What strains were popular in the 60s and 70s?

rockstar169

rockstar169

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Well growing up in the 60's I smoked all kinds of early strains.Coloumbian Gold&Red,Panama Red,Mohician,Veitnamiese,Acalpoco Gold,Plus tons of hash black w/opium,Lebenese Blonde,Tiaweed(forgot)The THC was like in the 7-9% but man I hullucinated off some of that 9% THC levels.Kentucky Gold (I didnt mention)we didnt know shit about growing weed we would pull plants before they were done so we could smoke the leaves dumbass's.Anyways Cannibis has saved me for the past 14 years as a 215 patient we new back then that weed was medicinal.Living here in California has been most of my adult life some of the cannibis thats around now is incredible to say the least has anyone heard of a 60's strain called "Ice Bag"???let me know its probably an early white strain!See ya!
 
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Wilksey

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The amount of folks that actually knew anything about weed back in the day was extremely limited in my area.

We didn't know shit.

All the weed we got was seeded, and ranged from your "brown" weed to your "red haired" green variety. We didn't know the difference between an indica, a sativa, or a hybrid, and the average size of a LARGE bud was about the size of your thumb...if that.

Back then you couldn't find the info unless you had a head shop that sold books on the subject, and most didn't have such a place. Thank the Gods for the internet, and ALL you growers that share your knowledge.

I laugh when I hear folks say the weed today is "stronger". It's not. It's just that there were a LOT of motherfuckers out there smoking seeded bud and FAN LEAVES back in the day, and that's what they called "weed".

/shrug

We didn't know any better though.
 
TimBar

TimBar

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Best weed I had in the 70-80's was some "Homegrown" that our pal "Smokestack" grew in the back of his grandpas greenhouse. It was from a Maui Gold Strain..it was the best because he knew how to make it Sinsemilla. He did make some seeds as well, I still have seeds that I propagated over the years of that stuff. still my favorite.
 
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grayeyes

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All the 20 and 30 somethings guessing aside, you really missed it.

To this day I have never found anything that compared to the 1969 Michoacan I smoked. NOTHING now for sure. I am looking forward to eventually growing some Malawi just to see but I don't expect it to give the hallucinations (both mental and physical) that Michoacan gave me.

I have heard there were people who saved seeds before the US govt started with the paraquat but I don't really know if they are true.
 
blowincherrypie

blowincherrypie

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grayeyes said:
All the 20 and 30 somethings guessing aside, you really missed it.

To this day I have never found anything that compared to the 1969 Michoacan I smoked. NOTHING now for sure. I am looking forward to eventually growing some Malawi just to see but I don't expect it to give the hallucinations (both mental and physical) that Michoacan gave me.

I have heard there were people who saved seeds before the US govt started with the paraquat but I don't really know if they are true.
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:roll: let me guess.. it was within 5 years of when you first started smoking right? You were hanging out with friends/buddies and not grinding at a job taking care of kids and worrying about paying bills and shit?

you grow out some of those same seeds today and I guarantee you it's an entirely different experience for you
 
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grayeyes

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I just grew some out. Your guess was completely off base but then that's typical.

Different experience but then you were vague about what you were saying.
 
yesum

yesum

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^^ Some of the effects could be from being young and all but not all. Michoacan was grown high in the mountains so you would have to do that with the seeds to get the effects. Also would help to be close to the equator as Michoacan is.

I did not see things but experienced a out of body type high from Mexican pot back then. Not all of that was youth as there were some really trippy Mexican varieties but most was not great. I get higher off less weed today but do not get some of the crazy effects from long ago. The Nanan Bouclou I have is the closest to the old craziness. Not quite the same as those old times but very good still.
 
ThermalRider

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In 1974 in North Fla, I was 17 and my older brother turned me on to his friend who copped me 3 different lids of Oxacan Gold..!!

Me and the neighborhood gang got stoned out of our gourds and laughed our asses off trying to pronounce it over and over as none of us had ever even heard off it.. Magical stuff for sure and great bag appeal for a sattie..!! I can still invision it..

Of course being in fla(wish I was now), the Mex bricks, every type lumbo, Thai Sticks, Panama Red.. I can't forget the Gainesville Green but that was a few years later..! Go Gators..!
 
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grayeyes

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I grew out some fem bubblegum. It turned out it is a very good strain. Perfect hybrid of indica and sativa. I normally prefer sativa but this especially the top bud is excellent. Nice taste too! Have enough of it to last until my other projects 'bear fruit' ;)
 
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The Mantis

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I watched the series called Narcos Mexico on Netflix a few weeks ago and it was sick.

A lot of it was based on true events that took place in the 70s/80s. According to the show, the first Mexican cartel was growing the biggest ganja fields in the world to supply the US. Lots of strains and a entire operation.

Check it out. Quite possibly, everyone is right with their stories and it makes sense. The Mexican cartel was probably breeding different strains and people in the US were getting different stuff with different names probably made up by the cartel for sales. Perhaps some of the genetics they had came from other South/Central American countries.

