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Emperortaima
Namekian resident/farmer
Ty for sharing Buzzmobile
Haiku KooKoo
Haiku KooKoo
Found another old pic. One of the same same winter stunters, zoomed in....
Sativa looking spikey narrow leaf, nice colors , starting to turn purple from the Ko'olau range cold winter nights.
RMS
Haiku KooKoo
Found another old pic. One of the same same winter stunters, zoomed in....
Sativa looking spikey narrow leaf, nice colors , starting to turn purple from the Ko'olau range cold winter nights.
RMS
squatty
Well-known member
Lolo94, your Hilo backyard looks beautiful. Any idea of the lineage?
You mentioned Honoli'i and Richardsons. I used to lifeguard Hilo in the early '90s. Never thought I would move to the mainland but married a girl from there and I've been here for twenty years now.
Looking forward to our move back to Volcano soon.
Rocky Mtn Squid, here are a couple old pictures from windward O'ahu in the 70's.
You mentioned Honoli'i and Richardsons. I used to lifeguard Hilo in the early '90s. Never thought I would move to the mainland but married a girl from there and I've been here for twenty years now.
Looking forward to our move back to Volcano soon.
Rocky Mtn Squid, here are a couple old pictures from windward O'ahu in the 70's.
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hunter77
I love this photo and a lot of the others you guys are showing
If you lifeguarded there, we likely ran into each other. I spent alot of time in or on the water or just talkin story there with friends. Did the same as you married a mainland girl and relocated to California. Doing my time for now.
No idea what strain the Hilo backyard is. Heres the story behind it though. It was well camo'd in a small patch of bamboo when i first saw it. My future landlady was pointing out the boundary of the new place i was gonna rent and pointed right to it. I crossed my fingers hoping it would be there when i moved in a couple weeks later (it was the current tenants plant). It was about 8 feet tall in june. When i moved in, the plant had been cut and only about 8 inches of the main stem were left in the grow bag. Put chicken poo in and sure enough was able to clone it a couple weeks later. Plants regenerate and grow fast in Hilo. Crossed to my favorite Swazi strain twice to have it in seed form.
Based on the looks of the plant, the growth pattern and its effects my guess is southeast asian. I planted one of the clones (poked it in the ground) in the forest in upper puna in early august just to see if it would make it. The thing got enormous. It was easily 6 feet wide and. more than 12 feet tall by mid december when i finally pulled it. It was not ompletely done when harvested. It was just too cold, too wet and too far to hike for just one plant, when all the others had been harvested by the 3rd week of November.
Did finish small clones in the backyard in january or so. The high was crystal clear. In fact I'd go in phases between wondering if i was high or not and the minute i thought i wasn't i was reminded how high i really was. It wasn't quite as energetic as the Swazi, it just kind of put you in your own world, trying to figure out what reality really was. Very introspective and thought enhancing but not so trippy that it wasnt controllable. The best part was the comedown. There was none. It just cleanly faded and you were left grinning about what just happened. Sorry to ramble on. Not Portagee.
I grew “Sativa Seedbank ” version years ago and quite liked it. I ordered another pack. These are the same seed line apparently. Probably not proper genetics from Hawaii but I know there’s good plants in there. I wished I’d kept cuts of the last pack so hopefully second time lucky, I’ll stop by with pictures maybe. Cheers.
What kind of smells are you getting buzz?
Curious how your plants smoke buzz. The breeder would come into forums and later get run out for conflict. He claimed Hawaiian pot goes back hundreds of years or more. No one else I have read on internet says that.
I am sure they are potent strains that he has just not sure of the lineage.
I am sure they are potent strains that he has just not sure of the lineage.
Much of the best Maui stuff available in the mid 70's was actually grown in N. California. I used to get oz's from a dentist buddy for 300 (an unheard of price back then). Pure psychedelic high, left me high until well into the next morning. Haven't seen anything close to that since then, and I've been growing for 30+ years.
Once More Into the Breech...
Once More Into the Breech...
Ahhh no. Best stuff from Norcal? Just no. Anyone with half a brain, and looking at both, can tell them apart. Hawaii is a thousand miles closer to the Equator than Cali. They're easy to tell apart even without lighting up.
Ozs for $300. All day long. That's just the way it was back then. Then the "80's rolled along and it got even better.... or worse depending on what side of the transaction you were on. Once Green Harvest got going.....it was worth more than gold.
See, I was there. It was a great time to grow up in a great place. Things were different back then. Much more black and white.
So I'm almost bummed to inform you guys that Maui Wowie is a ghost, a wisp of fog, with no substance, shape or form. Allow me to explain, for not the first time, the way this worked way back when.
Taken from one of my albums.
Here is a strain from way back when. Grown a decade ago this is a strain we called Elephant. It traveled to Maui, back in the 70's in a pound of gold Mexican weed that was sold to some random dude that parted it out all over the island. He called it Alcopoco (sp) Gold but who the hell really knows.
