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African Strains
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African smoke reports!
This was written by Derrayld back from the OG forums.
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Derrayld:
[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]"I live and grow in a Coastel stretch called the Wild Coast where you will find Durban and the Transkei, 2 major growing regions in South Africa and the World.
So I am exposed to many different variaties of DP, Swazi, Kei, Malawi, Lesotho, etc.
Here is a simple run down of a few and best growing conditions:
The flowering times are generally longer and the plants will like their space more than a hybradised skunk for example which will grow smaller.
The highs all tend to be smooth, euphoric, crasy highs.
Bright colours, very enjoyeable.
Swazi-
tends to be a chunky bud or a long slender bud.
With big thick resinous buds ala Hashplant.
This bud grows with an unmistakeable hashy consistency and a deep hashy odour.
I`ve grown swazi that looks, tastes and smokes different.
You get your chunky orange buds, your dark green sticky buds, etc.
All good and all an awesome stoning.
I find swazi to be more of a cerebral couch lock while still being sativa.
Almost more of a concentration herb.
Swazi generally grows in a nice bush, short stocky but can become big and fat.
Varies between Long slender buds and short chunky nuggets ala Northern lights.
Swazi SKunk, Swazi red, Swazi, etc.
Durban Poison-
I find grows in different forms as well from a big-headed variaty to my
favorite being a small headed strain that litterally makes you dizzy you`re so high, this is the one used to make the famous suger-sticks.
The well spoken about aniceed(sp) flavour persists with any DP variaty.
This year I`ve been working with a rare DP that grows with pink hairs rather than white.
Interesting strain.
Always leaves you feeling soo happy.
The Durban I have grown is generally alot longer flowering than the advertised DP from seedbanks wihich has SK#1 to help it along.
Transkei & Lesotho-
Lesotho Mountains are also in the Eastern Cape.
Transkei is also in the eastern cape.
Lesotho and Transkei buds are awesome, both with a strong fruity aroma and taste with a serious stoning.
Varying between cerebral high and downright silent stoning.
The thing with the Transkei is that you can walk in the hills from village to village and hut to hut and in each hut you`ll most likely experience vastly different bud.
You can however identify a few generally superior strains.
Cofee Bay, being a dark green , red haired bud.
With a soft smokey smell and a lovely guava after taste.
Delivers one of the most intense stonings I`ve ever had.
I had to lie on the floor because I kept falling off the chair.
I couldn`t even sit on the floor because I kept falling over.
Undumbi between coffee bay and port st johns will be where you`ll find the largest variaty of bud anywhere.
I`ve walked in fields of purple and yellow and then gone a minute down a hill and walked in a field of nothing but sticky lime green buds with the odd Thick Swazi plant thrown in.
Undumbi I find is a very fruity taste, very sticky and a lovely light green colour.
Also one of my favorites more for sheer enjoyment of smoke than the actual high.
I personally will not always grow the strongest herb but will grow a particular herb if it stands out to me.
I find Undumbi normally will grow with some seriously resinous sticky buds that are just too good and tasty to ignore.
Then comes Port St Johns between Durban and Undumbi Area.
This will either be a cross between Kei and DP or straight DP genetics.
The differences are easy to note with DP having a smaller , typical sativa style leaf.
The transkei being a larger leaf with thinner leaf patterns.
The Bud can vary between Large sticky buds to your perfect smaller DP that is quite honestly scary sometimes.
The kind of herb that makes you dizzy or go blind for a few secs.
We grew a christmas tree Pt St Johns that smelt and tasted of Ice cream.
Malawi -
Most Malawi is still to this day found in cobs which is the malawi heads wrapped in a Mealie leaf and cured like this.
Awesome stoning, very cerebral while incredibly powerful at the same time.
A trait of many SA strains is the powerful sedatory effects.
Not like an indica but more of a very warm positive stoned feeling.
Very relaxing
Malawi is great, with a positivly amasing earthy, hash smell.
Like good Red or Gold Seal.