Just my guess. Sounds possible. Check out the series. It's dope ;)
 
natureboygrower

natureboygrower

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The Mantis said:
I watched the series called Narcos Mexico on Netflix a few weeks ago and it was sick.

A lot of it was based on true events that took place in the 70s/80s. According to the show, the first Mexican cartel was growing the biggest ganja fields in the world to supply the US. Lots of strains and a entire operation.

Check it out. Quite possibly, everyone is right with their stories and it makes sense. The Mexican cartel was probably breeding different strains and people in the US were getting different stuff with different names probably made up by the cartel for sales. Perhaps some of the genetics they had came from other South/Central American countries.

Just my guess. Sounds possible. Check out the series. It's dope ;)
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Rafa(the head grower) was supposedly responsible for growing solely sinsemilla(lol,I know right,mexican weed seedless huh?) How they could grow out fields and fields without any type of accidental pollination is a little suspect to me.great series,I'm hoping for a second season of the Mexico Narcos.
 
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The Mantis

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natureboygrower said:
Rafa(the head grower,Felix's brother) was supposedly responsible for growing solely sinsemilla(lol,I know right,mexican weed seedless huh?) How they could grow out fields and fields without any type of accidental pollination is a little suspect to me.great series,I'm hoping for a second season of the Mexico Narcos.
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Yeah I'm looking forward to the next season too. They addressed the pollination stuff when they first found that area in the desert. They said that no one was around for miles since it was the middle of the desert and no one else was within pollinating distance.

The next seasons will be awesome with Chapo and Los Zetas eventually.
 
natureboygrower

natureboygrower

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The Mantis said:
Yeah I'm looking forward to the next season too. They addressed the pollination stuff when they first found that area in the desert. They said that no one was around for miles since it was the middle of the desert and no one else was within pollinating distance.
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Very true.i was thinking along the lines if one of the plants hermed or threw nanners?? I could not imagine them being able to catch that in fields that large.in 1984 15,000 tons of weed came into the states(according to the series) 5000 tons came from Felix/Rafa/Sinoloan family!!! HUGE FIELDS!
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The next seasons will be awesome with Chapo and Los Zetas eventually.
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They are definitely foreshadowing that plot.
 
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The Mantis

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natureboygrower said:
Very true.i was thinking along the lines if one of the plants hermed or threw nanners?? I could not imagine them being able to catch that in fields that large.in 1984 15,000 tons of weed came into the states(according to the series) 5000 tons came from Felix/Rafa/Sinoloan family!!! HUGE FIELDS!

They are definitely foreshadowing that plot.
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That's 10,000,000 pounds per year from them! Quite a bit of mota.
 
BarnBuster

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ThermalRider said:
In 1974 in North Fla, I was 17 and my older brother turned me on to his friend who copped me 3 different lids of Oxacan Gold..!!

Me and the neighborhood gang got stoned out of our gourds and laughed our asses off trying to pronounce it over and over as none of us had ever even heard off it.. Magical stuff for sure and great bag appeal for a sattie..!! I can still invision it..

Of course being in fla(wish I was now), the Mex bricks, every type lumbo, Thai Sticks, Panama Red.. I can't forget the Gainesville Green but that was a few years later..! Go Gators..!
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lol, i remember Gainsville too
 
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althor

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Wilksey said:
The amount of folks that actually knew anything about weed back in the day was extremely limited in my area.

We didn't know shit.

All the weed we got was seeded, and ranged from your "brown" weed to your "red haired" green variety. We didn't know the difference between an indica, a sativa, or a hybrid, and the average size of a LARGE bud was about the size of your thumb...if that.

Back then you couldn't find the info unless you had a head shop that sold books on the subject, and most didn't have such a place. Thank the Gods for the internet, and ALL you growers that share your knowledge.

I laugh when I hear folks say the weed today is "stronger". It's not. It's just that there were a LOT of motherfuckers out there smoking seeded bud and FAN LEAVES back in the day, and that's what they called "weed".

/shrug

We didn't know any better though.
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Yes, I agree with this post right here. No one in my area was calling strains by names. We would get the "red hair sinse" often, but that was about as far as the name game went. My bestfriends father was a truck driver who made runs into Mexico often. He would bring back a bail whenever he went. Never had a name, but some of the trippiest bud available. We would smoke 2 joints back to back and then hit the pool at the apts they lived in. It was like swimming through glass, so freaking psychodelic.

The closest I have come to that particular type of buzz was after giving a 6th month cure on Malawi Gold. 14wks in flower and 6 months stored in a jar.
 
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The Mantis

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althor said:
Yes, I agree with this post right here. No one in my area was calling strains by names. We would get the "red hair sinse" often, but that was about as far as the name game went. My bestfriends father was a truck driver who made runs into Mexico often. He would bring back a bail whenever he went. Never had a name, but some of the trippiest bud available. We would smoke 2 joints back to back and then hit the pool at the apts they lived in. It was like swimming through glass, so freaking psychodelic.

The closest I have come to that particular type of buzz was after giving a 6th month cure on Malawi Gold. 14wks in flower and 6 months stored in a jar.
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Damn that's a lot of time for some smoke! Where'd you get the malawi gold seeds/cut from?
 
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