Colombian Black and Gold

[bigherb]

you kno it

best wishes brotha

keep us posted


1luvbigherb

 

[nog]

the colouration of colombian weed was not always to do with the"strain" but environmental factors and drying / curing method, there used to be a dark green strain, but i was told that this was the same stuff as punto rojo, just cut several weeks earlier, before the red spots on the calyxses had time to develope, that was a long time ago, must have been late 70's or early 80's. also that the gold from around santa marta, was ring barked whilst still growing, so it died and dried slowly in the ground before harvest.anyway good luck with all your grows.

 

[bigherb]

Yeah Big Herb,

I know you would be interested..lol The Colombian Gold are up but the others I haven't tried yet. Soon I'll post some pics when they are more photogenic. Take care brother.

Snow

hows it goin brotha

i hope all is well

id lov to hear how that lumbo project is goin for ya

best wishes


1luvbigherb

 

[bigherb]

the colouration of colombian weed was not always to do with the"strain" but environmental factors and drying / curing method, there used to be a dark green strain, but i was told that this was the same stuff as punto rojo, just cut several weeks earlier, before the red spots on the calyxses had time to develope, that was a long time ago, must have been late 70's or early 80's. also that the gold from around santa marta, was ring barked whilst still growing, so it died and dried slowly in the ground before harvest.anyway good luck with all your grows.

i wanted to respond to this statement a long time ago

while i dont disagree that the practice of ring barkin or watever it called MAY produce gold coloring

i dont agree that the stress pratice or wateva its called or environment to be the ONLY factor in producing golden strains

after much research of many documented strains from cali to nyc ivee seen countless gold varieties which werent grown in tropic condition or reported to be stripped of the bark/stressed etc

IME ive seen/smoked countless golden varieties nyc hazes to exact which i kno som weregrown rite here in nyc n most definetly the majority not grown in any tropical regions of any sort

i believe this gold coloring of strains to come from genetics

1luvbigherb

 

[TwoCreeks]

In the past I've grown out plants in NorCal from seeds from Columbian Gold. Plants stayed green until they turned deep purple as a Thanksgiving harvest time approached.

 

[bigherb]

In the past I've grown out plants in NorCal from seeds from Columbian Gold. Plants stayed green until they turned deep purple as a Thanksgiving harvest time approached.

nice report
interesting these finished outdoors i suspect, the end of november i had a nevs go till the third week of nov in ny

did that purple carry over into the buds ?

id lov to hear a smoke report im most interested in taste/aromas


1luvbigherb

 

[TwoCreeks]

1luvbigherb,
It was back in the beginning..Here is what I recall. Got some lightly seeded gold in the Florida keys in the late '70s the color of school pencils. Very cerebral, uplifting, fun high...Made you want to move and jump around and play frisbee and laugh at everything.
In 1980 I germed some on February 11, kept them in a south facing window. Put it in the ground later in the spring with some of the new indicas that had come on the scene in Humboldt. The columbian plants took off and were our biggest until around July 4th, when at six feet tall they quit growing. They looked happy and healthy the rest of the summer, but grew no more... All of the others overtook them. When everything else was fully budded the columbians kind of got started. Harvest came for everything else the second week in October. The columbians stayed in, the buds matured in the late fall much diminished sunlight, so never filled out much, turned purplish black, saw lots of rain and frost, which they did not seem to mind. Harvested Thanksgiving weekend, pistils still creamy white, not fully mature but in our circles it was remembered as being pretty epic, a much more entertaining high than we were getting from all of the couchlock indicas. It retained the uplifting fun high. I would really like to do some again.....

Honestly, I can't recall much about aroma and flavor, although there was certainly nothing objectional. I agree with you about the importance of those qualities though.

 

[bigherb]

1luvbigherb,
It was back in the beginning..Here is what I recall. Got some lightly seeded gold in the Florida keys in the late '70s the color of school pencils. Very cerebral, uplifting, fun high...Made you want to move and jump around and play frisbee and laugh at everything.
In 1980 I germed some on February 11, kept them in a south facing window. Put it in the ground later in the spring with some of the new indicas that had come on the scene in Humboldt. The columbian plants took off and were our biggest until around July 4th, when at six feet tall they quit growing. They looked happy and healthy the rest of the summer, but grew no more... All of the others overtook them. When everything else was fully budded the columbians kind of got started. Harvest came for everything else the second week in October. The columbians stayed in, the buds matured in the late fall much diminished sunlight, so never filled out much, turned purplish black, saw lots of rain and frost, which they did not seem to mind. Harvested Thanksgiving weekend, pistils still creamy white, not fully mature but in our circles it was remembered as being pretty epic, a much more entertaining high than we were getting from all of the couchlock indicas. It retained the uplifting fun high. I would really like to do some again.....

Honestly, I can't recall much about aroma and flavor, although there was certainly nothing objectional. I agree with you about the importance of those qualities though.

most appreciated

i really do love details and im glad your memories are much more clear than som of the other og's

the color/ effects / vigor and resilience are great to hear ,its great you hav preserved this strain from the 70's ,i truly do recognize the special qualities of these strains .its sad there are such a rarity nowadays without tropical conditions or full maturity the strain was still held in high esteem great to hear ,proof of how special they are

id lov to kno if that purplish black carried into the dried product

great to kno
i understand the dank brothers aka keyplay n medic whose stock is why this thread was started are still planning on releasing those lumbos

best of luck with those seeds,please keep us posted wen you decide to pop those beans again

1luvbigherb

 

[bigherb]

snowcap

hows it goin brother

i hope all is well

id lov to hear an update