I’ve never heard of those techniques to induce colors but I could see the ice method more than the bark strip, but a lot of growing has gone on before I got back into it for real.
I’m pretty sure I read that the Colombian Gold was sun dried and maybe on the stalk, too. I’ve dried some in the sun and it gave a cross that I made an almost red color, like old Colombian Red. I also had one that turned very yellow/gold.
I think colors are genetic since some strains will go all green, even with sisters throwing colors. And some strains won’t turn any color no matter how much cold you give them.
I normally cure slow down to 60-65RU locked in jars and it takes 2 weeks. Thai took twice that. Don’t weigh, but here’s last two 5 footers of GG4 . Last two buds are the Thai , that’s after 2 weeks with sugar leaf on and you can still see the oils on it.
Howdy, I carry a wild structured Durban line collected from bagseed in the early 80’s. Been open pollinated a few times. Definitely a commitment of time putting one of them out haha.
And also un-hybridised ABC mutant Sativa (not really a landrace but worthy of preservation)
I’m looking for an old-timers haze and a original Thai from way back if anyone can point me in the right direction
Have the Panama finishing now, of the three reds they used one or more were Dutched at some point., although not a Landrace the testers have been a little creeper bud like the old days. Will be chopping this weekend.
I believe the girdling technique involves a ring around the stalk rather than a vertical strip. Have not personally tried it yet. Considering Darién Gap as candidate but I must take clones before flowering.
From Marijuana Botany by Clarke
The production of “la mona amarilla” or gold
buds is achieved by girdling or removing a strip of bark from the main stem of a nearly mature plant, thereby restricting the flow of water, nutrients, and plant products. Over several days the leaves dry up and fall off as the flowers slowly die and turn yellow. This
produces the highly prized “Colombian gold” so prevalent in the early to middle 1970s (Partridge 1973).
I’m wondering if contemporary techniques are considered an “alternative” to such “Girdling”…by vigorously flushing the grow medium over and over with pH’d neutral or distilled water towards the end of flowering you leach those same nutrients out thus forcing the plant to catabolize nutrients from within the plant. As Chlorophyll fades you see those changes in the flowers
There we go , let’s see what happens, that things a rainbow as it is. I love seeing you solo cup finishes…actually the only true Acapulco Gold I’ve seen looked like what I know now as pure Sativa spears with some of the spear thin sugar leafs left and curled like hay. Trippiest ever though. Couldn’t even get people to try it , it looked so airy and hairy like nothing we had seen at 16. And was bright gold.
Not only would o preserve it , I’ll probably pollinate half my crop with it. And sure some others would love that Thai fairy dust to sprinkle some girls!
