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02-03-2005, 03:14 PM

Awwwww, that was an excellent article! Everything I heard pretty much confirmed. Which is cool since so many are prone to exaggeration these days.

>>"Legend has it that at one time Gainesville Green was grown in the treetops,"

This is not legend at all. My brother in laws first story about GG was about how he and his friends used to grow pot in the base of fallen cypress trees. The trees sit in water full time and have hollow trunks. When they fall, a little cistern like container is formed by the remaining trunk. With the proper medium inside, you could create a natural wick system that would water the plants full time from the body of water the tree sat in. He said they would leave the plants, dozens or hundreds of them, in the middle of the swamp, with no direct sunlight during the days, and come back in however long and harvest whatever survived. There was aparently plenty enough sunlight getting through to grow them. He swears they were fully formed, but how could they be getting on 50% or less of the ambient light?

Damn, those were the days and that was the place. Wish I coulda experienced it back then in the peace and love atmosphere everyone talks about.....

ndnguy · 07-22-2007, 09:43 AM

Gainsville Green (Christmas Bud) done just before X-mas.

Gainesville is also well renowned in the recreational drug culture for "Gainesville Green", a particularly potent strain of marijuana. Orange and Blue magazine published a full-length article in Fall of 2003 about the history of Gainesville Green and the local marijuana culture in general.[8] In the mid-1990s there were several Gainesville Hemp Festivals, which would take place outside of the Alachua county courthouse.

07-22-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by ndnguy

Gainsville Green (Christmas Bud) done just before X-mas.

Gainesville is also well renowned in the recreational drug culture for "Gainesville Green", a particularly potent strain of marijuana. Orange and Blue magazine published a full-length article in Fall of 2003 about the history of Gainesville Green and the local marijuana culture in general.[8] In the mid-1990s there were several Gainesville Hemp Festivals, which would take place outside of the Alachua county courthouse.

xmas bud, exactly=)

07-22-2007, 04:35 PM

Caprichoso is right about the cypress trees,and one genius took the original GG a step further.He grew pounds and pounds worth of plants literally on pontoons and floated them downriver.He got busted and got a life sentence,then the Clintmeister pardoned him.

mysophilia · 02-15-2009, 08:35 PM

Great post.. Do miss myself some GG..

02-15-2009, 08:50 PM

The guest is correct,his genius took it a step further creating the first cannabis flotilla.He never would have seen the light of day for his crimes if it werent for Billy Boy.

FLAgreenthumb · 03-13-2014, 10:23 AM

only hempfest i remember in gville in the 90's was 94 and I was there. we did go down to the sheriffs office for awhile that day to protest one dude getting arrested but there were not a bunch of hempfests taking place on the courthouse lawn...lol
madness and moonbeam both real.... GG real..... GG name has been used a million times to describe different bud..... but not moonbeam... or madness...... all three were real viable genetics that all but disappeared with all the hybids that came down the pike....
ok.... in the 70's everything that was available was imported landrace sativas... santa marta gold, punta roja, the mexicans, Thai weed..... then in 79' we got a wave of really good afghani..again landrace, but obviously pure indica this time.... Well what happens when you cross a pure sativa with a pure indica.... a true F1 and hybrid vigor on a whole another scale.... micanopy madness...moonbeam...and the GG all have the same daddy
a landrace afghani...the mothers well thats speculation but i know its an equatorial landrace sativa....

03-13-2014, 10:48 AM

I left Jax in 99' and they were still calling various stuff Gainesville Green when I left. Probably still do today.

Most of the time good herb was referred to as crippy and brick was regs, but any time it was lime green they loved to call it Gainesville Green. I have no idea if I ever smoked the real deal or not. It was probably before my time; I was just in high school in the mid 90's.

FLAgreenthumb · 03-27-2014, 04:43 AM

Yeah, even to this day people out around alachua county down 75 to ocala and that area still call some stuff Gainesville green...lol
crippie.. crip nugs seemed to have started around St Augustine.... I'm in Melbourne now for the next year, but I've always lived in the Palatka, St Augustine, J-ville areas... and yeah unless you're a grower or friends of a grower.... You don't know what your getting.... And people just use those old names for marketing..lol
I will say just because you don't know the definite name of the strain doesn't mean it's no good....
I have grown some deliciously dank buds from bagseed!

but I also didn't call it something it wasn't in order to help it sell...lol

OakyJoe · 03-27-2014, 04:44 AM

Gainsville Green (is) was legit!!! maybe gone but not forgotten! got that so many time back in jax...

