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Indian Landrace Exchange strains
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No experience with these strains, but I just realized I'm following them on Instagram lol. Good luck to whoever is growing them.
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ya Tex keep us posted on how you like them. im interested in that wailing valley..ill go back and check out the others. one of those super lemony candy berry notes ones sounded great
Hi folks
i got 5/10 balochistan#3 plants sprouting in the end. I did mess it up a little because i used soil i made seeds in prior so got a 6. plant that i'm sure is not balochi. It came up in the corner of a pot and i planted the seeds in the middle but 2 pots i did water too strong so the top soil mixed
. The plant looks and smells different but i will test it anyway.
The soilmix is not good and i got some n ca mg problems and the balochi#3 is a little bitchy imo. But with foilar spray i got them recovering(1/4 strenght canna bio vega, ~2g/l caco3, 15ml/l apple vinegar and 10ml/l fermented plant extract).
they grew nice compact and the older side branches try to compete with the main top. They don't like their feets too wet since they turned light in color after replanting in better soil mix and overwatering
smell is nice. It got a rich greasy base and is fruity. Also get some glimps of hashy notes imo. But hard to describe and nail down.
@ 2 month veg
Upper row left and middle still look bad but are recovering.
Lower row left is the plant i don't think is balochi
i got 5/10 balochistan#3 plants sprouting in the end. I did mess it up a little because i used soil i made seeds in prior so got a 6. plant that i'm sure is not balochi. It came up in the corner of a pot and i planted the seeds in the middle but 2 pots i did water too strong so the top soil mixed
. The plant looks and smells different but i will test it anyway.The soilmix is not good and i got some n ca mg problems and the balochi#3 is a little bitchy imo. But with foilar spray i got them recovering(1/4 strenght canna bio vega, ~2g/l caco3, 15ml/l apple vinegar and 10ml/l fermented plant extract).
they grew nice compact and the older side branches try to compete with the main top. They don't like their feets too wet since they turned light in color after replanting in better soil mix and overwatering
smell is nice. It got a rich greasy base and is fruity. Also get some glimps of hashy notes imo. But hard to describe and nail down.
@ 2 month veg
Upper row left and middle still look bad but are recovering.
Lower row left is the plant i don't think is balochi
Eager to see growers results with ILE's indica landraces chilliwilli
I think Balochi genetics have not been introduced yet into Western psychoactive cannabis genepool.
And yeah, usually pure indica landraces don't like overwatering or to have wet soil for too long, and they can accept nutrients pretty well.
Good luck with yours!
I think Balochi genetics have not been introduced yet into Western psychoactive cannabis genepool.
And yeah, usually pure indica landraces don't like overwatering or to have wet soil for too long, and they can accept nutrients pretty well.
Good luck with yours!
The new Afghani selections look Amazing!! Gotta get a few packs of the Black and a few of the Red.
Cactus Wes
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The red selection has my attention.
6 New pure Afghani indica landraces from Indian Landrace Exchange 2020 Durand Line project available on ACE Seeds website!
Fruit of the amazing documentation job of local domesticated strains, carried out by ILE last year in the South of the country (bordering with Pakistan) .
I have selected the 6 the most promising ones based on their quality, but also on their resistance, since South Afghanistan had a very early cold wave last year in mid flowering of the plants that frozen the farms in many areas, but some genetics in other areas thrived and finished properly.
The stock is extremely limited and took its sweet time to arrive to Spain. So here they are:
Arghandab II
Arghandab, Kandahar (Farm #2). Lat : 31 44’ ’N 65 45 ’E. Altitude: 1000-1200 meters.
The majority of the farms in Kandahar have a diverse looking, hap hazard mix of just about every expression but still mainly dominated by the broad leaf short statured plants. These farms usually work in 2 different ways, where either they let everything cross pollinate in the field regardless of characteristics or say without artificially selecting or attempting to narrow down anything in particular, which results in a diverse looking population overtime. While a yet another way some farms manage their crops here in Arghandab District is by importing seeds from either Northern Plains or Hindu Kush regions to grow alongside the seeds they made last season, this is perhaps one of the most favoured options in places like Kandahar where the chillum house culture is a lot more prevalent compared to the Northern provinces.
