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African Strains
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DEVIL OG
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Charles Xavier said:
I saw this is what lebanese do for there red colors also.. Said right after chopping they lay there stalks on a hillside for the sun to dry them which also gives them there distinct red color.
I wonder if you could dry under a UV light for the same effects.. hmm havent search to see if anyone tried this,danno if UV light is even responsible.
DEVIL OG
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I've smoked Nirvana PPP which I guess is Durban Poison x White Widow (the one behind is something else, maybe NLxShiva)
Fastest head high I've had atm,I'm pretty new to strains so this isn't saying much.. After a nice cure the high would come on so fast it almost hurt if you got a nice big hit..which was easy with the clean floral smoke. I always told people I let try it "If your gonna hit it,then hit it hard,don't hit it like a bitch" so I could see there funny faces hehe.
Got some pretty cool faces outta people who tried it for the first time...lookd like you jab'd em in the nose.. very low tolerance strain thou
commercial like the descriptions tell ya. Nice IBL strain(I think thats where some of the high went) Also one of the only strains I've had that clearly made me wanna get up and do something.. Gave me that "can't sit still energy" after the initial face punch. I don't drink coffee so I really liked this strain and can see why people drink coffee heh
Could yall let me know some African strains that will get you a instant headhigh like an clear/cloudy harvest PPP and also lots of energy maybe? I know if it flowers longer the high will probably last longer so thats what Im lookn for.
PPP is pretty cool thou... like if you needed to get your lazy arse up for work but didn't want to be high long after your drive there,yet still be left with that energy from nowhere feeling(every strain has it's place).. very nice wake up weed and I heard this from a couple others..
And if I needed to grab a 3rd pack to get that high again I would!! as I haven't found it in any of my early flower sativas I've tried, maybe if I took them a week earlier. Bah probably need to find out now that I think about it~
also if you mix a saladbowl of this with some others. you should get a pretty fast and long high..
At a party I did ppp,bc godbud(god x hawaiian x purple skunk),NLxshiva,and some homegrown bagseed from mexibags all 8weeks with c02 supplement. I woke up high the nextday heh,,so did my cuz.
Fastest head high I've had atm,I'm pretty new to strains so this isn't saying much.. After a nice cure the high would come on so fast it almost hurt if you got a nice big hit..which was easy with the clean floral smoke. I always told people I let try it "If your gonna hit it,then hit it hard,don't hit it like a bitch" so I could see there funny faces hehe.
Got some pretty cool faces outta people who tried it for the first time...lookd like you jab'd em in the nose.. very low tolerance strain thou
commercial like the descriptions tell ya. Nice IBL strain(I think thats where some of the high went) Also one of the only strains I've had that clearly made me wanna get up and do something.. Gave me that "can't sit still energy" after the initial face punch. I don't drink coffee so I really liked this strain and can see why people drink coffee hehCould yall let me know some African strains that will get you a instant headhigh like an clear/cloudy harvest PPP and also lots of energy maybe? I know if it flowers longer the high will probably last longer so thats what Im lookn for.
PPP is pretty cool thou... like if you needed to get your lazy arse up for work but didn't want to be high long after your drive there,yet still be left with that energy from nowhere feeling(every strain has it's place).. very nice wake up weed and I heard this from a couple others..
And if I needed to grab a 3rd pack to get that high again I would!! as I haven't found it in any of my early flower sativas I've tried, maybe if I took them a week earlier. Bah probably need to find out now that I think about it~
also if you mix a saladbowl of this with some others. you should get a pretty fast and long high..
At a party I did ppp,bc godbud(god x hawaiian x purple skunk),NLxshiva,and some homegrown bagseed from mexibags all 8weeks with c02 supplement. I woke up high the nextday heh,,so did my cuz.
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Devil og have you received anything extremely purple from those nirv. PPP? I popped 4 seeds quite a ways back, and went 1 for 4 for females, but the female I did get was about as purple budded as it gets.. Purple during the summer months when my attic grow space was up near 120degrees, and my ac was struggling daily to keep it in the low 90's in the closet, so certainly not brought upon by colder temps. It's genetic.
I thought possibly there was mix up, or pollen leak cause it seemed like right about the same time I grew these, LOTS of other folks were finding purple phenos in just bout everything nirvana.. well not everything, but at least the ppp, rhino, ak48, widow were producing similar purp budded phenos pretty regularly.
