VolimPicke
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If the seeds were stored at a temperature between 6 and 8 degrees Celsius, and with relative humidity levels between 20% and 30% some seeds would survive. You will be lucky if one germinates.
Friend found seeds in a time capsule from the 70s...
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Rurumo
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You should contact the Super Sativa Club, they might buys some seeds back from you!
Friendly_Grower
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It was "Ocean Grown"
Southern California:
Not sure just where it was but they grew some Kush by the ocean and that is how it got started.
Definitely worth a try only thing is its owned by dutch passion im sure that beatrix choice is rare man
Blue Pirate
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Funny you say that, ive been in contact with them. Its my understanding that many of their old lines vanished with the father. After a few years in business he took his line with him, the son is trying to build the business back up again with lots of haze crosses and newer hybrids.
Rurumo
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Yep, I know a few people that saved the haze crosses, but I'm thinking this guy has something pretty uncommon. A lot of people would be interested in an old Alcapulco Gold cross like that. Current Super Sativa Club seems to have focused on packing their catalogue with strains, nothing special.
Blue Pirate
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In an effort to shorten the finish times for New England weather, I crossed many of the sssc phenos onto themselves and selected the best finishers; even hybridized a few to see the results.
I used to put each strain into a separate corn field (at that time there were plenty in rural western Massachusetts) and crossed only the best moms with the early bulykiest dads and threw away the males I didn’t care for.
Had some interesting plants as a result…some were 1/2 green half gold, huge sk1 moms, early Freislands and quite a few creeper phenos that would grow about 2’ then bend toward the sunlight. Bottom branches would then touch the tilled soil, root and start growing large multi branched carrying bud sites…some would yield 3lbs and up!
I began seeing the parental lineage of crosses made by sssc in their hybrids after several seasons of growing them out.
Lost a few to thieves who I thought were my friends and farmer’s who cut their corn crops earlier than I expected.
Rurumo
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Your breeding project awesome! The most fun I ever had growing was breeding Mexican landrace sativa brick seeds in a field over several years/generations in my teens. I wish I still had those seeds, but I dumped all my gear when I got married way too young. I love to see people propagating these old strains.
dank_va
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depends on how you store them.
Blue Pirate
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Maybe next year:
I got re-interested after reading threads about popping old beans….this June after thawing, I threw a few into the soil as a viability test…
what I would really like to try: thaw out all my dormant seed stash, make several rows of each pheno-type I have and watch them veg…from there I could take several select clones for assessment and preservation after the donors grow out.
It takes lots of space to attempt what I'm suggesting and arable land is at a premium nowadays.
Not to mention the legality issues.
If you research a botanist named Luther Burbank It’s how he would do things;
he would grow out “thousands” of seedlings in his quest for his ideals..Luther perfected and patented many, many exquisite vegetables etc….to quote him: “look for the desirable traits and eliminate all the rest!”
He was the man back in the 60-70’s and beyond!
Blue Pirate
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And how you start them after storage!
Ive used this potion successfully for many years…many thanks to Uncle Ben for sharing.
Give it a try and I’ll bet you’ll keep it in your bag of tricks ….I only use warmed locally sourced spring water to my mix.
Blue Pirate
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Blue Pirate
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His scholastic and botanical achievements I mean .
Luther was gone in the later 1920's