Greetings ICMag!

Of all the popular Landrace cannabis,
It seems that real Nepalese and North Indian strains are the most elusive.
So this thread is for anyone with an interest in landraces from these special
Himalayan areas
(also silk road, Karakorum pass included, but mainly focusing on Nepal)
I'm sure you will all agree these areas are very special and the cannabis that grows there is special, whether wild or cultivated.

Please post all your pictures, experience and info to do with Nepal Cannabis!

As well as getting info, the aim is to find sources for Nepalese strains that
are available for all.

To begin, here is a pic of purple peace, which is Nepalese sativa crossed with a strain called Viking.
She grew very tall and bushy, like a pure sativa.
The smell is very spicy, a little woody, hashy and berry-like.
The buds are airy, and the high is uplifting!

[Gert Lush]

Originally Posted by levant

Of all the popular Landrace cannabis,
It seems that real Nepalese and North Indian strains are the most elusive.

What do you mean by "elusive"?
There are several representatives of these strains available fairly easily.
Many have been discussed on this board, and I daresay they are some of the most easily available, what with travellers visiting those areas all the time, and ganja cultivation still relatively uninhibitted.

BTW, which landrace strains would you consider "not elusive"?

[Highlighter]

Nepalese strains have always fascinated me and I've always romanticised over them, maybe due to the impression Nepalese Temple Balls played when I procurred some as a youngin'.

I have grown Purple Peace and it is one of my fav outdoor varieties. Have some going this yr. as well.

I have a couple of ACE Nepjam's hung drying right now. I plan to pollinate my Purple Peace w/ collected Nepjam pollen next month.

Anyway, I hope this thread has some legs, as I am always interested in this area. There was a really nice Nepalese travelogue thread here last yr.
The Nepal thread

Purple Peace buds




About 50% of PP's go purple.

Hello friends,

Gert Lush,
By elusive, I mean I haven't myself been able to acquire a truly pure
Nepalese sativa, they are out there, but not easy to get I find.
It's perhaps comparable to Hawaiian strains, you hear about them,
But to get a real pure old type Hawaiian from the islands is not common.
Again though, this is my experience, maybe others have these strains in abundance!
It's true that ganja growing is still relatively uninhibited,
Thats whats so great about the area;
There is still wild mountain weed to be found!

Not elusive?
I guess I would say the more known Africana's such as Durban, Swazi, and Malawi, but actually, these days the real thing is hard to find!!

Highlighter,
Your Purple Peace buds look fantastic - similar to mine but more purple and denser/fatter.
Mine have silvery hues and they are very light.
What latitude are you growing at?
NepJam's sound sweet, the Ace selection I'd most like to try though is Guerilla, this one is Nepalese crossed with Leshoto.

I cant believe I missed that Nepal thread!
Well, I better get reading

[RubbaDub]

Hi Levant,

Real Seed Co. has two landrace strains that originate in Northern India - Malana and Pahari Farmhouse. Seedsman carries them and a few other online shops as well.

[Thule]

great thread!

i myself have always been fascinated by nepalese strains too. it might have something to do with the gut feeling that this is where all cannabis originates. atleast the diversity of strains up in the himalayas and northern india is huge.

i am flowering a sativa pheno of lowryder #2 x nepal. she looks promising and leans towards the nepalese father. the leaves are leathery and dark green.

i wish they would fix the picture upload..

[bodhiseeds]

heres some nepal pics......















also check out the nepal thread for some more good info:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.p...ght=bodhiseeds

[Plutarque]

Jah mon, very nice.
Levant you remember me that I still have some Purple Peace beans to work with (something for next year), thanx mate

Peace &

Wicked thread in the making levant,

Thanks all for getting this thread started.

RubbaDub -

Indeed this is a great find for real deal North Indians.
These were collected in the region by Ngakpa I believe.
Also - Lets post links where we can:

Real Seed Company:

https://www.seedsman.com/en/cannabis-...l-seed-company

Thule -
I share your fascination with Nepal, though I have never been,
I can feel its vibe from seeing it on t.v documentary's and books (though of course its not the same as actually being there.)
One day though one day...
When I look at a ganja plant - any ganja plant, It looks like it has
"Himalaya" written all over it.
I used to have my thoughts about Africa,
But the holy mountains must be the motherland !

Is the lowryder #2 x nepal from a seed co? Or your own cross?

And I also cant upload new pics, how annoying!

bodhiseeds -

Thanks for gracing this thread with your pics, thats just what we needed.

Here's a link to two Nepalese threads at the Vibescollective:

https://www.vibescollective.org/forum...hp?topic=709.0

https://www.vibescollective.org/forum...hp?topic=198.0

Bluehemp seeds Nepali:

https://www.bluehemp.ch/4803/105273.html

No Mercy seeds:

https://www.nomercy.nl/en/framesets/f...-seedbank.html

(They have a Nepal and Tibet strains, I'm not sure on any details)

And here is a pic of Some Malana Mriko sent me
(hope he chimes in on this discussion soon!)