Hello! I have a strange question...

A dream from a seed:

My father grew 12+ ft tall trees of Marijuana in the 70's, before I was born. He just told me yesterday that he still has a bunch of the seeds from back then, that he saved. He basically said that seeds can be that old and still sprout with the right amount of moisture, so I got an idea. I am going to conduct an experiment to see how many I can successfully germinate and document everything..We are talking about seeds from the early 70's, so basically almost 40 years old in a few years..Does everyone think I am insane, or is there anyone here who thinks there is a chance they will grow, and I will have a very rare strain of weed for the times we live in now..Potency I care little about,(I know weed wasn't as potent back then). It is the fascinating fact that there is a miniscule chance it will work...What are your thoughts?

If you wanna take a trip in my Weed Time Machine, stay tuned for the documentary I will create to go along with time lapse photography of the plant..Maybe I will even write a book...Damn! they already did..Jurassic Park..I will call my book, Jurassic Marijuana Time Capsule Park!!!

I am way to baked for you this afternoon.

Grow it! It's probably a pure sativa to grow that big.

SkyFire said:

A dream from a seed:

My father grew 12+ ft tall trees of Marijuana in the 70's, before I was born. He just told me yesterday that he still has a bunch of the seeds from back then, that he saved. He basically said that seeds can be that old and still sprout with the right amount of moisture, so I got an idea. I am going to conduct an experiment to see how many I can successfully germinate and document everything..We are talking about seeds from the early 70's, so basically almost 40 years old in a few years..Does everyone think I am insane, or is there anyone here who thinks there is a chance they will grow, and I will have a very rare strain of weed for the times we live in now..Potency I care little about,(I know weed wasn't as potent back then). It is the fascinating fact that there is a miniscule chance it will work...What are your thoughts?

If you wanna take a trip in my Weed Time Machine, stay tuned for the documentary I will create to go along with time lapse photography of the plant..Maybe I will even write a book...Damn! they already did..Jurassic Park..I will call my book, Jurassic Marijuana Time Capsule Park!!!

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Here's an old trick to increase viability:

Take some fine sandpaper (#400) roll it into a tube shape - with the abrasive side facing in - then put some seeds in - holding your fingers over each end - and then shake it for a while, in order to scuff the outside shell. This will allow the water to soak in better, and the seedling to crack the shell easier.

Giving them a little warmth will also increase their chances.

You may come up with the original Acapulco gold, or panama red. both killer strains

GL

OH yea, grow em, that is a good trick to help germ. I wanna watch this grow, good luck and good grow

Yeah totally try those.

best of luck bro, you should do a journal if the germinate

Hope it works!

Thanks a lot for giving me some input...I hope to have these going separate from my normal array of plants, as I am allowed to medicinally grow up to 12. Keep the dream alive people!!! It is getting better, and will only get even better..)

SkyFire said:

Thanks a lot for giving me some input...I hope to have these going separate from my normal array of plants, as I am allowed to medicinally grow up to 12. Keep the dream alive people!!! It is getting better, and will only get even better..)

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I am happy to say that I will be receiving the prehistoric seeds very soon..Does anyone have any suggestions on best grow methods for those older types of strains?

SkyFire said:

Thanks a lot for giving me some input...I hope to have these going separate from my normal array of plants, as I am allowed to medicinally grow up to 12. Keep the dream alive people!!! It is getting better, and will only get even better..)

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I am happy to say that I will be receiving the prehistoric seeds very soon..Does anyone have any suggestions on best grow methods for those older types of strains?

looking forward to the results! welcome to the RIU

They should grow fine, My dad did the same thing in the 70's. He is 6"6 and the pictures show the plants towering above him. To bad he did not save me any seeds. Course he had no kids then. Good luck can't wait to see the results.

lovely,i would love to get some oficial lambsbread seeds,would be irie.,.,.,i wil be watching and would love to see the finished product make sure u clone those plants,wouldnt want to lose something that we already thought was lost .,.,.,also im sure that the herb from the the older days was just as potent as ours just there methods werent as tuned

SkyFire said:

A dream from a seed:

My father grew 12+ ft tall trees of Marijuana in the 70's, before I was born. He just told me yesterday that he still has a bunch of the seeds from back then, that he saved. He basically said that seeds can be that old and still sprout with the right amount of moisture, so I got an idea. I am going to conduct an experiment to see how many I can successfully germinate and document everything..We are talking about seeds from the early 70's, so basically almost 40 years old in a few years..Does everyone think I am insane, or is there anyone here who thinks there is a chance they will grow, and I will have a very rare strain of weed for the times we live in now..Potency I care little about,(I know weed wasn't as potent back then). It is the fascinating fact that there is a miniscule chance it will work...What are your thoughts?

If you wanna take a trip in my Weed Time Machine, stay tuned for the documentary I will create to go along with time lapse photography of the plant..Maybe I will even write a book...Damn! they already did..Jurassic Park..I will call my book, Jurassic Marijuana Time Capsule Park!!!

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Seeds will last almost forever so long as the humidity isn't too high, so as long as he took care of them, they will grow. Good luck!

I agree with cbtwohundread, the plants back then Im sure were very potent also, they were just harvested, handled, etc. poorly....

Wow man, this is a story of epic proportions. Make sure you journal this.
On another note, I read somewhere that its not really known how potent weed used to be. Supposedly the potency tests that were done back then were using sub par ganja, making the results not too useable. I guess it is a useful scare tactic for parents who dont want there kids to toke to say "its too strong these days".
Even if there weed was weaker back in the day, wouldnt they just smoke more of it to get the same effect?

Anyone in the older generation have any thoughts on this?

Most seeds can last up to 5 years if they are taken care of, stored well, good temps, dry, etc. I think seeds that are 40 years old are not going to work but hey give it a try.

jesus of Cannabis said:

I am way to baked for you this afternoon.

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haha that is gold.....


oh yea good luck with the seeds who knows maybe a dinosuar will grow out of them too

~~~Casper~~~ said:

haha that is gold.....


oh yea good luck with the seeds who knows maybe a dinosaur will grow out of them too

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Thanks a lot to everyone for giving me some awesome feedback..Out of all the comments made, I only saw one that went against what everyone else was talking about..That really is hopeful to me considering my dad kept them in a locked little box that is dark and has not been exposed to light in a very long time, as well as being kept in New Jersey which has tons of humidity all year round really. They have been kept in a time capsule, by the way he has explained it, with an airpipe from back then that is basically a glass one-hitter type of pipe that is not made anymore like that..I want it all! Plus, I pamper all my plants with greAT MUSICAL VIBRATIONS ALL DAY AND NIGHT, AND have always believed that if you keep a positive outlook about anything and everything, than you truly will be able to defeat all naysayers and those that have a more cynical, atheistic state of mind. I must stay grounded at all times and keep all energy in my house and soul beaming with positive energy to project to my plants and achieve non-physical, higher-level success and a way to see things in a more postive sense, because I know, that in my heart, there are higher forces out there that will have more control over all of us and everything in nature and life than we want to believe as a general society..Happy growing from the powers of the Green Man or Gods or Goddesses, aliens, or any higher forces that you believe in, that really need no label, I.M.O!,,, Blessings to you all!!!!