The Legend of Santa Marta Colombian Gold Seeds

Santa Marta Colombian Gold…Another Fan Favorite at JCS

If you talk to anyone who grew or smoked weed back in the 1970s, it won’t take long before they start daydreaming about Santa Marta Colombian Gold. It is one of the absolute pillars of old-school strains seeds… a legendary 100% pure sativa that came out of the unique microclimate of the Santa Marta mountains in Colombia.

I grew my first Colombian Gold seeds way back in 1968…my very first cannabis guerrilla grow! I got the seeds from a kilo of Gold from south of the border. It was a very long season tropical sativa that came nowhere near finishing in the mountains of southern Oregon….but I was hooked!

What made the real Santa Marta gold seeds so special was the environment they grew in. Up in those high altitudes, the intense sun and unique soil conditions caused the plants to take on a beautiful, bright golden-amber hue as they cured. But it wasn’t just about the looks… the high was legendary. It was clean, energetic, and completely devoid of that heavy, couch-lock burnout that modern hybrids give you. It was uplifting…and well…happy! Just put one in a good mood.

Growing authentic Santa Marta Colombian Gold seeds today is a true labor of love. Because it is a pure landrace sativa, it likes to take its sweet time. It will stretch out, grow tall, and demand patience during a long flowering cycle. It is not a plant designed for a tiny, cramped indoor tent… it wants space, lots of light, and a grower who knows how to let a plant do its thing naturally.

If you want to experience what real cannabis tasted and felt like before the commercial market hybridized everything into oblivion, getting a pack of these old-school heirloom seeds is the closest thing to a time machine you will find.