Vintage Colombian

[ThaiBliss]

Red Rider,

That looks like THE shit, as in the great Colombian that I loved.

It has a full spectrum of color, just substitute purple for red. It has flecks of gold, green, red (purple), and brown, just like the stuff I remember and loved even more than the Colombian Gold. To me, it looks like your Punto Rojo buds, just a bit more on the purple side.

I love your description of it also. Are you sure it is not a Punto Rojo variant?

If you ever become a seed company, please consider two strains on back order for me, the Coastal Green, and Redbud 2015!

Long live the Vintage Colombian thread!

ThaiBliss

 

[Relentless]

nice man. love this thread!

 

[red rider]

The Punto Rojo

The Punto Rojo

Yes sir Thaibliss I knew you would appreciate those pictures. I really don’t know what strain it is, could be Punto Rojo. I do know the general region that it was grown at and that it is not a modern hybrid.

Now here is some Punto Rojo (05) that was actually called Punto Rojo by the Colombian that got it for me. This Punto Rojo was sticky and had a much stronger smell, taste and effect. The effect was felt much deeper than the redbud and much more creative and thought provoking. Also natural Viagra every time I hit it. Like I said before I can’t really go out and look at fields growing so I am speculating based my prior history with Colombians.

I’m sure the Colombians don’t call it redbud now or ever. I can tell you that even with it’s fantastic elevating high this type of cannabis is not popular here and you can’t even give it away in Bogota (much less find it). To me it’s imperative to save and preserve these increasingly rare strains in Colombia. More to come.

red rider

 

[GanjaBredMan]

Yes sir Thaibliss I knew you would appreciate those pictures. I really don’t know what strain it is, could be Punto Rojo. I do know the general region that it was grown at and that it is not a modern hybrid.

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Now here is some Punto Rojo (05) that was actually called Punto Rojo by the Colombian that got it for me. This Punto Rojo was sticky and had a much stronger smell, taste and effect. The effect was felt much deeper than the redbud and much more creative and thought provoking. Also natural Viagra every time I hit it. Like I said before I can’t really go out and look at fields growing so I am speculating based my prior history with Colombians.

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I’m sure the Colombians don’t call it redbud now or ever. I can tell you that even with it’s fantastic elevating high this type of cannabis is not popular here and you can’t even give it away in Bogota (much less find it). To me it’s imperative to save and preserve these increasingly rare strains in Colombia. More to come.

red rider

Nice picture, thanks.

 

[meadowman]

I salvitate every time I look at this thread! About that seed company......

 

[JamieShoes]

it seems incredible to me that you "can't even give it away".. its what many of us in other parts of the world are searching high and low for... I just bought some Oaxacan IBLs.. I wonder what the farmers in Oaxaca would make of that? Funny european guy trying to grow mexi landraces in his tent with a light bulb... they'd probably wet themselves from laughing so hard..


p.s I think your herb looks beautiful man.

 

[huligun]

It is a bit odd trying to grow a sativa with a grow light, and a lot of folks will not do it. I have wasted a lot of time and grow space trying to grow a couple sats that were not any good. You have to still look for phenos and the sats are not as developed as other strains IMO. The market is just too small. There are some great sativa leaning hybrids out there and that is what I am mostly smoking.

 

[red rider]

It is a bit odd trying to grow a sativa with a grow light, and a lot of folks will not do it. I have wasted a lot of time and grow space trying to grow a couple sats that were not any good. You have to still look for phenos and the sats are not as developed as other strains IMO. The market is just too small. There are some great sativa leaning hybrids out there and that is what I am mostly smoking.

Yes I can understand that, to grow these genetics indoors requires much more than a hobby interest. I believe now days it is very possible to grow long flowering tropical plants indoors. But it would be a labor of true love and a commitment beyond commercial indoor grows. I think most consumers don't have the interest and the mass produced hybrids will be the norm but there will/are a few people that will seek out the pure tropical strains.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Getting seed out of Colombia using stranded methods (mail, fed ex, ect.) don't work for a few reasons. Trust me anything a gringo try's to send out of the country gets inspected, and even though seeds are perfectly legal here sending them is not. I'm currently devising a new method but I'm waiting for Colombia's MMJ laws to kick in (June) for my personal security.

red rider

 

[charlie garcia]

Correct RR, they do open all and each letter leaving the country, sometimes they let the seed pass on, sometimes not, worst case is if many seeds. You get letter with the local aduana colombiana police sticked to your envelope
Not only gringos but everyone. They also make you sign a document declaring there are not drugs into the letter
Legality and reality dont go together, you are right
best
kaiki

 

[red rider]

It's strange because from 2005-2007 I sent out hundreds of seeds from here to all over the world and 99% made it to their destination. I sent them regular mail, DHL and Fed ex with no problems. During that time I also received seed from all over the world. It just shows you that big money can do anything, I mean look at all the coke that comes from here. It's not what you know it's what you have and who you know. I'm just a little pee on nothing that can't even get a gram of seed out in a letter. It is very frustrating to say the least. But one day.....

