centr1fuge
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I'll preface this by saying: the old-timers are right. No contest. The average kid consumers really don't know. I didn't know and I'm not even a kid.
I post this not a small amount of trepidation. I only know that I know next to nothing about these plants compared to the folks in this sub-forum. And I certainly put no trust the general hearsay I find when it comes to getting to the bottom of any relevant background histories.
All I can say is if anything I have written is inaccurate, please correct me. I'm interested in learning, not being right. I am not new to horticulture, but a complete neophyte to gardening this species.
The seeds were not commercially produced. The source has nothing to gain whatsoever by lying with respect to the information they have been able to pass on: "Old school Jamaican, been here [not Jamaica] for a long time." The germination rate is only about ~25%. My understanding of timelines suggests the majority of Jamaican landrace contamination would have occurred in the late 1990's or thereafter.
I grew and flowered two females. The plants like to grow into Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree. One main cola. The sugar leaves and buds are a plain jungle-green with that resinous iridescence, with the sugar leaves presenting am electric, lime-green midrib. The pistils are a sparkling bright white. The buds foxtail with rosary-bead-shaped 8-10 mm calyxes. The buds are leafy, but these calyxes (and sugar leaves) are VERY resinous. One plant finished at 8.5 weeks. The one of which I will post pictures is being flushed right now, and is at a day over 9 weeks.
The smell is hard for me to place. Nothing like the terpenes everyone is chasing these days. A little piney, a little astringent, maybe some licorice? I can't really find a direct comparison; none of those descriptions are dead-on. It's very mild, however, not offensive. My taste-test bud, well I tried it last night. The flavor is nothing memorable. Very smooth, no harshness, maybe a little earth and pine? Reminiscent of that odd aroma.
Now, sativa or even sativa dominant flower is hard for me to come by, but I have had top-shelf "sativa" purchased at a well-known boutique recreational dispensary. It was nothing like this. And no poly-hybrid strain I've ever tried is like this.
This is the strongest flower I have ever smoked. IN MY LIFE. There is absolutely no contest. There's not an exhaling slingshot, just a little bit of involuntary squinting. I thought of the flavor as nice and smooth. Not unpleasant, but nothing memorable. Ten minutes later? "What the... I am high as shit. HILARIOUSLY high. What is this?! When did that happen?!" No stone. No immobilization. Euphoric, thoughtful, smiley, pins and needles body feel, and long-lasting. I went to bed last night on a manned mission to Mars, but not before some serious meditation on global-scale problems, while performing some menial housecleaning tasks and appreciating my dogs for existing.
I am re-vegging that first plant right now. Unreal.
Does all of this sound consistent with a true pre-contamination Jamaican landrace plant? Any other details I can provide? Photos in the next post.
I post this not a small amount of trepidation. I only know that I know next to nothing about these plants compared to the folks in this sub-forum. And I certainly put no trust the general hearsay I find when it comes to getting to the bottom of any relevant background histories.
All I can say is if anything I have written is inaccurate, please correct me. I'm interested in learning, not being right. I am not new to horticulture, but a complete neophyte to gardening this species.
The seeds were not commercially produced. The source has nothing to gain whatsoever by lying with respect to the information they have been able to pass on: "Old school Jamaican, been here [not Jamaica] for a long time." The germination rate is only about ~25%. My understanding of timelines suggests the majority of Jamaican landrace contamination would have occurred in the late 1990's or thereafter.
I grew and flowered two females. The plants like to grow into Charlie Brown's Christmas Tree. One main cola. The sugar leaves and buds are a plain jungle-green with that resinous iridescence, with the sugar leaves presenting am electric, lime-green midrib. The pistils are a sparkling bright white. The buds foxtail with rosary-bead-shaped 8-10 mm calyxes. The buds are leafy, but these calyxes (and sugar leaves) are VERY resinous. One plant finished at 8.5 weeks. The one of which I will post pictures is being flushed right now, and is at a day over 9 weeks.
The smell is hard for me to place. Nothing like the terpenes everyone is chasing these days. A little piney, a little astringent, maybe some licorice? I can't really find a direct comparison; none of those descriptions are dead-on. It's very mild, however, not offensive. My taste-test bud, well I tried it last night. The flavor is nothing memorable. Very smooth, no harshness, maybe a little earth and pine? Reminiscent of that odd aroma.
Now, sativa or even sativa dominant flower is hard for me to come by, but I have had top-shelf "sativa" purchased at a well-known boutique recreational dispensary. It was nothing like this. And no poly-hybrid strain I've ever tried is like this.
This is the strongest flower I have ever smoked. IN MY LIFE. There is absolutely no contest. There's not an exhaling slingshot, just a little bit of involuntary squinting. I thought of the flavor as nice and smooth. Not unpleasant, but nothing memorable. Ten minutes later? "What the... I am high as shit. HILARIOUSLY high. What is this?! When did that happen?!" No stone. No immobilization. Euphoric, thoughtful, smiley, pins and needles body feel, and long-lasting. I went to bed last night on a manned mission to Mars, but not before some serious meditation on global-scale problems, while performing some menial housecleaning tasks and appreciating my dogs for existing.
I am re-vegging that first plant right now. Unreal.
Does all of this sound consistent with a true pre-contamination Jamaican landrace plant? Any other details I can provide? Photos in the next post.