RE: THE ONLY PLANT THAT CAN SAVE MOTHER EARTH - GANJA MON!
Great comment!
One thing I noticed; the Jamaicans are now growing Euro hybrid strains. They didn't have a landrace as good as Columbia nearby, but their culture is so open to new ideas, they quickly learned from visiting Euros that the hybrid strains grow twice as fast! They obviously appreciate all the benefits, including less time for mold to affect the plants..
So they were saying; they prefer to grow the hybrids, and they replant after several years, new seeds to get new strains from Europe. It's fairly technical; pot farming is the most rigorous in terms of technology: hybrid selection; keeping different strain crops separate, avoiding fertilization from male plants, and on and on.
This video shows several different farming situations; one which is actually more like hydroponics, in a swamp area. Another growing in old coral deposits near the ocean. Another small valley used as a seed bank to preserve genetics.
I have visited Jamaica in the 1980s, and it was so quiet, people were very nice to me. I recommend anyone go to Jamaica and learn about their spiritual views of this plant.