I got slightly more interested in the african sativas after running a few of sams durban p x skunk1's. Attracted to the shorter flowering times, sturdier structure and relatively high yields compared to some other sativas. The nirvana ppp though was very different, while sams hybrid was pretty much spot on with the black licorice/anise flavor, and pink haired bud desciptions you sometimes see with the durban. the ppp was pretty much just herbal/floral slightly sweet in flavor. The purp color is dominant in all the crosses I tried with her though, to bad the generic herbal/floral flavor was as well..
Wow dude I'm pretty hurt.... I was gonna post some pics of the durban/skunk, and ppp but alas for some reason my gallery was cut in half/deleted for some reason... I did have a shit load of pics in my gallery, but that kinda sucks IMO.
Anyway I had two left over in my gallery
Sams durban x skunk turned out really nice for me.. It was certainly durban poison dominant, while the ppp I grew looked more hybridized. Some have complained of poor germ rates do to the older ages of sams freebie dp x skunk seeds, but I've had pretty good luck just putting them straight into soil, no muss no fuss. I still have 19 seeds left all provided to me as freebies through seedbay at 1 time or another. I'm not sure if their still available but I know for the longest time that's all I would receive as freebies from the bay .
I thought possibly there was mix up, or pollen leak cause it seemed like right about the same time I grew these, LOTS of other folks were finding purple phenos in just bout everything nirvana.. well not everything, but at least the ppp, rhino, ak48, widow were producing similar purp budded phenos pretty regularly.
I got slightly more interested in the african sativas after running a few of sams durban p x skunk1's. Attracted to the shorter flowering times, sturdier structure and relatively high yields compared to some other sativas. The nirvana ppp though was very different, while sams hybrid was pretty much spot on with the black licorice/anise flavor, and pink haired bud desciptions you sometimes see with the durban. the ppp was pretty much just herbal/floral slightly sweet in flavor. The purp color is dominant in all the crosses I tried with her though, to bad the generic herbal/floral flavor was as well..
Wow dude I'm pretty hurt.... I was gonna post some pics of the durban/skunk, and ppp but alas for some reason my gallery was cut in half/deleted for some reason... I did have a shit load of pics in my gallery, but that kinda sucks IMO.
Anyway I had two left over in my gallery
Sams durban x skunk turned out really nice for me.. It was certainly durban poison dominant, while the ppp I grew looked more hybridized. Some have complained of poor germ rates do to the older ages of sams freebie dp x skunk seeds, but I've had pretty good luck just putting them straight into soil, no muss no fuss. I still have 19 seeds left all provided to me as freebies through seedbay at 1 time or another. I'm not sure if their still available but I know for the longest time that's all I would receive as freebies from the bay .
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DEVIL OG
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Not yet Mister Postman...
After seeing you got that purple way back when.. I went searching again
I can see why your mad because I've seen your other picture from when you were on that site before you came here.. I can't even remember that sites name.. don't remind me heh I know I forgot for a reason.
The leaves and bud structure look pretty much the same from my eyes..light green somewhat shiney leaves that are easily burnt and serrated edges that point upward towards finish.
Mines was under hps n co2 and yours under cfl + different nutes etc etc... so ya know what goes with that.
Same floral smell .. I cant say taste.. never had it around long enough for more then a couple months cure heh..
plus mine weren't organic which yours were...
I guess it's know that Nirvana has a purple skunk they like to use? All nirvanas are f2s I thought? I'm not totally sure of either. I just know that PPP is a IBL of durban poison x white widow. If I'm wrong ,someone let me know so I can stop saying thats what it is..
I liked the pic of the darker purple PPP you had.. and those got deleted I guess which does suck.
I still wish I had the one you have lol.
I have no clue what Nirvanas breeding spots look like.. but it wouldn't be a hard thing to believe some of there purple skunk pollen snuck in there.. I dont even know much about PPP other then the recipe.. they could just be making there own crosses I guess.. there PPP looks alot different then DP's PP, atleast in the pictures I've seen. And you've already said the floral smell is dominate in crosses.
Even with all that said Durban Poison goes purple so I'm sure you just found what everyones probably looking for.. I know I was.
Not sure why PPP is under white strains on the nirvana packs.. it only has the strain from the white family in its genes.
durban poison I just googled up.... not the best image but your PPP reminds me of this..
