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| Hopar Valley General Population 2022 | |
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| RSC-PAK-GIL-0120220001 | |
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| Hopar Valley plant with dark foliage on stony ground (RSC listing) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Accession Type | General population |
| Primary Purpose | Recreation, Food |
| Plant height | 1–4 m |
| Photoperiod response | Short-day |
| Aroma | Earthy spice, sweet funk, rotten roadkill |
| Botanical Characteristics | |
| Leaflet width | Broad |
| Leaf anthocyanin colour | Purple, very dark purple |
| Flower cluster size | Large |
| Processing | |
| Method | Dry-sift |
| Notes | Sieved charas; culinary seed; bhang |
| Hierarchy | |
| Growing Region | Karakoram |
| Growing Area | Hopar Valley |
| Location | |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province/State | Gilgit-Baltistan |
| District | Nagar District |
| Coordinates | 36.23, 74.76 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Seeds |
| Sourcing Type | Point of Origin |
| Autochthonous | Yes |
| Date | 2022 |
| Harvest Date | 2022 |
| 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 |
| Genebanks and Sequence Data | |
Genebank accessions | |
| Genetic Relationships | |
Related accessions | |
Hopar Valley General Population 2022 is a landrace cannabis accession from the Hopar Valley, Pakistan, listed as Hopar Valley in the seed catalogue of The Real Seed Company (RSC).[1] RSC classifies it as a Karakoram landrace and describes it as Indica-type.[1] The Real Seed Company offers the line for sale on its Kwik Seeds site (checked 17 October 2026).[2]
Geography
RSC places the landrace in the upper Hopar Valley in the Karakoram region of northern Pakistan, which it notes borders Kashmir, Xinjiang and the Hindu Kush. It gives a latitude of about 36° N.[1]
Collection Details
The listing gives the sourcing as Landrace Genetics, Hopar Valley, Karakoram Range, Pakistan (2022).[1] The Kwik Seeds listing of the same line, on the shop RSC calls its other site,[3] gives the same sourcing.[4] Neither listing names a village or farmer. Both sell the seed at a discount because it comes from the winter 2022 harvest and its viability may have dropped below 80 per cent.[1][4] According to RSC, many plants showed purple colouring at the time of collection.[1]
In August 2023 Angus gave a packet of Hopar Valley seed to the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System, with a donor's note dating the collection to winter 2022 in the Hopar Valley. The system holds the seed as accession G 33713 at its Plant Genetic Resources Unit in Geneva, New York.[5][6]
Cultivation Details
Botanical Characteristics
RSC gives a height of about 2 metres and expects large plants likely to grow beyond 2 metres in good land.[1] Kwik Seeds, and versions of the RSC listing from March 2023 to April 2025, give 1 to 4 metres.[4][7][8] RSC lists mostly broad leaflets, resinous plants and frequent purple or black colouring, with large plants and buds.[1]
According to RSC, the plants do not fit neatly into the Indica-type and Sativa-type taxonomy of McPartland and Small. It suggests that this may be because they come from near the interface between Central and South Asian cannabis and are Indica–Sativa hybrids.[1] Both listings classify the line as Cannabis sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica.[1][4] RSC names its Hunza Valley line as a similar accession.[1]
Aroma
RSC describes aromas ranging from earthy spice to sweet funk and rotten roadkill, which it considers mostly Indica-type.[1]
Smoke Reports
Gallery
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Purple-tinged Hopar Valley flower top (RSC listing) -
Hopar Valley plants in a field (RSC listing) -
A Hopar Valley plant beside a measuring pole (RSC listing)
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 "Hopar Valley". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Hopar Valley". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 17 October 2026.
- ↑ "Hemp & Multipurpose". The Real Seed Company. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Hopar Valley". Kwik Seeds. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "G 33713, Cannabis sativa L., Hopar Valley". 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.
- ↑ "Hopar Valley". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 28 March 2023. Retrieved 16 September 2026.
- ↑ "Hopar Valley". The Real Seed Company. Archived from the original on 25 April 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2026.