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I have kept seeds from about 9 different "Thai?" over the last 3 years as like CC said there has been a bunch of diff supposedly Thai imports in the UK recently. The Big Redstring sticks in Elmanito's pic is deffo one of the better ones...but theres one with plain hempy string tying it that was the Highest and most Citrusy/fruity of them all and came in small sticks of about 10grams each,it came in smallest amounts(couldn't source a K of this one,but ample of all the other Strings was available for a while) and was a little pricier too. Thats my fave of them and most reminiscent of the LemonThai I always loved but haven't seen since '92 or so.It was also the frostiest under a scope....
I am gonna plant some pips of all the ones I have in a few months to try to find and spread the best I find from those. I believe Elevator Man and a few ICers have grown out a few of the diff stringed Thais recently so may be of some help with Thai knowledge....JBo
I am betting that the curing process of Thai Stix differs from our own... We have all seen Thai hybrids, grown indoors, and dried as ost modern growers do... And they are a bit brown, but not like the stix can be... Perhaps they are dried in the sun..?
I used to search C'Shops for the 'real thai buds.' Or even some of the African herbs to mix with hash (it was like good mexican). We never mixed tobacco with it... I usually was able to find a real thai, but not in my past few trips... Yes. I also usually see Jamaican also called Thai.. African, etc.. "Import."
I was just talking to a friend about Thai Sticks... It was the only pot that ever caused me to be unable to drive.. It was many years ago - mid 80's... Had to pull over... Of course, the paper was also coated with Lebanese Hash Oil.... lolol...
from my own experience it is even hard to find real thai weed in thailand. travelling dopeheads brought seeds to asia and contaminated the local weed(I'm guilty of this as well).
we all know how far pollen can travel. I'm trying to find a real landrace strains for years but no luck so far.
I remember the first shitty looking dirt brown seedy weed i've bought in thailand. we laughed at it but we were quiet after a couple of tokes as we all whitied out.
we were sure it was laced with something but it wasn't as we met the growers later.
i've just planted some seeds that i had high hopes being pure but the leafs are too wide for being pure thai sativa.
also since the start of the war on drugs in thailand weed isn't avaiable as it used to be, as the thai leo don't care if you have weed or meth for them its all the same so many people stopped growing.
just my 2 cents
peace
ps if i'm lucky and find what i'm looking for i will send some beans to the bay for the fundraiser