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Well if your still interested in that swazi check this link out http://cannabisheaven.co.uk/swazi.html I mite get some to also if you want some really good shit try african black that is some truely good herb
Pease out kid.
Pease out kid.
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I have always enjoyed breeder mixes such as Chimera's, Subcool, and SOL's. Nice to have a little variety in the garden. Also liked White Rhino and Bubblegum from seed.
phog said:
There is no such thing as purity in genetics brother, on the contrary. The more 'inbred' a line of genetics are, the less vigorous it gets. The more you mix, the better it gets.
So called landraces are in vogue right now, but it is only a concept of something hard to define.
In theory, landraces are sub-groups of stable genetics, endemic to certain regions. When you say landrace, people generally think of strains such as Afghani, Colombian, Swazi etc.
They have been selectively bred by farmers over centuries, but in theory you can crossbreed and stabilize a new strain in a few generations, and create a new stable sub-sub-group, so the only thing that really defines a landrace is that it's an old strain, a reference and common denominator in the linguistics of Cannabis.
Landraces are interesting to breeders, because those stable genetics are easier to work and present less genetic off-shots and surprises.
To a closet hack though, crossing two different strains will lead to a new genepool that will grow more vigorously, and often yield better.
I can understand that you feel confused by the mere number of different crossbreeds out there, stabilized or not, and just about anything gets to be called a strain nowadays. But they are not 'watered down' as you put it, they have simply evolved into something different (which is in the nature of genetics, according to the theory of evolution), and when it comes to potency, some of the top of the line hybrids avaible today is the most potent weed ever grown on this planet.
But there's nothing wrong with landraces, if you're in the "back to the roots" mode, and the ethnical variety in Cannabis culture is just as interesting as the high, to me and many others. Just don't shun a superior hybrid because it doesn't carry the landrace mark, the difference between the two really aren't that big when you think about it.
The only 'pure' Cannabis - in the exact sense of the word - would be wild growing races, non-bred and unaltered by man. If you ever smoked ditchweed, you know it's generally not worth the effort.
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thanks for all the replies fam- rosy cheeks- I appreciate the time you took to reply. By landrace I mean wild, natural- the mothers and fathers of all of todays existing strains. Although I would love to- I dont have the funds at the moment to travel to the mountains or the jungle to collect my own seeds, so Im looking for the closest possible from seed. Im not knocking todays established heavyweights, just the hyped up ones that never develop. That being said- The top of my list is Swazi Redbeard, and hindu kush and afghan. Also durban poison but I have been hearing that it is not as potent as people had hoped. Thanks again fam
Well, from one I've flowered completely out? (not all were grown from seed by me, but given to me as clones)
Apollo 11
Blockhead
C99 (Joey Weed's)
Deep Chunk (HTC or Tom's)
Sweet Tooth
And federation's work that I've tried:
ISS, Berlin Indica, Big Mac
Apollo 11
Blockhead
C99 (Joey Weed's)
Deep Chunk (HTC or Tom's)
Sweet Tooth
And federation's work that I've tried:
ISS, Berlin Indica, Big Mac
