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Malawi Gold
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smallgardener
absolutely not
They sell seeds hear?
Peace
Peace
Adze
Member
killer mom
killer mom
killer mom
Yes mostly, read through the posts. You'll find the killer mom was used to produce the seed. I'm sure dubi can confirm this.Is Malawi Gold the same as the killer Malawi that you sell here?
Painfull
Adze
Member
Quoting dubi:
"the malawi males from seed selected to pollinate the killer malawi elite clone came from the same malawi seedline, the average females from this batch were not so strong like the killer malawi mum but we found other interesting parental plants, one female tastier, other purple and early flowering, etc .... anyway the goal was to produce a seedline as close as possible to the killer malawi so the seed production has been focused towards killer malawi backcrosses."
"As we commented previously, the original killer malawi mum already had the extreme long lasting potency, vigour, resin production, dense flowers and very high resin production but the taste was a bit rude for modern standards.
To produce the malawi version in seed form it was our main goal to keep all this traits as high as possible but to improve the taste and aroma of the original killer malawi, and certainly there are sweeter tasting plants in the seed versions. I think we still can improve her terpene profile in a more pleasant way although not a priority, there are strains that are mainly breed for the taste and aroma, others for extreme potency and that's the case of malawi."
"the malawi males from seed selected to pollinate the killer malawi elite clone came from the same malawi seedline, the average females from this batch were not so strong like the killer malawi mum but we found other interesting parental plants, one female tastier, other purple and early flowering, etc .... anyway the goal was to produce a seedline as close as possible to the killer malawi so the seed production has been focused towards killer malawi backcrosses."
"As we commented previously, the original killer malawi mum already had the extreme long lasting potency, vigour, resin production, dense flowers and very high resin production but the taste was a bit rude for modern standards.
To produce the malawi version in seed form it was our main goal to keep all this traits as high as possible but to improve the taste and aroma of the original killer malawi, and certainly there are sweeter tasting plants in the seed versions. I think we still can improve her terpene profile in a more pleasant way although not a priority, there are strains that are mainly breed for the taste and aroma, others for extreme potency and that's the case of malawi."
Sounds awesome, how would this Malawi compare next to say Panama Red?
Peace
Peace
Hi Painfull,
Sorry but im not sure about the meaning of your question.
Our Malawi line matures with a more silverish color, due the very high resin content at the end of flowering, especially when is grown indoors. If by 'Gold' you mean high quality, then i would say yes, it's a high quality sativa line in terms of vigor, yield, resin production, potency and duration of the effect.
Some old imported sativa landraces were called 'Gold' due the yellowish color of their dried flowers, but this also depends a lot of the drying and curing process, a yellowish flower mainly means that the flower has lost the chlorophyll.
Thank you very much Adza for the quotes This is how the malawi was bred in seed form.
Sorry but im not sure about the meaning of your question.
Our Malawi line matures with a more silverish color, due the very high resin content at the end of flowering, especially when is grown indoors. If by 'Gold' you mean high quality, then i would say yes, it's a high quality sativa line in terms of vigor, yield, resin production, potency and duration of the effect.
Some old imported sativa landraces were called 'Gold' due the yellowish color of their dried flowers, but this also depends a lot of the drying and curing process, a yellowish flower mainly means that the flower has lost the chlorophyll.
Thank you very much Adza for the quotes
This is how the malawi was bred in seed form.
Painfull
Active member
Hi dubi...I have seen Malawi Gold advertised by other breeders just wondering if there was any difference in the regular and the gold. Said to have a gold color. and seems to come up in talks when pot growers talk about African strains. Just was puzzled if there was two different strains.
Pain
Pain
kiwigreen420
Member
Hi dubi...I have seen Malawi Gold advertised by other breeders just wondering if there was any difference in the regular and the gold. Said to have a gold color. and seems to come up in talks when pot growers talk about African strains. Just was puzzled if there was two different strains.
Pain
Maybe its gold from the conditions and drying processes in africa?.
I dont think there is such a thing of 'regular' malawi, im pretty sure there is 6 phenotypes according to franco from GHS(who also mentioned a killer pheno).
I think ace malawi is a mix of different malawi's bred and refined to be more 'grower friendly' with height,flowering etc but i doubt there is a malawi that produces gold flowers naturally, i could be wrong though.
cheers.
The posters question is derived from several breeders ( Malberry, Afropips, Holy Smokes, Seeds of Africa, etc) marketing their Malawi as " Malawi Gold" . When you Google " Malawi Gold seeds" you see several sources claiming to have " Malawi Gold" .
Sounds more fancy than just saying Malawi lol
There's an old trick to getting the gold color - get a knife out toward the last few weeks before harvest and score a ring around the main stem / trunk of the plant. The damage will cause the plant to yellow and viola - Malawi Gold.
Does it add anything? Probably not, you're basically torturing the plant pre-harvest and I believe that healthy plants produce the best buds - but I've read quite a few old stoner threads and they all have similar stories. A while back, a friend's plant saw some rodent damage to the stem and it developed a similar "gold" effect.
