Quote Originally Posted by catsenroute
I've been growing for about 30 years indoor and out the last few all indoor. The newest weed is no stronger than say the old panama red or columbian gold both of which gave me couch lock. Both sativa plants but grown in the tropics. During the Vietnam war was when I was introduced to Indica. Thai stick and the like was all pure Indica. I kind of like the hydrids but nome of them is any better than my orange bud that was developed as a strain in the early 80s. Been smoking the weed for 50 years. During the 60s I smoked some powerful stuff but I'm sure it was laced.


I have to whole heartedly agree with this posters comments. Although I wasn't smoking in the 60's and 70's, I was smoking in the 80's and growing. Early eighties and preceding that time, Most of the marijuana in the USA was imported. Jamaican brick, thai sticks, chocalate thai, panama red etc. There were some people growing for themselves, but nothing like today. The marijuana then was just as strong as the pot now.

The differences are optimizations of plant growth. The old wives tale that pot is so much stronger now is just not scientifically supported. Genetics does not change that drastically over only 30 years. With selective breeding and hybridizations, we have ben able to optimize the potential of old strains and new strains, but killer pot now was just like killer pot then.

Also keep in mind then that when you talk of getting pot then like acupolco gold, cloumbian gold, chocalate thai etc most of these plants were grown in large fields just out on their own. It was a cash crop and provided awesome smoke.
Methyl3 Reviewed by Methyl3 on . Long Time Growers !Wanted! hey all you growers out there..this one is mainly for ppl who have been growing since say 60's (if theres any on here) onwards or any longtime grower...whoever ..neway my question is...have you seen any noticable differences in mj itself? since whenever you can remember i.e. looks? stature? potency? flowering times? avoiding the fact that technology has changed the way things are done nowdays, crossbreeding etc i suppose this question is leaning more to the outdoor grower but still don't Rating: 5