Details for: G 33680, Cannabis sativa L., Afghaan 90

Donor Notes: Date of Collection: 1990; Place of Collection: Amsterdam; Type: ‘Heirloom’; Purpose: Sinsemilla; Narrative: The original seeds from which this accession was produced were purchased in Amsterdam in 1990. In late 1980s and early 1990s, common practice in the Amsterdam cannabis scene was for packs of seeds (and sometimes cuttings) to be sold by ‘travelling salesmen’ who plied their trade in ‘coffeeshops’. The collector of this accession brought several packs of various strains in this way and then stored them in a freezer. During the period of storage, the seeds were repackaged and the original branded labelling was mislaid. The brand was not one of the abiding big name Dutch seedbanks. This accession is from a pack that was labelled ‘Afghaan’. The collector was able to germinate a few of these seeds – enough to maintain the strain. Two distinct variants are exhibited by ‘Afghaan 90’, one semidwarf broad-leafleted and one somewhat taller and comparatively narrow-leafleted. Given that during its time in the west this strain is likely to have undergone several years of intensive individual selection for use as sinsemilla, this accession can’t accurately be described as a landrace. There is no culture of sinsemilla production in the Afghan or Pakistani Hindu Kush (see recent UN Afghanistan Cannabis Surveys). Moreover, as evidenced by the cannabinoid profile of authentic Afghan landraces, there appears only to have been bulk selection of a largely unconscious kind – probably over a period of centuries. Feedback on cannabis forums regarding ‘Afghaan 90’ consistently features reports of euphoria and a sense of well-being, which is in marked contrast to the reputation for dysphoria attached to other ostensibly pristine (i.e., never outcrossed) heirlooms such as ‘Afghani #1’.
Height: approx. 0.75 – 1.5 metres; Indoors: approx. 56 – 70 days; Outdoors: approx. October. Classification: C. sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica.

[Donor describes this accession as a heirloom landrace, see:] REMARKS .