Since we have three individual growing seasons progress was quick. Also due to climate differences, soon sisters began to differentiate themselves from each other. A decade later, this is what I have.
Back in the day I shipped a ton of this shit to the mainland. I would call it Elephant. But a neat trick happens as soon as this goodie leaves the 808. It becomes.... Maui Wowie. Neat huh?
It happens with anything grown here. Backstory dust, now it's Maui wowie! Anything like Elephant grown on Maui was just too fuckin' complicated for the masses.
Unscrupulous people like Mauna Pua will try to make a buck off the name. Sell random Hawaiian? bagseed for top dollar? Gotta admit it's not a bad racket if you don't care for either your customers or your culture. Just whore 'em all out. And here's something they don't tell you. Those old strains? They yield a lot, but compared to what's out there now, they don't really stand up. There is a reason why they have fell out of favor..... it wasn't an accident that they didn't get carried forward. We found something better.
Once More Into the Breech...
Ahhh no. Best stuff from Norcal? Just no. Anyone with half a brain, and looking at both, can tell them apart. Hawaii is a thousand miles closer to the Equator than Cali. They're easy to tell apart even without lighting up.
Ozs for $300. All day long. That's just the way it was back then. Then the "80's rolled along and it got even better.... or worse depending on what side of the transaction you were on. Once Green Harvest got going.....it was worth more than gold.
See, I was there. It was a great time to grow up in a great place. Things were different back then. Much more black and white.
So I'm almost bummed to inform you guys that Maui Wowie is a ghost, a wisp of fog, with no substance, shape or form. Allow me to explain, for not the first time, the way this worked way back when.
Taken from one of my albums.
Here is a strain from way back when. Grown a decade ago this is a strain we called Elephant. It traveled to Maui, back in the 70's in a pound of gold Mexican weed that was sold to some random dude that parted it out all over the island. He called it Alcopoco (sp) Gold but who the hell really knows.
Since we have three individual growing seasons progress was quick. Also due to climate differences, soon sisters began to differentiate themselves from each other. A decade later, this is what I have.
Back in the day I shipped a ton of this shit to the mainland. I would call it Elephant. But a neat trick happens as soon as this goodie leaves the 808. It becomes.... Maui Wowie. Neat huh?
It happens with anything grown here. Backstory dust, now it's Maui wowie! Anything like Elephant grown on Maui was just too fuckin' complicated for the masses.
Unscrupulous people like Mauna Pua will try to make a buck off the name. Sell random Hawaiian? bagseed for top dollar? Gotta admit it's not a bad racket if you don't care for either your customers or your culture. Just whore 'em all out. And here's something they don't tell you. Those old strains? They yield a lot, but compared to what's out there now, they don't really stand up. There is a reason why they have fell out of favor..... it wasn't an accident that they didn't get carried forward. We found something better.
insomniac_AU
Active member
Thanks for that, very interesting. I think it's important that this sort of stuff is documented and the info comes from people that were there. 
@Oldhaole.. Thanks for bringing your local perspective. I heard of elephant weed on the big island when i was in high school in the mid 80s.
Strawberry web and the many "hash" plants were more popular then though(in large part to Green Harvest).
Hearing your stories, i wish i would have rebranded some of the varieties i had. Maybe Hilo Backyard would have become more famous as Kilauea Killas or some other splashy name.
Always appreciate oldtimers' insights.
Strawberry web and the many "hash" plants were more popular then though(in large part to Green Harvest).
Hearing your stories, i wish i would have rebranded some of the varieties i had. Maybe Hilo Backyard would have become more famous as Kilauea Killas or some other splashy name.
Always appreciate oldtimers' insights.
Interesting thread.
Many ideas on here are far from the truth. Reeferman's II was an attempt by him to ripoff Mr. Greengenes. Resulted in hermies and not the same strain. Mr. GG worked for years in California on the strain.
Mr. GG distributed the strain, so it wouldn't die, to Swami and Verdant. That's where it went.
Some of us have friends who have gifted it to us. I have the strain that I believe came from VG when he grew it. Good luck now.
Hey Mr. GG!
Many ideas on here are far from the truth. Reeferman's II was an attempt by him to ripoff Mr. Greengenes. Resulted in hermies and not the same strain. Mr. GG worked for years in California on the strain.
Mr. GG distributed the strain, so it wouldn't die, to Swami and Verdant. That's where it went.
Some of us have friends who have gifted it to us. I have the strain that I believe came from VG when he grew it. Good luck now.
Hey Mr. GG!
There's nothing definite to identify. It smells Kushy. A little funk. Nothing distinct and nothing tropical.
I am too, @yesum. I bought the seeds when I came across him on another forum. I'm sorry that there was such an uproar regarding the Maui Wowie. I figured I'd run the beans and see what developed and let the plants speak for themselves.yesum said:
I'll let you know what I think of the smoke. Stay tuned.
The #1 plant has more of 'the look'. It is in the beginning of week 2 of flower.
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bilko
Active member
damn fine photos buzz