red rider

 

[JamieShoes]

Yes I can understand that, to grow these genetics indoors requires much more than a hobby interest. I believe now days it is very possible to grow long flowering tropical plants indoors. But it would be a labor of true love and a commitment beyond commercial indoor grows. I think most consumers don't have the interest and the mass produced hybrids will be the norm but there will/are a few people that will seek out the pure tropical strains.

red rider

it's true, not many are prepared to take a 6 foot girl to 4 months of 12/12 indoors... some of us are just born to try

this one is a SkxNLxHz hybrid... far from pure sativa but she did not want to stop growing..I think you can see why some might be scared away fromt the idea of even longer flowering girls

thankfully the Oaxaca is only supposed to take 8-9 weeks..

 

[JamieShoes]

Getting seed out of Colombia using stranded methods (mail, fed ex, ect.) don't work for a few reasons. Trust me anything a gringo try's to send out of the country gets inspected, and even though seeds are perfectly legal here sending them is not. I'm currently devising a new method but I'm waiting for Colombia's MMJ laws to kick in (June) for my personal security.

red rider

I'm going to look on Google to see what new laws, but what do the new laws mean to you guys, Red Rider? Is it getting tighter or looser?

 

[red rider]

I'm going to look on Google to see what new laws, but what do the new laws mean to you guys, Red Rider? Is it getting tighter or looser?

Hola, I would have to say based on my four attempts this year that it's getting worse as far as "exporting" seed. However I don't think the laws have changed. I just had a run of bad luck and now I'm a little gun shy about walking into a post office. Trust me I really want to get these seeds out to everyone. Even more so I want them to be DNA tested so we know exactly what I have. I don't look or act like your typical druggy but when I go into a shipping place with a package addressed to Amsterdam they know somethings up. When I talked to a lawyer friend of mine, she said no "seeds" are illegal and should be able to send or receive. But that's not the case in reality. Not only that but I have absolutely no support here, the wife and her family flip flop about cannabis all the time and since 4 attempts were made unsuccessful now they want nothing to do with it. The people I know here think cannabis is a criminal activity that only low life's engage in. In that sense the folks i know here are ass backwards in their thinking and I can't seem to get the to see the light. This is very frustrating and somewhat demotivating but it will not deter me from persevering these strains.

I strongly recommend Cannabiogen for authentic Colombian genetics for the time being. Charlie is not only a master breeder but a true righteous human. I think we all know that but from my personal experience what he says is indeed the truth and he holds my utmost respect and gratitude.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Yesterdays

Yesterdays

I don't drink much any more but when I did nothing was better then some fine brandy and some fresh cured Colombian haze.

Ghost colitas


red rider

 

[huligun]

If you watch the Strainhunters in Colombia they talk about bringing seeds back. It is legal in Europe, and they just bring them in their pockets or whatever.

 

[red rider]

If you watch the Strainhunters in Colombia they talk about bringing seeds back. It is legal in Europe, and they just bring them in their pockets or whatever.

Money talks my friend.

 

[red rider]

The barrio

The barrio

This is an old neighborhood in the south part of Bogota, Edwardo Santos. I lived there for about 8 months in 06.

You would never see this part of Bogota unless you’re from here or you somehow know someone from there. Right up the street from here is the most dangerous barrios in Colombia, the Bronx.

Not a good area and certainly not safe for foreigners or tourist and not too safe for anyone at night.

But I lived there with my wife and new born son just fine, never once even felt nervous even when on the street late at night. I grew some of the best weed in my life right there on that 4th floor balcony.

Speaking of pockets, my friend Ray will be visiting Denver (where he's from) in September. He is very excited about my finca plan and is on-board with all. Will update.

red rider

 

[charlie garcia]

Beautiful pics and thx for your words as well, not needed

Another short batch of seeds from the land, going well for just 6 weeks. Wish turns interesting and fine smoke but who knows, temps are starting to get really warm here, so lets see what can be done

best vibes
kaiki

 

[huligun]

Thank you for the photos de barrio Red. That brings a tear to my eye. My family was not poor and we lived closer to what you would call a middle class life. I still have great feelings and passion for my old country.

Times are changing in Colombia, but there will always be strife. At least in our lifetimes. I would love to take Jorge to the old country when he is a older so that he can see his root. As for now his mother forbids even talking about it. She feel even Pakistan is safer than Colombia. And personally I had seen many problems in her country first hand. I was held up by gunman in Sao Paulo while trying to buy smoke.

It is a paradox that such genetic possibilities exist in Colombia but because of the cocaine it is very hard to get the seeds out of the country.

I went to Panama a couple years ago and met a beautiful Colombiana on the Pearl Islands. She introduced me to people that grow old school Colombian weed. Getting seeds from Panama to another country is easier. Panama is really changing too, so what I say today may be different tomorrow.