What was the high like for you? I picked mine earlier for the head high.
I gotta try Malawi Gold(w/ some girdling !) ... I'm hoping the high is like PPP on steroids.
After seeing you got that purple way back when.. I went searching again
I can see why your mad because I've seen your other picture from when you were on that site before you came here.. I can't even remember that sites name.. don't remind me heh I know I forgot for a reason.
The leaves and bud structure look pretty much the same from my eyes..light green somewhat shiney leaves that are easily burnt and serrated edges that point upward towards finish.
Mines was under hps n co2 and yours under cfl + different nutes etc etc... so ya know what goes with that.
Same floral smell .. I cant say taste.. never had it around long enough for more then a couple months cure heh..
plus mine weren't organic which yours were...
I guess it's know that Nirvana has a purple skunk they like to use? All nirvanas are f2s I thought? I'm not totally sure of either. I just know that PPP is a IBL of durban poison x white widow. If I'm wrong ,someone let me know so I can stop saying thats what it is..
I liked the pic of the darker purple PPP you had.. and those got deleted I guess which does suck.
I still wish I had the one you have lol.
I have no clue what Nirvanas breeding spots look like.. but it wouldn't be a hard thing to believe some of there purple skunk pollen snuck in there.. I dont even know much about PPP other then the recipe.. they could just be making there own crosses I guess.. there PPP looks alot different then DP's PP, atleast in the pictures I've seen. And you've already said the floral smell is dominate in crosses.
Even with all that said Durban Poison goes purple so I'm sure you just found what everyones probably looking for.. I know I was.
Not sure why PPP is under white strains on the nirvana packs.. it only has the strain from the white family in its genes.
durban poison I just googled up.... not the best image but your PPP reminds me of this..
What was the high like for you? I picked mine earlier for the head high.
I gotta try Malawi Gold(w/ some girdling !) ... I'm hoping the high is like PPP on steroids.
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Hahaha, alrighty then. Best of luck on the hunt Devil og. To this day I still wonder if that plant was mix up, or in fact a rarer phenotype in the mix. She smoked damn good though, very similar to other smoke reports as to the clear headed high/potency. I just found the flavor slightly lacking. The crosses i did with her though all turned out pretty damn good. About 80% of the seeds I popped have been purple like momma.
I'm not sure exactly how nirvana produce their seed.. Some of made the claims they breed a good majority to a purple skunk, and others say they are f2 or incrosses of their namesakes. PPP is listed as a "white strain" on the seed packs, so your theory of it being ppp x ww or white strain is probably as good as any other. To this day though, I don't believe nirvana has ever put an end to these assumptions by disclosing their breeding tactics.
u know I woulda shown those better pics if I could... I'm pretty sure they still can be seen over on that other site, and in the purple connoisseur thread here on icmag.
I'm not sure exactly how nirvana produce their seed.. Some of made the claims they breed a good majority to a purple skunk, and others say they are f2 or incrosses of their namesakes. PPP is listed as a "white strain" on the seed packs, so your theory of it being ppp x ww or white strain is probably as good as any other. To this day though, I don't believe nirvana has ever put an end to these assumptions by disclosing their breeding tactics.
u know I woulda shown those better pics if I could... I'm pretty sure they still can be seen over on that other site, and in the purple connoisseur thread here on icmag.
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DEVIL OG
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durban poison x ww I actually read this after some searching.. If only I can find that spot with all the strains I could link it,sorry
I added a few things in on the previous post also.. hope it helps you in deciding if you found a rare pheno .. which I know you did lol. I wasn't looking again for any reason..
Imma grab a 3rd pack whenever since there cheap and I don't mind the high
I should make a clone aha.. (I noticed the 2times It went thru,, veg,co2,cure help the high alot)
I had a plan for the plant if I found it. Got a new plan that doesn't include it so if it pops up and is just like PPP I've had before.. then bonus
I did always think in the back of mind that they could have mixed a few NNPP(Nirvana New Purple Power) with NPPP.. but I dont want to get into that ,I'd rather be optimistic.
Awesome thread btw yall,, Ill yield it back to you experts
I actually read this after some searching.. If only I can find that spot with all the strains I could link it,sorryI added a few things in on the previous post also.. hope it helps you in deciding if you found a rare pheno .. which I know you did lol. I wasn't looking again for any reason..
