[zachrockbadenof]

Originally Posted by Elmer Bud

G `day Giaus

Did you read the post about education in context ?
I said they might not have book learnin , but they are still intelligent people .

Morocco story from PS 1973 .
Paulo has friends in Morocc , went down there with his own seeds and made a garden .
Returned a cpl of months later to find males in his plot . He proceeded to pull out the males . Upset that his partners didn`t tend the garden .
His Morocc friend asked why Paulo wanted to remove the males !?
He told Paulo that male plants are part of the mix for Hash !!
The whole field gets sifted .

Thanks for sharin

EB .

elmer... I have offen wondered if the hash from these far away places was superior as they used both males/females and/or the females were pollinated .. does a pollinated female add something to the final product???...

[nepalnt21]

man dutch genetics are seeping into everything... gross

[ChaosCatalunya]

Originally Posted by nepalnt21

man dutch genetics are seeping into everything... gross

Moroccan genetics have little of interest apart from drought resistance, the new genetics are making better hash and as the markets evolve, without it, they are going to loose.

Most European countries are now getting supplies of increasingly better weed, many people have stopped smoking hash because of the awful quality and shit they cut it with, Morocco had to move forward or be consigned to a footnote in Cannabis history.

[Dog Star]

Thing is what if neighbours of your field still work old way and dont weed out their
males,they made traditional and still polinate all plants around 100 Kilometers their own field,
still you loose a lot of hash yield as your plants get polinated..

[wasgedn]

we hadnt good hash for many years in my area...since 2016 we got very good hash on the street again from time to time ....

[Dog Star]

They need to go modern,prepare for pre-season clones of great cultivars,even traditional Moroccan strains but in clone form,ladies prepared for sowing,and forbidd to hole country old traditional way to not seed up crop,

then Morocco have great chance to stay World factor in hash production..

uhh.. that will be a joy to smell and smoke.. nonpolinated greasy Moroccan crop..

Maybe best years of Morro hash just coming to us...

[kaochiu]

Rif farmers never claimed to be pioneers on anything, nor they seem to have a love story with their cannabis, it's just a crop for most farmers, and most farmers would change it straight away for whatever crop gives them a penny more without extra effort.
Trials with other crops to substitute cannabis have been made for the photo, can't remember what other thing were trying instead, but that lasted the click, as soon as the attention was diverted everyone got back to normal, because no legal crop beats cannabis, and in those lands you cannot go ashtray too far from the community.
In 2027 the picture will be very different than 2017. Dunno how different, though, i say it because 10 years ago was totally different and 20 years ago was different than both, and so on.
You're right, Dog Star, about the pollen going wild, but i'm not sure they sell the whole hash production every year, for they store a lot too. Might not be an important issue... yet. They'll come up with something, as we all agree, stupid they're not.

[Elmer Bud]

Originally Posted by Dog Star

Thing is what if neighbours of your field still work old way and dont weed out their
males,they made traditional and still polinate all plants around 100 Kilometers their own field,
still you loose a lot of hash yield as your plants get polinated..

G `day Doggie

You round up the boys -
Gather the AKs -pay the man a visit - convince him that it would be a good idea if he grew your fem seed - you will buy his crop for better than what he will get for his old school . Offer he can`t refuse . No ?

Thanks for sharin

EB .

[sixixix]

How did I miss this? Thanks to everybody who contributes in this thread. It touches on several things I've been thinking about for a while, and good information on the import market is hard to come by when you live far from the source.

[GoatCheese]

Originally Posted by Dog Star

They need to go modern,prepare for pre-season clones of great cultivars,even traditional Moroccan strains but in clone form,ladies prepared for sowing,and forbidd to hole country old traditional way to not seed up crop,

Nice idea but would it work well in practice..
Imo, if trad. hash would be grown from clones, the female-library would have to be fairly big so that the authentic characters and quality of actual end product, the hashish, wouldn't drop and/or change too much.
You'd need to keep CBD only, THC/CBD and mostly-THC plants to mimic the traditional kind.
Potency isn't everything. To me, the type of effect is more important than raw potency. Taste of traditional hash comes as combo of many plants and terpene-profile.

Thou the Rif is coming more filled with western hybrids, i've read that the farther you go from Rif, the more they grow the traditional lines. This will also preserve these lines.

Poor farmers prolly can't afford clone-rooms running the whole year, but sure the big clans of Rif prolly could.
I just hope they keep the traditional kinds (Moroc, Paki, Afg) alive and well

-
-
Sorry if this abit off topic, but have anyone of you grown WOS' Ketama?
I have few packs, haven't grown any but i'm curious about the aroma. Some very beautiful plants pictured @ seed finde r.
I've read they are somewhat semi- autoflowering. I don't know if every plant will start semi-blooming in 18/6 after maturing.



World of Seeds Bank - Ketama Xaoen
Ketama

Originally from Northern Morocco, she’s been acclimatised to European latitudes since the 90s and thrives in barren, rocky soil and arid, dry conditions. Requires little water and nutrients to produce large, resinous buds which give off the unmistakable aroma of the best Moroccan hash. An indica from Ketama, where the majority of cannabis used in the production of kiff or hash is grown, she flowers early, producing excellent resin yields. She was chosen from a huge collection of seeds we brought back from Rif. Highly resistant to plagues and pests, this strain is widely used by Moroccans to produce one of the world’s best hashes.

Sex: Regular
Lineage: Chef Chaouen
Genotype: 100% Indica, small and compact
Grow Method: indoor/outdoor
Harvest Time (indoors): between 55 and 70 days
Harvest Time (outdoors): mid October
Yield: 300g indoor / 400-500g outdoor
Taste: Fine hardwood and hash
Aroma: Strong, hash
Effect: Relaxing.
THC: 16.2%
Resistance to Mould: Low
Resistance to Pests: High
Medicinal Value: High