The soil around the Arghandab district is highly calcareous, typically featuring an avg. ph of above 7.0, yet the local microbiology of soil seems to help the plant to still be able to take up nutrients in a seamless and profuse manner, which translates in the form of tremendous overall growth. The glacial streams also plays an important role in supplying the trace minerals to the soil, which are typically transported as the water travels down into the valley, although farmers do fertilize their own fields with cow dung manure on an annual basis before sowing the seeds for cannabis, tomatoes, eggplants, squash, etc ...
At the farm #2 in the Arghandab District, the farmer who doesn’t select for any particular characteristics and collects seeds at random from all the healthy plants for the next season. As a result his crops seems to have a ton of variability amongst the physical embodiment and features of the overall population, such as leaf shape, texture, broadness, over all structure including lateral branching, amount of stretch, flowering duration, etc ...
This crop was documented at the beginning of November at the peak of its flowering, thriving strongly and unaffected by the cold, where it expressed intense reddish and violet tones, along with very musky, perfumed and spicy (cloves, cinnamon bark and coriander) aromas, pine needles too.
The intra-population diversity we had identified and documented in the farm #2 could also be seen through the various different ways the plants were flowering in, with a number of different shades and shapes. Mostly the plants had acquired a short squat structure but one of the common themes amongst them all were the huge and chunky buds shooting up like missiles from a silo.
The resin production was about par but not extraordinary, although the smells coming off of those buds were extremely intense and the resin imparts an absolute blinder of a high, which is definitely not recommended for the casual users. The effects from this crop were extremely sedative in nature and couch lock inducing. This type of intense medicinal effects could potentially be useful for conditions like pain and insomnia.
Flowering indoors: 11-13 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: November.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/arghandabiikandaharseeds.html
Fruit of the amazing documentation job of local domesticated strains, carried out by ILE last year in the South of the country (bordering with Pakistan) .
I have selected the 6 the most promising ones based on their quality, but also on their resistance, since South Afghanistan had a very early cold wave last year in mid flowering of the plants that frozen the farms in many areas, but some genetics in other areas thrived and finished properly.
The stock is extremely limited and took its sweet time to arrive to Spain. So here they are:
Arghandab II
Arghandab, Kandahar (Farm #2). Lat : 31 44’ ’N 65 45 ’E. Altitude: 1000-1200 meters.
The majority of the farms in Kandahar have a diverse looking, hap hazard mix of just about every expression but still mainly dominated by the broad leaf short statured plants. These farms usually work in 2 different ways, where either they let everything cross pollinate in the field regardless of characteristics or say without artificially selecting or attempting to narrow down anything in particular, which results in a diverse looking population overtime. While a yet another way some farms manage their crops here in Arghandab District is by importing seeds from either Northern Plains or Hindu Kush regions to grow alongside the seeds they made last season, this is perhaps one of the most favoured options in places like Kandahar where the chillum house culture is a lot more prevalent compared to the Northern provinces.
The soil around the Arghandab district is highly calcareous, typically featuring an avg. ph of above 7.0, yet the local microbiology of soil seems to help the plant to still be able to take up nutrients in a seamless and profuse manner, which translates in the form of tremendous overall growth. The glacial streams also plays an important role in supplying the trace minerals to the soil, which are typically transported as the water travels down into the valley, although farmers do fertilize their own fields with cow dung manure on an annual basis before sowing the seeds for cannabis, tomatoes, eggplants, squash, etc ...
At the farm #2 in the Arghandab District, the farmer who doesn’t select for any particular characteristics and collects seeds at random from all the healthy plants for the next season. As a result his crops seems to have a ton of variability amongst the physical embodiment and features of the overall population, such as leaf shape, texture, broadness, over all structure including lateral branching, amount of stretch, flowering duration, etc ...
