Full Power Selections - Indian Landrace Exchange - Irrizinig

Grojak

Grojak

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Rurumo said:
How did you like those Maruf's? I just barely missed out on getting those, but then Tony Green came through with a Maruf Black reproduction, which is a testament to the quality of the genetics. Wish I had both the red and black but oh well. It looks like Fulpower selections sold out of the Hopar Valley seeds very fast too, those were unique selections.

I just picked up the North East & Eastern India tour book bundle, which came with these:
1X Eastern Manipur Burma Border
1X Moirang (Manipur)
1X Koraput Purple
1X Araku valley Mango

I couldn't resist. I've been wanting to pick up some Burmese/Manipur seeds for some time and was thinking of TRSC, but here I get 2 from Manipur, and two from further down South in the Eastern Ghats, two regions known for quality and potency. I also really wanted the picture book, not going to lie. I love learning about the geography of India and where these seeds come from, and the various ethnic groups and tribes that breed them. I still want to pick up some Kerala and Orissa gold, but I think I'll hold off on anymore seeds for a few months, then give Cocogenes a shot with those and a few unique selections they have, gotta spread the love around and support all these landrace seed companies.
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Good luck with the Manipur Burma, I saw one on the ILE thread on IC and it looks like the damn thing will never finish indoors.

I have a few packs en route myself:

Red Baloch
Black Tiger NLD
Pink Stigma
 
Rurumo

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Grojak said:
Good luck with the Manipur Burma, I saw one on the ILE thread on IC and it looks like the damn thing will never finish indoors.

I have a few packs en route myself:

Red Baloch
Black Tiger NLD
Pink Stigma
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Nice picks, I've come very close to getting all of those. YES, that Eastern Manipur/Burmese on IC took forever! I want to have some shorter flowering sativa pollen ready before I start those so I can hit everything the first time around, then just do the selections later. I just got this today!! The Moirang purple is also from Manipur. Araku Valley is in the Eastern Ghats and is famous for trippy mango weed. Koraput is from the same region as Araku valley. The book is really cool too!

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Rurumo

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In case anyone is interested in their travel books, I've read through this one now and I'm glad I picked up this package. The book has great pictures of all the strains that came with it. The Eastern Manipur Burma Border buds are just beautiful big blue streaked clusters with "blueberry and fig paste" terps. One interesting thing mentioned in the book is that the Moirang Purple selection is part of the same landrace, but with a much stronger blueberry flavor. I'm really stoked to try those out just for the blueberry terps alone! The book doesn't have much information, but it does show some interesting things, like how cannabis is prepared in Manipur. They actually cob it, which is common in a lot of the tropics. They beat the fresh buds and then roll them into cobs (they add oil to the cobs) inside tightly wound rubber rolls and then ferment for 3 weeks. Then they unwrap the cobs and dry them. Honestly, the process makes a ton of sense for their environment-immediate fermentation is probably the best way to avoid mold, plus then the terpenes and cannabinoids are protected from oxidation inside the cobs, even after unwrapping, and I bet the oil creates an oxygen barrier. I would definitely get another one of these seed/book sets again if its from a landrace region that interests me. I'm going to have to do some cob experimentation, but I'll wait until I grow these buds from Manipur to do it, just for fun (and authenticity).
 
La Changua

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Thanks for sharing @Rurumo , the book and the collection are very interesting for any collector, great acquisition. And it makes it more interesting the fact that that traditional way of processing was recently lost, That was the last harvest processed that way, he explains the process quite well on instagram, I don't think it's difficult to replicate, it would be fun. I asked myself how many generations that family lived from processing the harvest like this, even up to centuries, who knows. It is a bit sad that traditions like this are lost. That gives even more value to his documentation work with the books. ...

This was written by him on Instagram recently... "Luckily, we covered this peculiar post harvest processing at Manipur in 2019, not knowing that it would be the last of its kind atleast in this area. This entire episode is covered in the TourBook along with the contrasting state of affairs of 2022."
 
Rurumo

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La Changua said:
Thanks for sharing @Rurumo , the book and the collection are very interesting for any collector, great acquisition. And it makes it more interesting the fact that that traditional way of processing was recently lost, That was the last harvest processed that way, he explains the process quite well on instagram, I don't think it's difficult to replicate, it would be fun. I asked myself how many generations that family lived from processing the harvest like this, even up to centuries, who knows. It is a bit sad that traditions like this are lost. That gives even more value to his documentation work with the books. ...

This was written by him on Instagram recently... "Luckily, we covered this peculiar post harvest processing at Manipur in 2019, not knowing that it would be the last of its kind atleast in this area. This entire episode is covered in the TourBook along with the contrasting state of affairs of 2022."
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Thanks for telling me this, it was a bit confusing in the book because they showed the processing in 2019, then the book switched over to poppies/opium for a few pages. They said those families have been switching over to poppy production instead of traditional cannabis farming, which is really sad. I wonder if the timing is due to the Taliban banning poppy production in Afghanistan in 2021? It makes sense that a higher price for raw materials might motivate these people to switch crops. It's sad that they've stopped producing cannabis in their traditional manner. I might have to finally get on Instagram so I can keep track of these guys.
 
misterlaxx

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GrownAtHighAltitude said:
Well, I couldn't help it and I guess I am just going to have two tourbooks. I went ahead and ordered a second full set.

I didn't like how I accidentally killed off the Maruf Black I popped. The other two red and green are fine.

