South India cannabis/Ganja - varities and smoke reports

Hello everybody , I wish to start a thread with the smoke reports of all the cannabis that I have access too , most of it being either from the grower or grown myself . I will be putting up my smoke reports as and when I can , I will do my best to give you people the following :
1. picture of bud in full profile
2. picture of close up bud
3. magnified picture of trichomes
4. Complete smoke report .

I am currently using member - green apples format to arrive at a good smoke report , so thank you and I hope to better myself or develop my own style with help from the IC mag members , so interaction with regards to any queries/ tips / advice will be appreciated

My first smoke report

My first smoke report

I will try and make the pictures available as soon as possible , currently having issues with finding a good camera .

So below you will find a detailed report of the Bud I am currently smoking , i hope you enjoy

Variety/Cultivar name – Sativa ( South India )
Location – Shimoga ( Karnataka )
Harvest Date - 22/10/12 ( outdoor )

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PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
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1. Visual Appeal: 7
Rate the visual appeal of the buds from 1-10 unappealing-excellent.
Comment – Fluffy , tight , light buds with rust coloured stigmas and good cover .

2.Visible Trichomes: 7
Rate the visible trichome content from 1-10 none-totally covered.
Comment – Not snow covered but has a really nice shine to it all around

3.Use percentages to indicate the colours that are present in the trichome
heads under magnification
Clear: 25 %
Cloudy: 40 %
Amber: 35 %
Dark: 0 %

Comment – a nice mix of all the stages of trichome ripening . Trichomes are with full heads and are arranged in either a carpet form evenly all around the bud or in small clusters where the bud is thick and twisted

4. Mark with X the colours that are present in the buds or rate presence on a scale 1-9 light-dark.

Brown:
Green: 4 (Parrot green with a velvet like finish)
Gold:
Blue:
Grey:
White: 2
Red:
Rust: 4
Orange:3
Purple:
Black:


5. Bud density:5

Rate the bud density from 1-10 airy-dense.
Comment -not too tight not too airy either
Comment: light fluffy bud yet pretty tight and requires a nice amount of crushing

6. Use numbers 1-9 on descriptors that apply to the aroma of freshly broken bud

Ammonia [ ] Earthy [ ] Liquorice [ ] Peach [ ]
Berry [ ] Floral [ ] Mango [ ] Pepper [ ]
Blueberry [ ] Fruit [ ] Meat [ ] Petroleum [ ]
Bubblegum [ ] Grape [ ] Melon [ ] Pine [ 6]
Cedar [ ] Grapefruit[ ] Menthol [7 ] Pineapple [ ]
Cherry [] Grass/Hay [ ] Mint [2 ] Rotten []
Chocolate [ ] Hash [ ] Mould [ ] Skunk [ ]
Citrus [ ] Iron/Rust [ ] Musk [] Spice []
Coconut [ ] Leather [ ] Nutmeg [ ] Strawberry[ ]
Coffee [ ] Lemon [ ] Orange [ ] Vanilla [ ]
Incense [2]
Comment: begins with a very light incense smell followed by a piney aroma which leaves gives the the person smelling a very nice refreshing menthol like after feel

7. Aroma: 8

Rate the aroma from 1-10 repulsive-delightful.


8. Seed content: 2
Rate seed content from 0-10 none-fully seeded.

Comment – 12 seeds from my 70 g/2.2 ounces.
Dark black with small deep brown dots, fully grown with a very nice shine on them

PHYSICAL EXAMINATION COMMENTS: A good looking fluffy velvet green bud with a very nice feel to it



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THE SMOKE TEST
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1. Device used: Joint (OCB BLACK)

2. Use numbers 1-9 on descriptors that apply to the taste where a one indicates a subtle presence and a nine indicates a very pronounced presence.

Ammonia [ ] Earthy [ ] Liquorice [ ]
Berry [ ] Floral [ ] Mango [ ] Pepper [ ]
Blueberry [ ] Fruit [ ] Meat [ ] Petroleum [ ]
Bubblegum [ ] Grape [ ] Melon [ ] Pine [2]
Cedar [ ] Grapefruit[ ] Menthol [7] Pineapple [ ]
Cherry [ ] Grass/Hay [ ] Mint [5] Rotten [ ]
Chocolate [ ] Hash [2 ] Mould [ ] Skunk []
Citrus [ ] Iron/Rust [ ] Musk [ ] Spice [ ]
Coconut [ ] Leather [ ] Nutmeg [ ] Strawberry[ ]
Coffee [ ] Lemon [ ] Orange [ ] Vanilla [ ]

3. Taste: 8

Rate your impression of the taste from 1-10 unpleasant-delicious.

Comment: very smooth expansive inhale with refreshing menthol like exhale.

4. State of dryness: 4.5

Rate the dryness of the bud from 1-10 wet-dry where 5 is ideal.
Comment- Well dried but a little off the mark currently because of the current humid surroundings

5. Smoke ability: 9

Rate the smoke ability of the sample from 1-10 harsh-smooth.

Comment: very smooth with a easy feel down your entire trachea followed by a very smooth menthol exhale with a tinge of hash .


6. Smoke expansion: no comment

Rate how the smoke expands in the lungs from 1-10 stable-explodes.



1. __[ 7 puffs ]__ Dosage

Enter the number of pulls taken to reach desired effects.
joint was made using 0.75 g of marijuana and around 1/8 of a cigarette .

2. __[ 3 ]__ Effect onset

Rate how quickly the effect hit from 1-10 immediate- delayed.
Comment:

3. __[ 7 ]__ Sativa influence

Rate the sativa influence detected from 0-10 none-extreme. Sativa
influence - clear and energetic mental effect.

