[Gry]

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[7thson]

I wish I knew.Some of it had no name attached to it.

There was many different kinds floating around(70's/80's);reds, browns,golds,brown red,green etc.

The gold was all gold,stem and all.Either lumbo or mexi? The Hawaiian was always the easiest to tell from the taste alone.The Thai stick was easy too but that's not hard either,it's on a stick, lol.I did smoke a lot of stickless Thai,loss Thai and Thai bud,one in the same.The strongest was the small hard as nails sticks,you could pound nails with them.One hit wonder weed,anymore and you would fall asleep.

1)Thai 2)Brown Red,I think it was primo lumbo,seedless. 3)Hawaiian

I will say that some and or a lot of weed these days has some unreal flavors,highs too.

I do miss the grass from the old days.

[Jon 54]

My favorite Cannabis from back in my day which was 1972 was Acapulco Gold. This was pure golden weed like the color of yellow with no other color mixed in with it. A quarter pound of it cost $250.00 which was a large investment to smoke all to yourself!!
Second would be pure opium, what a flavor like lilacs when you exhaled a deep hit and the dreamy high which came afterward.

Jon

[hippy59]

maui wowy and thia stick in that order

[frostqueen]

I grew up in Southern Oregon and had my first outdoor crops in '82 and '83. The SWAT teams were out in full force (CAMP) during those summers, and we would grow along the Rogue river floodplain, pulling the surrounding vegetation over our crops with big lines and stakes in the ground. I carried water from the river on my shoulders for 1/4 mile in two 5 gallon buckets, one on each end of a 6 foot pole. Good times.

We were growing a lot of interesting new indica hybrids during that time. Northern Lights and Skunks, for sure. Also some stranger types; the dominant flavors were tart green apples/fruit and roadkill skunk, and the potency was really high. I recall big fat-bladed leaves and beautiful purples, and the shape of the flowers of those was usually golf balls on a stick. In the end we harvested some super stinky buds that we tried (and repeatedly failed) to hide from our parents.

On the market at that time we were also in total heaven. We were getting this amazing Golden Thai right on the stick. Panama Red passed through town occasionally. Incredible Columbian Gold that tasted a bit like peanut butter and a hint of spice. These all had seeds galore, but the highs were truly strong and also truly exceptional, taking a few minutes to kick in but then lasting for as much as 6 hours. 'Creeper'.

Of course we've all been hunting for that elusive roadkill skunk ever since, and the tart green apple golfball indicas are hard to find. I've just made the move on some Tom Hill X18 in the hope of tapping back into that trait; Tom was apparently about 100 miles south of us and probably worked with some of the same early landrace afghani and paki stock...

I sure as hell hope so! The descriptions that I've read sure sound a lot like it. There was prolly some Northern Lights bred into those, too. We used to get NL#9, which I remember as being mostly sativa... I might be wrong, tho.

[yesum]

Originally Posted by Jon 54

My favorite Cannabis from back in my day which was 1972 was Acapulco Gold. This was pure golden weed like the color of yellow with no other color mixed in with it. A quarter pound of it cost $250.00 which was a large investment to smoke all to yourself!!
Second would be pure opium, what a flavor like lilacs when you exhaled a deep hit and the dreamy high which came afterward.



Jon

So what was the high off the Acapulco Gold like? Anything like being on shrooms? I have some Bodhi AG seeds as well two 1973 Guerrero crosses. Guerrero is the state Acapulco is in. No pot was grown in Acapulco as it is on the beach, all up in the mountains of Guerrero.

$250 in 72 is like a $1000 today. Plus you got seeds, stems and shake. So like $300 an ounce or more. Might have been Colombian Gold too eh? Got a pack of CG 72 seeds waiting to pop. CG from 1979 was nothing special and yes it was legit.

Highest I ever got was most likely Michoacan brown 1975. For 20 minutes I was on another planet with aliens that used to be stoners. They were rolling joints of it and throwing the seeds and stems on the ground, never thought to ask for seeds. Never saw them or that weed again.

[stoned40yrs]

What strains do I miss or were my favorite from back in the 60s 70s and 80s? None of that shit. Probably when yer brain was younger that crap seemed more potent than it was. Even the stuff I deem not a keeper in my garden today is 10 times better than that old shit. Old people and their nostalgia for past things and times

[aridbud]

Early on...whatever we could afford, a 3-4 finger lid. Smoke was harsh (leaves mainly), but hey, we scored!

[yesum]

Yea, it was a big deal to get any pot early on. 5 finger lids were something to be bragged about. Mine were more like 3 hehe.

[yesum]

Originally Posted by stoned40yrs

What strains do I miss or were my favorite from back in the 60s 70s and 80s? None of that shit. Probably when yer brain was younger that crap seemed more potent than it was. Even the stuff I deem not a keeper in my garden today is 10 times better than that old shit. Old people and their nostalgia for past things and times

Lotta truth in what you say but I was not a geezer at 20 or was I? I got progressively stronger stuff as the seventies ended and onward. I never got those trippy effects from the seedless California buds and even Colombian Gold in 79. I got some Hawaiian in 85 that had me seeing shimmering effects from solid objects. I was not a kid then fully adult at 28. Made me too nervous so let go of that bag.

That trippy effect came from shwaggy looking Mexican, not all or most just a few. Not the most thc but profound effects to be found there anyways.

I am headed back down south in my seed selection to see if I can capture any of that early magic. The Jarilla I grew recently already got me some of that early tripped out feel.