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ahortator

ahortator

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Hi,

I have no idea where that Nepalese extremely thin leaflet strain came from. It is a very distinct strange strain. At least we now it is now grown in Terai.

I think this pic belongs to you, Bodhiseeds. Beautiful plants!

location: chitwan national park
village: sauraha
elevation: 150m
classification: full on lowland terrai jungle sativa
aroma: temple ball, soapy, green, spice
notes: this plant is extremely stable and almost indestructible, i have had 5 females in 12oz cups in my mom room for over a year, they dont seem to care if theres no water, light, root space, pm, etc... they are prone to spider mites though, but they dont impact the plant that much. i have also bushmastered (pgr) them into bonsai sativas. should be a unique breeding tool.
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How is the high? With so narrow leaflets I would think it could be an killer extreme super-sativa. But it wouldn't surprise to me if not :D

A video from a bust in Tripura:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaJJdNwxuag

I am currently trying to germinate two TRSC Kerala seeds a friend gave to me. But tomorrow they will be 2 weeks and they still don't sprout :clock watch: :frown:

Greetings.
 
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padrone

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Bohdi, was the bottom plant grown naturally and how old was it when it exhausted its nutes? Looks deliciously organic.
 
window

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A few month cure has greatly improved my little Kerala buds.
The smell when opening the jar is fruity and floral just like Doc d says but squeezing/ crushing up the bud its sweet incense with a hint of lemon/ lime in the background.
Smoke now has mellowed and cooled and tastes of incense and hash.
High is clear, up and mildly psychedelic, but not like LSD more like MDMA .
Every pull on a joint takes you higher until it comes with blissfull waves of euphoria that move from your head through your body, down to your toes.
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These tiny resin encrusted calyx hold a powerful but gentle feeling high like a small dose of pure ecstacy, I've found this feeling in import grass, in African herb from the 80s, its very nice.
I went to a small local festival this weekend and had great time and with this herb made it even better, music, sun, pretty girls and a fine Kerala buzz, summertime, sunshine cannabis, yeah Mon.
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Doc D said:
amazing 420 gift from the boys out at Kiona, thanks LRG and Zam!… surprisingly sweet and floral aroma but a more earthy floral taste, very pleasing and well cured. the more you puff the higher you get… a beautiful and unique high type that's very long lasting, comes in waves with a gentle come-down… great for music lovers and has a wonderful euphoric edge…. don't let the numbers fool yeah.... i'll get some bud pics up soon.

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Even though THC is at a low 15%, it could be the THCv that gave it more of a pycho active experience. Wish they would do more test on THCv and its effects. and are the #s higher in THCv far as sativa goes, see if I can find more research.
 
ngakpa

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@ya - 15% THC isn't low; and THCV isn't psychoactive

those photos were just taken by a friend with a mobile phone in September... the issue is that good times to visit for getting seeds and trying good smoke are not good times to get photos of plants in full flower...

@ahortator - the plant in the photo is just one from a garden... tribal ethnic minorities are allowed to grow one plant per household in Kerala, for ritual use

these are photos from Kerala - the black and white is from Attapadi, the colour is from Idukki 1983



 
Dkgrower

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Here is my simple take on Indian + Nepal genetics.. first you have to take into consideration that all families that grow weed, save seeds from last years crop that they pick the best plants.

In the mountains, you have 2 broad types with some small variation. thin leaved and more broad leaved

In the lower or lesser himalaya you find those thin leafed "sativas" they grow tall with extreem internodal spacing and have that typical open chrismas tree, they are really not that potent and traditionally and they grow the plants in rows with cabbage and other stuff.. You always find this type in the lower vally floors or on river banks and its mostly low thc type and very close to fiber types. The procent of hermi is off the hook and it can be difficult to find any real females..


In the Higher himalayas you find the most potent type in hash producing areas, they are more broad leaved and are more inbreed for those higher attitude conditions and drug production
In some parts of the higher himalayas you can find mango, lemon and pine type phenos within the drug type broad leaf, also they procent of hermis is much lower and you find many true females.
You also find that thin leaved type in the higher himalayas in and around villages and river banks


East India, the home of swag weed..a zillion thin leaved, very sativa chrismas tree, bad tasting smelling phenos with very littel variation. Tho you have around turist hubs (varanasi) local growers that try and grow some sensimilla from the local or outside genetics, that can be a tad better but in essence its all just bad tasting swag weed, in my many travels i newer really got lucky in east india.

Center of india, its also very much the same and kinda like most you find in east india (bengalie weed)..

