My father began collecting seeds in 1964, during his first tour in SE Asia with a special warfare group. He was there until after the Tet Offensive, when he decided to do something else with his life. After his time in the military, he became a television journalist with a major US network, allowing him access to places around the world where most westerners are generally not welcome. Unbeknownst to his children, he had been collecting rare cannabis varieties during these travels, keeping his stock viable through proper storage and by propagating and acclimatizing new seeds every three years.Later in his life, my father and I bonded over our mutual love of the plant, which he had kept a closely guarded secret for most of my life. Being a horticulture student at the time, I began working these lines (as well as my personal collection) on our family farms in Yamhill and Clatsop Counties. In 2009 we began growing for a group of marginalized HIV patients, and Old World Organics was born.

Trade Winds
(Chamba / Lesotho x Yarkhun / Kashmiri Sirnoo)

Trade Winds is a vigorous, fast flowering landrace hybrid of exceptional quality. We took our prized cultivars from Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, and crossed them with an electric sativa obtained from farmers in Lesotho. The subsequent F3 generation was then crossed with our stable Kashmiri/Yarkhun hybrid, to create this highly resistant, fast flowering, and incredibly fragrant varietal. She is perfect for both indoor and outdoor growers up to 50 degrees north, and has a strong resistance to the elements.

Her effect is a happy, relaxed, yet energized feeling, coupled with a psychedelic edge that makes you keep coming back for more. She is a solid 50/50 hybrid, suitable to use as a wake and bake, or to chill out after a hard days work. With her musky, skunky, spicy terpenes, she will keep even the most discerning smokers interested until the jar is empty.

Flowering indoors: 7-8 weeks
Flowering outdoors: Late September @45 north
Yield: High
Mold resistance: High
Pest resistance: High
Indica/Sativa: 50/50 hybrid