Congo Black was some of the darkest herb I`ve ever seen with a monster hash aroma and taste while still beeing fruity.
Massive massive seeds.
The congo in my opinion is very closely related to Swazi.
It is a very similar stoning.
The darker appearence is what distinguishes it and ofcourse the seeds.
However a sign of a good swazi is also massive seeds.
Almost all African Strains are generally long flowering plants and are big yielders when grown correclty and pruned well for maximum bud exposure.
The also like to be bent and tyied and in general made to work.
The Picture is a Port St Johns Transkei/Durban cross.
She grew to 3m and 3m wide.
Massive arms.[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Strain report on Swazi and it`s myriad of local crosses. "
[/FONT] __________________
This was written by Derrayld back from the OG forums.
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Derrayld:
[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]"I live and grow in a Coastel stretch called the Wild Coast where you will find Durban and the Transkei, 2 major growing regions in South Africa and the World.
So I am exposed to many different variaties of DP, Swazi, Kei, Malawi, Lesotho, etc.
Here is a simple run down of a few and best growing conditions:
The flowering times are generally longer and the plants will like their space more than a hybradised skunk for example which will grow smaller.
The highs all tend to be smooth, euphoric, crasy highs.
Bright colours, very enjoyeable.
Swazi-
tends to be a chunky bud or a long slender bud.
With big thick resinous buds ala Hashplant.
This bud grows with an unmistakeable hashy consistency and a deep hashy odour.
I`ve grown swazi that looks, tastes and smokes different.
You get your chunky orange buds, your dark green sticky buds, etc.
All good and all an awesome stoning.
I find swazi to be more of a cerebral couch lock while still being sativa.
Almost more of a concentration herb.
Swazi generally grows in a nice bush, short stocky but can become big and fat.
Varies between Long slender buds and short chunky nuggets ala Northern lights.
Swazi SKunk, Swazi red, Swazi, etc.
Durban Poison-
I find grows in different forms as well from a big-headed variaty to my
favorite being a small headed strain that litterally makes you dizzy you`re so high, this is the one used to make the famous suger-sticks.
The well spoken about aniceed(sp) flavour persists with any DP variaty.
This year I`ve been working with a rare DP that grows with pink hairs rather than white.
Interesting strain.
Always leaves you feeling soo happy.
The Durban I have grown is generally alot longer flowering than the advertised DP from seedbanks wihich has SK#1 to help it along.
Transkei & Lesotho-
Lesotho Mountains are also in the Eastern Cape.
Transkei is also in the eastern cape.
Lesotho and Transkei buds are awesome, both with a strong fruity aroma and taste with a serious stoning.
Varying between cerebral high and downright silent stoning.
The thing with the Transkei is that you can walk in the hills from village to village and hut to hut and in each hut you`ll most likely experience vastly different bud.
You can however identify a few generally superior strains.
Cofee Bay, being a dark green , red haired bud.
With a soft smokey smell and a lovely guava after taste.
Delivers one of the most intense stonings I`ve ever had.
I had to lie on the floor because I kept falling off the chair.
I couldn`t even sit on the floor because I kept falling over.
Undumbi between coffee bay and port st johns will be where you`ll find the largest variaty of bud anywhere.
I`ve walked in fields of purple and yellow and then gone a minute down a hill and walked in a field of nothing but sticky lime green buds with the odd Thick Swazi plant thrown in.
Undumbi I find is a very fruity taste, very sticky and a lovely light green colour.
Also one of my favorites more for sheer enjoyment of smoke than the actual high.
I personally will not always grow the strongest herb but will grow a particular herb if it stands out to me.
I find Undumbi normally will grow with some seriously resinous sticky buds that are just too good and tasty to ignore.
Then comes Port St Johns between Durban and Undumbi Area.
This will either be a cross between Kei and DP or straight DP genetics.
The differences are easy to note with DP having a smaller , typical sativa style leaf.
The transkei being a larger leaf with thinner leaf patterns.