This crop was documented at the beginning of November at the peak of its flowering, thriving strongly and unaffected by the cold, where it expressed intense reddish and violet tones, along with very musky, perfumed and spicy (cloves, cinnamon bark and coriander) aromas, pine needles too.
The intra-population diversity we had identified and documented in the farm #2 could also be seen through the various different ways the plants were flowering in, with a number of different shades and shapes. Mostly the plants had acquired a short squat structure but one of the common themes amongst them all were the huge and chunky buds shooting up like missiles from a silo.
The resin production was about par but not extraordinary, although the smells coming off of those buds were extremely intense and the resin imparts an absolute blinder of a high, which is definitely not recommended for the casual users. The effects from this crop were extremely sedative in nature and couch lock inducing. This type of intense medicinal effects could potentially be useful for conditions like pain and insomnia.
Flowering indoors: 11-13 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: November.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/arghandabiikandaharseeds.html
Manar Ghazni (South-East Afghanistan). (Lat : 33 74’N 67 42’E, Alt. 1300-1500 meters).
ILE team, during their Durand Line 2020 project, came across to a place called Manar within Ghazni, but located at much lower altitudes. And one of the more resilient cannabis populations can be found here, which survived the cold wave and rains from the monsoon rebound.
The plant population from afar looks like a lucid painting. As the early morning and night time temperatures fall below zero consistently for over last 2 weeks, aiding in the production of profuse flavonoid production which represents some of the most magnificent and vivid hues of purples and reds in Nature.
Very often it’s seen that colourful plants are preferred over the ones which aren’t and not just from an aesthetic point of view but also considering the fact that these beautiful fall colours in cannabis appear as a result of the flavonoid production in the plants.
Hence, selecting for plants with flush and lucid colours ensures that we are also selecting a plant that is capable of producing and deploying flavonoids as a means of protection and surviving under marginal environmental conditions, while also being able to deal with stress, simply in a better way.
An overview of the field we selected for picking out a few exceptional specimen or at least get a small piece from the best of the crop. Even at this farm located in Ghazni the cold wave did take its toll at a substantial scale however having a few different types of crops definitely came in handy this year for these farmers as certain populations held their own against the sudden and adverse weather conditions and in a similar way the genetic diversity present within these populations (intra-population) also offers an opportunity to pick out the best individuals as the selections.
In this particular population at Manar, Ghazni. Typically the plants with visible anthocyanins production were seen to be performing much better compared to the ones which didn’t show clear anthocyanins production on leaves and flowers.
The Prime Selection from Manar, (Ghazni Province) for 2020 was a particular plant that was able to maintain its health all the way till November first week, getting through the cold wave with minimal damage to resin, seeds and plant tissue overall in comparison to the other individuals in the population. In this spot ILE team selected genotypes showing a clear propensity for flavonoids production such as anthocyanins during the flowering phase, which can be observed through the hues of purple and red on the foliage and the flowers itself.
Apart from being able to maintain a good physical health throughout the season outdoors, this prime selection from this field also expressed an intense aromatic complex of earthy, nutty and spicy smells with subtle hints of sweetness to it as well. The resin production was excellent across the board and the plant had a healthy coating of resin on the bud sites also spreading outwards onto the leaves, basically exhibiting the high resin production trait being typical to this population itself, irrespective of the phenotypic features the plant goes on to embody.
The smells are built around a very earthy/roasted, nutty, almonds, pistachios aromas, hints of fuel/phenol based smells, characteristics funky notes and spicy flavour complimented with a hint of sweetness, that leaves an absolutely delicious aftertaste in the mouth, reminiscent of Northern Afghanistan varieties. These plants are typically used to extract resin, which makes for one of the most potent and flavourful hashish found in this region, known for it’s heavy sedative effects, coupled with the ability to deliver a serene state of relaxation.
