That’s who I thought of immediately also
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Snows the Man!
Funny enough I just started consuming my keeper from an old pack of Snows Blueberry Blast!
Of all his gear and lines this one continues to be my absolute favourite!
However, I’m biased because I love ALL THINGS BLUEBERRY!
This cut is quickly becoming one of my favourites!
(Don’t mind the hippy trim! I don’t think she’ll even be around long enough to trim! Lolo)
Much love OGs!
Great thread!
Cheers!!
Good luck on the preservation!
One of the most important gigs in the community
Respects
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Yea, that’s kinda my speed on the trimming front. Figure I’ll get to it when I smoke it. If you have any repro seeds on that strain, I’d be interested in trying them. Heard so many good things about that strain.
I’ll ask again, anyone heard from John recently? His email is down now.
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I want to hear more about these 2, I would make room and time for any 1960 gear.
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Very cool of you @Ratbastrd im sure you will get some fine upstanding OG’ers to get some repros going on 
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You must be aware by now on some of Jon’s cultivars and how notoriously bad they are at germing.
Take a look at @Elpolloloco and his Quicksilver repro:
On his first round, out of 30 seeds, only 3 successfully germinated.
I also failed with 5 oaxacan seeds, and it was devastating knowing their price.
I wouldn’t be surprised if you get low germ rates with a lot of these packs.
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Extended version:
I lived in Marin Co for about 20+ years. Over the years, I became friends with an older guy who’s family were old Hessian farmers from Pennsylvania. He had moved to SF in the mid 60’s to be in the Haight and participate in the movement. He later became good friends with Jerry Kamstra (Frisco Kid & OG dope smuggler from Mexico)
Back then the best weed was apparently from Michoacan and Oaxaca. Doug, grew in the city and saved seeds along the way from stuff he liked. He later moved up to the Mendocino area with his girlfriend and started growing (gorilla) as he called it. They would hike in, find areas near water that weren’t too exposed, plant, then then come back in the fall to harvest what they planted. He must have done pretty well as he bought a house with proceeds and moved back to Marin in the 70’s.
I used to travel for work all over the world. I had this pipe dream of exploring areas to find old landraces to bring back for preservation (long before the modern grow movement). I guess Doug appreciated my passion as he passed his box of seeds he had kept all these years.
He had intended to do a preservation run at some point, but his health failed and he never got around to it.
The seeds are and labled, SS + SI + something called old stock. All of it is original Michoacan or Oaxacan lines from those early seeds, that I’m guessing he worked for probably a decade. Additionally there is something he labeled old stock which I suspect might be 60’s era seeds. Oh and later field blend from a cross pollination sometime later. He said he felt the field blend was likely similar to what became skunk week from that area. Small squat plants, big leaves, smelled like roadkill
He’s didn’t really remember what the SS/SI etc. stand for but suggested that the SS was probably (Sativa + Sativa from Michoacan). It was his best weed, would have been a fairly pure strain as he wasn’t doing a lot of breeding work, rather replanting year over year seeds from prior years grows. Everything was probably pollinated by the time he harvested. The SS stuff was his best selling.
He also grew a Oaxacan strain for a while so possible there are some seeds in the old stock jar.
Unfortunately, his health is failing (has dementia now), so this is about all I know. He did mention that an old friend has a bunch of his seeds stored in a freezer somewhere up in Mendocino. She’s still close with the family, thought about meeting her at some point to pick them up.
I’ve tried to germinate these seeds a few times. Thanks to @JohnnyPotseed method for germinating in worm castings I did get a couple to crack last week, but they have since stalled, not sure they will get any further.
So that’s the story. My intention with the Snowhigh kit was to try and bolster these genetics at some point to try and preserve really old school genetics. Unfortunately I think this is way over my head so I’m passing the Snowhigh stuff on.
If anyone has any thoughts or ideas how to get these old seeds germinating and growing to see what they are, I’d love some help.
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I am. I’ve struggled to get some of these to germinate, which is why I stopped. Similar problems with really old school seeds, see story above.
One thing I will say. These old Central American strains are really vigorous once they take root. I grew one of the 2x Panama strain from this kit a couple of years ago. It was one of the finest plants I’ve ever taken from cradle to grave. Should have mothered her out as she was a monster.
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It might just be the magnification, but things seems a little too moist. SS/BW…mister 
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Nice collection bud.
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i would def. love to run one of the strains but i think you have lots of takers, as i would run the el patron, i think thats it, mex. punto roja
but pretty og of you to put it out there
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Nevermind, your talking the germing seeds, yes agree had to dab them with towel
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I hope you’ll excuse what might be a stupid question, but I’m a little confused by the germinating seeds photo… do you have seeds sitting on the surface of medium, and that’s the tap root coming out?
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I’ve crossed posted it to The Central American group.
Thanks I’m real busy …but I’m sure be some interest there.
Happy growing
P J
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Yes that is correct.
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That would be correct sir. Unfortunately either my worm compost has bad critters or I screwed up somehow. Seeds are unfortunately now getting moldy and have little wormies crawling over them.
Gonna have to try another method or figure out what I’m doing wrong.
I bought some GA, test tubes, and coir today. I’m going to try the uber sanitary route next go around.
@JohnnyPotseed I’ll take some photos tomorrow and see what you think.
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Sounds like you mighta had some ‘nastiies’ in the WC, brother.
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