RSC-PAK-KHY-0120190003
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| Tirah General Population 2019 | |
|---|---|
| RSC-PAK-KHY-0120190003 | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation |
| Plant height | 1–4 m |
| Photoperiod response | Short-day |
| Aroma | Coffee, hazelnut, hash, citrus, kush, earthy musk |
| Processing | |
| Method | Dry-sift |
| Notes | Dry-sieved garda charas |
| 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 | 2019 |
| Harvest 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 | Late September–October |
| Preservation | |
| Seed Storage | The Real Seed Company |
| Genetic Relationships | |
Tirah General Population 2019 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) from September 2020 to July 2022.[1][2] RSC described it as a Hindu Kush landrace of the 2019 harvest from the Tirah Valley, a renowned centre of hashish production in northwest Pakistan.[1] The lot is no longer on sale at RSC: the listing has since sold seed of the 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] RSC wrote that every serious collector should have seed from the Pakistani Hindu Kush, as the Internet would soon bring modern hybrid seed to Pakistan, as was already happening across India.[1]
Collection Details
The listing gave the sourcing as "Landrace Genetics, Tirah Valley, Hindu Kush, 2019 Harvest" from September 2020 to July 2022, and wrote that the seeds had been hand-selected from plants with desirable traits such as intense resin, high yield and impressive aromas.[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]
Botanical Characteristics
RSC gave a height of 1 to 4 metres and described resinous, broad- to narrow-leafleted, early maturing plants with a narcotic effect and aromas of coffee, hazelnut, hash, citrus, kush and earthy musk. It wrote that Tirah landraces range from short, heavily branched Indica-type plants with relatively broad leaflets to Sativa-type variants, like the "Khyber Sativa" strain of old seedbank catalogues, and classed the line as "C. sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica x C. sativa subsp. indica var. indica".[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 27 September 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2026.
- ↑ "Tirah". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 27 October 2026.