[yesum]

So you have the real deal there^^, must be nice eh? If you could say something on how you feel being stoned on it or anything on growing it, that would great too.

[Claude Hopper]

ULMW,


You get to smoke that AND enjoy a fresh brewed cup of sidamo coffee? I'm jealous.

[thejact55]

Awesome plant ULM. Really makes me antsy to get popping the ethiopia seeds I just got from Ace.
How are the smells?
How long is the flower time compared to Ace's 14 week or so recommended time?

[I wood]

Very encouraging thread, thanks to all who have added to it and Ace for make by these seeds available.

I was innocently browsing the ace seeds site and saw only two packs of Ethiopian left.
African strains have eluded me so far so I sprung into action, signed up and have Ethiopian and several others ordered with payment on the way.
Ace seeds have been causing me much jealousy over the years and I have waited as long as I could for them to be available locally but could not wait any longer. The small risk of border crossing was assumed and hopefully I'll be growing some ace keepers soon.
Is it wrong to get a boner from ordering seeds?

Thanks again Ace seeds for the magical sativa smorgasbord, and very reasonable prices too.

[Lean Green]

Originally Posted by I wood

Is it wrong to get a boner from ordering seeds?

Absolutely not!

Happens more than you think.

[TanzanianMagic]

Originally Posted by ULMW

I have been growing Ethiopian both in Ethiopia for 7 years and outside of Ethiopia for a couple of grows now indoors.

Have you seen the genetics change over time, or are these still the same plants you'd see 10 or 20 years ago? What is the high like?

[ULMW]

Gretings one and all and tganks fir the replies and interest I am not always online much so apologize for slow response.
Ethiopian landraces are a 12 hour on Light schedule all year round. Rainy season falls and dry seasons focus farming attention. As far as I see and read the Ethiopian Highland and Ace Strains are all pretty much like the mama sativa that grew in Ethiopia lowlands where Shashamane is located ir Awassa in hot humid ecosystem all of its own and upto Arba Minch where it gets hot enough for sour sops and tamarind plants and other heat loving plants.
As a member of RasTafari I spoke to the pioneer Jamaican settlers who reached and farmed ganja fir sacrement use. First arriving in Addis at what is today Taitu hotel Bro Flippins grew in 1972. He even recalled getting thai seeds sent over later in 70s and 80s. I was told that Afghani came in to bring hash production up as business was available in neighbouring sudan amongst arab communities if good hash was around. Then as more settlers reached Shashamane in the south 250km south of Addis Abeba in the Rift Valley. Pakistani chitral and hashplants became popular too.
These were then crossed against the landrace sativas to increase yield and speed up harvest time. Various Jamaican and Dutch strains have also been sown along with herbs from Tanzania, Kenya all being inter mixed. However the farmers report always the sativa landrace dominance will return to most hybrid crosses after 3 to 5 years of growing it in Ethiopia. sounded like they were saying the dominance of the local landrace is so adapted that the others struggle to take hold in crossing and remain unstable. Saying this it would make for good sense to say these landrace Ethiopians are very good breeding stock. 10 thru to 16 weeks depending on plant . The one in the photo was my first un planned grow in Ethiopia and thus came as a joy to behold. She popped up out of a soil I made out of manure ,red clay soil and black dirt. Not the best drainage so added a few pebbles to speedit up. fed her a tea of manure from local animals that passed by outside.She ran hef tap root down then to the side and took up as much as she could from the soil which was dumped onto an area reserved for a carpark by the landlord but I chose to make into a garden so to speak with raised beds and wooden planks securing the structres. It yielded a huge amount of herb that I cured for a good month before tasting. She is very earthy, woody, aromatic like a cigar, incense and some lemon terpenes too. It is a pleasing and rich smooth smoke leaving you elevated and meditating on positive thoughts more so than not. Also more ish and gives incredible appetite and munchies . Really social and communal share with a friend vibe. Easy going and still het stuff done. Some spacyness at time and time passes by with periods of peaceful mellowness that will keep all enjoying. Like all good landraces sativas give less and pay attention to her and you will get so much more in reward. Cure her for 4 weeks minimum before sampling then she just gets better and better. Compared to the commercial and mass grown herbs in Ethiopia the Ethiopian I have grown in Europe indoors admitidibly has been quiet a bit stronger effect and appearance so much finer. But that is down to grower needs and how they therefore handle the herbs.
Hope this helps answer a few q's and I look forward to seeing how others get their Grows going with Ethiopian.

[Lammy]

Thank you for sharing that information. That is very informative. It's amazing that you can talk to so many different people from around the world on this website.

[ULMW]

i did for 7 years. now in EU and only get to enjoy occasionally from friends and family in ET and the ET community here.

[ULMW]

https://www.icmag.com/ic/album.php?albumid=72250

2017 March Ethiopian Indoors From Direct out of Ethiopia seedstock