Revival of the REVIVAL of the ULTIMATE SATIVA THREAD a.k.a R.U.S.T II

[PaperClip]

Grown in the greenhouse last year, these crazy sativas were all flowered out and most seeded up with some Maruf Kandahar Black (from ILE) pollen:
- Acapulco Gold (Nierika)
- Lower Ulleri Annapurna Nepali (Nierika)
- Upper Chuile Annapurna Nepali (Nierika)
- Oldtimer's Haze (Ace)
- Eastern Manipur-Burma (ILE)

After gathering up the seeds, we de-stemmed everything and put it all in the pollen tumbler for some dry sift. Then pressed it for some sativa hash that will light you up! Resin yields were not great on this stuff, but that was to be expected. But the quality is top-notch and the high is soaring. Immediately, everything gets brighter and you're off for the adventure. Hoping to start up the outcrosses in the next year or so.

Here's a pic of some Oldtimer's Haze flower:

 

[GreenAndFast]

Zamaldelica X congo

Mystery plant #2

EL x RB (#1 & #2)

 

[RandyCalifornia]

Zamal/ThaiXHaze

 

[harvestreaper]

mango audrey 10 weeks

 

[PaperClip]

Lower Ulleri Annapurna (Nierika) in veg and as a seedling, and in flower November:

Upper Chuile Annapurna (Nierika) in flower November:

Eastern Manipur-Burma (ILE) in flower November (spider mites got on this one):

Acapulco Gold (Nierika) in flower November:

Zamaldelica (Ace) small clone flowering and bigger flower:

Parvati (RSC) in flower end of October and harvested flower:

 

[herbgreen]

Nice Job Paperclip!

 

[xet]

A popular old head here on the forums told me I should call this plant "Survivor." Lol.

This is the Idduki Gold from Angus' The Real Seed Company. I believe this is their 2007 seedstock. I bought the seeds in 2018.

The top photo is before the plant was sent to the wild. You see two there but that second one did not survive the final drought.

So what the hell happened here?

"What is that? Is that weed?" I am asked.

I planted her on the rounded downhill portion of a large hill in the desert 250m over a valley.

No trees or shrubs or grass to hide from the sun or wind.

Temperatures reached 50'C/120'F+ this summer.

I planted her and did not return whatsoever for 5.5 months.

This is that "tradition" part of the 'Terroir' equation which can make a ganja experience really standout.

The hill was nothing but rocky limestone fit together like a puzzle with dirt squished between every rock.

"Inhospitable terrain. Impossible to plant. Won't work. Can't work. Who would try that. Don't do it."

Right?

Or not...

In fact it took me 75 minutes of real man work to knock out the limestone and be left with a hole which could be filled with only soil.

At the bottom of the hole I dumped a backpack worth of charged biochar.

I dumped a shopping bag worth of powdered limestone over the top of that.

I dumped a shopping bag of happy frog over that.

The dirt I removed from removing the stone was added back to that mix, which was about equal to or 2x what was in the hole (midnight guerilla prep), it was shallow but I could feel it would work. I covered the soil with layers of dead grass.

I planted 3 corn plants, 4 of the Idduki, a couple other flowers, knowing the survivors would be the ganja and maybe the corn and flowers would shade the plants and feed the curious wild game if even for a little bit ...

It must have been the combination of a few good spring rains every 3-6 weeks

Fast forward 5.5 months.

It's the middle of the night and so dark I cannot see at my feet so I reach down and feel a live plant, cool to the touch, greasy, and reach up and smell blue ocean mist from my hand.

I rip it from the ground, stuff it in my bag, and head home only to open the bag and find that feral looking mess you see there.

I had no idea the plant's stem could turn woody and waxy like it were mimicking a perennial shrub, or to conceal the water it greatly valued or stop the smaller critters from nibbing and eating at it?

Or that the leaves would shrink to something so small and whispy or be absolutely soaked in concentrated oils.

Or that the adaptation ability, the epigenetics, of the plant could shift so greatly it would stimulate this strong of a response.

Or that the buds would be as dense and springy as leather strap.

Or that those buds would be so chock full of oil and terpenes that no bud I had ever smoked before could compete with this density; albeit, a very small framed bud structure containing that density.

A pinky-nail sized nib of bud had 10, no, 12 big boy rips in it.

If you held out your pinky that is basically the tube shaped size of this bud structure.

The flavor was blue ocean mist with a back end of tangerine. The effect was extremely psychedelic. I could trace onto paper what my mind was looking at. I heard songs cymbal by cymbal, every song lyric note by note, play in my head like I was listening on a loud vinyl player. I could look at my artboard and visualize a reel of psychedelia. It had everything I loved about ganja except it did not give me seeds! I have 2 seeds remaining, and I will be practicing this method of ganja growing again.

 

[Cerebralfluid]

Afropips malawi gold that i just sprayed for mites
Stupidly brought a new clone into the veg room without spraying it and it obviously introduced mites to my room. I sprayed everything with pyrethrin so hopefully they will be knocked out by that and i will follow up with neem a couple times before the flip to flower

 

[herbgreen]

xet..... thats looking like rosemary

outdoor survivors bring unique qualities!

 

[flower~power]

Original Haze ... Under the lights in a barn last fall

 

[harvestreaper]

rsc kumoani cut

cured outdoor haze from last season

 

[GreenAndFast]

Zamaldelica X congo

Mystery plant #1

Mystery plant #2

 

[RandyCalifornia]

Another Zamal/ThaiXHaze sister to the one above.

 

[goingrey]

Another Zamal/ThaiXHaze sister to the one above.
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That's incredible! What kind of light are you using?

 

[RandyCalifornia]

What kind of light are you using?

Gavita LED

 

[GreenAndFast]

Look incredible man. Love that look on a plant, we have very similar taste

 

[flower~power]

Hey guys what’s the most potent sativa’s you’ve come across ? Verified &tested THC % #’s ?

 

[harvestreaper]

Another Zamal/ThaiXHaze sister to the one above.
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thats a beauty great job

 

[goingrey]

Hey guys what’s the most potent sativa’s you’ve come across ? Verified &tested THC % #’s ?

There's a 34% CofA posted for Golden Tiger on the ACE Seeds' website: https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/ace-seeds/goldentigerstd.html

Gonna be a tough one to beat THC%-wise...

 

[vermontman]

Very beautiful plants all above!

Below first pic Mulanje Gold crossed with a Jordans Lemon strain
And last 4 pics.
Green Mountain Grape
{Oaxacan Gold purple line X Nepali Sativa X Heirloom Mendo strain}
at 4weeks flower.
ACE SEEDS!