Landrace strains???

[southpaw76]

Hello people,
I was curious about landrace strains and what not. After all these are the origins of the multitude of hybrid strains we have to choose from. Of these, the African landraces seem to peak my interest the most. Can anyone recommend a breeder that specializes in such strains??? Thanks in advance....

 

[dankbudz]

if you could find a good malawi gold. very nice LR sativa

 

[Chaghatai]

You could try afropips. I havn't grown any of their gear out, but they claim to have african landraces.

http://www.afropips.moonfruit.com/

 

[southpaw76]

Afropips is kind of where I was going with this but the last time I posted a direct question regarding a seedbank it was deleted. I wish I knew why? Moreover, Malawi Gold was a strain I had my eyes on. So, can anyone comment on the 'pips beans????

 

[Lean Green]

Afropips got the boot from here. A lot of bullshit.

 

[marijuanamat]

Seedmans african buzz is just there malawi gold renamed i believe.

 

[southpaw76]

Hey Mean,
are they not a reputable company??? Are their seeds not consistent??? I guess if they are not good people to deal with then who else has a good variety of African strains???

 

[medical_shed]

They're reputable, Afroman just likes to argue and get chucked off forums

 

[southpaw76]

Are there any alternatives??

 

[medical_shed]

Seedsman have been mentioned, there African stuff is good but their stated flower times are optimistic at best.

Not many have unhybridised African stuff, get googling or have a search through the African strains thread here. ACE's landrace hybrids are top notch and really suitable for indoors.

 

[southpaw76]

I didn't see that at first, thanks.

 

[VirginHarvester]

But is there anything about Afropips' seeds that we need to know about, or be concerned about?

World of Seeds has a lot of landrace genes, or claims to. I bet their pure Afghanikush is a beast if it's the real deal. Says very narcotic, almost devastator.

Check out Real Seed company. I don't know anything about their beans and this link will not ship to US but if you google there are other seedbanks that carry their stuff.
http://www.headsite.com/real-seed-company-29-c.asp

 

[medical_shed]

Nah just the usual inter-breeder rivalry type thing, he's not a rip-iff artist like HHF, he just has a big mouth.

World of seeds stuff looks ok but I seriously doubt it is what they say it is, looks like skunk crosses to me.

Real Seed Co are very interesting but some of them will be a real handful indoors and a lot of selection may be needed, much the same as Gypsy's current landrace offerings they're straight from the farmers unworked.
If you're up for a challenge and want to start your own line from scratch it's the way to go. Later on this year or early next they're releasing a 9 week highland Malawi which sounds cool.

 

[marijuanamat]

Seedmans seeds are pretty good but the malawi gold finishes in 15-16+ weeks and not 12 as advertised,theres some really nice pheno's to be had but theres some not so good 1's to so you'll need to grow a few out to select a good female .

 

[southpaw76]

I like the sound of that Malawi99 from Afropips. Has anyone tried growing that one out???

 

[southpaw76]

Anybody????

 

[chef]

I have to speak up for World Of Seeds. Why the hate & doubt?
I have their Columbian Gold (Santa Marta) in 12/12, just showed sex. They're looking like the real deal, haven't seen leaves like this since the late 70's

Classic slender sawblade fans, zero curl or claw so far.

I have their Afghan & Pakistani on deck.

My 2 dabloons

 

[southpaw76]

Why do so many of the land race sativas I see in pic's have that claw effect??? I always thought that was either from being rootbound or too much nitrogen, did I misunderstand this?

 

[medical_shed]

A lot of sativas are very sensitive to nitrogen.

World Of Seeds. Why the hate & doubt?

Not hating just doubting and there's lots of good erasons to doubt but the main one for me is that they all look like skunk crosses not pure landraces. Also the prices flower times and strain descriptions don't sound right either for pure landraces. I'm sure it'll be a lovely smoke though.

 

[marijuanamat]

Yer its just sensitivity to nitrogen that makes sativa's claw easily.
World of seeds are just a bunch of business men out to make a profit,they don't even produce there own seeds,they buy of other breeders from what i can gather so linage is very dubious .