The leaf structure on these are just incredible examples of Afghanica. They stand out from all my other plants, even the indicas and hybrids.
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brother, I have another pack of it, but I killed all of my Nawa Ghazni Big ROunds...it was lame, my Arghandab Black is going good though, I got a tower male and couple ladies, and they're knocked up with what a brother Bronstone called "coconuts"
 

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gzussaves69

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A couple Balochistan Red Heirloom #1's, also tried popping a couple each Lolab Valley, Maruf #2 and Kila Rasheed (Black Alien) but no luck except for these two. 3rd attempt at cracking the Lolab, seeds are so tiny making it more difficult. Still hopeful though.
 

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Rurumo

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SIMIAN__RATICUS said:
Does anyone know if we (USA) can order direct from Full Power Selections website?
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I've looked at their new website quite a bit, never ordered. I asked the seller of Full Power selections on Strainly if they are associated with that site and they said they were. I've ordered direct through email before and got my seeds from India about a month later.
 
gzussaves69

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Rurumo said:
I've looked at their new website quite a bit, never ordered. I asked the seller of Full Power selections on Strainly if they are associated with that site and they said they were. I've ordered direct through email before and got my seeds from India about a month later.
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Same way I ordered, no problem.
 
VincenzioVonHook

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I've got a Nepalese strain going at the moment. Ran 12/12 from seed and it's in stretch as we speak (around 40 days from germ). It's from a hash farm in South East Nepal. Pretty sure they are well hybridised by now as they have been selectively breeding for a few years. Nice thin leaves now it's in flower. I have a over a thousand of these seeds so I might be onto a good thing. Mate brings them back every time he goes over to see his misses.
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Was insanely vigorous. busting out it's 10th/11th node at day 25 and was topped back to 7th.

I have some rasol village from khalifa here, but I'm scared to run it with the 160cm height restrictions I have at the moment.

I'm interested to see how she goes. The chemdog #4 beside it didn't take as well to 12/12 start. It pre flowered after the Nepalese and has already finished stretch.
 
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I purchased the Pink Stigma with zero germination. No communication with Indian Exchange or any who claim to represent the company. Oh well, lesson learned. Whats odd is that the company I went through to acquire the seeds claim they have not heard of any issues with seeds. Hmm....thays the statement of a whore declaring themselves a virgin!
 
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SIMIAN__RATICUS

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I was able to get black tiger bld & nld (balochistan) via email. All the seeds i dropped of both popped, 1 ended up not making it, just never opened up and stayed yellow. Got the seeds relatively quick, about 12 days after i paid
 
gzussaves69

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Balochistan Red Heirloom #1 decided to throw mega nanners in the middle of week 4. Not sure why exactly, something in my environment that triggered it or just wild genetics, was an otherwise healthy plant with some nice flowers forming. Smelled like a red delicious apple. Hoping for better results with her clone. Have some pollen to play with from a male that had a cinnamon apple smell.
 

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conor c

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VincenzioVonHook said:
I've got a Nepalese strain going at the moment. Ran 12/12 from seed and it's in stretch as we speak (around 40 days from germ). It's from a hash farm in South East Nepal. Pretty sure they are well hybridised by now as they have been selectively breeding for a few years. Nice thin leaves now it's in flower. I have a over a thousand of these seeds so I might be onto a good thing. Mate brings them back every time he goes over to see his misses.
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Was insanely vigorous. busting out it's 10th/11th node at day 25 and was topped back to 7th.

I have some rasol village from khalifa here, but I'm scared to run it with the 160cm height restrictions I have at the moment.

I'm interested to see how she goes. The chemdog #4 beside it didn't take as well to 12/12 start. It pre flowered after the Nepalese and has already finished stretch.
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Yeah id say as a general rule all the Himalayan varieties tend to wanna be huge so there not the easiest to deal with inside and there not the biggest fans of restricted root space either in my experience i know no plant likes that but im sure you have probably noticed this yourself some types of strains handle it better than others and i got a few packs of the rasoli myself but not ile it's rsc tho i got em from they be similar id think tho
 
conor c

conor c

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Rurumo said:
In case anyone is interested in their travel books, I've read through this one now and I'm glad I picked up this package. The book has great pictures of all the strains that came with it. The Eastern Manipur Burma Border buds are just beautiful big blue streaked clusters with "blueberry and fig paste" terps. One interesting thing mentioned in the book is that the Moirang Purple selection is part of the same landrace, but with a much stronger blueberry flavor. I'm really stoked to try those out just for the blueberry terps alone! The book doesn't have much information, but it does show some interesting things, like how cannabis is prepared in Manipur. They actually cob it, which is common in a lot of the tropics. They beat the fresh buds and then roll them into cobs (they add oil to the cobs) inside tightly wound rubber rolls and then ferment for 3 weeks. Then they unwrap the cobs and dry them. Honestly, the process makes a ton of sense for their environment-immediate fermentation is probably the best way to avoid mold, plus then the terpenes and cannabinoids are protected from oxidation inside the cobs, even after unwrapping, and I bet the oil creates an oxygen barrier. I would definitely get another one of these seed/book sets again if its from a landrace region that interests me. I'm going to have to do some cob experimentation, but I'll wait until I grow these buds from Manipur to do it, just for fun (and authenticity).
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Your right i think also water curing originated in asia as far as i know i suspect for the same reason as cobbing to keep it from being spoiled
 
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