South India,

Karnataka is also a swag province compared to tamil nadu and some places in Kerela..
The best weed i found was in north vest parts of tamil nadu, there you have some local growers that make some pretty good weed that they sell mostly to turist, becarefull of the mushrooms and tempels, small hint to the location... =)

Kerela, i know everybody talks highly of kerela but most of the times its just weed with alot of seeds and littel taste..but when you go into the hill stations things get better, but they do make some pretty ok oil from all the buds they grow and you can be lucky to find some thing with out seeds..

Also and i mentioned it in other treads, if you want to find a indica in india- type strain you have to go to Punjab, there they grow some really stong weed that look similar to strains that grow in the southern parts of pakistan and afghanistan.

Any way i really find it funny that indica is defined from india and in my local botanica museeum we have an original sample that was used to define the indica subtype. but i guess definitions drift with time.
 
ahortator

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Hi Ngakpa and everybody

I remember I have seen "Tungapan" and "the man from Attappady saying Yes" pics somewhere :D

One point about Kerala strains I have read, it's their strong resistance to mold.

Funny you should mention Kerala. Years ago I grew a crop in a swamp and every single plant got killed by mold except a lone landrace Kerala that had no mold at all. It was more impressive than that though because it had a huge hybrid thing I was experimenting with that grew over and through the Kerala and then went moldy and died. So the Kerala had mould dripping on it from this other plant and in places I had to unwrap moldy branches from the other plant that had tangled around the Kerala. Absolutely amazing and what a lovely smoke. One of the best I've ever had.

Very frustrating plant to grow though. It's a full tropical strain that doesn't start flowering till everything else finishes and then it just gets these wispy little buds that do nothing for months... just like many Thais.

The secret to tropical sativas is to finish them properly because they pack on all their weight and potency in the last few weeks. My rule with tropical sativas is that if they haven't completely changed colour and the leaves dying and the buds gone all stinky... then they aren't ready yet.

Kerala really packed it on the last two weeks and at least doubled the bud density. The buds grew all over the whole plant so it was covered and then the leaves started dying so it was a breeze to manicure and a lovely spicey berry smell unique to Kerala.

The only reason I don't grow Kerala is because of the tiny seeds and calyxs. I don't want to introduce that trait into my lines anymore than it is already through the Haze plants I have. Otherwise Kerala is an awesome plant and those small seeded tiny calyx strains do seem to have better mold resistance than some of the other sativas.

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vinrusso

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Limeygreen said:
15% seems high enough if you ask me. What does 20-25% really do for you? To me the high thc like this, at least what I have been told as I never saw lab results, is more like whack to your face and not too much enjoyable feel to it, like a 2d effect rather than a 4d if you like. Beautiful looking plants and flowers guys, hope to hear more about south indian ganja.
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Semi high THC, and minuet amounts of CBD, makes for the trippy Euphoric effect. 15.5 is what Zamaldelica was, with almost no CBD, but it hits you like shrooms.
 
Thule

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ahortator said:
Hi,

I have no idea where that Nepalese extremely thin leaflet strain came from. It is a very distinct strange strain. At least we now it is now grown in Terai.

I think this pic belongs to you, Bodhiseeds. Beautiful plants!



How is the high? With so narrow leaflets I would think it could be an killer extreme super-sativa. But it wouldn't surprise to me if not :D

A video from a bust in Tripura:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaJJdNwxuag

I am currently trying to germinate two TRSC Kerala seeds a friend gave to me. But tomorrow they will be 2 weeks and they still don't sprout :clock watch: :frown:

Greetings.
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If Nepal is one of the places where cannabis originates from we could assume that the Terai strain is a very ancient variety and indiginous to the area. It is clear that sativas of such calibre are found nowhere else so it would make sence if it was indeed "mother sativa" of sorts.
 
Thcvhunter

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vinrusso said:
THCV, Does the Ace Green Haze Thai, post 2012 have Kerela in it?
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Not that I'm aware of....But I've never grown it
Kerala, however, is one of the constituents of Haze, though many of todays Hazes are selected towards the Central/South American and Thai lines, so the Kerala doesnt pop up as much.
 
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vinrusso

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Thcvhunter said:
Not that I'm aware of....But I've never grown it
Kerala, however, is one of the constituents of Haze, though many of todays Hazes are selected towards the Central/South American and Thai lines, so the Kerala doesnt pop up as much.
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Hey Th The new Green Haze description on certain sites maybe his, that says Indian Kerela and Thai influenced. Later
 
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vinrusso

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THCV on the Seedsman site and Herbies seeds, they both describe the new green haze as being more southern indian kerela and Thai. Sounds pretty good. Why it's not on ACE site, is beyond me. Later
 
XbX

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i have sent in a small amount of Kerala Gold seeds to SB, seeds obtained just after last harvest in southern India...hopefully listed soon...
 
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