Found old seeds: "GD London 1972"?

[wildgrow]

Its not dead Bear.

S'posin folks is waitin fer some o' that explosive growth and perty lil flow'rs.

Keep her going.

 

[Pollypak]

so you only sprouted one of those old seeds and it germinated? how lucky is that

 

[recent guest]

They are coming along nicely Bear
What smells are you getting with a stem rub??

Well now, Im thrilled that you ask. Believe it or not, this plant is the high point of my garden when it comes to the smell after a good stem fondle. Its the second strongest smelling plant in the group, only my caribe female is stronger.

Its SUCH a complex smell. I definitely have never smelled ganja like this, it almost doesnt even smell like weed to me.

The closest I could probably get to describing it is to compare it to the smell I get in my garden in the summer. I mulch my paths with cedar and russian olive wood chips, and as the garden gets irrigated, they slowly decompose. When you pick up a handful of them after theyve been wet for a month, thats what this plant smells like. But there is definitely something else in there, I cant put my finger/nose on it. I want to say 'spicy', but that wouldnt quite capture it. Its a prickly, cinnamon scent. When I topped it the smell filled my whole house for an hour, it was great.

My caribe is really fruity, the OG Kush is sweet too, and the Destroyer is woody and spicy. This is far apart.

Just on smell alone I would say this plant is a keeper. Shes growing really healthy, internodes are uniform, branching is strong. She has nice sativa or maybe sativa dominant leaf structure, but she is NOT gangly like you would imagine a classic haze or jungle thai. Pretty compact and uniform.

The greenhouse is ALMOST finished, it just needs the heat and water hooked up, and then I will move in there to start flowering.

My question, though, is about day length. Lets say I start flowering in there in one/two weeks...I think the equinox is roughly mid/early March, and after that day length exceeds 12 hours and will continue to get longer until June 21st. I have purchased a 4x4x7 grow tent just in case flowering goes longer. But if day length is increasing a tiny bit each day, will this stress/confuse my plants?

 

[Mr_Grimbo]

Its SUCH a complex smell. I definitely have never smelled ganja like this, it almost doesnt even smell like weed to me.

The closest I could probably get to describing it is to compare it to the smell I get in my garden in the summer. I mulch my paths with cedar and russian olive wood chips, and as the garden gets irrigated, they slowly decompose. When you pick up a handful of them after theyve been wet for a month, thats what this plant smells like. But there is definitely something else in there, I cant put my finger/nose on it. I want to say 'spicy', but that wouldnt quite capture it. Its a prickly, cinnamon scent. When I topped it the smell filled my whole house for an hour, it was great.

I am no expert but I was there smoking the greatful herb in 1972.. If I were to make a quick guess, the smell is what we had with a wonderful but not-as-famous-as-it-should-be weed we lovingly called "Dirt Brown Colombian"... It went around pretty much parallel to the Colombian Gold and was every bit as good. We didn't however call it DBC because of it's color, although it was deep rich brown, but for it's smell. It smelled of the sweetest farm rich dirt you could ever smell. Like being on the farm, turning up the spring... There is every chance these seeds are from something similar as the Gold and the DBC were as I said, almost parallel, the other "bigger" dealer in our area sold the DBC and he and I often swapped ounces... both went for about $400 to $500 a pound depending on who you knew.

Mr. Grimbo

 

[recent guest]

I am no expert but I was there smoking the greatful herb in 1972.. If I were to make a quick guess, the smell is what we had with a wonderful but not-as-famous-as-it-should-be weed we lovingly called "Dirt Brown Colombian"... It went around pretty much parallel to the Colombian Gold and was every bit as good. We didn't however call it DBC because of it's color, although it was deep rich brown, but for it's smell. It smelled of the sweetest farm rich dirt you could ever smell. Like being on the farm, turning up the spring... There is every chance these seeds are from something similar as the Gold and the DBC were as I said, almost parallel, the other "bigger" dealer in our area sold the DBC and he and I often swapped ounces... both went for about $400 to $500 a pound depending on who you knew.

Mr. Grimbo

wow, thats EXACTLY how it smells. What do you think about the leaf structure? Pretty classic five blade palmate ganja leaf, could that be a columbian? Im growing some south american genetics (Ace Panama) in the group, they are a hybrid with an indica somewhere in the heritage but they have a much broader leaf.