02-03-2005, 03:14 PM	#21
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Awwwww, that was an excellent article! Everything I heard pretty much confirmed. Which is cool since so many are prone to exaggeration these days. >>"Legend has it that at one time Gainesville Green was grown in the treetops," This is not legend at all. My brother in laws first story about GG was about how he and his friends used to grow pot in the base of fallen cypress trees. The trees sit in water full time and have hollow trunks. When they fall, a little cistern like container is formed by the remaining trunk. With the proper medium inside, you could create a natural wick system that would water the plants full time from the body of water the tree sat in. He said they would leave the plants, dozens or hundreds of them, in the middle of the swamp, with no direct sunlight during the days, and come back in however long and harvest whatever survived. There was aparently plenty enough sunlight getting through to grow them. He swears they were fully formed, but how could they be getting on 50% or less of the ambient light? Damn, those were the days and that was the place. Wish I coulda experienced it back then in the peace and love atmosphere everyone talks about.....
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07-22-2007, 09:43 AM	#22
ndnguy Tokin Indian Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: On the rez. Posts: 377	Gainsville Green (Christmas Bud) done just before X-mas. Gainesville is also well renowned in the recreational drug culture for "Gainesville Green", a particularly potent strain of marijuana. Orange and Blue magazine published a full-length article in Fall of 2003 about the history of Gainesville Green and the local marijuana culture in general.[8] In the mid-1990s there were several Gainesville Hemp Festivals, which would take place outside of the Alachua county courthouse. __________________ The Circle has healing power. In the Circle, we are all equal. When in the Circle, no one is in front of you. No one is behind you. No one is above you. No one is below you. The Sacred Circle is designed to create unity. The Hoop of Life is also a circle. On this hoop there is a place for every species, every race, every tree and every plant. It is this completeness of Life that must be respected in order to bring about health on this planet!!!!!! When the white man discovered this country Indians were running it. No taxes, no debt, women did all the work. White man thought he could improve on a system like this. - Last edited by ndnguy; 07-22-2007 at 09:47 AM..
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07-22-2007, 04:35 PM	#24
Guest Guest Posts: n/a	Caprichoso is right about the cypress trees,and one genius took the original GG a step further.He grew pounds and pounds worth of plants literally on pontoons and floated them downriver.He got busted and got a life sentence,then the Clintmeister pardoned him. Last edited by The American; 07-22-2007 at 04:37 PM..
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03-13-2014, 10:48 AM	#28
OGShaman Guest Posts: n/a	I left Jax in 99' and they were still calling various stuff Gainesville Green when I left. Probably still do today. Most of the time good herb was referred to as crippy and brick was regs, but any time it was lime green they loved to call it Gainesville Green. I have no idea if I ever smoked the real deal or not. It was probably before my time; I was just in high school in the mid 90's. Last edited by OGShaman; 03-13-2014 at 12:53 PM.. Reason: Forgot to mention....
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03-27-2014, 04:44 AM	#30
OakyJoe OGJoe Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: No sun, where I'm from it's always overcast Posts: 2,470	Gainsville Green (is) was legit!!! maybe gone but not forgotten! got that so many time back in jax... __________________ Das maximale Volumen subterraner Agrarprodukte ist reziprok proportional zur intellektuellen Kapazität des Produzenten Life is better than you can even imagine. Life is everything. Life is love. I'm free from your spell Oh I'm free, free, free now I'm free from your spell And now that it's all over All I can do is wish you well Plants require 18 essential nutrients to grow and survive, classified by their importance into macronutrients (C, H, O, N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S) and micronutrients (B, Cu, Fe, Mn, Zn, Mo, Cl, Co, Ni). Study Tip! Nutrients may be mobile or immobile in the plant and in the soil, which influences redistribution of nutrients and display of deficiency symptoms, and the fertilization of crops. Nutrient demands change throughout the life of the plant, in general increasing during vegetative growth but decreasing during reproductive development.
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02-15-2009, 08:35 PM	#25
mysophilia Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 147	Great post.. Do miss myself some GG..
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02-15-2009, 08:50 PM	#26
sparkjumper Guest Posts: n/a	The guest is correct,his genius took it a step further creating the first cannabis flotilla.He never would have seen the light of day for his crimes if it werent for Billy Boy.
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03-13-2014, 10:23 AM	#27
FLAgreenthumb Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: N. FLA Posts: 122	only hempfest i remember in gville in the 90's was 94 and I was there. we did go down to the sheriffs office for awhile that day to protest one dude getting arrested but there were not a bunch of hempfests taking place on the courthouse lawn...lol madness and moonbeam both real.... GG real..... GG name has been used a million times to describe different bud..... but not moonbeam... or madness...... all three were real viable genetics that all but disappeared with all the hybids that came down the pike.... ok.... in the 70's everything that was available was imported landrace sativas... santa marta gold, punta roja, the mexicans, Thai weed..... then in 79' we got a wave of really good afghani..again landrace, but obviously pure indica this time.... Well what happens when you cross a pure sativa with a pure indica.... a true F1 and hybrid vigor on a whole another scale.... micanopy madness...moonbeam...and the GG all have the same daddy a landrace afghani...the mothers well thats speculation but i know its an equatorial landrace sativa....
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03-27-2014, 04:43 AM	#29
FLAgreenthumb Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: N. FLA Posts: 122	Yeah, even to this day people out around alachua county down 75 to ocala and that area still call some stuff Gainesville green...lol crippie.. crip nugs seemed to have started around St Augustine.... I'm in Melbourne now for the next year, but I've always lived in the Palatka, St Augustine, J-ville areas... and yeah unless you're a grower or friends of a grower.... You don't know what your getting.... And people just use those old names for marketing..lol I will say just because you don't know the definite name of the strain doesn't mean it's no good.... I have grown some deliciously dank buds from bagseed! but I also didn't call it something it wasn't in order to help it sell...lol
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