The Best Breeder You've Never Heard Of

A video showed up on my YouTube feed and when I saw the name Captain Jack, I just about freaked out.

It's enough to drag me out of lurk mode.

I had recently read the book Thirty Nine Years of Short Term Memory Loss by Tom Davis. He's half of the comedy duo Franken and Davis, a writer on Saturday Night Live, creator of The Cone Heads and many other SNL skits all us Boomers know and love. He frequently mentioned the outstanding quality of the cannabis they consumed and a bit about their 'dealer', Captain Jack. The video below is _that_ guy:


As you will learn, Captain Jack went to Afghanistan before Nevil Schoenmakers! He brought back Type II/Indica-Afghanica seeds to the U.S. in the early _70's_. I know Viet Nam vets had access to this type of cannabis in the late 70's and 80's (i.e. NL Seattle Greg, creator of Northern Lights) but this is the very first verifiable, non bullshit/non commercial account I've heard concerning Type II cannabis seed coming to America in that time frame.

He actually _worked_ the variety _exclusively_.

This guy has bred (I never use that term with cannabis growers, myself included, because I feel like Nevil did, "If you don't have access to over 1000 plants, you can't be a breeder") the same strain for over 50 fucking years. He has developed his Afghanica cannabis to grow over 12 feet tall and it has massive BLD leaves.

Look at the massive leaves on those towering plants!

I've always thought I was a dinosaur for working Sensi's Northern Lights exclusively for almost 25 years to transform it into SouthEast Lights cannabis. It's now not only reverse engineered back to it's original constituents but I've made some improvements as well:




I could drone on about how Captain Jack let the plant speak to him and how he communicated with the plant without chasing the latest fad, gimmick or bullshit marketing scheme. But that won't change those on this forum who either chase after the newest, chemically feminized, autoflowering wonder variety from millennials or the legendary Cannabis Cup winners of the 80's and 90's marketed by inexperienced, seed slinging Boomers to other nostalgia soaked Boomers pining for the high of their youth. Just thought of a marketing slogan for those name droppers... For Boomers By Boomers. I've always known there were other dinosaurs like me around who aren't afraid to actually work a variety of cannabis for years to improve it, but I never thought there would be someone like Captain Jack.

All I know is after seeing Captain Jack's video, I want to get down on my hands and knees like on Wayne's World and scream, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!"

Recently watched some videos on him and was fascinated too.

@Charles U Farley I live in the SE US. So where do I get these Southeast Lights seeds. I'd like to give them a try.

Charles U Farley said:

A video showed up on my YouTube feed and when I saw the name Captain Jack, I just about freaked out.

It's enough to drag me out of lurk mode.

I had recently read the book Thirty Nine Years of Short Term Memory Loss by Tom Davis. He's half of the comedy duo Franken and Davis, a writer on Saturday Night Live, creator of The Cone Heads and many other SNL skits all us Boomers know and love. He frequently mentioned the outstanding quality of the cannabis they consumed and a bit about their 'dealer', Captain Jack. The video below is _that_ guy:

As you will learn, Captain Jack went to Afghanistan before Nevil Schoenmakers! He brought back Type II/Indica-Afghanica seeds to the U.S. in the early _70's_. I know Viet Nam vets had access to this type of cannabis in the late 70's and 80's (i.e. NL Seattle Greg, creator of Northern Lights) but this is the very first verifiable, non bullshit/non commercial account I've heard concerning Type II cannabis seed coming to America in that time frame.

He actually _worked_ the variety _exclusively_.

This guy has bred (I never use that term with cannabis growers, myself included, because I feel like Nevil did, "If you don't have access to over 1000 plants, you can't be a breeder") the same strain for over 50 fucking years. He has developed his Afghanica cannabis to grow over 12 feet tall and it has massive BLD leaves.

Look at the massive leaves on those towering plants!

I've always thought I was a dinosaur for working Sensi's Northern Lights exclusively for almost 25 years to transform it into SouthEast Lights cannabis. It's now not only reverse engineered back to it's original constituents but I've made some improvements as well:

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I could drone on about how Captain Jack let the plant speak to him and how he communicated with the plant without chasing the latest fad, gimmick or bullshit marketing scheme. But that won't change those on this forum who either chase after the newest, chemically feminized, autoflowering wonder variety from millennials or the legendary Cannabis Cup winners of the 80's and 90's marketed by inexperienced, seed slinging Boomers to other nostalgia soaked Boomers pining for the high of their youth. Just thought of a marketing slogan for those name droppers... For Boomers By Boomers. I've always known there were other dinosaurs like me around who aren't afraid to actually work a variety of cannabis for years to improve it, but I never thought there would be someone like Captain Jack.

All I know is after seeing Captain Jack's video, I want to get down on my hands and knees like on Wayne's World and scream, "I'm not worthy, I'm not worthy!"

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Most hash strains are type two by default nature seems to always find this thc to cbd balance without heavy selection and this is the guy working with the belluccis farms i seen there show was ok minus the misinformation about landraces but most seem to make that mistake but i will give you the guys obviously worked his lines more than many do so kudos for that shame more dont i wonder if the boss as he put it he got the seeds from in mazar if it was the same guys that supplied boel with hash it wouldnt suprise me if it was the timing would be right

conor c said:

Most hash strains are type two by default nature seems to always find this thc to cbd balance without heavy selection and this is the guy working with the belluccis farms i seen there show was ok minus the misinformation about landraces but most seem to make that mistake but i will give you the guys obviously worked his lines more than many do so kudos for that shame more dont i wonder if the boss as he put it he got the seeds from in mazar if it was the same guys that supplied boel with hash it wouldnt suprise me if it was the timing would be right

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I'm proud to say I've never watched one reality show... ever. One of our kids told me about the Belushi show and even though John was awesome, it wasn't enough to make me want to watch a reality show.

I know most don't understand "working" a cannabis variety but if you work it long enough, the plants learn what you want and eventually give it to you. Think how long the genetics were worked before Captain Jack even gained possession of his "starter" seeds? For me personally, I'll take a variety that has been carefully worked by caring humans for hundreds of years over a wild, landrace anytime.

A 12 foot tall _pure_ Type II is unheard of, I'd love to see what Robert Clarke would say if he saw these up close and personal.

It's been a while since I've read Tendler and May's book but I think you're right, the timeframes should match up. Captain Jack's contacts probably grew the plants for the BOEL's contacts to process into hash.

Charles U Farley said:

I'm proud to say I've never watched one reality show... ever. One of our kids told me about the Belushi show and even though John was awesome, it wasn't enough to make me want to watch a reality show.

I know most don't understand "working" a cannabis variety but if you work it long enough, the plants learn what you want and eventually give it to you. Think how long the genetics were worked before Captain Jack even gained possession of his "starter" seeds? For me personally, I'll take a variety that has been carefully worked by caring humans for hundreds of years over a wild, landrace anytime.

A 12 foot tall _pure_ Type II is unheard of, I'd love to see what Robert Clarke would say if he saw these up close and personal.

It's been a while since I've read Tendler and May's book but I think you're right, the timeframes should match up. Captain Jack's contacts probably grew the plants for the BOEL's contacts to process into hash.

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The type two thing is due to a leaky gene why you get equal amounts of cbd to thc this is abit of a simplification but you get the idea and im guessing they just selected hard to that and for size among some other stuff as for big most of the northern afghan strains are huge and its mazari he used idk about 12 foot but pretty much all the afghan turkestani strains are monsters and of course respect to the man for working and keeping it pure for 40+ years for sure theres few like that and if im right and they tied into boel its the same dudes you see in the pics of schultes visit to Afghanistan as well then