Description
A pure landrace Afghani heirloom conservation project. Tora Bora complex, also known as Spin Ghar (White Moutain), Nangarhar Province, Jalalabad Afghanistan. This Afghani line was tested/sowed in January to see how it handled shifts in hot and cold. 38 plants were grown, some smaller plants were culled. Lots of morphological differences, possibly from being along a trade route of the Kyber Pass from Afghanistan to Pakistani and India for centuries. Many of the plants were narrow leaf or medium to narrow leaf. Some more medium to broad leaf phenotypes did pop up. Many of the plants develop more broad leaves in vegetative stage and narrow as flowering is induced. Green is the most common, but there are red phenotypes, purple phenotypes, pink, and shades with pigments in the petioles, stems and branches. Some plants bleed red and purple! They can can get tall, well over 9 feet if allowed and given the time and space to do so. These plants produce large hollow stems, some could be used as straws. Hard round stems and branches with little of the fibrous strands typical of many varieties of cannabis, indicating this is a drug cultivar versus a hemp cultivar. 16 females were used in the final production of this conservation. A very dark purple male with purple sepals, stems and petioles which bled purple sap was used, as well as another male which was more red-purple hued. There was other males and females which were meant to be used, but extreme weather, bouts with feral feline species, and a world pandemic, limited the use of all the plants intended for this run. Overall, this is a great line for breeding, as the pigments and colors and the narrow leaf phenotypes are not as common in many of the Afghani lines available today. Many of the plants had pine aromas, musk, perfume, incense, a mix of sweet forest and grasses with exotic spices. The best plants could be selected for some very interesting line breeding. 2 harvests could be made if planted in December or January a early harvest of March if weather permits, smaller plants. If planted in April to June, harvest in October to November for most plants. Some of the longer flowering phenotypes could run into late November and even December. Though this isn’t common and the majority of plants will finish in October to early November.