Does it add anything? Probably not, you're basically torturing the plant pre-harvest and I believe that healthy plants produce the best buds - but I've read quite a few old stoner threads and they all have similar stories. A while back, a friend's plant saw some rodent damage to the stem and it developed a similar "gold" effect.
Painfull
Active member
Columbian gold of the 60-70ties was gold. I think it just has a nice gold color when it's ripened properly. Not sure about the Malawi Gold. But other breeders explain the high as a little different and the avg. flowering time a little shorter and they say ripens to a gold color. But Ace would be my choice for this strain. Not to push another strain from other breeders.
Pain
Pain
crazyfool*
Member
Hey terpene! whats up?
that is quite an ancient trick! .... in colombia, goats are bread in montains because they are verry addapted to the " vertical way of living" diferent then cattlem that need a plain surface.... goats are a good source of milk, cheese and meat.....
not rare fore traditional ganja breeders in colombia to breed goats along with ganja high up in the mountains, these animals instinctively chew on everything, including ganja stem! and this behaviour was observed by locals due to its consequences, golden finished collors.... and from what I´ve heard, some growers intentionally leave a few goats in restricted ganja fields to produce the legendary " Colombian gold "
I´ve read this in severral places, and a close friend that lives in the mountains confirmed all the bla bla bla....
I do believe its true!
now, taking a closer look to what really happens with the plants , I would assume, that it really does no harm, with that layer of bark chewed /removed, what you do, is nothing but cut off the plants mainflow of water, the reason this is done in the last weeks of the plants life, is becaus it will no longer swell up, it will no longer absorb nutrients.
that beeing said, you can imagine the consequences, less clorophill is produced, there will be much less water inside the plant, making it faster to dryout, and since the flow of water was cut a few weeks before harvest, the color of the buds, is yellow/golden, due to lack of clorofphil....also , the lack of water and clorofil, makes the sugar content in the plant change its molecular structure, causing a " pre-curing " while the plant is still alive.... so in theory, plants that have been submited to this tecnique, should present faster drying, golden collor, and more pronounced aromas and taste!
peace out!
CF*
Hi Painfull,
Terpene, Ready4 and crazyfool already provided correct explanations to your question. Of course some strains have a more golden color than others but in case of imported weed the color is greatly influenced by drying, curing and pressing process (and even fermentation).
Terpene, Ready4 and crazyfool already provided correct explanations to your question. Of course some strains have a more golden color than others but in case of imported weed the color is greatly influenced by drying, curing and pressing process (and even fermentation).
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BongMasterBabaj
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Ace
Ace
These breeders from ACE sure knows what they are doing! keep the good work going and thx for giving us some of the best Sativa strains in the world!
Ace
fHi Painfull,
Sorry but im not sure about the meaning of your question.
Our Malawi line matures with a more silverish color, due the very high resin content at the end of flowering, especially when is grown indoors. If by 'Gold' you mean high quality, then i would say yes, it's a high quality sativa line in terms of vigor, yield, resin production, potency and duration of the effect.
Some old imported sativa landraces were called 'Gold' due the yellowish color of their dried flowers, but this also depends a lot of the drying and curing process, a yellowish flower mainly means that the flower has lost the chlorophyll.
Thank you very much Adza for the quotes
These breeders from ACE sure knows what they are doing! keep the good work going and thx for giving us some of the best Sativa strains in the world!
Bodhi Seeds sells a Malawi Gold...
(text from the 'tude)
begin quote
"Bodhi Seeds Malawi Gold
Characteristics: electric mind fire
Originally from african seeds stock, the now defunct old school purveyors of the finest south african heirlooms. These are an open pollination made by a friend from my previous filial selections. Heres the original write up: Malawi Gold - Outdoor Famed by travelers across Africa for its potent 'up high' and mythical gold color. The sativa ganja tops are bound tightly in banana leaf and cured to form the well known Malawi 'cob'. High yields from big buds loaded with THC. These are wild seeds selected from some of the most learned cannabis growers in Malawi.
(these are a small preservation release for this years outdoor season)"
end quote
Last year I bought 22 of his Deep Chunk x Malawi Gold F1's.
I want to grow and select these out to an F3 or 4, maybe.
Could be good for crossing at that point, with a Green or Purp Haze x Thai F3, for example.
btw, I think Bodhi did a cross or two with Bangi Haze.
saludos
(text from the 'tude)
begin quote
"Bodhi Seeds Malawi Gold
Characteristics: electric mind fire
Originally from african seeds stock, the now defunct old school purveyors of the finest south african heirlooms. These are an open pollination made by a friend from my previous filial selections. Heres the original write up: Malawi Gold - Outdoor Famed by travelers across Africa for its potent 'up high' and mythical gold color. The sativa ganja tops are bound tightly in banana leaf and cured to form the well known Malawi 'cob'. High yields from big buds loaded with THC. These are wild seeds selected from some of the most learned cannabis growers in Malawi.
(these are a small preservation release for this years outdoor season)"
end quote
Last year I bought 22 of his Deep Chunk x Malawi Gold F1's.
I want to grow and select these out to an F3 or 4, maybe.
Could be good for crossing at that point, with a Green or Purp Haze x Thai F3, for example.
btw, I think Bodhi did a cross or two with Bangi Haze.
saludos
