Swabi F3 | Indian Landrace Exchange

Swabi, is a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan. Although the district is situated at 34° N of Equator but its a continues flat land between Indus and Kabul River that converge towards the extreme south of Swabi District the rivers are used to draw irrigation canals for the villages. Due to being Flatland the cannabis is farmed either in Patches in Mild to dense Jungle like area, Mango Orchids Or Inside High wall parameter, like 10-14 ft. Which still remains easily accessible though but just hidden from Plain sight. The Government interference has impacted the cannabis farming a lot already and to in a rapidly developing district, living a socially acceptable status means farmers weaning away from this cannabis as a livelihood. The fast flowering expression comes with below average bract yields however copious amounts of very sticky resin, that closely resembles the Highland Hash plant like resin quality in texture, smaller trichomes but abundant and very sticky. The smell is quite intense like short flowering Broadleaf plants and gives off a clear aroma of raw mango and spices, like pepper.

From what’s commonly learned about the regions near Punjab,the wilder types cross pollinate the imported farmed varieties often in places like Swabi (KPK), but unlike many other parts in India, the farmers here understand the importance of maintaining the desirable heirloom expression to save it from degradation overtime. The remaining females were excluded because of considerably longer flowering term.