Chris Jay

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Just saw this post now. Being in cannabis you learn to grow trust issues, but its a basic human requirement, trust. Without a doubt, Skunk, Durban is used as a marketing tool and probably most strains available have nothing to do with the original name. Skunk for instance became famous in the UK as it was used by police in media and generally was used to refer to highgrade indoor, Skunk/Chronic. So what happened, smokers would ask their dealers for the real skunk. You have to filter through the BS, read up on people with street cred ( Maljim, Todd McCormick, Joseph Pietri, Mel Frank, Sam the Skunkman, Mowgli Holmes ) find out about the strains and then start growing them.

We hijacking the Skunk thread. I would love to share more info about the Durban, and have written a 2500 plus word article on it that has yet to be published. Very nice video you shared and important to know from the source what is happening. Its the same sentiment I get from sharing Durban seeds to medical grows in Lesotho, hence my words further up on this post about seedsman. However, he was not the only person to collect Durban. There are a couple breeders that collected them, seeds went to the USA, Europe and Canada ( Dana Larsen ). Nothing came of the seeds in Canada but we also had a local breeder ( Afropips ) who worked with Durban in the UK in the early 2000's, on top of that in the late 70's, early 80's we had a smuggler start a Dagga coffeeshop in Amsterdam. He specialised in Durban. Glad to say Durban Poison is rated as the top 10% rarest profiles on Phylos and that specific Durban has been tracked for about 40 years from source. Its now sold as a hybrid on growlikejoe.com

What a lekker event last night, ended up getting home damn late, meeting some new and old growers. A nice turnout from our local community and people coming as far away as from Grahamstown and Kenton. I think we had about 50 people turnout. What a laugh, we even dabbed in the pub and sniffed some snuff, after curfew !!!!! The nurse that was in attendance was not happy!!!!! Lots of interest from the farming community too, some big things coming. We, as a community, might be starting a cannabis club. Thank you Growone.africa.

Sorry for the late post, about to go to the event at my local. Growone.africa have been doing a roadtrip up from western Cape and through to Natal. They are doing live talks about the cannabis social club they manage and the current legislation. It might be worth attending one or two. Having a talk tonight at my local in Bathurst, and the Agricultural Museum. Its going to be dope. Catch them in IG as they move up the coast. I think the next event is in East London. These are the guys that run several social clubs software and compliance, one being the Pottery in PE and the Turtle House in Jeffreys Bay. Check them out.

Well done on using that method, I have tried changing my rolling many times, but just stick with smoking extra paper!!! Nice papers BTW. Met up again with an old South African in Plett last week who used to work for Nirvana. Imagine the seeds he has access to, I actually did not ask him.

I am glad you followed up with your comment and you are perfectly right, but its also up for debate. Take a deep breath I am not fighting, just pointing out something we seemed to overlook here as internet cannabis growing geeks. You wrong in saying anyone with internet can buy these strains, this is post is a good example. We have a range of geeks on here, with internet, with cannabis knowledge and not aware skunk is here. Evironment, location will change anything, agreed. But you must realise that cannabis has been a big business since the 70s in Europe and later in the USA. Seedbanks like Seedsman have stored seeds seeds since last century, companies like Phylos Bioscience have ripped "DNA" from genetics from the 1800's. Phylos for instance only need a sample of the plant to "sequence the profile", sorry my terminology might be wrong but Iam not a scientist or researcher, but they only needed a plant sample to get the "genetic profile" of a plant. I dont know how it works, I just know its state of the art. I think things will only get better in the future and we will have access to the old strains of yesteryear. People have always said Durban Poison does not exist, two of the most knowleageble cannabis people said to me its BS. I smiled when they said that, but it was crushing. Its like saying Kush does not exist, eventhough its been hybridized etc to hell and back. I think alot goes into making a good smoke, environment, genetics, nutrients, to get the same profile I am sure is difficult but its possible. Not inflating my ego, I have been on the trail of Durban, african landraces for a decade or three. My reasoning was more to do with the culture/packaging and was also the reason I really looked into cannabis as a hobby then. A mate who started growing in the UK around '95 came back and told me about all these unique strains, white widow, Northern lights, skunk, that for me was one of the catalysts for strain hunting but funny enough I was more interested in the packaging naming conventions, DP slugs, pencils and sticks, cobs. You would be an ahole to think they all contained durban or malawi but the sample sticks I have been grown by the same family, from the same region for decades, they all look the same, smoke the same and have been sent overseas for testing and breeding. Whats the problem. You have a guy, who has a background from the 80's, met Mel Frank in the 90's, bred and stored his seeds. Have a little faith and trust. South Africa's market is way behind the curve of cannabis, we are probably at the stage where Europe was in the 1990's.