Flowerig indoors: 10-12 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: Late October.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/manarghazniseeds.html
ILE team, during their Durand Line 2020 project, came across to a place called Manar within Ghazni, but located at much lower altitudes. And one of the more resilient cannabis populations can be found here, which survived the cold wave and rains from the monsoon rebound.
The plant population from afar looks like a lucid painting. As the early morning and night time temperatures fall below zero consistently for over last 2 weeks, aiding in the production of profuse flavonoid production which represents some of the most magnificent and vivid hues of purples and reds in Nature.
Very often it’s seen that colourful plants are preferred over the ones which aren’t and not just from an aesthetic point of view but also considering the fact that these beautiful fall colours in cannabis appear as a result of the flavonoid production in the plants.
Hence, selecting for plants with flush and lucid colours ensures that we are also selecting a plant that is capable of producing and deploying flavonoids as a means of protection and surviving under marginal environmental conditions, while also being able to deal with stress, simply in a better way.
An overview of the field we selected for picking out a few exceptional specimen or at least get a small piece from the best of the crop. Even at this farm located in Ghazni the cold wave did take its toll at a substantial scale however having a few different types of crops definitely came in handy this year for these farmers as certain populations held their own against the sudden and adverse weather conditions and in a similar way the genetic diversity present within these populations (intra-population) also offers an opportunity to pick out the best individuals as the selections.
In this particular population at Manar, Ghazni. Typically the plants with visible anthocyanins production were seen to be performing much better compared to the ones which didn’t show clear anthocyanins production on leaves and flowers.
The Prime Selection from Manar, (Ghazni Province) for 2020 was a particular plant that was able to maintain its health all the way till November first week, getting through the cold wave with minimal damage to resin, seeds and plant tissue overall in comparison to the other individuals in the population. In this spot ILE team selected genotypes showing a clear propensity for flavonoids production such as anthocyanins during the flowering phase, which can be observed through the hues of purple and red on the foliage and the flowers itself.
Apart from being able to maintain a good physical health throughout the season outdoors, this prime selection from this field also expressed an intense aromatic complex of earthy, nutty and spicy smells with subtle hints of sweetness to it as well. The resin production was excellent across the board and the plant had a healthy coating of resin on the bud sites also spreading outwards onto the leaves, basically exhibiting the high resin production trait being typical to this population itself, irrespective of the phenotypic features the plant goes on to embody.
The smells are built around a very earthy/roasted, nutty, almonds, pistachios aromas, hints of fuel/phenol based smells, characteristics funky notes and spicy flavour complimented with a hint of sweetness, that leaves an absolutely delicious aftertaste in the mouth, reminiscent of Northern Afghanistan varieties. These plants are typically used to extract resin, which makes for one of the most potent and flavourful hashish found in this region, known for it’s heavy sedative effects, coupled with the ability to deliver a serene state of relaxation.
Flowerig indoors: 10-12 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: Late October.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/manarghazniseeds.html
Maruf Kandahar (Farm #2). Latitude: 31 39’N 65 11’E. Altitude: 1000-1200 meters.
As of August, the domesticated cannabis crops at Maruf, Kandhar had already started to transition into the flowering phase, a few early flowering males could be seen peeking from in between the crops while the females were only beginning to stretch out the internodes and new shoots to accommodate the buds.
Some of the characteristics changes observed in the Maruf (Kandahar) populations as they transition out of the vegetative state includes the development of red colour on the petioles and stems (in a considerable chunk of the population) with the onset of the flowering.
The plants grow in an calcareous alluvial like mix of clay and sand and silt which consists of a higher percentage of sand compared to the alluvial mix commonly observed in the north western Himalayan (India/Nepal) foothills.
