Chronmon Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 So cool to see the purple and pink hairs. What strain is that and is there a named strain with pink and purple hairs? Great job guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeny Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Very interesting read and pictures so far, i cannot wait for the next update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mopman Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Those purple pistals are beeeeeautiful. Good hunting guy's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strainhunters admin Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 nice updates franco and Mr. X is an amazing photographer! how's he holding up?@ CannCollector: nice find, but those clones look like Kush, that's not original Lambsbread I'm afraid. original lamsbread from the 70's was what Bob Marley used to smoke. The same strain has since then disapeared and can only be found back as similar crosses and is held by very tight rasta communities in Jamaica. I'm sure Franco has investigated the details about this.and please let's keep it on topic. this is the live thread about Strain Hunters in Jamaica and not about which clones they are selling at the local dispensary ;-)Also comments about Strain Hunters handing out seeds and killing the landraces is absolute non-sense. Growers everywhere in the world want western hybrids, especially in the Jamaica, they want the best seeds for the best weed they can sell to the tourists and they've been aquiring "dutch" / 'cali" hybrid genetics since the 80's!It's not like arjan and franco are responsible for landraces disapearing by giving away some free feminised seeds....its almost completely the opposite, STRAIN HUNTERS bring back landrace strains to holland and try preserve them for the future. they run the risks of getting caught. The governments aint doing that, and the critics on internet sure aint doing that, so to answer your question Elektro, here it is.can't wait for the next update! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potent Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Well said Admin! Can't wait for the next update!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogollo Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 sweet jamaica, those pictures bring me lots of memories of when i went 10 years ago and i met my first cannabis plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 DAY 3We wake up early because of the jet-lag, and we eat a good breakfast before getting ready to check out. I feel very energized by the Jamaican weed, especially in the morning. It's nice to smoke organic outdoor stuff for a change...We load the cars and we drive off, direction Black River, on the south-west coast of the island. It's a swamp-area, crawling with crocodiles, and home to very special kind of growers. Our man Taleban has some good contacts in a place called Slipe. Along the way we stop for a drink and a spliff at the tomb of Peter Tosh, amazing Rastafari vibes... it's a true honor to see the resting place of such a legend. But we are on a schedule, and we have to keep driving until we reach our man in Slipe. When we arrive we meet the local crew, and the chief. His name is, of course.... Slipes! It figures, Jamaican style. Slipes has a tight crew of local rude-boys, and they own a big truck that they use to transport canoes. The canoes are used to go deep into the swamps, to reach the ganja fields. We drive down to an swamp connected to the Black River, where we board the canoes. It's not a very steady type of boat, and we have to watch out and constantly balance our weight to avoid flipping it and ending up in the water. After a short ride in the swamps under thick forest we arrive at a field. Or should I say at an island of weed? It's madness, I have never seen anything like this in my whole life. The grower has literally built his own island using mud-bricks, held together by the roots of the plants growing in the water. He shows us his system, how he chops every brick with his machete from the bottom of the swamp and how he piles them up one by one to create a real island. Watering is not needed, the plants grow in a sort of natural hydroponic medium. The crop we see is in the middle of flowering, buds are sticky already. The smells remind of the Most Wanted we saw yesterday, but more sativa. After filming a couple of scenes for the documentary we board the canoes and we go join the fast waters of the Black River. It's a smooth ride down the current, until a spot a few miles downstream where Slipes' truck is waiting to fetch us. We load the boats and the gear in the big yellow truck and we drive back to Slipes house. It's gonna be dark soon, and we need to find a place to sleep. We drive to the coast, and we stop at a cheap motel on the side of the road, near Black River town. We are tired but in a great mood, the places and plants we saw today were incredible. We go for a nice fish-dinner at a nearby restaurant, then we smoke an awful amount of gum and weed, and we pass out. Tomorrow we have a really long drive ahead. Enjoy the pics from MisterX, the man with the cam. He's amazing me every day with his work. I hope he amazes you as well... Attached files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Very nice report once again, nice bike did you have a ride? no time for this i guess ^^And very nice islands they made for there plant, natural hydro system, what could we ask for more? that is just perfect!And once again very nice laughing faces everywhere, jamaica seems to enlight everyone Good continuation mans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 @ CannCollector: The Most Wanted is the closest thing to the original Lambsbread left in Jamaica. I come to Jamaica since 1994, and already back then it was already gone, mixed with other genetics coming from abroad.I don't know what those clones are, but I can guarantee you they are not true Lambsbread genetics. Look at those thick leaves man... Lambsbread was a sativa, or mostly sativa plant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Oh and that castle you sleep in looks splendid! Very fantastic like ^^ are there fantastic girls in it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 And now a little bit of ancient history:Franco in Jamaica back in 1994.... what memories!!!;-) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 LOOOL so nice to share this with us No tatoos there he Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UdonPenguin Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Awesome trip, the pics tell so much. Great to see your early years trip different time but same massive smile :-) hope I see you guys at the cup this month.one love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 @Tokage: they're in my iPad bro, always with me.... ;-) @Dust: back in 1994 just 2 small tattoos.... ;-) LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogollo Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 those are really nice old pictures, one year afyer i was born , very good vibes inna that island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 hehe i bet at that time you were dreaming of working for a company like GH ^^Now you're making us dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis420 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 franco with hair!!!! hippie daze! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elias Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Thanks for the great reading franco, i dont know who told that earlier but you've got talent as a story teller! You're saying you feel older, if i can give you one advice it would be to start using that i pad to take notes for the book you'll write once you stop travelling (is that going to happen? ;-))Are you guys planning on doing two different strain hunter dvd's (tinidad/st vincent & Jamaica) or are you gonna be mixing both trip in one dvd ( if you ask me two dvd's would be the bomb and i'm sure that with Mr.X back you'll have plenty of material to do two separate dvd's haha) iwas also wandering how come the first field has such tiny plants, someone asked you that amready but i havent seen any answer from you, sorry if you did answer... Is it due to the strain, a certain type of growing they're using...?Enjoy the rest of you trip and keep us posted!Thanks!Peace out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
learner Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Great update from the hunters, again! Love the pics, espesially the old ones made me laugh Happy hunting and stay safe.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSilverHaze78 Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Always looking forward to waking up and reading this thread as i smoke one!!! Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 here we go: a vid from yesterday, inna GoPro Hero style... yamon!@Elias: thanks 4 kind words ;-) the plants in the tyres were so small because the genetics are crossed with high-grade imported seeds, so they flower fast at the local photoperiod.[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4evqDvJZT9o] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted November 7, 2011 Author Share Posted November 7, 2011 [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7XkbPeHyXo] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 One word AMAZING bro! Love your story and the pics are so cool! Stay safe bro!PeaceJimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holliherbs Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 You guys are LEGENDARY.Mister X..... all I can say is thanks for those amazing pics. All your shots, but especially your shots of the plants in Day2 and Day3. Thanks for all the hard work Green House CrewJah Guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 Very nice videos!!I want that Greenhouse song properly recorded man it sounds great!!And there better not have a crocodile hidden in those grass, tight road to get to tthe islands ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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