Jack Herer is a sativadominant cannabis strain that has gained as much renown as its namesake the marijuana activist and author of The Emperor Wears No Clothes Combining a Haze hybrid with a Northern Lights 5 and Shiva Skunk cross Sensi Seeds created Jack Herer hoping to capture both the cerebral elevation associated with sativas and the heavy resin production of indicas Its rich genetic background gives rise to several different variations of Jack Herer each phenotype bearing its own unique features and effects However consumers typically describe this 55 sativa hybrid as blissful clearheaded and creativeJack Herer was created in the Netherlands in the mid1990s where it was later distributed by Dutch pharmacies as a recognized medicalgrade strain Since then the spicy pinescented sativa has taken home numerous awards for its quality and potency Many breeders have attempted to cultivate this staple strain themselves in sunny or Mediterranean climates and indoor growers should wait 50 to 70 days for Jack Herer to flower