[stim]

you said it perfectly. Dj Short amongst those great breeders! I would like to hear thoughts on monkey paw as having Michigan origins and any stories on the Detroit Purple strain. What other notable strains can everybody think of? The people I knew running lemon paw got their genetics from the west coast. My version of the Detroit Purple story involves an ekoostik hookah show and it being a green spirit seed left in a Winnebago and spit onto in a dime bag then discovered while cleaning the winnebago out. Who even knows/grows Detroit Purple anyway?

Originally Posted by TheMan13

I'd consider a "landrace" the product of generations of open pollination of fields many hectors in size with a phenotype throw of like 1 in 10k. For example the Afghan, Malawi and Thai regions and associated landraces. I don't believe crops like that have existed in Michigan in modern times brother ;-)~

That said, Michigan has many historically notable breeders.

[Firecityseeds]

Originally Posted by stim

you said it perfectly. Dj Short amongst those great breeders! I would like to hear thoughts on monkey paw as having Michigan origins and any stories on the Detroit Purple strain. What other notable strains can everybody think of? The people I knew running lemon paw got their genetics from the west coast. My version of the Detroit Purple story involves an ekoostik hookah show and it being a green spirit seed left in a Winnebago and spit onto in a dime bag then discovered while cleaning the winnebago out. Who even knows/grows Detroit Purple anyway?

Hey . I don't think too many people still run the original Detroit purps. I was around at the beginning and your story is pretty close . Not going to rehash the whole thing but wakko found the seed in a bag of green spirit around 96'. He said it was pollinated by a purple Afghani because the guys he got it from also had purple Afghani.

The first time he ran it it actually hermied and he had a 10 lb + harvest with probably a million plus seeds lol . But in 96' you could still get rid of seeded stuff easily. I'm sure plenty of ppl popped those and it got renamed dozens of times . Like almost any other strain.

Anyway it started to lose it's vigor around 2005 and I stopped running it as did everyone I know who had it . I made dozens of crosses with it back in the day . Lost a lot of them .Still have some seeds. Popped some last year and I have 2 really nice varieties, not sure of the father's because they were unmarked.

I'll put up some pics next week of the 2 varieties I have. I got some pics up of past seed hunts on IG .same as my screen name.

[meadowman]

there are still beans around of pinconning being held by certain folks.

[stim]

Thanks that's awesome. A grower I know had a what he called the dude's last bag of seeds (RIP) of the Detroit purps. He would always try to run some with his other gear and they would herm tremendously but he always put a couple in there for the nostalgia and prominence. That's a great add thanks!

Originally Posted by Firecityseeds

Hey . I don't think too many people still run the original Detroit purps. I was around at the beginning and your story is pretty close . Not going to rehash the whole thing but wakko found the seed in a bag of green spirit around 96'. He said it was pollinated by a purple Afghani because the guys he got it from also had purple Afghani.

The first time he ran it it actually hermied and he had a 10 lb + harvest with probably a million plus seeds lol . But in 96' you could still get rid of seeded stuff easily. I'm sure plenty of ppl popped those and it got renamed dozens of times . Like almost any other strain.

Anyway it started to lose it's vigor around 2005 and I stopped running it as did everyone I know who had it . I made dozens of crosses with it back in the day . Lost a lot of them .Still have some seeds. Popped some last year and I have 2 really nice varieties, not sure of the father's because they were unmarked.

I'll put up some pics next week of the 2 varieties I have. I got some pics up of past seed hunts on IG .same as my screen name.

[Firecityseeds]

[Firecityseeds]

[Firecityseeds]

Sorry for poor quality camera !
First one smells cough syrup / jagermeister.
Second one floral/perfume . No idea the males used . Beans made between 1998-2003 . Just happy some popped.

[Sarcclash]

Originally Posted by Firecityseeds

Sorry for poor quality camera !
First one smells cough syrup / jagermeister.
Second one floral/perfume . No idea the males used . Beans made between 1998-2003 . Just happy some popped.

Your pics didn't post.
Try uploading them to tinypic, for example then post the link.

[Sarcclash]

I am a caregiver to a MS patient. "P P Paralyzer" might be just what the Dr ordered.
Any info appreciated, good post johnny.

[Green Squall]

Originally Posted by TheMan13

I believe the creator of Pinconning Paralyzer is a local multiple sclerosis patient named Larry Myers. As you can imaging naming a strain after your home town in the 80s was not a great idea, especially once High Times began writing about it. That said, he was raided in the late 80s and lost everything. I'm sure if you look really hard you could find both still floating around today though ;-)~

Old comment, I know, but I can't help but to think what was going through the cops minds when they were raiding a MS Patients house.