The farmer (Haji Agha Khan) who owns this particular farm documented here, employs a variety of selection criterion to narrow down a few different types of plants that they believe makes for the best Hashish. Their selection process is quite opposite to what most farmers do, since they make their selections in terms of males which will be left in the field to make the seeds with any female at random, as they very meticulously uproot all the nonselections before the females begin to produce viable stigma to catch the pollen.
As per the farmer who owns this farm, he brought these seeds from Andrabi District (North East Afghanistan) 15 years ago and have been since propagating and selecting specifically for plants that grow very tall and robust reaching as high as 12-14 ft. with certain plants also expressing purple, black leaves. The farm is enclosed by an apple orchard from all sides and receives organic inputs to fertilize the crops. The farmer does his selections from the male side, by leaving approximately 5 males for every 100 females present in the field for pollination. The males are selected primarily in terms of robustness and vigour but a colourful and large cluster also increases the likelihood of that male being selected for the pollination, if we look at it from the farmer’s point of view.
The unprecedented cold wave that ran through the central Asian region caused widespread damages to various crops due to a sudden drop in the temperature at least 30 days ahead of the usual time, tons of cannabis crops got decimated overnight in these regions as they froze over and died instantly from a cold shock ambush by the nature.
The cannabis populations in the fields of the farmer Haji Agha proved out to be much more resilient in comparison to many other we witnessed on our journey, but also being located at a lower altitude in comparison to some of the other regions like Mapan in Zabul province helped tremendously in mitigating a severe and unprecedented cold wave.
As mentioned by the farmer during August (first half of the tour), all of his main crop had attained a height of over 12 ft. on avg. and a very good proportion of his crop, also expressed deep purple hues that appear almost black, several of these extraordinary specimens survived the cold wave with little to no damage. Most of the plants featured high yields and girthy colas that primarily reeked of musky, earthy phenol like smells with a lot of subtle notes varying from one plant to the another such as floral sweetness or nutty/roasted almond or pistachios like smell.
ILE team selected a Black, Green and a Red Kandahar phenotype that in their opinion represented the truest and the rawest form of this supreme landrace variety.
After going through a number of different plants we selected a few robust and meaningful individuals from a pretty large sample size as this in Maruf, which provides access to an exclusive gene pool, where smells tend to revolve around an offensive-foul olfactory tangent.
Flowering indoors: 9-10 weeks
Ripening outdoors: October.
BLACK SELECTION
Kandahar Black Selection from Maruf (Kandahar) and of the fields of Haji Agha. This is perhaps one of the best specimens, along with all of the other crown jewels catalogued during this project from various provinces. Our Black selection features a completely black embodiment from the leaves to the very flowers. It also expresses a very desirable bract to leaf ratio with big yields of dense resin coated buds that can take a beating in the harsh outdoors of Southern Afghanistan.
The aromas on this plant are built around the common elements of smell found in this population which are on a completely non-sweet tangent and represents smells which are basically a complex mix of earthy, spicy, acrid and sharp phenol-based smells. The beautifully etched buds on a robust structure, which are both dense and covered in copious resin at the same time..
There were several other completely Black individuals with exceptional qualities as such but none more desirable than this one right here in all its glory, encompassing all of the best features in a single plant.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandaharblackselectionsee ds.html
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GREEN SELECTION
The Green selection from Maruf in Kandahar, features a lime green plant with some subtle fade on the leaves. The Green selection has a perfect bud structure, which is conical in shape with a lucrative bract to leaf ratio from commercial stand, the buds are covered in a dense layer of dry to semi-sticky textured resin. Although a beautiful looking plant with XL yields, it did take some damage on the leaves during the cold snap but saving the real prize i.e. a deeply offensive smelling and equally potent resin.
The plant structure was quite similar to most other plants within the population which is an upright and robust structure with a girthy and elongated stalk but with tad bit of less side branching and overall height. The smells once again take an acrid tangent and are mainly built upon subtle layers of lemon/citrus, spices and sharp phenol based smells that leans more towards toluene (which constitutes 15% of the smell in petrol) hence smells a lot like petrol (fuel).
