Don’t think I’ve ever had the pleasure. I’ve been told I had lambsbread from a good friend from St.Lucia but cannot say definitively. This thread has me drooling though 100%
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Back in the late 80’s I was living in the Hartford area which has a huge Jamaican population in the north end. I used to go up there to a really great record store after work painting houses in West Hartford to buy Reggae albums, still wearing my painter whites. I would be the only crazy white boy around and I would get some stares, hehe.
Anyhow, around that time my dad scored a half ounce of some Jamaican weed and I will never forget it. It was at the time the best weed I had ever smoked, and a bit more expensive than usual. I remember it was green and very lightly pressed, but not bricked like the brown seedy Mexicans that we would also get at that time. But, wow, it had a very nice distinctive flavor and was very potent, true one or two hit weed with a high that lasted for hours. I don’t recall if it had any seeds or not but I doubt it. Anyway, it was only around for a month or two and then never to be seen again. I was very sad to see it go and have longed to have it again ever since.
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Sorry i missed this and surely I’m too late with my info. They jump so far I thought they flew. They are real fast. You’ll see one and go to squeeze it and it will vanish. Ive never seen one land. They look like a shiny black pin head,( small pin. ) They hang out on growing shoots. Seem to love the tender growth. Leaves contort overnight with pin holes soon following. If they aren’t dealt with they will move down the plant to new lower shoots but they go for the very top of the plant first. Neem oil works to keep them away and has never failed. I don’t think many stick around to feel the effects. Its just a deterrent. Not sure about their life cycle but they don’t need weed to live. Taking care of a small garden space seems to make no difference outdoors in a container. Rooted in the ground the 2 effected Kashmir plants became invisible( wrong frequency emmitted by the plants) to them.
I just looked them up and it says talcum powder keeps them away and that they only attack young plants. Matches my experiences. They overwinter in the ground or in debris and come out when temps are above 50. We had a couple warm days with above freezing nights when they appeared.
All the Lambsbread are up potted and growing. The runts are snapping out of their stupor. Only 2 runts now.
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Photo shows old flea beetle damage. I did read viral infections can result from these insects.
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I’ve wondered for years if Jamaican strains would not have less herms if run 14/10
Same experience on one plant in my current run. And another seems to have recovered from a similar experience. 2 of 9. I am good with transplants. First time I ever lost a plant after. Still don’t believe I broke that tap, much less 2
No idea but maybe…(off to look them up)
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The old long flowers will veg with this light cycle from what i have read.
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My understanding was that long flowering sativas flowered by age and not daylight hours. Not sure it is correct but sure I’ve seen that statement at least once.
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They ( many) do flower based on age but still require short light cycles. They can flower after they hit sexual maturity, which is achieved under any light cycle, but will actually make flowers only with short daylengths. So they flower based on age AND light cycle.
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just looking at sunrise sunset times, looks like in October Jamaica has about 12.5 hours of light in a day, so probably not the cause
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The Lambsbread family with one ( circled) landrace team Jamaican long flower for comparison. Nothing has sexed yet with Lambsbread. Some of the jlf showed sex several weeks ago. Others have not sexed. Hybrid i would think normally, but i really messed these up early which could have stressed some of them into flowering so i can’t say 100%. 4 flowered early. 2 males( removed long ago) and 2 females. Week 5 maybe, ill have to check. 5 still not sexed. Started them jan 17. Week 8 or 9 flowering.
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They perked up and are looking great!
I’m still waiting for my Double Jam to sex after a long veg and now going on three weeks of flower. They seem slow, but that would be consistent with a very long flowering I reckon.
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Can anybody comment on how the seeds looked & their size for the 1960 LB or for the long flowering variety? I have some jamaican genetics (LB & ‘landrace’), both are medium-large, slightly motted.
edit: for clarity
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Yezzir, sometimes it’s mind boggling how long these landrace sativa varietals can take to show sex. Frustrates the hell out of me almost every single time.
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Just saw this pop up on Swami Organic Seeds IG if anyone is feeling lucky. Binghistra Bread. 1977 Jamaican x 1960’s Lambsbread
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Fuck swami. They are the only people that have screwed me on seed purchases and they did it twice. For thousands of dollars worth of seeds.
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The seeds of this lambsbread are pictured in the first post
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These Vibes Collective/ MPG Lambsbread still haven’t shown sex,( a good sign) nor have several of tlt jamaican longflower.
Here is a longflower update, embarrassing as it is. My “seedrun” lol. Hope i grow them better next time. They’ve never been happy. Here’s the most embarrassing fail I’ve ever had…
I will say I’ve never had a known pure Sativa behave this way…not sure what to think. It will not grow and neither will the 2 males and another lady not pictured.
And since I’m bitching about the landrace team, I’ll say that I bought 30 Malawi gold seeds from them 2 years ago and just tried germinating all of them last month . One of them germinated. After telling them the results of my $350 purchase they offered to sell me more at a 40% discount. I won’t mention what they can suck. The Malawi gold seeds I made 2 years ago are still germinating at 100%.
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That’s crazy, although I have seen somewhat similar , bought from the Indian landrace exchange, it seemed 3/4 of the beans were just like this, and 3-4 grew properly. Odd.
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I expect poorly growing plants from landrace stock but not from indoor reproductions
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