Vintage Colombian

[Elmer Bud]

G `day Red

Get in contact with Breeder Steve from the old Spice of Life .
He`s down there doing some large scale grows . I think he might be helpful .

Apparently you can grow 20 plants ? Who needs financial backers who know nothing about ganja and who only see dollars ? Grow 20 light supped trees , liquidate them , rinse repeat . In a year you can build your own green houses with light supp .

[ each plant only needs 1 cfl burning for a few hours after dark to keep vegging and grow big . Extend the vegg a few weeks . Yield waaay more ]

Thanks for sharin

EB .

 

[herbgreen]

Yeah, was about to point out the same....long listen, but he goes into it in the latest 'potcast'

Breeder Steve on the Potcast

https://soundcloud.com/user-928350579-16614181

 

[red rider]

Thanks for the great advise and I will explore. As far as the twenty plants (19 really) I been doing that for years and as long as I live here I will. But liquidating them although very possible is highly illegal as of now so not an option.

I am slightly interested in contacting Breeder Steve, however I'm working on my own interest and don't want more distractions. I can't go into every detail of my interests but I'm confident that I'm on the right road.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Podcast

Podcast

Yeah, was about to point out the same....long listen, but he goes into it in the latest 'potcast'

Breeder Steve on the Potcast

https://soundcloud.com/user-928350579-16614181

Really informative pod cast, thank you. There's a lot of folks from other countries down here getting into the legal cannabis. I try not to notice as I want to focus on what I'm doing currently and that is getting the finca in the sweet spot I found. At the same time I'm lining up varieties I'm familiar with and unique to the region to try to grow there. Also working with the scientist guy on interesting things like mushroom substrata and local EMs among other things. To me it's very exciting as we are exploring many other plants besides cannabis.

University Mangobiche #2

So really positive and focused on my short term goals on this current project. Not sure if I can grow green house full of plants but I got to try even if I fail. I have some less exciting plan bs but for now I'm pretty much where I expect to be.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/attachment.php?attachmentid=484268&stc=1&d=1549025844[/IMG

red rider

 

[Infinitelight5D]

I don't know anything about Jamaica but I certainly wish you the best there. As far as here in Colombia could be worst but at the moment it seems that we are moving forward. It would appear that I've got everything lined up and ready to go but you never know. Right now I got a "sponsor" investor type person, I don't want to say "boss" cause I maintain my independence. But they are super excited about the "new" cannabis industry and I fit right in. So the investors got the finca and applied for all the legal requirements and now actually construction has begun. I went out of town for a few days on some personal business but now that I'm back I've got a couple meetings to go to and some other bullshit to do this weekend. Really I'm only interested in the plant and I don't want to get distracted with details. Then on the other hand I can't let these novices screw something up for the plants, so that's where I am situation wise.

As far as the hermis, wasn't only the Mangobiche that threw some out, so I thought it was a light leak. But can't find one so with some of the other varieties i think it was just bad luck. However the Mangobiche I think is just prone to them as it hasn't been worked by a breeder. But I do have two nice ones left that are staying true so far. No cut taken or males so I pollinated them with one of the only two males I had, a beautiful Bangi Haze. Might be interesting but I'm getting more Mangobiche seeds from the university to hunt for a male.

Next week I'll cut the kush plants that everyone loves so much and start them drying. No one in our group smokes so I should have some nice flowers to vape soon.

Hey man if you're near the Blue mountains I love to see some pics.

red rider

I'm not sure I'm going to make it work in JA, but I'm keeping doors open incase. I wasn't in the blue mountains this trip, spent much of my time in Kingston, only took one trip to the country, here is a post of some pictures I took...
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=8489279&postcount=28

 

[red rider]

Jamaica

Jamaica

I'm not sure I'm going to make it work in JA, but I'm keeping doors open incase. I wasn't in the blue mountains this trip, spent much of my time in Kingston, only took one trip to the country, here is a post of some pictures I took...
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=8489279&postcount=28

Man I sure do wish you success in Jamaica (anywhere for that matter) I know it is not easy. I've gotten to the point in my life where I feel it's now or never to get this "dream" I've had forever. So I certainly hope everything falls together for you and we can swap some legal buds here soon.

red rider

 

[Tropical Grower]

I have been following this thread from the beggining. Thanks for the good read, Red.

There's a lot of foreign entrepeneurs here in Antioquia, but it baffles me that most of them come here with the purpose of growing indicas and 8-week indoor hybrids in greenhouses. RH is way higher than 60% during most of the year and the temperature, at least in my small personal greenhouse at 1500 m a.s.l, is consistently higher than 32 celsius during the day. It's like they are totally oblivious of basic cannabis botany. No to mention the high, year-round pest and disease pressure. They don't seem to understand that the plant of choice in the tropics is a... tropical sativa. Why do I even have to say "tropical sativa"? Well, they are convinced that an 8-week indoor plant is a sativa.

Sorry for the rant. I hope I'm not offending anyone. Keep the good work Red. Even if you don't directly find the plants you remember, I think it's totally possible to breed something truly tropical and unique if you start with the right strain (from the right seedbank) and let the tropics work their magic during several generations, with proper selection of course.

 

[red rider]

Masses

Masses

I have been following this thread from the beggining. Thanks for the good read, Red.

There's a lot of foreign entrepeneurs here in Antioquia, but it baffles me that most of them come here with the purpose of growing indicas and 8-week indoor hybrids in greenhouses. RH is way higher than 60% during most of the year and the temperature, at least in my small personal greenhouse at 1500 m a.s.l, is consistently higher than 32 celsius during the day. It's like they are totally oblivious of basic cannabis botany. No to mention the high, year-round pest and disease pressure. They don't seem to understand that the plant of choice in the tropics is a... tropical sativa. Why do I even have to say "tropical sativa"? Well, they are convinced that an 8-week indoor plant is a sativa.

