Mexico
Acapulco Gold, Guerrero, Michoacán
Climate
Subtropical highlands. Sierra Madre, Guerrero, Michoacán. Strong sun, dry summers.
Plant morphology
Tall sativa, narrow leaves, golden-blond pistils at harvest. 12 to 16 week flower. The Acapulco Gold profile.
Mexico was the US sativa import for the 60s and most of the 70s. Acapulco Gold, Guerrero, Michoacán, Panama Red. Compressed bricks, blond-pistil flower, lemon and caramel terps over a head-clear sativa.
Mexican landrace lines are functionally extinct in their original form. The eradication programs of the 70s and 80s, paraquat spraying, and the supply shift to Colombian and then Jamaican exports cut the genetic line. What survives is mostly hybrid descendants. Pure Acapulco Gold is a preservation project, not a shelf item.
Documented from this region
Heritage lines from Mexico we recognize as historically important. Not currently stocked.
- acapulco gold1965
The legend of 60s sativa. Gold-leafed, lemon and caramel, lifted head high.
- panama red1967
Red-pistil pure sativa, equatorial finish, classic 60s head high.
Preservation status
Not stocked. We are working with a Sierra Madre seed source on Acapulco Gold reproduction and will not release anything until the F4 holds the gold-pistil expression.