RSC-PAK-KHY-0120180002

Tirah General Population 2018
RSC-PAK-KHY-0120180002
At a Glance
Classification	Landrace
Accession Type	General population
Primary Purpose	Recreation
Photoperiod response	Short-day
Processing
Method	Dry-sift
Notes	Sieved charas (garda)
Hierarchy
Growing Area	Tirah
Location
Country	Pakistan
Province/State	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Coordinates	33.72, 70.95
Point type	District point
Uncertainty	about 24 km
Collection
Method	Seeds
Sourcing Type	Point of Origin
Autochthonous	Yes
Date	2018
Harvest Date	2018
Collector	Angus
Conservation
Main lot	The Real Seed Company; Seed lot: At risk; handed out handed out: handed out (sold); replaceability unknown, may be Urgent; Next: Test for the first time; Confirm whether a backup exists; as of 2026-10-30 · method v0.2
Introgression	Minimal
Cultivation
Status	Unknown
System Type	Unknown
Cycle 1 Harvest	Late September–October
Preservation
Seed Storage	The Real Seed Company
Genetic Relationships
	Related accessions Tirah General Population 2019; Tirah General Population 2022; Tirah General Population 2024;

Tirah General Population 2018 is a landrace cannabis accession from Tirah, a hashish-producing area in the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, on the border with Afghanistan, sold as Tirah in the seed catalogue of The Real Seed Company (RSC) in 2019.^[1]^[2] RSC described it as a pure Hindu Kush landrace of the 2018 harvest from the Tirah Valley, a renowned centre of hashish production in northwest Pakistan.^[1] The lot is no longer on sale: the listing has since sold seed of the 2019, 2022 and 2024 harvests.^[3]

Geography

RSC gave a latitude of 33° N. It placed the Tirah Valley in a region once known as the Tribal Agencies, a mountainous and ethnically Pashtun area beyond the direct control of the Pakistani government, and writes that the valley cuts through the Orakzai, Kurram and Khyber agencies.^[1]

History

According to RSC, the valley is a major centre of cannabis cultivation, best known for Tirah garda, a refined form of hashish with a potent, narcotic effect, usually blonde or golden, which darkens and "melts" with age.^[1]

Collection Details

The listing gave the sourcing as "The Real Seed Company, collected in Tirah Valley, Hindu Kush, 2018 harvest" in its two archived versions, of September and November 2019.^[1]^[2] It named no village or farmer.^[1]

Cultivation Details

RSC gave the purpose as charas (sieved resin) and the harvest as late September through October, and listed outdoor, greenhouse or indoor growing.^[1] It wrote that the seed produced vigorous, healthy seedlings but that its viability had tested at only about 60 per cent; its policy was not to list seed below 80 per cent viability, but because of the importance of Hindu Kush landraces it sold this lot at half price.^[1]

Botanical Characteristics

The listing gave the lot's height, aroma and characteristics as unknown. It wrote that Tirah landraces are typically Indica-type plants, short and heavily branched with relatively broad leaflets, though Sativa-type variants occur, as in the "Khyber Sativa" strain of old seedbank catalogues.^[1]

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
↑ "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 27 October 2026.

[rsc-tirah-20190915-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 ^1.8 "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2026.

[rsc-tirah-20191118-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 18 November 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2026.

[rsc-tirah-3] "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 27 October 2026.

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