Sorry for the rant. I hope I'm not offending anyone. Keep the good work Red. Even if you don't directly find the plants you remember, I think it's totally possible to breed something truly tropical and unique if you start with the right strain (from the right seedbank) and let the tropics work their magic during several generations, with proper selection of course.

Thank you my friend, I enjoy so much writing about my journey here. As far as everyone here in the cannabis industry, I try not to worry about them. I am a small insignificant nobody and that's the way I want it. Really I just want to grow my plants here and the situation that I have at the moment allows me the freedom to do that. Also I will not work "for" foreign investors again as I feel they are only here to exploit cheap labor (why else would you grow indica in a warehouse in Colombia???).
As far as dealing with the native pathogens and pests, we (myself and some guys from the national university) are currently exploring not only resistant varieties but also employing native effective microorganisms to counter balance. Combined with no till soil the plants I'm growing now are 100% pest and pathogen free (without using any pesticides or fungicides ever) and no fertilizers. I still have a long way to go but now I'm backed by people with not only money but by folks that believe in me and my dream. Also I don't even want to try to grow anything below 1,500 meters, as I've always felt high altitude cannabis is more complex and unique.

I wish you the best and I'm available any time to share my information and I invite you to look into our cultivation Technic.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Tourist finca

Tourist finca

Other news (and I don't want a jinx by talking too much about it) I've got serous interest in my canna finca and progress is being made there.

Reference picture

We are thinking about Santander where my investors already have land in a little bit warmer climate. Not hot but warm enough to swim and feel like Colombia. Kind of a cannabis therapy place where nice people can explore the best the country has to offer and to see and experience my version of Colombian cannabis. I'm thinking long sunny days with cold beer and Frisbee with hot Colombians and smooth sativa. Yet another journey to explore.

red rider

 

[burmese]

beautiful red rider,, have you ever thinking of crossing some equatorial strains to with nepaleses, for more and better highland growing,,,, man, i like your place

 

[red rider]

This round no Nepalese, I am making seeds but this is just a very small micro run to "audition" for the investors. Once licensed at the finca I will have an entire seed propagation green house to make many varieties. Now nothing special. Good idea though.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Colombian genetics Colombian sun grown

Colombian genetics Colombian sun grown

This is Colombian Mangobiche, grown with only sun, soil and water.

Selectively pollinated by a ACE Bangi Haze


red rider

 

[Tropical Grower]

Thanks Red, I'll stay tuned. I'm about to see how well a small cannabis population is able to adapt to a mid-altitude humid tropical environment. It looks like cannabis has been cultivated in relatively warm environments in South Asia for a long time, but cannabis does seem to prefer a temperate climate like the one you are working with. Maybe I'll post some of my progress here if you don't mind the intrusion. I think it would be a good complement to your work.

 

[red rider]

Jungle grow

Jungle grow

Thanks Red, I'll stay tuned. I'm about to see how well a small cannabis population is able to adapt to a mid-altitude humid tropical environment. It looks like cannabis has been cultivated in relatively warm environments in South Asia for a long time, but cannabis does seem to prefer a temperate climate like the one you are working with. Maybe I'll post some of my progress here if you don't mind the intrusion. I think it would be a good complement to your work.

You're very welcome here my friend. I wish you the best and happy to assist you if I can. I'm very interested to see how you do there, and it's not that I think excellent cannabis doesn't grow there, just I don't want to try it under those conditions. My system so far has proved to control all pathogens and pests at this altitude and I think it will work at your location as well. PM when you can.

red rider

 

[red rider]

Preservation

Preservation

I was talking with one of my Colombian sponsors about preserving native Colombian strains and man she was all for it. It seems she has land in Santander and would let me grow out some of the seed I've collected and more that I've got recently from the university. Of course I don't know if I can do the commercial finca and a preservation finca but I want to try. I'm not talking about some fancy breeding operation, I just want make pure seed for future projects.

Mangobiche NU (national university)

We are still awaiting approval for licensing but confidence is high and slowly we are getting organized. I have no interest in being a boss but I have to assert myself in order to get things for the plants. Looking forward to a few more meetings but I hope to be on site within the next month. And I should have some more pictures from our finca in Zipacon this week. In the mean time I have received some seeded samples to test out (smoke) and see if there's anything I like there. Hard and slow

Red rider

 

[red rider]

Update

Update

After what seems like a lot of BS we are finally getting somewhere. I was at the finca all day yesterday with the greenhouse guy and the owner of the finca and my investor. Only takes a couple weeks max to build the three greenhouses we need but they have to put up fences and security as well as processing buildings and my house.

I am so excited not only to start this project (which are my projects)but also to get out of Bogota. I've been living and working in one of the investors houses in the "rich" part of town for the past couple months. I don't like being around all these rich snobby people and all the pollution and noisy traffic. The house is super nice and I've got the whole place to myself (except the mean cleaning lady that comes once a week) but I would much rather be in a tent on the finca. I'm also getting good dog, (I stopped looking for a woman, too much drama) I haven't had a dog around since I've been in Colombia.

So as soon as we actually have some buildings, I'l get more pictures.
But for now I'm just chilling out in the big house.


red rider

 

[red rider]

Gratitude

Gratitude

I want to give a big thank you to this website and the worlds best growers. It is because of this I have learned (and continue to learn) the best and now I live the dream. To all of you I offer my humble gratitude.


Thank you

red rider

 

[ctg]

Congrats red

 

[mr.brunch]

Lovely stuff
All the best of luck

 

[Koondense]

Thanks to you Red, your posts bring true inspiration to many of us.
Keep on living the dream!


Cheers