The Bud can vary between Large sticky buds to your perfect smaller DP that is quite honestly scary sometimes.
The kind of herb that makes you dizzy or go blind for a few secs.
We grew a christmas tree Pt St Johns that smelt and tasted of Ice cream.
Malawi -
Most Malawi is still to this day found in cobs which is the malawi heads wrapped in a Mealie leaf and cured like this.
Awesome stoning, very cerebral while incredibly powerful at the same time.
A trait of many SA strains is the powerful sedatory effects.
Not like an indica but more of a very warm positive stoned feeling.
Very relaxing
Malawi is great, with a positivly amasing earthy, hash smell.
Like good Red or Gold Seal.
Congo Black was some of the darkest herb I`ve ever seen with a monster hash aroma and taste while still beeing fruity.
Massive massive seeds.
The congo in my opinion is very closely related to Swazi.
It is a very similar stoning.
The darker appearence is what distinguishes it and ofcourse the seeds.
However a sign of a good swazi is also massive seeds.
Almost all African Strains are generally long flowering plants and are big yielders when grown correclty and pruned well for maximum bud exposure.
The also like to be bent and tyied and in general made to work.
The Picture is a Port St Johns Transkei/Durban cross.
She grew to 3m and 3m wide.
Massive arms.[/FONT][FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Strain report on Swazi and it`s myriad of local crosses. "
[/FONT] __________________
video about idiots messing with the crops of villagers near Durban. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c88ab2C8irw
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]More from Derrayld:
"Strain report on Swazi and it`s myriad of local crosses.
So from my experience I`ve noted 2-3 different variances.
Firstly my favorite, swazi skunk.
Swazi Skunk- grows in nice long, thick, very chunky indica like buds.
Grows in lovely autumn colours, red, oranges, light greens, etc.
The tastes is nothing short of hashy, yet fruity.
The bud itself is very compact and scissors are need to cut through the crystal laiden arms
The plants I find can vary from short stocky plants to tall lambsbread trees.
The High is a very strong cerebral high with more of a couchlock effect than most strains.
The smoke leaves a fantastic Afghan hash taste in the mouth.
The nature of the High and look of the bud leads me to believe there is a slight indica hybrid somewhere in it`s family tree.
One of my favs.
Swazi red - is a far greener, almost dark green to black.
Covered in red hairs as well as a good crystal count.
The bud tends to grow in massive thick buds, they look like thousands of hairs neatly packed in breadloaves.
I`ve seen this plant grow from short stocky christmas tree, to massive trees with thcik heavy buds that look just like bread loaves, in shape and thickness.
The smoke tends to be a very earthy taste and after effect.
With a controlled, smooth high.
More of a sativa in this one and the high prooves it.
Now I wouldnt sya it is a very strong strain but if you like very smooth focussed highs then this one is a keeper.
I smoke loads of this herb and always find I can continue daily tasks quite easily while still feeling a pure high.
Swazi Gold - this is very closely related to the Swazi Skunk but I feel the bud is even more indica based than the previous 2.
Very chunky bud with an incredible long lasting smell that you can`t get rid of.
I had a kg of this herb in my boot for a week and after that there was no removing the smell from the upholstry.
It`s awesome.
The bud itself is super strong with an incredible smoke and high.
One of those buds you smoke and while your smoking you allready know by the taste that the high is gonna be great.
The seeds as with other swazis are massive dark brown seeds.
Vigirous growth and dark purple stems.
Swazi Gold and Swazi SKunk, although similar are vastly different in taste and high.
Swazi Gold is a more intense couchload(head mash) while the Skunk is a nice combo of the 2.
The bud is low in leaf, while the Swazi green is a higher leaf to calyx ratio.
As with most South African Genetics, this bud grows failry odourless until middle to late flower and into harvest when it takes on a fantastic smell and taste.
Only compareable to a good gold seal hash.
