Seeds from Gambia

[Frusciante]

Hey all
some month ago i recieved some seeds from gambia (africa)
my crazy friend went on a boat to a small island & collected some seeds in a huge hearbfield before he left i joked eyy get some seeds back & the crazy bastard did it ,im forever thankful

has anyone grown or smoked ganja frome gambia ?

i know africa got some real potent sativas like durban ,ethiopian black magic,swazi etc

but how about gambia ?


one love
bless

 

[Frusciante]

anyone?

 

[michael68]

Not myself, real interested in it though. Hopefully you can do a grow and tell us what you get, maybe do a little breeding or donate some of the seeds.

 

[The_Moog]

It sounds like Jinack Island, the place is reputed to be protected by spirits (or something) which stop law from destroying the cannabis fields. If you do a search you should find some photos of plants growing in the island, they're sativa, I get the impression that it isn't considered to be the best but i could be wrong, best stuff is called Lopito but I'm unclear on if thats processed in some way.
I saw someone start a post about growing the strain once but they never finished it.

 

[Mustafunk]

I have also some Gambian beans from an exchange... they are supposed to be from a small local farmer, so probably just landraces that need a big breeding work!!!

Never tried them yet... but that african region is amazing, so Im pretty sure they could be dope ass sativas!

 

[paulo73]

Very interesting.
Don´t know much about Gambian weed but would love to learn it
Are you going to grow those?
ATB

 

[Mad.Dapper]

Ive grown a variety of african strains, and I must say They are right up there with my favorites. Im working on an african x Landrace Affie now Best of luck with the Gambian

 

[The_Moog]

The Casamance region of Senegal is south of Gambia and during the recent war there a lot of cannabis was grown, because of the geography it was said that the local plants had some kind of salt tolerance. The same might be the case for the Gambian.

 

[Frusciante]

thx everyone for reply
the moog. you got right jinack island,but heard that the police has burned down the hearbs some days after he went there
he smoked a lot of the landrace sativa they got he said it wasnt that great it only lasted for 15 min buzz lol,schwaag or he just got ripped off probably

seems to be alot of herms there to,anyway to clear things up the seeds i got
was that the locals call skunk (lopito) ,ofcourse not the real skunk thank god,but some hybrid maybe, really sticky lemon smell ,he smoked that and lied on the ground for 2 hours he said it was superb hearb & thats the seeds i got.
but the thing is he only smuggled like 5 healthy beans & 30 green dried cracked seeds,what an genius lol he risked jail for bringing in 5 healthy beans

anyway when the right time comes i will test grow them & see and share pictures with you

one love

 

[PrinceOfPersia]

Hey.

Ive grown out one Gambian female.

My brother was in Gambia, and brought back some seeds.
He told me the weed was off no good quality, brownish and missing crystals. and rough handling.

Most weed in Gambia is supposedly grown in a place called Coconut Island.

Heres a few pics.



Theese pictures are not end result.
She flowered for 6 month.
The yield was poor.
Smell was like "Tic Tac" those mouth freshner candy. very appealing.
Effect, was up, but not strong at all. weak high.
The oil i extracted was not bad. But dissapointing..

Peace Pop

 

[marijuanamat]

The thing with growing any pure landrace is they need to be acclimatised to the indoor grow environment or they just grow like crap,no crystals no smell and no buzz,they need to be genetically mature before you flower them as well which can take 9+ months then flowered for about the same time to,once there mature its best to use cuttings and flower those as they'll react better to a flowering light cycles

For all my tropical sativas i use a (on/off) 14/10 veg and a (on/off) 10/14 bloom cycle which i find work well.

 

[GP73LPC]

The thing with growing any pure landrace is they need to be acclimatised to the indoor grow environment or they just grow like crap,no crystals no smell and no buzz,they need to be genetically mature before you flower them as well which can take 9+ months then flowered for about the same time to,once there mature its best to use cuttings and flower those as they'll react better to a flowering light cycles

For all my tropical sativas i use a (on/off) 14/10 veg and a (on/off) 10/14 bloom cycle which i find work well.

saved, thanks...

 

[Juke]

I also had the seeds of Gambia. I have lot of friends in Gambia, and friend of mine gave me the best seeds that they had, but they were pretty bad. Very long flowering period, +16 weeks and a number of hermaphrodites.

When I told them that in Europe we grown only pure buds, and that we have plants where is not any seeds, they do not even believe me. They are like WTF dude! So, I had to show mobile phone pictures of them that they might believe me. After seeing the photos, they thought I was a some sort of guru. I told them that few plants are not gurus job (they have hundreds or even thousands plants).

But because of their "seedbud". they were clever ways to separate the seeds from bud. Example, they have a large piece of cardboard, they put the crushed buds on that board and then they lifted one edge of the board about 45 degrees, and quickly began to second-hand fingers tapping the cardboard. In this case, the seeds fell down and other materials stays on cardboard. Pretty primitive

Tip: If you want to smoke even a little bit better bud in Gambia, then turn the bumsters far. Buy your "seedbuds" from a local restaurant hosts.. or the owners of the local hotels.

And remember its illegal in Gambia!
One joint at wrong place mean; The police may rob you and keep you six months in jail. If they wish to do so. However, you can smoke quite publicly, but respect the local police and make an impressively fast shutdown if they see you smoking in the public area. That they may see your respect.

"Most of the Gambian people do not even know that cannabis grow indoor."

 

[SativaSmoker]

High every ones , very amazing strains PrinceOfPersia , you are so lucky bro. i hope you enjoy this beauty

 

[SativaSmoker]

and very nice advice Juke

 

[Leap69]

I go in senegal in 2006. I smoke local weed not very strong, lot of seed.

I keep some and grow few seed (like 5) only one grow and it is a female.
It is my first grow with a CFL 125W. The result, is for me, better than my hope and the first time I smoke a pure sativa (without seed). I remember the high very cerebrale and a very long time.

 

[Leap69]

Sorry the picture :

 

[Gelado`]

Great thread, very interesting. I'm sure there is gold in there if someone wants to look for desirable phenos!

 

[purple_man]

wow dude, looks like some real wild girl k+

blessss

 

[canna woop!]

/\/\/\/\/\/\ very nice leap 69, very nice!