This is what 40 years of prohibition, growing indoors for pretty fat nugs has wrought.
What tropical, outdoors, imported weed looked like the year before Skunk #1 came out. They look terrible by today's standards, however this is what they smoked like:
DJ Short:
I have to say, the very best weed I ever grew was not blown up and yields were low, however the resin was insane.
With all the emphasis on pretty weed and big nugs, and the obsession with how weed tastes, have we left something behind when it comes to the high?
I'm beginning to suspect so.
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Landraces Are The Genetic Diversity Of Cannabis
This is an interesting shot from the Phylos Biogalaxy:
Source: https://phylos.bio/galaxy/
Notice how most of the genetic diversity is in a small number of landrace strains, while the Kush, Cookies, and Colombian Gold/Skunk #1/Haze strains have lots of strain names, however they are also very similar.
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Maybe this is the difference solution - less watering? It will reduce yields, however it increases tastes and intensity in many crops.
Example:
Innovations in Dryland Farming
Source: https://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/winter-2017/innovations-dryland-farming
(KPIX CBS SF) San Juan Bautista Grower Has Success With Dry-Farming Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqyL3RqqYA&t=106
What tropical, outdoors, imported weed looked like the year before Skunk #1 came out. They look terrible by today's standards, however this is what they smoked like:
DJ Short:
"Colombian Gold
"It was some of the most unique tasting herb in the world, and the high was just as exciting. It was truly psychedelic, powerful and long lasting.
"First came the great flavor, then the stupefying awe of the shift in consciousness followed by a giddy excitement and bursts of joyous laughter. Smile-lock and red-eye made it painfully obvious who was under the influence of this great psychedelic herb.
"Guerrero
"It had a spicy, almost wintergreen fragrance compared to the other Mexicans with a very clear head high and a most pleasant smoke. It was not as strong as most, but this herb still had a way of satisfying all its own.
"Hawaiian
Good Hawaiian herb has always been a devastatingly powerful experience for me. It is very psychedelic and internally focused, contemplative and overpoweringly meditative.
"Highland Oaxaca
With a long lasting, creeper high that kept coming on in waves over the hours, this stuff had no ceiling. One phenomenon consistently reported from the Highland Oaxaca experience was that of peripheral visual distortions of primarily cartoon color images. This tended to increase the visual distortions caused by other psychedelics such as mushrooms or LSD.
"Highland Thai
This stuff was purely cerebral, yet mentally devastating in quantity, with absolutely no ceiling. Once, a seasoned smoker friend and I tested how far we could go with the homegrown Juicy Fruit. I recall making it to the 14th bong hit and being completely incapable of continuing. My coordination and depth perception were so skewed that I was unable to physically conquer the bong! The experience rivaled that of taking too much LSD, causing an incapacitation of the psychedelic kind. Yet, it was also uniquely enjoyable, entertaining and educational at the same time. I had sparkly eyes for a day or two afterward."
https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2005/06/28/4280/
"It was some of the most unique tasting herb in the world, and the high was just as exciting. It was truly psychedelic, powerful and long lasting.
"First came the great flavor, then the stupefying awe of the shift in consciousness followed by a giddy excitement and bursts of joyous laughter. Smile-lock and red-eye made it painfully obvious who was under the influence of this great psychedelic herb.
"Guerrero
"It had a spicy, almost wintergreen fragrance compared to the other Mexicans with a very clear head high and a most pleasant smoke. It was not as strong as most, but this herb still had a way of satisfying all its own.
"Hawaiian
Good Hawaiian herb has always been a devastatingly powerful experience for me. It is very psychedelic and internally focused, contemplative and overpoweringly meditative.
"Highland Oaxaca
With a long lasting, creeper high that kept coming on in waves over the hours, this stuff had no ceiling. One phenomenon consistently reported from the Highland Oaxaca experience was that of peripheral visual distortions of primarily cartoon color images. This tended to increase the visual distortions caused by other psychedelics such as mushrooms or LSD.
"Highland Thai
This stuff was purely cerebral, yet mentally devastating in quantity, with absolutely no ceiling. Once, a seasoned smoker friend and I tested how far we could go with the homegrown Juicy Fruit. I recall making it to the 14th bong hit and being completely incapable of continuing. My coordination and depth perception were so skewed that I was unable to physically conquer the bong! The experience rivaled that of taking too much LSD, causing an incapacitation of the psychedelic kind. Yet, it was also uniquely enjoyable, entertaining and educational at the same time. I had sparkly eyes for a day or two afterward."
https://www.cannabisculture.com/content/2005/06/28/4280/
I have to say, the very best weed I ever grew was not blown up and yields were low, however the resin was insane.
With all the emphasis on pretty weed and big nugs, and the obsession with how weed tastes, have we left something behind when it comes to the high?
I'm beginning to suspect so.
---------------------------------
Landraces Are The Genetic Diversity Of Cannabis
This is an interesting shot from the Phylos Biogalaxy:
Notice how most of the genetic diversity is in a small number of landrace strains, while the Kush, Cookies, and Colombian Gold/Skunk #1/Haze strains have lots of strain names, however they are also very similar.
--------------------------------------------
Maybe this is the difference solution - less watering? It will reduce yields, however it increases tastes and intensity in many crops.
Example:
Innovations in Dryland Farming
"The idea of growing watermelons without a drop of water is hard to imagine. But that’s what is happening in western Oregon, where dry-farmed melons, tomatoes, and squash are surpassing irrigated crops in quality and taste."
Source: https://oregonprogress.oregonstate.edu/winter-2017/innovations-dryland-farming
(KPIX CBS SF) San Juan Bautista Grower Has Success With Dry-Farming Technique
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPqyL3RqqYA&t=106
