[herbgreen]

Originally Posted by Sativan

I'm growing some W.O.S. Columbian Gold which I doubt is a true landrace. But I can't tell if I don't try to grow it.

People have found decent phenos in WOS Colombian

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=111347

[Tazz11]

Originally Posted by herbgreen

People have found decent phenos in WOS Colombian

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=111347

you may not know this but most true LR (Land Race ) are male dominate strains ...and yes I have 5 of the WOS CG and I can tell you it is a true breeding IBL for the most part , in fact , it is hard to find a pheno type in a batch of 5 mine look very close .. 3 shorted and two taller but true traits ...I have a few good example right now ...the first picture see plant with the thermostat BG OG (Black Ghost OG )DWC, to the right in the soil bag is a WOS CG and to the left you can see the other tall one and the tag reads CG ...they top well and train well .. so far ...

[Tazz11]

lets try that again ..lol

[Tazz11]

Originally Posted by Wolfshadoe

BTW...Good read ..Thanks for sharing..Very believable OG community is >>Alive and well LOL Dan..I did the same thing and was pissed I could not get it that golden look!!..Back in those days "we"smuggled lots of weed..Some paid hard..Some didnt
But I had the pleasure to speak w a columbian on boat that spoke english...I asked him "how" they got it GOLD,,Turns out ,its quite simple..They "rung" the plants and dried and cured right on the plant..Then barned it...Squished it with hydrualic jack..

Sure enough!! I tried it the following year and was spot on!!!
Then The US started liking the "new" green sinsimillia when that book came out>>Name escapes me,but i was already doing that then..My first grows came from bails from that weed...LOL Dont think a 15 year old wasnt sampling all that good herb
Good thread dude..Peace!! <ws>

your 100% correct . I smoke the CR in 1971 .. tasted like a boat hull ...lol get you high as "F"...lol and you also correct the cured it the same way the Hawaiians showed them they cured Kona bud ...they did let it try right on the plant , all the Cr I saw in the early 70's was press weed bricks or bales ... well state Wolf ...

[Tazz11]

Originally Posted by TicalionStalion

so, I work hydro shops, and I have for the better part of a decade. Anyway, It all started about 6-7 years ago when a customer came in with a mini jar of Colombian Gold.

The shop owner and myself couldn't BELIEVE how nice this was, grown in super soil under 1000w HPS...the high seemed to have had no ceiling, super giggly, ispiring, coversation starting, creativity, and to boot, it feels like your head is on a balloon 6 feet over you head, with a nice top of the dome halo buzz constantly. Couldn't believe it, a sativa I had been in search of for years. the TASTE and SMELL! HAZE. Haze haze haze. Cantaloupe (yeah, that's how you spell it, had to look that one up HAH!) SCRAIGHT up cantaloupe. smell and taste match each other. but that REAL sativa, Haaaaaze is what it had going on.

The story goes, the older gentleman (from out of state, the customer from the shop) was in the army during Nam' ...and one of his close Army buddies has family in Colombia. Well, they end up finding each other, and sharing the same flight shortly after meeting up again in an airport far far away. So they chop it up on the plane, talking about what each other had been doing for the last X amount of years. To make a long story short, the friend hears he has/had been growing and had been trying to find "what they had when they were kids" Well the guy, being from, and having family in Colombia arranges beanz to be mailed to my old customer, this was a couple 15 yrs ago atleast. He Pheno hunts the small amount of beans from the Gold they had been growing naturally for 60-80+ years, maybe longer in that area of Columbia, finds a winner pheno, and rocks with it for years and years before I even met him (dudes more than twice my age). Its pretty much all he wants to grow!

so after 6 years or so of asking this guy for cuttings, he FINALLY comes through. I grew them out in a 4x8 tent under 2x 1000w setups, in hand made super soil, (old vic high recipe) fed very little with some Herculean Harvest (liquid bone meal, 0-10-0) and a fair amount of mammoth P. I did 4 plants under 2000w in 5 gal smart pots, I yielded roughly 12-13 zips per plant, w some BIG colas.

here's some pics of the finished well cured product. This is as legit as I can see it getting folks, mind you this was only my first run. If I didnt get a new phone (and didnt want them converting my pics over LOL) I woulda been able to show the live plants.

She will forever remain a staple in my garden and flower at least one with every run. not the strongest obviously, its a strain 3 times older than myself at the VERY least lol. At this time, being that my dude didn't give it to anyone but me, I would have to assume only 2 people in the USA are rocking THIS Colombian gold. but that's why I'm posting it, I thought it'd make for great discussion...

I've hooked up some old heads with it, they take a toke and look at me shocked and wide eyed before they blow it out.."This is it!" I wouldnt know being an 80s baby.

Thanks yall! Peace kids. I HOPE some of my old overgrow.com refugees chime in! my old crew. Haven't made a post in YEARS!

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dude the cannabis edge june of 98 ... whats up ..dude .. your dead on the mark . I smoke the CR in 1971 and the gold in 74 .. so I just got these WOS CG and I will tell you if they are real or just a dance ,... if you like that old Sativa . I have its grand daddy 1969 Mekong ,Vietnamese red wide leaf sativa ...in a super hybrid ...and yes clear with no upper end ... sweet old school .. this is the breeder 38 years , a word goes out to the site . MH is sick and his life is at risk .. 54 years growing ... he is my best friend and a true legend ... pray for him he has earned it ...

[Sativan]

I loved smoking the old CG in High School. But that was a very long time ago. It's hard to know what you're buying now. The only way to know for sure is to fly to Columbia and travel around. Find someone to hook you up.

[Beanzy]

Originally Posted by Water-

how long does it take to flower?

looks more like a modern hybrid than a tropical landrace variety

That is not Gold Colombian, I would say it may golden goat.

[Smokey Mcbong]

Originally Posted by Wolfshadoe

BTW...Good read ..Thanks for sharing..Very believable OG community is >>Alive and well LOL Dan..I did the same thing and was pissed I could not get it that golden look!!..Back in those days "we"smuggled lots of weed..Some paid hard..Some didnt
But I had the pleasure to speak w a columbian on boat that spoke english...I asked him "how" they got it GOLD,,Turns out ,its quite simple..They "rung" the plants and dried and cured right on the plant..Then barned it...Squished it with hydrualic jack..

Sure enough!! I tried it the following year and was spot on!!!
Then The US started liking the "new" green sinsimillia when that book came out>>Name escapes me,but i was already doing that then..My first grows came from bails from that weed...LOL Dont think a 15 year old wasnt sampling all that good herb
Good thread dude..Peace!! <ws>

What do you mean by rung? Like, they squeezed it?

[yesum]

^^ I think he means they cut the stalk, peeled some of the skin off it. According to Snowhigh, most 'Colombian Gold' was just regular left in the sun to bleach it. Real CG was rare.

[troutman]

Stop feeding the plant nutrients 1/2 way thru flowering and grow them in full sunlight they will get gold.

Too much nitrogen will keep the plants green and is why most people never see the nice colorations.