 

[recent guest]

Too bad you can't take a picture of a smell

Here she is prior to topping, topped, and getting some sun this afternoon.


Edit: sorry, first pic is after topping.

 

[Buddle]

I remember that weed well.it was around in the late seventies too.i soked a LOT of the Columbian gold too and the good brown columbo was just as good or better..the best of it wasdefinitely great pot..Very excited for you Bear..the leaf structure doesn't look like it could be that far off?

 

[guineapig]

A true landrace strain is back, amazing story!!!

Would love to see further developments, keep up the good work.

kind regards from guineapig

 

[recent guest]

A true landrace strain is back, amazing story!!!

Would love to see further developments, keep up the good work.

kind regards from guineapig

Thanks! My heart wants to believe that, but my YEARS of smoking shitty commercial hybrids make me think...if its too good to be true...

Im trying to find the link and I cant, but if you search on this site for Ace's page on Oldtimers Haze...Now thats what I would have thought a true landrace would look like. Dont get me wrong, this gals a hottie...

 

[Apodo]

What a tale indeed...
You should give a visit to Landraces sub-forum, the are quite a bunch of info on colombian landraces. Maybe you find a reference to your new plant, be sure to keep a clone or/and seed!.

 

[Mr_Grimbo]

wow, thats EXACTLY how it smells. What do you think about the leaf structure? Pretty classic five blade palmate ganja leaf, could that be a columbian? Im growing some south american genetics (Ace Panama) in the group, they are a hybrid with an indica somewhere in the heritage but they have a much broader leaf.

It's hard to judge the structure because of course we got it from bails. I do remember long thin leaves sticking from the buds... give me some time and I will try to better remember the bud structure. I do remember the buds being smaller than the Colombian Gold buds, probably more spaced on the plant and down the stems...

I will think more about it today and see if there is anything else I remember.

Mr. Grimbo

 

[Roms]

Great story BearR thks for sharing! Sure your pepe rest in peace

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For me it looks like an indi/sati kush stuff as MIS, will see bonne suite

 

[irishdude5186]

This story is great. Its amazing the seeds lasted that long. I'm actually shocked they germed. Wonderful.

 

[bodymind]

Insight on leaf structure: Light type, orientation to the light, etc. will influence the leaf shape and plant structure quite a bit. Even plants that are old school sativa landraces will not necessarily look like old school sativa land races if grown under flouros or hps or what have you. One can certainly read between the lines and determine the structure and attitude of the plant relative to other plants of known genetic backgrounds, but don't beat your head against the wall trying to determine it's lineage by superficial and maleable taxonomic traits.

 

[jahrastafarii]

im diggin it man

 

[recent guest]

Not much to report. The plant did not respond as well as I had hoped to the topping. It does have six branches developing pretty equally now, but the growth definitely slowed down after I pinched the tip. The wound sealed up nicely, though. I have been adding two to three tablespoons of brown sugar to the nutrient solution that I use on all my plants, and the rest of them seem to dig it. I also experimented with mixing a heaping cup of brown rice flower into the medium of some plants when I repotted...something to feed the microfauna. No noticeable difference as yet, that was 5 days ago. I did it so that when I repot the GD later, I can see if any of these bakery-grow techniques have any merit to them and decide if I want to do it to the GD.

 

[Mr_Grimbo]

Insight on leaf structure: Light type, orientation to the light, etc. will influence the leaf shape and plant structure quite a bit. Even plants that are old school sativa landraces will not necessarily look like old school sativa land races if grown under flouros or hps or what have you. One can certainly read between the lines and determine the structure and attitude of the plant relative to other plants of known genetic backgrounds, but don't beat your head against the wall trying to determine it's lineage by superficial and maleable taxonomic traits.

Thanks for pointing that out.. Never really thought about it. Now I can stop beating my head

Mr. Grimbo

 

[mexcurandero420]

I wonder what the origin of the seed is?? Jamaican, Thai, Colombian....

Plants looking very healthy

Keep on growing

 

[RustlewoodNW]

^im wondering the same thing.. can't wait for the smoke report

 

[cravin morehead]

this thread is awesome! i too can't wait for a smoke report to relive 'yester-year'...