the Mexican Landraces Thread

[exoticrobotic]

Wishing you the very best of luck!

I've had success with 15-20 year old seeds.

I see you have removed half the shell. How on earth did you do that? I have trouble just popping the shells open.

What are they soaking in? I've had success (40-90%) soaking with dilute hydrogen peroxide/mineral water and airstones for 24-48 hours. crack shell, change water, airstone for another 24 hours, plant in compost.

No tap water ever...

I've found the phases of the moon to help too and had best results when the new moon is getting larger to a full moon.

 

[xet]

Ive been busy testing methods of germination, looking the best way to bring back to life a small stash of Sinaloa from the 90'
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sowing directly in your best living soil is the best method and here is why
endophytic fungi

the secret to popping old seeds is in the fungi in the living soil, it's not enough to just pull some happy frog out and try bag soil, often the best living soil is in one's own outdoor flower bed garden - think about those weeds that sprout every time you turn the soil - some of these seeds are 10 - 50 years old, the soil is innoculated with fungi whose primary function is sprouting seeds and encouraging their growth because they are mutualists - https://www.learningarcticbiology.i...cies-and-adaptations/fungi/mutualistic-fungi/

Endophytes​

Endophytes are endosymbiont fungi that grown inside the living tissue of higher plants for some part of their lifecycle without causing disease. The fungi receive photosynthates from the plant and enhance plant growth and nutrient acquisition, reduce biotic stresses by enhancing resistance to insects, herbivores and pathogens, and increase the plants ability to tolerate abiotic stresses, such as drought. Studies have shown that fungal endophytes are frequent in arctic environments..

there is a lot of amazing info on this topic and living soil will beat out any other test

 

[exoticrobotic]

Or a live worm bin is supposed to help with germinating old seeds, in a similar way to what you explained @xet

I always think about putting the old seeds in the worm bin but then opt for the peroxide as it seems so counter intuitive.

Everything sprouts in the worm bin though. I just cant bring myself to put my seeds in there

 

[xet]

Or a live worm bin is supposed to help with germinating old seeds, in a similar way to what you explained @xet

I always think about putting the old seeds in the worm bin but then opt for the peroxide as it seems so counter intuitive.

Everything sprouts in the worm bin though. I just cant bring myself to put my seeds in there

The worm bin is living soil, as long as it's not hot compost otherwise it will cook the seeds

 

[RC_Colas]

Hola Mexi-affecionato,

They say the pure Oaxacan sativa is a Green variety with a wide'ish fingered single serrated leaf decorating a large asymmetrical (Christmas tree) structured plant...well this is my Oaxacan specimen

I believe this is the inspiration for the aptly named 10FT Ganga Plant - 100lb Weight song measuring in at just that height

 

[Thcvhunter]

I popped seeds from 1970

Refrigerate for a couple weeks.
Let them reach room temp.
Soak in water with EM1 and fulvic acid until they sink.
Germinate in barely moist papertowel inside a ziplock. If they dont sprout in 3 days, remove from ziplock and let paper towel start to try out for a couple days, then re-moisten and place in ziplock bag again for 3 days. Repeat as needed. Sometimes seeds need wet/dry cycles to sprout.
I do all this at room temp and I dont use a heater/warmer.

 

[vermontman]

Michoacan purple harvest.

 

[RC_Colas]

Michoacan purple harvest.

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Looks amazing...any update on the bouquet and of course smoke report

 

[vermontman]

Looks amazing...any update on the bouquet and of course smoke report

Hello RC
Thank you, I have not tried it but I gave a sample to Tex and he reported on Go the Green Mountain seed agreement with ACE thread.

 

[willydread]

Suroeste Mexican x Copalita Oaxaca

 

[RC_Colas]

Hello RC
Thank you, I have not tried it but I gave a sample to Tex and he reported on Go the Green Mountain seed agreement with ACE thread.

And what about the bouquet while you harvested?

 

[RC_Colas]

Suroeste Mexican x Copalita Oaxaca
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Stunning structure and single serrated leaf fingers, lovely looking sativa cross

 

[willydread]

Stunning structure and single serrated leaf fingers, lovely looking sativa cross

Thank you @RC_Colas !
They are really hardy plants (pests, mold, drought, damp, cold, all that this area can offer of problem) and beautiful, and somehow they seem to have got the best of both parents ....
I can't wait to see them finish (and try them LOL)

 

[vermontman]

And what about the bouquet while you harvested?

When I first cut the plants down there was virtually no smell. When I trimmed the buds I did get a bit of pine covered sticky finger tips. After they dried for a week they put on a nice gentle pleasent smell Tex desrcibed upon breaking up the bud to roll.
He reported on the bud I gave to take home with him.

 

[elchischas]

Hola cabrones!
Here the biggest Popo female in bloom today
5 weeks flowering

Have a good weekend!

 

[Galaz]

Greetings to all, I share the poor quality photos of this season, "Calitas" are taking on a purple color. "Zacatecas x Sierra de Pinos"

Saludos a todos en el Foro, comparto con Ustedes éstas fotos. "Zacatecas x Sierra de Pinos"

 

[BlackBart]

Oxacan IBL not particularly loud but I don't care as long as it gives that high from 1971

 

[grayeyes]

Michoacan purple harvest.

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Where did you get the seeds?

 

[elchischas]

Greetings to all, I share the poor quality photos of this season, "Calitas" are taking on a purple color. "Zacatecas x Sierra de Pinos"

Saludos a todos en el Foro, comparto con Ustedes éstas fotos. "Zacatecas x Sierra de Pinos"

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Hi...
Are you on Pinos area?
Will be really interesting to me because many many years ago i used to drive through to road to Pinos, villa Hidalgo,Azogueros ...
A friend and i was camping into the desert little bit North of there to the Magic huichols Indians Peyote land "tatei matinieri" the sacred waters. There's sativas of all those area?
Que onda bro, saludos!
Eres de Pinos? Yo solía pasar mucho cerca de ahí cuándo íbamos al desierto a buscar el Peyote ahí adelante de salinas, la madre de uno de mis camaradas es de un pueblo de por allá e íbamos seguido, allá hay sativas de pueblo? De las de antes?

 

[RC_Colas]

Oxacan IBL not particularly loud but I don't care as long as it gives that high from 1971

Looks just like Vermontmans Purple Michoacan strain he trialed this year...just lovely.