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1978 Mexican Landrace

Grisly

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2mo ago

1978 Mexican Landrace "Red Bud"

Custom Breeder & Strain

Fox Farm

Nutrients

Promix Other

Custom

Outdoor

Room Type

Defoliation

weeks 7-9

5 L

Pot Size

Start at Harvest

1/2

Grisly I've held on to a batch of Mexican Landrace seeds from 1978 and decided this year to try a grow. There were only 5 viable non feminized seeds remaining. This stuff was grown in Mexico and sold as "Red Bud". Likely grown in 1976 or 77, it arrived in my world in 1978 as a compressed brick. But for the first time the flower was distinctly red, not the dead gold from Columbia I'd grown use to smoking. I remember the seeds overwhelmed the flower, like a lot of Pot from the time, and I used a Record Album Cover to separate the seeds. By my next purchases I had found Sensi "Rainbow" imported from Hawaii and left the old stuff behind. Until today. So here we go, hoping I can get a female to germinate 😁

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Used method

Peat Pellet

Germination Method

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1/7

2.54 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly Found another batch of the Mexican Landrace seeds and decided to soak a whole batch in the hopes some germinate. 😁

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1/3

5.08 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly The one sprouted vintage '78 plant is still hanging in but still precarious. Keeping a good breeze on it to strengthen it up. There are still 20 odd seeds in wet heated paper towel that haven't germinated. I checked one seed. The outer shell is very hard but there was a live kernal on the inside. So I'll let sit til they spout or rot. 😁

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1/4

7.62 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly It was a little touch and go at the start of the week but the one seedling is finally supporting itself and is now looking robust. No water, no nutes since going in the pot. Still hoping for another to pop and this one to be female. 😁

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1/8

12.7 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly The one plant is really looking strong and is hopefully female. In the meantime I started another whole batch of seeds - hope something comes through. 😁

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1/3

35.56 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly Well unfortunately no more seeds have popped. And the one remaining plant could't handle the stress of being topped along with cold nights and is now flowering. On the plus side it was female 😁

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1/2

40.64 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly Not much development this week and the dark green waxy leaves make me think it might lock out. But so far so good. 😁

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40.64 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly Its still kicking and maybe a bit of growth, Just letting it adjust 😁

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

1/3

40.64 cm

16 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly I let this plant dry out totally before watering and it now looks like its caught on again with the flowers getting visibly larger. PH adjusted water and no nutes looks like it done the trick. Its looking good and has a long way to go so I think it might make it outside for the finish. 😁

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

1/4

40.64 cm

12 hrs

22 °C

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Grisly Some nice colour change and ever bigger flowers. This one is heading outside to see how long it will go 😁

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Used techniques

Defoliation

Technique

1/5

40.64 cm

12 hrs

22 °C

Strong

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Nutrients 1

Cultivation Nation Flower 1 mll

Grisly So pleased how these flowers have filled in and the 2 main tops are fairly dense as well. Another couple weeks and outside it goes until the end. I'll have ro take a flower to smoke when it hits its peak. 😁

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1/4

40.64 cm

12 hrs

22 °C

Strong

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Nutrients 1

Cultivation Nation Flower 1 mll

Grisly Still kicking

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40.64 cm

12 hrs

22 °C

Strong

300 PPM

55 %

22 °C

20 °C

19 °C

5 L

45.72 cm

Nutrients 1

Cultivation Nation Flower 1 mll

Grisly Finally its getting sticky, it smells wonderful.

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Happy Harvest Day!

1978 Mexican Landrace "Red Bud"Custom Breeder & Strain

10/10

Rated

This grow was seriously nostalgic. Unique flowery, citrus smell with a corresponding energetic High. Nothing like the Brick weed that bore the seed but a window into how good those strains must have been in their native soil and sun

Spent 86 days

Ger Veg Flo Har

420 g

Bud wet weight per plant

42 g

Bud dry weight per plant

Plants

22.86 m²

Grow Room size

Hard

Difficulty

Energetic, Euphoric, Happy

Positive effects

Depression, Stress, Anxiety

Medical effects

Sleepy

Energy

Indica

Hybrid

Sativa

Height

Day air temperature

Air humidity

PPM

Light schedule

Solution temperature

Night air temperature

Substrate temperature

Pot size

Lamp distance

1/4

Grisly Small but successful grow, too successful as there was sadly no seed.

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blackskaarj1commentedweek 41y ago

Between 1975 and 1978 they were in conflict specifically against Opium and Marijuana, these seeds are history, its somewhat saddening. In 1965-1970 the US military was involved in smuggling heroin from Vietnam. In 1975 they were intercepting planes flying out of Colombia.

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ATLien415commented2mo ago

@Grisly, This is a sick diary friend. This time period is definetely something folks are looking back on these days. I just heard a few weeks ago that MadJag had dug out some old old seeds about the same and was selling off a few packs with old kilo labels from running the valley back in those days. There were some folks working with the genetics in his netwrok too, I think the OG breeders syndicate people.

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Grislycommented1y ago

@blackskaarj1, So true. And I was just too young at the time to know what was going on but smart enough to hang onto the seed. Only a few dozen left now. I look back on those days often and remember well the transition from fun to criminal.

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Lemonhazelovercommentedweek 01y ago

Nice choise strain, good luck buddy ☘️

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topiccommentedweek 81y ago

Do you plan to make seeds with this strain?

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Grislycommented1y ago

@topic, Yup and since it's in flower and there's only one, I plan to put it outside until it dies hoping the stress of the long summer days produces a couple seeds 😁

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