Imma grab a 3rd pack whenever since there cheap and I don't mind the high
I should make a clone aha.. (I noticed the 2times It went thru,, veg,co2,cure help the high alot)
I had a plan for the plant if I found it. Got a new plan that doesn't include it so if it pops up and is just like PPP I've had before.. then bonus
I did always think in the back of mind that they could have mixed a few NNPP(Nirvana New Purple Power) with NPPP.. but I dont want to get into that ,I'd rather be optimistic.
Awesome thread btw yall,, Ill yield it back to you experts
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Yeah, let´s get back on authentic African genetics..
The Powerplant is nice line, but let´s see them wild / landrace cultivars!!!!!!
Some lousy Swazi Rooibart shot´s I took today in big hurry, just had to snap a few to share
This erb was harvested after 145 daze.. It has definitely got better after curing it some weeks, but lot´s of curing ahead till I finally start blazin her at cold Finnish winter nights
The Powerplant is nice line, but let´s see them wild / landrace cultivars!!!!!!
Some lousy Swazi Rooibart shot´s I took today in big hurry, just had to snap a few to share
This erb was harvested after 145 daze.. It has definitely got better after curing it some weeks, but lot´s of curing ahead till I finally start blazin her at cold Finnish winter nights
Some leaf similarities with the autoflowering sat´s we did grow, remember?
Anyways, very nice, hope it has better punch than the Swazi I did grow..
Anyways, very nice, hope it has better punch than the Swazi I did grow..
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Eleutherios
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Between this and the Ultimate Sativa thread, I have gotten interested in African genetics. I was looking at Afropip's offerings and was curious about Nigerian Landrace. I did a search and this thread of course came up. I have dug through a bit, but between the 27 pages here and the 200 something for the UST, its a bit daunting. So I thought that I'd just ask straight up who has experience with this one and what they thought. Also who has grown the Malawi Mini? Do any of you know who might have Ethiopian sativa gear? Thanks
Herbalistic, too bad the redbeard didn't meet your criterias. Maybe you just had a low potency phenotype, or maybe that 4 month cure is indeed what it needs.
Those buds look really intriguing! Kind of reminds me off moss! Pretty big for a sativa, a trait I see in most strains from southern Africa. I've always wondered where the parental stock in S.A came from.. '
Sladan, that was actually my namibian which was put under 12/12 the same day, 45 days ago.
I was away for over two weeks.. on a hunt for ruderalis in Hungary among other things and during that time the bushman's got some mites on her, nothing serious but it shows. Also being pollinated by kuhmo cut the yield, not to mention a deficiency in early flowering, i was sure i added bat guano in the soil mix, but it appears i didn't. Anyhow so far this one seems to be the first plant to finish this round.
lovely genetics. I'm glad i cloned her. Very forgiving and hardy, fast flowering and with better care nice yields. I hope the high is good too.
Those buds look really intriguing! Kind of reminds me off moss! Pretty big for a sativa, a trait I see in most strains from southern Africa. I've always wondered where the parental stock in S.A came from.. '
Sladan, that was actually my namibian which was put under 12/12 the same day, 45 days ago.
I was away for over two weeks.. on a hunt for ruderalis in Hungary among other things
and during that time the bushman's got some mites on her, nothing serious but it shows. Also being pollinated by kuhmo cut the yield, not to mention a deficiency in early flowering, i was sure i added bat guano in the soil mix, but it appears i didn't. Anyhow so far this one seems to be the first plant to finish this round. 
lovely genetics. I'm glad i cloned her. Very forgiving and hardy, fast flowering and with better care nice yields. I hope the high is good too.
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Thule said:
well the money has got to be on India as the source of African ganja varieties
- through Indian and Arab merchants trading across the Indian Ocean and Arabian sea (going back many many centuries - principally the spice trade from Malabar ((Kerala etc.)) to Mozambique Coast)
- and through movement of Indian populations to Africa during the colonial era by the British (so called "indentured labourers" - basically Indian slaves)
ganja cultures of places like La Reunion etc. presumably emerged as part of this also
the spice trade from India to places like Egypt in NE Africa involved Indian, Arab and Roman merchants - going back as far as 2000 years ago or more
as far as I know once ganja had arrived on the Mozambique Coast with Indians (13th or 14th century) the archaeological evidence suggests that it spread very quickly through the rest of Africa... (see Schultes)
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