Here`s some swazi gold renamed El Capucino for its powerful capucino smell and hashy taste.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Zimbabwe Rooibaart -
This bud was a pure sativa smoke with a serious narcotic stoning.
Small nuggets covered in red.
A very smokey taste.
But the high is very heavy and narcotic, leaves you quiete and dazed. Left my friend's mom asking him if I was taking any medication because I looked wasted.
Very good herb and very strong.
Not one that makes the rounds too often though.[/FONT]"
"Strain report on Swazi and it`s myriad of local crosses.
So from my experience I`ve noted 2-3 different variances.
Firstly my favorite, swazi skunk.
Swazi Skunk- grows in nice long, thick, very chunky indica like buds.
Grows in lovely autumn colours, red, oranges, light greens, etc.
The tastes is nothing short of hashy, yet fruity.
The bud itself is very compact and scissors are need to cut through the crystal laiden arms
The plants I find can vary from short stocky plants to tall lambsbread trees.
The High is a very strong cerebral high with more of a couchlock effect than most strains.
The smoke leaves a fantastic Afghan hash taste in the mouth.
The nature of the High and look of the bud leads me to believe there is a slight indica hybrid somewhere in it`s family tree.
One of my favs.
Swazi red - is a far greener, almost dark green to black.
Covered in red hairs as well as a good crystal count.
The bud tends to grow in massive thick buds, they look like thousands of hairs neatly packed in breadloaves.
I`ve seen this plant grow from short stocky christmas tree, to massive trees with thcik heavy buds that look just like bread loaves, in shape and thickness.
The smoke tends to be a very earthy taste and after effect.
With a controlled, smooth high.
More of a sativa in this one and the high prooves it.
Now I wouldnt sya it is a very strong strain but if you like very smooth focussed highs then this one is a keeper.
I smoke loads of this herb and always find I can continue daily tasks quite easily while still feeling a pure high.
Swazi Gold - this is very closely related to the Swazi Skunk but I feel the bud is even more indica based than the previous 2.
Very chunky bud with an incredible long lasting smell that you can`t get rid of.
I had a kg of this herb in my boot for a week and after that there was no removing the smell from the upholstry.
It`s awesome.
The bud itself is super strong with an incredible smoke and high.
One of those buds you smoke and while your smoking you allready know by the taste that the high is gonna be great.
The seeds as with other swazis are massive dark brown seeds.
Vigirous growth and dark purple stems.
Swazi Gold and Swazi SKunk, although similar are vastly different in taste and high.
Swazi Gold is a more intense couchload(head mash) while the Skunk is a nice combo of the 2.
The bud is low in leaf, while the Swazi green is a higher leaf to calyx ratio.
As with most South African Genetics, this bud grows failry odourless until middle to late flower and into harvest when it takes on a fantastic smell and taste.
Only compareable to a good gold seal hash.
Here`s some swazi gold renamed El Capucino for its powerful capucino smell and hashy taste.[/FONT]
[FONT=verdana, arial, helvetica]Zimbabwe Rooibaart -
This bud was a pure sativa smoke with a serious narcotic stoning.
Small nuggets covered in red.
A very smokey taste.
But the high is very heavy and narcotic, leaves you quiete and dazed. Left my friend's mom asking him if I was taking any medication because I looked wasted.
Very good herb and very strong.
Not one that makes the rounds too often though.[/FONT]"
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i've got some angola red in vege now , i will post report when they would be in bloom 
hope they'll have african taste !!!
irie brethen
hope they'll have african taste !!!
irie brethen
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juicepuddle
I just read through 46 pages of this thread..... 
AMAZING!!! Spent maybe 3 hours drooling haha.
These truly are some beautiful strains! The ones with purple / redish hues coming out truly catch the eye, your guys thumbs are super green much
Thank you so much for sharing these rare and sticky strains!
AMAZING!!! Spent maybe 3 hours drooling haha.These truly are some beautiful strains! The ones with purple / redish hues coming out truly catch the eye, your guys thumbs are super green much
Thank you so much for sharing these rare and sticky strains!