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandahagreenselectionseed s.html
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RED SELECTION
The Red selection from Maruf, Kandahar expresses exceptional resin production accompanied by very dense and chunky buds, which primarily reek of dead animal (Rotting protein) smell. The offensive smells such as ones emanating from rotting flesh could be smelled profusely on the Red selection, while also accompanied with hints of phenol and eastern spice pallet.
Kandahar Red Selection, features a robust and upright structure, with good side branching, complemented with beautiful flush hues of reds on the leaves with a lime green stem. The buds are tight/dense and chunky loaded with offensive smelling resin which is absolutely unique on it’s own even though most of the plants in this population do carry smells which aren’t sweet but to experience a smell so offensive foul on a cannabis plant was extremely rare even amongst a gene pool full of foul smelling plants.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandaharedselectionseeds.html
As of August, the domesticated cannabis crops at Maruf, Kandhar had already started to transition into the flowering phase, a few early flowering males could be seen peeking from in between the crops while the females were only beginning to stretch out the internodes and new shoots to accommodate the buds.
Some of the characteristics changes observed in the Maruf (Kandahar) populations as they transition out of the vegetative state includes the development of red colour on the petioles and stems (in a considerable chunk of the population) with the onset of the flowering.
The plants grow in an calcareous alluvial like mix of clay and sand and silt which consists of a higher percentage of sand compared to the alluvial mix commonly observed in the north western Himalayan (India/Nepal) foothills.
The farmer (Haji Agha Khan) who owns this particular farm documented here, employs a variety of selection criterion to narrow down a few different types of plants that they believe makes for the best Hashish. Their selection process is quite opposite to what most farmers do, since they make their selections in terms of males which will be left in the field to make the seeds with any female at random, as they very meticulously uproot all the nonselections before the females begin to produce viable stigma to catch the pollen.
As per the farmer who owns this farm, he brought these seeds from Andrabi District (North East Afghanistan) 15 years ago and have been since propagating and selecting specifically for plants that grow very tall and robust reaching as high as 12-14 ft. with certain plants also expressing purple, black leaves. The farm is enclosed by an apple orchard from all sides and receives organic inputs to fertilize the crops. The farmer does his selections from the male side, by leaving approximately 5 males for every 100 females present in the field for pollination. The males are selected primarily in terms of robustness and vigour but a colourful and large cluster also increases the likelihood of that male being selected for the pollination, if we look at it from the farmer’s point of view.
The unprecedented cold wave that ran through the central Asian region caused widespread damages to various crops due to a sudden drop in the temperature at least 30 days ahead of the usual time, tons of cannabis crops got decimated overnight in these regions as they froze over and died instantly from a cold shock ambush by the nature.
The cannabis populations in the fields of the farmer Haji Agha proved out to be much more resilient in comparison to many other we witnessed on our journey, but also being located at a lower altitude in comparison to some of the other regions like Mapan in Zabul province helped tremendously in mitigating a severe and unprecedented cold wave.
As mentioned by the farmer during August (first half of the tour), all of his main crop had attained a height of over 12 ft. on avg. and a very good proportion of his crop, also expressed deep purple hues that appear almost black, several of these extraordinary specimens survived the cold wave with little to no damage. Most of the plants featured high yields and girthy colas that primarily reeked of musky, earthy phenol like smells with a lot of subtle notes varying from one plant to the another such as floral sweetness or nutty/roasted almond or pistachios like smell.
ILE team selected a Black, Green and a Red Kandahar phenotype that in their opinion represented the truest and the rawest form of this supreme landrace variety.
After going through a number of different plants we selected a few robust and meaningful individuals from a pretty large sample size as this in Maruf, which provides access to an exclusive gene pool, where smells tend to revolve around an offensive-foul olfactory tangent.
Flowering indoors: 9-10 weeks
Ripening outdoors: October.
