Hempsters: Plant the Seed (2010)
Green 2 points 5 years ago*.

Actually a lot of this is false information. Strains are actually not as strong today as they were before all the indoor breeding began. Plants were bred to grow better inside and in doing so we lost a lot of traits. Ask anyone whos serious in the breeding game and they will all tell you that we have to start going back to landrace genetics. And the search has already begun… looking for almost mythical strains like Acapulco Gold, Lambsbreath, Kona Gold, Malawi Gold, Purple Thai and more. Its the synergistic effect between all the cannabinoids that offer different highs. And if youre looking for Indica or Sativa for genetic traits, you may as well stop there. Indica is derived from the word for Indian Hemp… and most would say that Indica is from the colder regions, or AKA outside of the tropic zone. But Where is India located folks? About as tropic zone as you can get. So the whole Indica and Sativa thing are total misnomers. We should, actually, rename these characteristics to better suit the land in which they came. For example, Indica should now be what we call Sativas, and Afghanicas should be what we call the typical Indica strain. Dj Shorts (breeder of the original Blueberry strain) says that after all genetics hes come across, the only thing that really separates the two is flowering time. Otherwise almost all characteristics can be seen in either genotype.

Ask anyone who was around in the 70’s… weed may not have looked as nice as it does today, but hot damn would you get hiiiiiigh! Im talking 3-4 hour long mind journeys. To say that weed today is stronger is a misleading statement… because weed hasnt gotten any stronger, its just our growing methods have become much better and more predictable and repeatable!

finigan1 0 points 5 years ago.

I have grown both heritage and hybrids for 30 years and there is a big difference in potency.The originals are not nearly as potent as the hybrids for the most part,30 % or more is not something you come by in heritage strains.And indica originates in very high and colder elevations. You are right about the country’s, india, pakistan,afghanistan,nepal. But it originates in the Himalayan mountains, not in tropical conditions like a sativa.And they are very different from one another,that is why they cross bred them, for more conformity, growing as fast as a sativa but having more of the size and shape of an indica, and having the effects of both.The high between an indica and sativa are completely opposite,indica is a layed back getting ready for bed, where sativa is a bright pick you up.I have learned a lot not only in my own experiences and research, but also from my father before me.