The grower/breeder of those strains is Todd McCormick, he is direct friends with Mel Frank mentioned in the cool IG post at the top of this topic. He is the man responsible for bringing skunk and a number of other strains to the European market in 80's, 90's. With Todds rep, experience, integrity, I think you will be dealing with the real deal. Unfortunately its Skunk #1 regular from seedsman and not AGseedco. I have always enjoyed seedsman seedbank, they are great, but not to sure about their bulk genetics which I buy. I am sure I sent you pink kush too, grow that out, its on fire at the moment and not found commerically anywhere.

Was pleased to be part of the Joint rolling competition last weekend at the GRCC. Having a lekker debate on FB, and personally believe this competition is great for activism. Here is some video from the event. Personally never seen or entered a joint rolling comp, but it was alot of fun. Big difference rolling on a stage, sealing your joint under the clock than chilling at home rolling a spliff. There were a couple 6 second rolls, I think my best roll was 7.6 and the rest were about 12 seconds. The rules of rolling are, you can make your girrick, prepare your plant matter. Hands on the rolling tray, plant matter on the tray to. The joints need to be smokeable, sealed and dropped on the table. A tip I heard to get a better time is lick your paper first, I never went for it.

They are very legit. Great people behind the testing, who really know their stuff. Its a mom and pop business, and very professional.

Sorry to burst any bubbles, but the original skunk does exist. If you are interested I would start with agseedco's skunk, direct from Mel Frank collection. You can also look at Aficionado French Connection who published a post of an IBL '74 Skunk. I think AFC probably got their skunk from Todd McCormick ( AGSEEDCO ), its totally legit and he ships to SA.

I would go for it, pure DP should grow enormous, well the varieties I have grown always needed more space. You will also need to hold the plants cola's up during flowering, loads of them split in the wind and rain, so just something to take into consideration. Must admit the black poison I grew did not grow up, but sideways and stayed fairly small, but I was bending her down to prevent splitting. GSR strains are legit, they are working damn hard on their fine genetics. Look forward to seeing your grow. I will find the journal and post shortly.

Thought this picture had a cool story. Picked up Mr Acton on the way to the Cannabis expo last weekend, he had already rolled a tarrie joint, check that bend. We went straight to aaptwaks table to learn some skills. So we have Mr 8 joints a day on national news, mixing with 3.2 seconds joint roller. How is this for a mad match. Before Learning to roll After

I grew a tonne of DP hybrids from GSR seeds the year before last, nice line up of seeds you have, you going to do a grow journal? I was very happy with the plants and harvest. I am trying to find my grow diary on here. What is it that you would like to know?

Farck, what a roller coaster ride the past 2 weeksish. The finale was meeting member from here, @The_StonedTrooperat the Potterys social club in PE. Awesome day and a super meet and greet. Cheers to our cannabis culture.

@The Grass Baas, I dont think they are scared, they are on point and ready to take the market come hell or high water. Big pharma been growing zol in the UK for 15 years already, making sativaX. Read up on GW Pharmaceuticals, hidden facility somewhere in UK. Meanwhile parents are being arressted coming into UK travelling with a few grams of RSO from Canada. Stories easy to find. If you want to go down the rabbit whole, read deep into GW, its scary what they are capable of and what they are doing. I think if you look at "big business", they are all involved in some way already and possibly for a long a time. I have posted it somewhere here and it was part of evidence from the Dagga Couples Trial of the Plant, but cannabis was clearly a threat western culture and made "natives lazy". South Africa started the trouble and it was more to do with racist policies rather than the plant or business, but I rate cotton and the textile industry was under threat:

I been told twice in 2 days I drink too much coffee, and its shrinking my brain. Idiots. Is this your business @Stinger96, I remember you as a user on weed.co.za, awesome that you still involved in cannabis and especially coffee ( Smile on my face as I sip THC coffee and type.) . Wishing you the best for Saturday, I am sure it will be a huge success.

