MK - a northern greece landrace sativa

[doublezero]

Hey all,

I was gifted some seeds and among them there is the "Mountain King" which I just call MK. Flowering time of MK should be 10-12 weeks. The high is described as "very strong". That's all information I got.

As my flowering tent is booked until January next year it may take a while to see more. Inbetween I will take a cut to see if it is a female, which I was told should be highly probable with a ratio of around 1:10 m:f.

For now I have germinated 1 seed in soil and almost messed it because the little pot I got the seedling in dried out as I was on vacation for a few days. It is coming back. The plant resides in an incubator with high RH and ~25°/18° under 50W COB (together with something else).

The soil mix may be a little bit too strong. We will see.


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November, 29


December, 1

 

[Creeperpark]

Hey all,

I was gifted some seeds and among them there is the "Mountain King" which I just call MK. Flowering time of MK should be 10-12 weeks. The high is described as "very strong". That's all information I got.

As my flowering tent is booked until January next year it may take a while to see more. Inbetween I will take a cut to see if it is a female, which I was told should be highly probable with a ratio of around 1:10 m:f.

For now I have germinated 1 seed in soil and almost messed it because the little pot I got the seedling in dried out as I was on vacation for a few days. It is coming back. The plant resides in an incubator with high RH and ~25°/18° under 50W COB (together with something else).

The soil mix may be a little bit too strong. We will see.


November, 21
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Thanks for posting friend. Good luck.

 

[aCBD]

Good luck!
Would this be one of the varieties that was used to make hashish many years ago?

 

[doublezero]

Good luck!
Would this be one of the varieties that was used to make hashish many years ago?

Thank you @aCBD and @Creeperpark.

I will ask for more information. My guess would be that all the greek varieties known today (Cretan, Arcadian, Kalamata, Moliotiko) may have been used to produce hash.

 

[doublezero]

@aCBD
It is indeed a hashplant so chances are that the production of hashish from this variety has taken place.

 

[aCBD]

@aCBD
It is indeed a hashplant so chances are that the production of hashish from this variety has taken place.

Thank you for checking, really curious about the genetics.

 

[Rocket Soul]

In for the ride, hope you find some gold

 

[doublezero]

I want to add that the origin is the mountainous regions of central macedonia.

 

[doublezero]

Here is a profile pic.

8" height @18 days since MK saw first light, 4 nodes now. The leaf fingers jumped from 1 to 3 to 7, with one leaf on the third node only having 6 fingers.

 

[doublezero]

Current state, did not pay attention to the light and tips got slightly burned. Other than that, I like the appearance very much.

 

[doublezero]

MK got a new housing with a ~1.5gal terra-cotta, repotted yesterday. I stretched the soil mix with perlite and some used soil. It was obviously at the limit with what this plant can handle.

15" height @26 days since MK saw first light, 6 nodes now. I hope the lanky appearance is due to the irregular lighting. The plant just sits in my room.

I also replaced the Cree COB. It used to be a spectrum for growth only. Now it is a high CRI full spectrum, still @ ~50W.

 

[mexcurandero420]

Thank you @aCBD and @Creeperpark.

I will ask for more information. My guess would be that all the greek varieties known today (Cretan, Arcadian, Kalamata, Moliotiko) may have been used to produce hash.

Greece was a big hash supplier to Egypt early 20th century till the British asked the Greek government to ban the cultivation in 1906.

The farmers were not so happy with it,so they sended protest letters.

 

[doublezero]

@mexcurandero420
Wow, nice pictures and information.

Is there any chance to decipher the 4 protest letters? I may find a tool to do so but atm I doubt that.

I found some additional information in this context here - https://www.efsyn.gr/arheio/fantasma-tis-istorias/297081_oi-peripeteies-tis-kannabis-stin-ellada

 

[mexcurandero420]

@mexcurandero420
Wow, nice pictures and information.

Is there any chance to decipher the 4 protest letters? I may find a tool to do so but atm I doubt that.

I found some additional information in this context here - https://www.efsyn.gr/arheio/fantasma-tis-istorias/297081_oi-peripeteies-tis-kannabis-stin-ellada

 

[aCBD]

Greece is also mentioned in Clarkes Hashish book but little information..not even 2 full pages

 

[midwestkid]

There is a podcast at Breeders Syndicate where Angus from The Real Seed Company speaks about greek genetics.
its worth a listen. he sounds super knowledgable.
anyways, to poorly paraphrase, he said the greek put selective breeding practices into play with these genetics because of prohibition and they were selected towards flower production rather than hash making characteristics.
he called some greek varieties early finish short sativas. and said their potency was high.

Im sure i butchered this, but just wanted to put that out there. could be an early finish nld rather than a bld hashplant?

 

[mexcurandero420]

Kind of hash plants they grew back then in Greece.

 

[doublezero]

@midwestkid
It may be the case that over time characteristics have been shifted towards "flower production". I don't think we will be able to track that back completely. Personally, I do not see any reason to have done so.

Besides that I am not sure if Clarkes classification can always be applied.

I remember the donor of this seed telling me that narrow leaves express later in the game with this variety. So, there are no NLD hashplants? I am confused now.

Whatever classification this plant falls into I am OK with as long as it is female

 

[Rgd]

@midwestkid
It may be the case that over time characteristics have been shifted towards "flower production". I don't think we will be able to track that back completely. Personally, I do not see any reason to have done so.

Besides that I am not sure if Clarkes classification can always be applied.

I remember the donor of this seed telling me that narrow leaves express later in the game with this variety. So, there are no NLD hashplants? I am confused now.

Whatever classification this plant falls into I am OK with as long as it is female

20 years ago I selfed one single afghani seed
my best friend gave me from a chunk of hash brought back by a peace keeper

this is a Sativa its also very hash plant

grew it and selfed the clone[thankfully female]

photo is from led05 who grew one and did a great job

HASHBEAN

 

[midwestkid]

I am not one to speak on proper classifications of plants. most of those classifications seem to be pretty fluid right now anyways.
I am more of the "grow it and see what the plant says" school of thought...
I am only blurting out what Angus mentioned in a podcast that i heard yesterday.

i grow some nld stuff that drops hash harder than my bld genetics?

i grow some nld stuff that has narcotic effects.

and im still waiting to grow bld genetics with speedy effects (heard they are out there)