tstick
Well-Known Member
Seems like everything is a hybrid. I can't remember the last time I saw a pure Sativa on the commercial recreational market. Can you? 
From the business side of things, I can understand that it's just not feasible to grow plants that might take 20 weeks to ripen. And I'm not sure the buying public is sophisticated enough, at this time, to really care. I'm sure there must be some private growers, who have all the time in the world, and are growing a few of those rarities.
It would be cool if there was even ONE commercial business, who specialized in pure Sativas and Indicas instead of ultra-complex hybrids. I'm not sure if I even completely understand how these 70/30, 60/40, 80/20 type percentages are even calculated. The lineage of most modern hybrids goes so deep and there are so many different phenotypes within each of those hybrids...and then how each one is grown, etc....I'm not sure that anyone can say what the differences really are.
In my experience, most of the recreational weed is not ripe....The trichomes almost always look completely clear. So, for the most part, whatever qualities the plants could express in terms of effect and flavor, aren't even there. If something is supposed to be Sativa-leaning, people will describe the high s "up" or "energetic", but it's really just that the flowers aren't ripe and people aren't getting much of any effect -other than psychological.
If I ever get my hands on some real, super-long-flowering, landrace Sativa seeds, then I'd like to try growing one or two -to complete ripeness. But, outside of growing them, myself, I don't think I will ever see a real Sativa flower on the shelves. I wonder how much more would have to be charged for something that takes twice as long to grow...twice as much?
From the business side of things, I can understand that it's just not feasible to grow plants that might take 20 weeks to ripen. And I'm not sure the buying public is sophisticated enough, at this time, to really care. I'm sure there must be some private growers, who have all the time in the world, and are growing a few of those rarities.It would be cool if there was even ONE commercial business, who specialized in pure Sativas and Indicas instead of ultra-complex hybrids. I'm not sure if I even completely understand how these 70/30, 60/40, 80/20 type percentages are even calculated. The lineage of most modern hybrids goes so deep and there are so many different phenotypes within each of those hybrids...and then how each one is grown, etc....I'm not sure that anyone can say what the differences really are.
In my experience, most of the recreational weed is not ripe....The trichomes almost always look completely clear. So, for the most part, whatever qualities the plants could express in terms of effect and flavor, aren't even there. If something is supposed to be Sativa-leaning, people will describe the high s "up" or "energetic", but it's really just that the flowers aren't ripe and people aren't getting much of any effect -other than psychological.
If I ever get my hands on some real, super-long-flowering, landrace Sativa seeds, then I'd like to try growing one or two -to complete ripeness. But, outside of growing them, myself, I don't think I will ever see a real Sativa flower on the shelves. I wonder how much more would have to be charged for something that takes twice as long to grow...twice as much?