BLACK SELECTION
Kandahar Black Selection from Maruf (Kandahar) and of the fields of Haji Agha. This is perhaps one of the best specimens, along with all of the other crown jewels catalogued during this project from various provinces. Our Black selection features a completely black embodiment from the leaves to the very flowers. It also expresses a very desirable bract to leaf ratio with big yields of dense resin coated buds that can take a beating in the harsh outdoors of Southern Afghanistan.
The aromas on this plant are built around the common elements of smell found in this population which are on a completely non-sweet tangent and represents smells which are basically a complex mix of earthy, spicy, acrid and sharp phenol-based smells. The beautifully etched buds on a robust structure, which are both dense and covered in copious resin at the same time..
There were several other completely Black individuals with exceptional qualities as such but none more desirable than this one right here in all its glory, encompassing all of the best features in a single plant.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandaharblackselectionsee ds.html
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GREEN SELECTION
The Green selection from Maruf in Kandahar, features a lime green plant with some subtle fade on the leaves. The Green selection has a perfect bud structure, which is conical in shape with a lucrative bract to leaf ratio from commercial stand, the buds are covered in a dense layer of dry to semi-sticky textured resin. Although a beautiful looking plant with XL yields, it did take some damage on the leaves during the cold snap but saving the real prize i.e. a deeply offensive smelling and equally potent resin.
The plant structure was quite similar to most other plants within the population which is an upright and robust structure with a girthy and elongated stalk but with tad bit of less side branching and overall height. The smells once again take an acrid tangent and are mainly built upon subtle layers of lemon/citrus, spices and sharp phenol based smells that leans more towards toluene (which constitutes 15% of the smell in petrol) hence smells a lot like petrol (fuel).
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandahagreenselectionseed s.html
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RED SELECTION
The Red selection from Maruf, Kandahar expresses exceptional resin production accompanied by very dense and chunky buds, which primarily reek of dead animal (Rotting protein) smell. The offensive smells such as ones emanating from rotting flesh could be smelled profusely on the Red selection, while also accompanied with hints of phenol and eastern spice pallet.
Kandahar Red Selection, features a robust and upright structure, with good side branching, complemented with beautiful flush hues of reds on the leaves with a lime green stem. The buds are tight/dense and chunky loaded with offensive smelling resin which is absolutely unique on it’s own even though most of the plants in this population do carry smells which aren’t sweet but to experience a smell so offensive foul on a cannabis plant was extremely rare even amongst a gene pool full of foul smelling plants.
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/marufkandaharedselectionseeds.html
Zanjeer
Zabul is a province in the Southern Afghanistan, which is located along the Durand Line and borders with Pakistan.
It is a mix of flat land, semi to fully mountainous territories, which are dissected by a few major rivers such as Arghandab river and a number of seasonal rivers that emerge for durations that purely depends on the winter rains, spring rain and the precipitation accumulated in the form of snow on the mountains in a particular year. The droughts have become much more prevalent and a common occurrence in past decade or so, and with no organized watering system the farmers of Zabul are basically left to bear the brunt of Nature by themselves.
The traditional cannabis farmers from these Asian regions are seldom if ever recognized for their continued foundational work around the cannabis plant.
The hash plants grown in this area consistently give off a sweet textured smell built on an aromatic spicy base of fennel, clove, cinnamon like flavours which is quite unique of a profile to be seen in such a consistent manner across a population in Afghanistan. There’s little to no fuel (phenol, toluene) like aromas accompanying the sweet and spicy profile, and neither does it carry any foul/offensive aromas like rotten fruit or meat.
As the season comes to a close towards the October in this region, most of the plants bleed out lucid hues of purples and reds, showing the ability of this strain to produce flavonoids to deal with marginal light conditions and other cold related stress.
