Colombian Gold Lowland

Genetics: Santa Marta Gold （lowland） – Samarian Golden – Caturra Source: Local Sativa from the low mountains of Sierra Nevada, Santa Marta, Northern Colombia Latitude: 11° N Elevation: 1000 – 2300 m.a.s.l. （3300 – 7500 ft） Vegetative phase: 16 – 20 weeks Flowering phase: 16 – 18 weeks Height: 1.5 – 2 metres （5 – 6.5 ft） Aromas: Incense, ripe mandarins, fruity, grape, turpentine Flavour: Creamy, acidic, fruity, incense Effects: psychoactive, lysergic, euphoric, psychedelic, potent, long-lasting, clear brain Yield: high Phenotypes: 5 Characteristics: loose resinous flowers with a golden finish and large pointed calyx, precocity to grow and flower compared to other lines from the high mountain range. The effects are powerful, psychoactive and lysergic. In the mountains there were not only the low and mountain lines, there was great diversity, but the most outstanding and the ones that survived these adversities and the most notable are these low mountain Santa Marta Gold and the high mountain one. The Santa Marta Gold lowland was a line that many farmers and hippie settlers chose to cultivate in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s until drug traffickers and paramilitary groups such as the AUC （United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia） and others arrived. Many people believe and are sure that the indigenous people of the area （the Arhuacos, the Kogis, the Wiwas, the Kankuamos, all these descendants of the Tayrona） were the ones cultivating cannabis. These beliefs are simply marketing strategies to increase sales and create fantastic stories to attract people with little knowledge and far from the reality of how these legendary varieties really grew in Colombia and who were the ones who cultivated them. These indigenous people from the mountains did not cultivate cannabis, not even at the time of the Marimbera Bonanza （mid 70’s to mid 80’s during which large amounts of dollars entered Colombia as a result of the activity of drug trafficking gangs that were dedicated to the illicit cu