I’m sure most of the old guys here remember those days with no forums, no online presence, no books, just winging it, just outdoor before we even knew we could grow indoors. If you wanted to learn something you had to hook up with some old timers at the time and everything was hush hush back then but if you was lucky enough to know some of those old schoolers or was family with some it was the golden ticket, from my neck of the woods anyway. Just scoring some beans from them was awesome back then, sure there was plenty of bagseed back then but the old timers had the kill. Those guys were the forums of yesteryears and all the ones I’ve known from my area are dead and gone, but one thing I remember was those guys believed in acclimating there seed. They believed you needed at least 3 yrs of open pollination to get a strain acclimated good to their area. Not that they changed genetically but they became resistant to the elements whether it be heat, drought whatever the stress was they just performed better after being acclimated.