Comments – an increase in heart beat followed by an energising rush throughout your body and mind which reveals itself in the form of clarity , sound perceptions and laughter , along with a nice awakening influence

4. __[3 ]__ Indica influence

Rate the indica influence detected from 0-10 none-extreme. Indica
influence - sedative, lethargic or numbing

This effect comes in late and is more profound on repeated smoking , and associated with a sort of calm associated with meditating .

5. __[7 ]__ Potency

Rate the potency of the sample from 0-10 none-devastating.
Comments – definitely not one which is devastating but it does its job and does it well

6. __[2 hrs ]__ Duration

Indicate the number of hours the effects lasted.

7. __[3 ]__ Tolerance build up

Rate how quickly tolerance builds from 0-10 none-rapid.
Comment – Smoked it for an entire week and the effects seemed similar everyday although subsequent joints in the same day have a decreasing effect.

8. Usability

Rate on a scale of 1-9 where a one indicates the worst time of day
to consume this type and a nine represents the ideal time of day.

Morning – wake up [7]
Day - work [5]
Evening - relax [5]
Night - sleep []


9. __[8]__ Overall satisfaction

Rate your overall satisfaction from 1-10 poor-Holy Fuck
Comment: a very good smoke with all criterions satisfied , very good for the above said effects with nice fully formed good looking buds


10.Judging from the sample alone do you personally consider this
bud a keeper for long term use?

Yes [X]
No []




12.Rate the noticeable effects on a scale of 1-9 mild-severe.


Negative Positive
Effect Effect
__[ ]_____[4]__ Palpitations
__[ ]__ __[5]__ Appetite ( could keep eating at intervals )
__[ ]__ __[6 ]__ Anxiety relief
__[ ]__ __[ ]__ Paranoia relief
__[ ]__ __[3 ]__ Sex drive
__[4]__ __[ ]__ Sleep
__[ ]__ __[ ]__ Pain relief
__[2 ]__ __[ ]__ Ability to rest or sit still
__[]__ __ [4]__ Thought process
__[2 ]__ __[ ]__ Speech process
__[ ]__ __[4]__ Imagination/creativity
__[ ]__ __[6]__ Humour perception
__[ ]__ __[ ]__ Visual perception
__[ ]__ __[4]__ Audio perception
__[ ]__ __[4]__ Taste perception ( some fellow smokers reported a cheesy taste to everything post smoking)



FINAL COMMENTS:
Intense clear soaring high with a profound initial sativa like effect followed by a calm mellow effect

hiya,,shiva you put a lot of work into your op,,respect for that and welcome,,hope you get what your looking for,,, will be interesting to see some indian strains in action,,how about hash? do you make your own or buy it in and whats the quality like in general?,,,peace and regards s2

I got a indian sativa from the radjatan region growing in my greenhuse


will post s moke report when she is ready, she still needs one month

I am really looking forward to the direction of this thread.

I can almost smell the aroma through the computer screen!

Great to see someone Bharat se, most welcome to ICmag Shiva Shanti ! will be great to see what kind of strain you got there. For now, that's a yummy smoking report !

Beautifull Rajastani ladies THC 123, do you know which place in the state they come from by anychance ?

Irie !

jaipur and neighbouring towns

I think I am gonna finish her under 600 watts as the costs of heating the greenhouse for ONE plant seems excessive

she still needs 4-8 weeks

Thanks for sharing Shiva Shanti ! Looking forward for more, and the picts !

nice plant THC 1 more month ^^

Nice greenhouse. I was thinking about trying maybe Kerala Krush from Seedsman.

I can't go to India.

R.Fortune

Any updates appreciated!

I have yet to experience any south Indian strains but I hope to get a hold of some someday as I am quite fond of the north Indian sativas that grow up in the Himalayas and I would love to see how their tropical counterparts compare.

Well the indian sativa from this year is a worthless pheno not at all like the one i had 5 years back

no real noticeable effect and tastes like hay and I do know how to cure and dry

Ill try more seeds as i have seen really nice phenos with special effects

oh we really need some pure indian landraces for the south and north on the market and some lines from the east near Myanmar will be great too, nice plants fellows.

I'm working some sativa based India strains atm...most range mango sweet carrot to deep curry...got one extremely stretchy female in flower atm....

you are lucky moneymike, if i may ask you, can you post some pictures and where your indian strain come from ?

Nice grow man! There are really lot of growers in India. You may find some of them at their own Indian Marijuana Community Forum www.HIGHisCOOL.net I think you are really a big help for them and might become an inspiration to others to grow.

What a wonderful thread..
I hold a special place in my heart for India.. My wife's family is from Kerala, where she and I went for our honeymoon in 2008. What a truly beautiful country... We traveled much of the county by car, allowing a westerner such as myself to truly see and experience the county.
I was very timid to purchase ganja/hash due to staying w my new wife's family.. So for most of the trip.. Despite being in the homeland of ganja.. I refrained..until I got to Kerala for the trip's finale.
I consider myself a very seasoned smoker, who has had the honor of partaking in many parts of the world, and many canna hot spots ... At some times I curse my tolerance.. As it seems nothing seems to cut thru it... Until that unassuming sachel I scored in Varkala from a fellow culinarian whose 'hotel' we started to frequent.
This was to be thE most intense cannabis experience I had ever felt.. Absolute psychedelic electricity. Words cannot describe. There is truly some magic grown under the warm Indian sun..

I cannot wait to follow this thread and see how it develops. Thanks for your experiences...

hello India