—

Listed by how widely each use is reported across strains. The share of reporters is not recorded for these reports. Not a measure of whether it worked.

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Genetics & Origin

Early Skunk’s parents

Skunk #1 x Early PearlType not recordedEarly PearlHybridparents recorded · 4 offspring

Northern Lights #5 (#5)’s parents not recorded

Early Skunk

Hybrid

Parent Strain

Northern Lights #5 (#5)

Type not recorded

Parent Strain

Silver Pearl

Hybrid

Origin

Silver Pearl is a cross of Early Pearl, Skunk and Northern Lights number five, from Sensi Seeds, consistent across sources though our records carry no formal lineage entry. Early Pearl, an early-finishing sativa, is where the name and the quick harvest come from; Skunk and Northern Lights the potency and the resin. Its 1994 Cup win put it on the map, and the Early Pearl side is why it finishes so early for a sativa.

2 lineage claim sets recorded. The one shown is attributed to Sensi Seeds; the others are in the tabs above, each with its own source.

The Grow

  • Best Results

    Indoor and Outdoor

  • Preferred Climate

    Warm

  • Grow Difficulty

    1. Beginner
    2. Easy
    3. Average
    4. Difficult
    5. Expert

    Average

Outdoor

Harvest
October
Height
Average
Yield
Moderate
Flowering
49–65 d
Resistance
Standard

The difficulty to grow Silver Pearl is known for being average. For growers cultivating indoors, expect average height with a moderate yield with in about 8–10 wk. Outdoors, harvest around October.

Cultivation Notes

Grow data for Silver Pearl is limited to an October outdoor harvest and standard disease resistance, with no height, yield, flowering time or difficulty recorded. Its Skunk and Northern Lights parentage points to a vigorous, resinous plant. Grower and breeder figures.

When To Try It

Best:

Morning

Occasions:

  • before creating

About

Silver Pearl is a Sensi Seeds sativa that our data mislabels as CBD-forward.

It crosses Early Pearl, Skunk and Northern Lights number five, and it won Best Hybrid at a 1994 High Times Cup. The sources describe a moderate-THC mental-effects strain; a broken CBD reading in our records suggests otherwise, and it is wrong.

What to Expect

Whatever the label says, Silver Pearl reads as a THC sativa. Leafly's breakdown leads with euphoric at 56 percent, then happy at 43 and uplifted at 41, from a solid number of reviews, describing a creative, upbeat lift. Sources are firm that it is not a weak strain.

Dry mouth is high here at 40 percent. An anxious note turns up for about one in seven, more than most strains in this range. Hydrate and start modest.

Flavor and Aroma

Silver Pearl is a skunky, diesel-tinged smell with a honey sweetness underneath and a sour edge. It is a classic Skunk-family profile, pungent rather than fruity. The flavor is sweet and sour with the skunk carrying through.

Terpenes Explained

Silver Pearl has no terpene panel in our data, and the only recurring name is Myrcene, with nothing to quantify it. The skunk-and-diesel character comes largely from sulfur compounds a standard panel does not measure anyway.

That makes the nose the only real guide. A pungent, honeyed skunk smell is the sign of a well-kept batch.

Cannabinoids and Potency

Silver Pearl THC is reported around 13 to 21 percent, averaging near 16, a moderate level. Our records also carry a CBD reading of 100 percent, which is a clear data error; every source treats this as an ordinary THC strain with no meaningful CBD.

The lesson here is to check the actual certificate rather than a strain-level label. Read Silver Pearl as a mid-teens THC sativa, and if a menu claims high CBD for it, that claim is not supported.

Awards & Recognition

Each award is bound to the exact entry that won it. Nothing is inherited by the strain as a whole.

  • 2006 Highlife Cup — entry recorded as “Silver Pearl”

    Bio - Seedbanks · placed 2nd · Entered by Sensi Seeds · Subject not resolved to a strain record. Not counted.

    Source: not recorded on this entry

  • 2004 Highlife Cup — entry recorded as “Silver Pearl”

    Bio - Growshops · placed 3rd · Entered by I-grow · Subject not resolved to a strain record. Not counted.

    Source: not recorded on this entry

  • 1993 High Times Cannabis Cup — entry recorded as “Silver Pearl”

    Coffeeshop Cup · placed 2nd · Entered by Green House Tolstraat 'northern Lights' Green House Tolstraat · Subject not resolved to a strain record. Not counted.

    Source: not recorded on this entry

  • 1993 High Times Cannabis Cup — entry recorded as “Silver Pearl”

    Seed Cup · placed 2nd · Entered by Sensi Seeds · Subject not resolved to a strain record. Not counted.

    Source: not recorded on this entry

0 verified recognitions. 4 unresolved entries shown but excluded from the count.

Competition history

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Experience Evidence & Sources

Where this record’s observations come from, and what each source covers.

  • Community strain database aggregation (Labster/Blaster/Grower/Writer)

    Aggregated from third-party community strain databases — 3 source records.

    Covers: Cannabinoids · Terpenes  |  Access date not recorded

  • Ascendancy Drupal preserved public extract

    Carried over from the preserved Ascendancy archive — 1 source record.

    Covers: Cannabinoids · Occasions · Aroma · Classification · Effects · Flavor · Negatives · Time of day · Growing traits  |  Access date not recorded

  • One recorded conflict

    2 lineage claim sets disagree. All are retained with their sources; none is presented as settled.

    Covers: Genetics & Origin

Source summaries only. Evidence bodies are not published on this page.

Methodology and sources

Reader Reviews 0

Reader experiences, not verified data. Nothing here feeds the effect percentages above.

No reader reviews yet. Public reviews are not open; experiences you log stay private in your Passport.

Recipes & Edibles

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