Just did an order from seed boutique, not really news around here. Lot of RIU orders from seed boutique.
Been seeing just about every boutique order has been accompanied by a free pack of 'Mazar'. Didn't sound all that great. Lot of people talking about poor germination and quick die off of seedlings. OK, sounds like they're giving free junk, but hey it's free.
So I went and did some reading. Not too hard to find. If interested, I can update anyone interested. In short, don't toss those seeds, or think they're crap.
From what I've read, there maybe a mixture of seeds from more than 1 afghan location. Seems these are landrace strain. May not be a good strain for newb's, at least if you try to treat them like most of the hybrids we are used to.
There seem to be at least a couple of phenotypes here, 1 more indica, the other more on the sativa side. And they don't like all that much water, very dry tolerant. My guess is this is part of the trouble some people have had here. Makes sense for an afghan landrace, at least to me.
Also supposed to be very heat and cold tolerant. Don't know if this part is true, but often harvested in January. It's used for hash there, so it's left to ripen real good. It laughs at heat and pisses on snow. If only I had something like this when I was growing outdoors. I always had some real good hill/mountain locations, but they were way too fucking dry! Oh well.
Bud formation can be slow, doesn't really take off till about 7 weeks, but then kicks in to high gear. Not an early finisher, though I think the pack info may say otherwise. 10 weeks probably the minimum, and longer if you want the full indica stone.
Which is where it got interesting for me, seems to give a very nice head high for indica. For me an indica that gives the sativa feel is the holy grail. Long cure seems to be needed, reports of harshness of fresh buds.
I haven't seen this info on RIU yet. Maybe it's here, but the guru's haven't gotten around to posting yet. In short, you might want to do a little internet browsing on these seeds before popping. Might be a little more here than you think for freebies
growone
Been seeing just about every boutique order has been accompanied by a free pack of 'Mazar'. Didn't sound all that great. Lot of people talking about poor germination and quick die off of seedlings. OK, sounds like they're giving free junk, but hey it's free.
So I went and did some reading. Not too hard to find. If interested, I can update anyone interested. In short, don't toss those seeds, or think they're crap.
From what I've read, there maybe a mixture of seeds from more than 1 afghan location. Seems these are landrace strain. May not be a good strain for newb's, at least if you try to treat them like most of the hybrids we are used to.
There seem to be at least a couple of phenotypes here, 1 more indica, the other more on the sativa side. And they don't like all that much water, very dry tolerant. My guess is this is part of the trouble some people have had here. Makes sense for an afghan landrace, at least to me.
Also supposed to be very heat and cold tolerant. Don't know if this part is true, but often harvested in January. It's used for hash there, so it's left to ripen real good. It laughs at heat and pisses on snow. If only I had something like this when I was growing outdoors. I always had some real good hill/mountain locations, but they were way too fucking dry! Oh well.
Bud formation can be slow, doesn't really take off till about 7 weeks, but then kicks in to high gear. Not an early finisher, though I think the pack info may say otherwise. 10 weeks probably the minimum, and longer if you want the full indica stone.
Which is where it got interesting for me, seems to give a very nice head high for indica. For me an indica that gives the sativa feel is the holy grail. Long cure seems to be needed, reports of harshness of fresh buds.
I haven't seen this info on RIU yet. Maybe it's here, but the guru's haven't gotten around to posting yet. In short, you might want to do a little internet browsing on these seeds before popping. Might be a little more here than you think for freebies
growone
