Since no one did it so far and Thailand legalized Weed on the 9th June 2022, I create this topic.
Anyone else from Thailand here? Or someone who recently smoked some herb on the beaches of the land of smiles?
Is this the real overgrow? Including the stuff before it got taken down back in the days?
Have NO fear, this is the REAL OG!!! Live and in Living Color, rose from the ashes about 6 or 7 years ago, back and better than ever, in my opinion. Iāve personally been corresponding here with an Expat there who is into the scene there. Youāre in a great position to be on the āground floorā of a countryās initial legalization. Best of luck, if you manage to source regional seeds, do let me know. We could possibly help EACH OTHER!! Take care, stay safe, and be wellā¦mister
Welcome @highthailand ! I have to agree with the others hereā¦ youāve found the BEST gro-community out there! Check out the ālandraceā topics for a lot of info on various Thai strains and peopleās thoughts on their āpurityā. And, if you havenāt found them already, have a thorough checkout of https://www.zomiacannabisco.com (really explore that site, some gems of info there!).
Haa, haa, haa! Well @Shadey, one of the early lessons in SE Asia is; There are āRULESā and then there are ārulesā! Right now it seems no one knows the āRULESā, probably because itās all a very fluid situation. If you Google āThailand + cannabisā right now you can have a lot of entertainment with funny results and see just how chaotic things can get! Hereās a few; " Thailand delists marijuana as narcotic, releases 3,071 inmates" " In bonkers Thailand, the police are giving drug offenders their cannabis back." " For decades, Thailand had some of the worldās harshest drug laws. ā¦ Meanwhile, police stand idly by or even line up to pick up a baggie of ā¦"
Meanwhile, many people are jumping into the game, some following the RULES and some others following the rules! I have a feeling that the next few years are gonna be a breedersā nightmare for outdoor growers over here with pollen-drift! The government gave away a million plants, of a landrace strain called Hang Garoke (āSquirrel Tailā) which was mainly grown in NE Tāland (and a few places down South). Thereās debate over whether or not all landraces do it or just SE Asians, but Iām told āHang Garokeā is one thought to frequently throw out hermies!
That said, while thereās obviously no concrete figures available, from on-the-ground there seems to be two main camps; Those looking to cash in fast (Both Thaiās & Expats) who are/have set up all scales of indoor grow operations (and usually a storefront dispensary). Most of these seem to be growing imported seeds of whatever is the current āmeme-starā. (Meanwhile, while they wait for their first crops, Iāve seen a huge amount of ācommercialā top-q indoor buds being imported for sale from US & Canada). The āotherā side is the huge number of Thaiās who always āpreferā to follow the RULES, but now feel they can do as they please. Due to the lack of Covid-era tourism, which has crushed the economy, this change is playing a big role - as ANYTHING that brings in some income is very welcome for most rural Thaiās. Then of course thereās a handful spread out that have always been into their growing/breeding whether for long-held cultural traditions or just personal loveā¦but they are a very small group of isolated individuals for the most part.
No one is āallowedā to publicly criticize the Gov (and Tāland has some very tough internet policing RULES) but of course, āPoliticsā is playing a BIG role in all of this! Iāll leave it at that!
Now, to be clear, Iām NOT Thai, but have lived here going on 30 years now, so take these as āthe thoughts of an on-site observerā not Gospel! Would love it if OG had some Thai growers to chime in with their thoughts and observations. I donāt personally āknowā the folks behind the Zomia Collective (Link above) but I was shocked (Tāland is not especially known for itās IT savyā¦other than Facebook!) at how ātogetherā their website isā¦if anybody personally knows them please invite the principles in! If the mods & OGāerās here check it out and like the idea Iād be happy to contact Zomia, just let me knowā¦got a feeling they have a ton of really good info for the SE Asian landrace community!
Anyway, welcome @highthailand !
Sorry, didnāt mean to start a book! Sunday morning puff made me do it!
Yep I know of most of the copycats. No big deal.
Iāve owned and operated Black Market Seed Co. for over 20 years.
I was on the original Overgrow back in 2000 until the last day when the ship went down.
I worked with Heavens Stairway and had seeds for auction on C-Bay (not Seedbay or Breedbay, those are the children of C-Bay)
Lots of people have copied the style and its all good.
Quite flattering actually.
@FattyRoots I am not native Thai, I just live here.
@Shadey This is false information spreaded by some stupid media outlet. The 0.2% THC applies to āprocessed Cannabisāā¦like hashish or extracts. For flowers there is not limit. We create this website called HighThailand where we explain all the facts about the current law and we have a weed map with all the dispensaries and so on.