There’s a healthy amount of diversity seen amongst these plants in terms of some of the floral elements of the overall population such as bud structure (shape and size), colours on the bracts and bract leaves, aromas, etc... However, these very populations are also pretty consistent in delivering some of the other broader aspects or features of the plant such as height, amount of stretch during the flowering period, flowering time. Good resin production with overpowering effects to compliment a truly unique bouquet of smells.
Flowering indoors: 8-10 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: October
https://www.aceseeds.org/en/brands/indian-landrace-exchange/zanjeerseeds.html
Zabul is a province in the Southern Afghanistan, which is located along the Durand Line and borders with Pakistan.
It is a mix of flat land, semi to fully mountainous territories, which are dissected by a few major rivers such as Arghandab river and a number of seasonal rivers that emerge for durations that purely depends on the winter rains, spring rain and the precipitation accumulated in the form of snow on the mountains in a particular year. The droughts have become much more prevalent and a common occurrence in past decade or so, and with no organized watering system the farmers of Zabul are basically left to bear the brunt of Nature by themselves.
The traditional cannabis farmers from these Asian regions are seldom if ever recognized for their continued foundational work around the cannabis plant.
The hash plants grown in this area consistently give off a sweet textured smell built on an aromatic spicy base of fennel, clove, cinnamon like flavours which is quite unique of a profile to be seen in such a consistent manner across a population in Afghanistan. There’s little to no fuel (phenol, toluene) like aromas accompanying the sweet and spicy profile, and neither does it carry any foul/offensive aromas like rotten fruit or meat.
As the season comes to a close towards the October in this region, most of the plants bleed out lucid hues of purples and reds, showing the ability of this strain to produce flavonoids to deal with marginal light conditions and other cold related stress.
There’s a healthy amount of diversity seen amongst these plants in terms of some of the floral elements of the overall population such as bud structure (shape and size), colours on the bracts and bract leaves, aromas, etc... However, these very populations are also pretty consistent in delivering some of the other broader aspects or features of the plant such as height, amount of stretch during the flowering period, flowering time. Good resin production with overpowering effects to compliment a truly unique bouquet of smells.
Flowering indoors: 8-10 weeks.
Ripening outdoors: October
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Hi folks i try to reveg one balochi#3 male after it showed sex. Now the stamen show some resin on them. Is this also an indicator for a resinous male? The outside of the male flowers show some trichomes under the microscope but the sparkles on the stamen are visible with the eye.
That's a good sign for sure chilliwilli 
What do you plan to pollinate with his pollen ?
What do you plan to pollinate with his pollen ?
Thx dubi. I will hit the balochi#3 and the new caledonia with this male in the first round. Got 3 balochi fems in flower for about a week and the males still veg. I failed to clone all nc in the first round so i'm a little behind my plan. The 3 smallest nc in veg are already growing under the scrog net and i hope they turn out fem.
My plan is to test the balochi outdoors and if they are good for 48°n i will hit some clones that work outdoor like the bushmans from flowery fields(=herbaria seeds). Imo the drought resistance from the balochi is a nice addition to an outdoor strain but i'm not sure how mold resistant of the balochi is.
My plan is to test the balochi outdoors and if they are good for 48°n i will hit some clones that work outdoor like the bushmans from flowery fields(=herbaria seeds). Imo the drought resistance from the balochi is a nice addition to an outdoor strain but i'm not sure how mold resistant of the balochi is.
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I am dying to try the Kandahar Red Selection! Unfortunately I cannot find a seedbank for it that ships to CA/US. Anybody able to help a brother out?
Welcome CannabisKenta,
The new Durand Line Afghani strains are only available for direct purchases on our website, we currently only ship to EU, UK and Canada.
The new Durand Line Afghani strains are only available for direct purchases on our website, we currently only ship to EU, UK and Canada.
Balochistan#3 21-25d since 11/13.
2 started to flower with ~2 weeks, the right one later. Hope this one is a 12 weeker
Close up late flowering plant.
2 started to flower with ~2 weeks, the right one later. Hope this one is a 12 weeker
Close up late flowering plant.
