terrapin green
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Smoked something known as the state weed.
Had me in a patch of weeds dreaming.
Had me in a patch of weeds dreaming.
Santamartagold , I agree that the CG went away somewhere in 1978 , but I stand by the 1/3 as strong as my Modern stuff. Maybe the Colombian Gold we got in the 1970's in Minnesota wasn't the good stuff , because the Tai Stick was stronger and the Colombian Red I got was stronger too. Couldn't beat the flavor of that "so called " Colombian Gold.
I remember thinking how much better the heavily seeded pot was compared to pot without many seeds.
First time I saw Columbian Gold around Norfolk/Virginia Beach on the east coast was around late 1973..
Damn, it was some good weed.
At the time, most weed was about $20 an ounce. Good Jamaican had been around a few years and was about $25.
The Columbian gold was selling for $30 an ounce...Outrageous! but it was worth it!
It was gone within 6 months or so and the Columbian "Redbud" replaced it.. Damn good weed, but not as good as the gold..
Around late 1974, Goldbud was back again, but it wasn't the same.
I think the cartels had learned that the goldbud would sell, so they figure out how to "sunbleach" it so it would look the same, but it was NOT the same grass!
I sure wish I had saved seeds form the original Goldbud and Redbud....
First time I smoked really good Colombian Gold was around a month ago. From my USC Colombian Gold '72 plants grown indoors.
The first imported CG in '79 was a disappointment to tell the truth. Picked early and not pure in my opinion, but still an up high and ok. I can only imagine how good the current stuff would be if I could grow it outside at high altitude. It is still great though.
Snowhigh has a CG '72 seed line of his own. I have those seeds in the fridge. He says the Colombians changed the CG for regular pot and sun bleached it to sell as Colombian Gold, somewhere around mid to late seventies. They also left the males in the field to seed the crop so as to make it weigh more.
So a lot of older peeps have never even had the real thing is what he is saying. Based on what I have experienced he is right.
So can anyone answer this? World of Seeds has a Columbia Gold hybrid supposedly 2 Santa Marta varieties.Sounds like it's worth trying.
Is it as simple as ordering a South American Sativa from World of Seeds ?
Is Colombian Sativa basically a Haze buzz ?