RSC-AFG-BAL-0120190001
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| Balkhi General Population 2019 | |
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| Balkhi outdoors in Balkh, summer 2019 (RSC listing caption, 2019) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Sex expression | Dioecious |
| Chemotype | Segregating |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation |
| Plant height | 1–3 m |
| Photoperiod response | Short-day |
| Aroma | Citrus, lime, pine, sandalwood, burnt rubber |
| Botanical Characteristics | |
| Plant shape | Bushy |
| Branching | Strong |
| Leaflet width | Medium |
| Processing | |
| Made into | Dry-sift |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Northern Afghanistan |
| Growing Area | Balkh |
| Location | |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Province/State | Balkh Province |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Point of Origin |
| Autochthonous | Yes |
| Date | 2019 |
| Collector | Angus |
| Conservation | |
| Main lot | The Real Seed Company Seed lot: At risk handed out handed out: handed out (sold) |
| Introgression | Minimal |
| Cultivation | |
| Status | Unknown |
| System Type | Unknown |
| Cycle 1 Harvest | October–October |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | The Real Seed Company |
| Genebanks and Sequence Data | |
Genebank accessions | |
| Genetic Relationships | |
Same population | |
Balkhi General Population 2019 is a landrace cannabis accession from Balkh Province, Afghanistan, listed as Balkhi in the seed catalogue of The Real Seed Company (RSC).[1] RSC classifies it as an Afghan landrace.[1] The Real Seed Company lists the line, currently out of stock, on its Kwik Seeds site (checked 17 October 2026).[2]
Geography
RSC describes Balkh as the hashish heartland of northern Afghanistan and a crucial centre of cannabis culture and biodiversity. It gives the latitude of the source area as about 36° N.[1]
Collection Details
RSC gives the sourcing as Landrace Genetics, Balkh, northern Afghanistan (2019).[1] The Kwik Seeds listing of the same line, on the shop RSC calls its other site,[3] dates the sourcing to 2018.[4]
RSC distinguishes the accession from the larger north Afghan landrace that, it says, Afghans themselves call Mazar-i-Sharif.[1] The Kwik Seeds listing describes that strain as very large and as the one RSC sells under the name Mazar-i-Sharif.[4]
In August 2023 Angus gave three packets of Balkhi seed to the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, with a donor's note giving the date of collection as 2019 and the place as Balkh. The system holds the seed as accession G 33689 at its Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York.[5][6]
Cultivation Details
Botanical Characteristics
RSC describes a resinous, heavily branched landrace of semi-dwarf habit, often with an almost spherical architecture.[1] It gives a height of about 2 metres and medium to broad leaflets. The Kwik Seeds listing gives a height of 1 to 3 metres and a medium leaflet width. It classifies the line as Cannabis sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica.[4]
Versions of the RSC listing from 2020 and early 2021 gave a height of 1 to 3 metres and said that leaflet width varies from broad to narrow.[7] In 2020 the listing classified the line as C. sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica × C. sativa subsp. indica var. indica.[7] By August 2021 it had put the second parent in brackets with a question mark.[8]
RSC expects the population, like other charas landraces, to include chemotypes ranging from THC-dominant to CBD-dominant, as well as other cannabinoids such as THCV.[1]
Aroma
RSC describes intense aromas ranging from citrus and lime to pine, sandalwood and burnt rubber.[1]
Notes
In 2020 the listing also said that northern Afghan landraces cannot easily be categorised according to "Western preconceptions" of Indica- and Sativa-type strains.[7]
Smoke Reports
Gallery
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Kushman beside a large cannabis plant on the road in Balkh, 2019 (RSC blog post, October 2019) -
Balkhi in early October on the East Coast of the United States (RSC listing title, 2019) -
A customer's Balkhi indoors at 42 days of flowering (RSC listing caption, 2019) -
Balkhi indoors at 70 days, grown by The Baked Nurse (RSC listing caption, 2019) -
Balkhi plants in a field (RSC listing)
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Balkhi". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Balkhi". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 17 October 2026.
- ↑ "Hemp & Multipurpose". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Balkhi". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "G 33689, Cannabis sativa L., Balkhi". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ "Northeast Regional Plant Introduction Station (NE9)". GRIN-Global. USDA Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. Retrieved 3 October 2026.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "Balkhi". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Balkhi". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2026.