I remember when Oaxcan weed first showed up in Arizona in the 70's. One of my favorite strains . Great high. My brother was into dealing and could not keep enough of this weed on hand, it sold like wild fire at the time
. Big colas, soaring highs, almost psychedelic , very tasty stuff . I've been searching for some ever since then.
. I'm a big fan of Blue Dream & try to recommend it regularly here. Hope it delivers for you big time. Let us know what you think & enjoy.
. I'm sharing again because I recently picked up three new batches of cannabis, and the first new stuff in a year.
. ~1.5 gram nugs, a little sticky when handling / preparing & easy to crush. Big strong sativa f/x & fun, very uplifting & euphoric. Highly recommended, probably my #1 favorite strain the last three or so years. And it's my third batch trying Super Lemon Haze.
It's a good question. I looked at several articles and they all point the same direction. No one knows how it got there, one article suggested Arab & Indian traders probably brought cannabis as early as 1500 AD. The Dutch East India Company traded it ~1640. However it got there it's a unique psychoactive landrace from outside the town of Durban today. Some photos on Reddit show long skinny fan leaves so it might have sativa morphology.
I should mention that I've purchased a lot of mediocre Durban Poison over the years. It's not all great, just lucky this batch turned out above average. I would prefer Oaxcan Gold or some other original sativa, but that doesn't seem to exist anymore. The only modern hybrid with the flavor most like an old Mexican sativa that I am aware of is called crackerjack. Bought one ounce several years ago, tried to get more a few days later but it was gone. I guess I'll have to grow it myself....
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Blue Dream is one of my all time favorites!Used FC for inspiration while seedshopping earlier this year. One of the strains that piqued my interest was Blue Dream.
It's actually still drying but i found a nug for a preliminary tastesession...
In the TM2 paired with a (homemade) ginger-tumeric shot!
Eyes wide open!!!
I'm from a really plain little (hick) town out on the great plains. The weed supply was spotty in the best of times. Went off to school in January 1975. Immediately invested a high fraction of my food money In 1/3 lb of Oaxacan after meeting the two Venezuelans that lived next door. Over the next 4-5 years I had a steady supply of premium seeded weed at amazing prices. I didn't get my first taste of bright green/gold sinsemilla until late 1976 or early 1977, and didn't purchase any before the mid 80's. It was expensive in Texas throughout the 80's. I agree that the sinsemilla I saw in 1976 was better than what I see today. I chalk it up to modern breeding, growing and storing techniques, none of which are focused on optimum flavor.
Umm...?
I agree that the range of flavors is huge. No one, to my knowledge, has produced or reproduced any of the classic American sativa flavors. There were at least 8-10 distinct, unmistakable flavors. I don't have anything against fruit or diesel or other flavors, and I admit that my memory is probably distorted. Anyone, I would love to hear that I'm wrong.Umm...?
I didn't smoke in the 70s (started in the 80s) and can believe there are long flowering strains, with unique effects, that are no longer around, but I'm not at all sure that modern growers don't know how to get good flavor.
In fact, the range of flavors are amazing nowadays.
I think there around 10000 ads for ounces of weed for sale in relatively small Oklahoma. Some of it is excellent, most of it probably isn't. IMO none of it has the finer flavor of any of the original sativas that people of my age (old and older people) enjoyed. Most of the modern strains don't work for me, and remind me of Swisher Sweet cigars compared to Havana cigars. Don't get me wrong, life is better today, I can get by just fine, but I would take those strains in a heartbeat over any of the modern strains. Even the dirt weed was occasionally excellent, with seeds. Efforts have been made to find and revive specialty strains but no luck that I'm aware of. I'm guessing they're doing it for marketing purposes. It's also getting harder to find the early hybrids around here. The two growers that made the effort but failed within the past year. Apparently there is strong economic pressure on growers to do everything possible to maximize profit, just to survive. That includes picking easy high-yield strains and taking short cuts that impact quality. I blend carefully picked dispensary strains in order to get a more full flavor and effect. Will try again with the autoflower on the back porch this coming spring. Home grown is usually better from my experience, I'm thinking I can get there with minimal effort and with autoflower. We'll see.I admit that I love the older flavors too, but some of that is likely nostalgia. There are preservation efforts and folks messing with old genetics, but you won't find them in a dispensary since they aren't commercially viable (at least not right now). Their flowering time, yield and relatively difficult cultivation keeps most breeders away.
Another issue is the age of these decades old seeds and getting them to germinate. There are newer techniques that can help here though... They are also rare due to prohibition and the need to stay hidden. If you're willing to try growing older genetics, you can find preservation projects and breeders specializing in 70s/80s sativas. I have a couple packs of Double Jam, which are a combination of 70s Jamaican Lambsbread x 80s Jamaican Blue Mountain. They can take up to 18 weeks to flower so it may be awhile before I get a chance to pop them.
Auto flower means there's, at least, 30% of the genetic pool of the seed that is from Cannabis Ruderalis.
... then you should avoid autoflowering seeds.
Have you tried any from California? I've been "sampling" California herb for over 30 years. Depending on how much I'm willing to spend, I can get stuff that is some of the worst I've ever had, or some of the best. I have also grown my own and 1 of the plants was up there with the best I've ever had. The other one was "better than good enough" but not outstanding.
Not lately. Last I heard they grow mostly the same strains out there as they do here. Lots of good weed, probably better if closer to the source and further from the dispensary. I haven't heard about anyone growing the original sativa flavors out there.
No, good autoflowers have most of the Ruderalis bred out of them if it's from a reliable breeder.Done right, there should be less than 10% Ruderalis in the cross. And yes, like all other canna seeds, there IS a lot of crap out there!
When you write, "original sativa flavors", you are referring to ones from the 60's or 70's, right? It's been around for thousands of years, so I don't think of the original strains being ones as recent as last century.
Jack Herer is nice. Don't see it very often these days but it was very good in it's own way. I'm not knocking the good things about today's weed market. Just lamenting the fact that so many folks will never know the flavors that evolved over long periods of time, semi-naturally in various regions to the south. Each was unique and sweet in it's own way. If I had to live with one strain today it would probably be something like blue dream but, I'm more likely to add blue dream into a mix