Great info Rinse, many thanks...
I grew Nirvana Swazi last year, by mid December it had turned very dark green, with a really distinctive greasy feel to the resin, very quick onset of effect, the opposite of a creeper, not devastating, but a really nice happy productive high.
This year checking through some of a friends seeds one came out looking very much like his old "Swazi" .. probably a Swazi Skunk, he used to run really neat 9x9 SoG, 81 plants per m2, I used to grow it as a hedge around my SCROGs, yield for free. This plant was perfectly harvestable on 50 days, that is mainly why I always thought it had to be a Skunk cross..
Either way, this is what I think may be her offspring, just been harvested...
I grew Nirvana Swazi last year, by mid December it had turned very dark green, with a really distinctive greasy feel to the resin, very quick onset of effect, the opposite of a creeper, not devastating, but a really nice happy productive high.
This year checking through some of a friends seeds one came out looking very much like his old "Swazi" .. probably a Swazi Skunk, he used to run really neat 9x9 SoG, 81 plants per m2, I used to grow it as a hedge around my SCROGs, yield for free. This plant was perfectly harvestable on 50 days, that is mainly why I always thought it had to be a Skunk cross..
Either way, this is what I think may be her offspring, just been harvested...
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juicepuddle
many thank's for your detailed and mouthwatering reports, Cannabiogen are selling a cross betwen a plant from Lesotho and a champion Skunk Haze male - Leshaze that is, a pic of such a plant i had outdoor last year:
As for this year, i'm growing a bunch of Malawi's and Swazi's and a very impresive Zamal X Meao Thai hybrid from ACE
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sativagrower87
something new...
can you tell a bit more about this hybrid?
something new...
I believe that involved are the infamous Gerrit's Zamal cut, wich is a plant from Gypsy collection given to him by some Cristophe guy from the island of Reunion - https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=101916
The father is Charlie Garcia's Meao Thai selected male, the very one used in the Destroyer or Golden Tiger. I had the chance to grow this hybrid last year and i ended up with some of the most potent stuff i have ever tried, mind bending to the limit...
Black Magic
Black Magic
Now this is a strain from the 80s 90s. It looks like hash
on a stick, very tar like look, when smoked it burns white smoke
and has this very strong high higher than any strain I've smoked
and I have tried the best this is the best, just need to know exactly
it's origin, if it grows that way or is it a curing process.
want this strain more than any, it doesn't even look like
weed it looks like black hash but it's not it's that good old BLACK MAGIC (Oji JuJu).
Black Magic
Now this is a strain from the 80s 90s. It looks like hash
on a stick, very tar like look, when smoked it burns white smoke
and has this very strong high higher than any strain I've smoked
and I have tried the best this is the best, just need to know exactly
it's origin, if it grows that way or is it a curing process.
want this strain more than any, it doesn't even look like
weed it looks like black hash but it's not it's that good old BLACK MAGIC (Oji JuJu).
verticalioso
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hey everyone.
many thanks to all who have contributed to this wonderful and informative thread.
i am currently growing some bagseed from south cameroon and the growth patterns of the buds are quite odd. i should say this plant went through a european "summer " of flowering au natural with no nutes and almost no soil, and when the temps started dropping i put her in a tent indoors and told her it was week 4 of flower and started feeding her accordingly. she stretched quite a bit as can be seen in the pics and we are now at week 8.
does anyone recognize the strain? any thoughts as to the bud formation ? should i be worried ?
many thanks to all who have contributed to this wonderful and informative thread.
i am currently growing some bagseed from south cameroon and the growth patterns of the buds are quite odd. i should say this plant went through a european "summer " of flowering au natural with no nutes and almost no soil, and when the temps started dropping i put her in a tent indoors and told her it was week 4 of flower and started feeding her accordingly. she stretched quite a bit as can be seen in the pics and we are now at week 8.
does anyone recognize the strain? any thoughts as to the bud formation ? should i be worried ?
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