Glad to you let you know the postponed event is happening again. Jeremy sent me the invite this morning and arrived safely back from Plett last night. Sounds rad, rosin pressing on site, talk by Jeremy and dagga municipalites/know your rights, food and snacks available. Wish I could get there, but another event starts tomorrow in PE. The Pottery celebrating their 1st birthday in PE. @420atinterlude will be hosting Jeremy Acton this weekend Saturday 14th August from 2pm, music, snacks and rosin pressing.. Going to be a blast. interlude Hydroponic Centre, Bottelary Road.

Funny enough I was at a zimbabwean tobacco dealer yesterday afternoon talking about of all things,,,,, animals. Borrowed a cool book though, The gentle Art of Smoking by Alfred Dunhill. Its a super read, history of pipes, cigarettes, snuff and culture. Wish cannabis was in the book, however I can imagine the reasons it was not. You must not forget big babylon business is not stupid, they have been involved in the cannabis industry before it was legal, I think most tobacco houses have patents already in the cannabis sphere. Lets say we all believe big business has been behind the "war on drugs", I think a good question to ask would be why are we seeing a vaping ban worldwide, USA, South America, Europe and SA to follow in about 5 years? CNN USA India

What an epic weekend, meeting old and new cannabis activists and sharing cannabis culture together. Hard to express the feelings experienced and to be honest it was a very smokey hazey weekend from sunrise to the early hours of the morning. There were about 10 prizes for the growers cup entries, and the overall winner was such a gentleman on top of his craft. Turns out it was a team of two, judges only found out names a couple hours before the announcing of the winners. About 28 strains in total to go through. The winner, Cannaporium from Knysna, took the overall cup with their indoor hydro mandarin cookies. Deon below came to enjoy the festivities the day after the win and we partied and managed to get some pictures with him and his cup. Aaptwak, speed roller 3.2 seconds, had an exciting rolling competition on the final day. I entered my first rolling comp and shaved off 4 seconds off my time. I was hoping to break 10 seconds and did my best kingsize roll at 7.6 seconds, coming in second. RastaOne from Knysna took the belt and title for a 6.5 second roll and his brother came in 3rd. Looking forward to next years event, bigger and better. The old oppikoppis were madness, I barely remember my one attendance. Any of you guys ever go to the Woodstock festival in JHB, they stopped about 14 years ago. The last one was insane in the membrane, police, busts, weed, reggae, hemp and the very stealth cannabis cup on another farm. Mad times, sitting in the rain chatting with a dude coming down from LSD, packing up tents.

A small set back for the organiser/s of the Garden Route Cannabis Festival. All the damn sample packages for the judges were confiscated and Leon Meyer was put into holding cells for 2 nights before he was released. The show will go on. Probably leaving tomorrow for a slow toke down stream to the Canna Cup, so catch you guys next week. Stay safe. he

Good old Jo. I wonder what he is up to. I believe bongalong has new owners? Sorry for opening up an old topic, but how is this for luck. Saw some smoke coming from a neighbours abandoned house, went to go investigate, not to sure who started the blaze, but threw some sand over it and was looking at all the trash that the mad mutt left lying around and guess what i found. A bongalong v1 in great condition. Thank you very much.

Howdy guys, so with lockdown relaxed and public events allowed to happen, any of you planning on coming to the Garden Route Cannabis Festival next weekend? Full line up of events below and buy tickets online here.

Thanks for pointing out the obvious. If you think the state is using delay tactics, you have never lived in South Africa, just kidding, but does make you think. Keep it up Haze Club. Raspect.