Hey OG’ers
I have a rather interesting story to tell, and seeds to share.
I spent a year farming in Ontario and was given a tip by a neighbor to check out one of his hay fields. He said there was some wild hemp growing and wondered if I could make use of the seeds. I went to check it out, and what I discovered was 100’s of plants that were to my surprise and pleasure NOT hemp!
The plants were obviously a Sativa dominant strain, showing 2 dominant phenotypes. Roughly half were 3-4’ tall single cola plants with little branching, and half were giant Christmas tree shaped monsters 8’ tall.
I ended up getting a bit more back story from the farmer, apparently there had been a grow op near that area 5+ years ago. The plants were definitely not being cultivated, and seemed to have been spread about by birds or had begun many years prior from left over seed. They were growing in the protected areas near a nearby barn, growing from underneath bales of straw, and all along the nearby fence lines in many directions.
When I collected the seed, for at least 5 years these plants had been germinating on their own, open pollinating, reaching maturity, dropping seed, overwintering in the top soil and regrowing again in the spring. No watering, no fertilizing, no intervention whatsoever!
I collected seed from the most resinous and prolific girls, as well as from the plants that had a beautiful purple hue.
The original seeds I collected were in 2014, and when I was visiting in 2017 I went back to see if the plants were still going…they were! I collected more seed, this time less critical and more educated on genetics and plant breeding. I collected from many more individuals to get the most genetic diversity possible. Even so, there were still only the same 2 general phenotypes on display.
I’d like to share these seeds with the community, in hopes we can together fully stabilize this miraculous “wild” sativa that flourished in what most would consider non-optimal conditions!
If anyone has seeds to trade I’d be thrilled to start collecting as many genetics as possible. I’m specifically looking for anything that is a stable open-pollinator, landrace, fast maturing or cold adapted.
Cheers,
JC
P.S. The pictures are of the original plants I found in 2014. The large girls were still green first week of September, purple and mature second week of October.
