Sensi Seed Bank
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Jamaican Pearl brings the mellow high and pungent flavors of
the Caribbean to more temperate growing climates. This
mostly-sativa hybrid has a Jamaican cultivar mother, Marley’s
Collie. Marley’s Collie most likely descended from old-world
sativas of south India, but she’s been living in Jamaica a long
time now, and over the generations, she’s been carefully
selected and cultivated to nurture the pungent tropical fruit
and breezy cerebral high that is trademark Jamaican.
Sensi Seed Bank chose a special Early Pearl male as the ideal
pollen donor for keeping the magic, but speeding up the flower
time a bit. The Early Pearl strain is well-known as a fast
flowering and vigorous plant, yet its sweet, heady qualities also
make it a neutral influence on the flavors and high
characteristic of the Caribbean, allowing the flavors and high
from the Marley’s Collie to shine through.
Jamaican Pearl is a hardy plant that grows beautifully
outdoors in climates both warm and cool, and even thrives as
far north as 60 degrees N latitudes. This plant also thrives
indoors, so long as gardeners follow the general rules for sativa
success in indoor gardens: paying attention to height gains and
taking care not to overfeed plants. It is an excellent choice for
those who like to top and grow multi-stem plants, or for those
with screen of green setups. The sea of green technique can
also be used if plants are flowered when they are small and
then pruned to slender columns. Plants can be forced when
they are as short as 4 inches (10cm) and will still finish at 3
feet (1m) in height.
This robust strain forms tall, thick stems with branches that
reach strongly upward. Jamaican Pearl colas are thick and
spear-shaped, and some have a spikier top with impressively
long, silky pistils that reveal its island heritage. Buds cluster
down the branch, then bulk up, filling in gaps as they ripen to
form colossal cattail colas. Indoor buds may pile more calyxes
on top of ripe ones, but gardeners should not be fooled by
these, harvesting when the body of the bud is ripe.
Jamaican Pearl has the luscious smells of fruit, with a strong
and exciting spicy flavor at the finish. The increase in headaltitude is quite rapid yet its subtle clarity often causes awareness to lag behind; several minutes after being high, the
fact that you are high suddenly dawns on you. This buzz brings
on a sunny disposition that make it well suited for daytime,
conversation, and fun outdoor activities. Unlike some sativa
strains, Jamaican Pearl tends to hold up over time for regular
smokers without losing its ascendant qualities.
