Variétés

Breedeur :Seedsman
Origine :Nord de l'Afghanistan, Culture Traditionnelle du Charas cultivar
Parents :Traditional Landrace Pure-Bred
Génotype :Indica
Type :Original

Genetics: Traditional North Afghan charas cultivar
Type: Traditional landrace/pure-bred
Variety: Indica Giant
Height: 3-4 meters in natural outdoor environment in Mazar-i-Sharif.
Yield: 1.5 to 2 kg of dried flowers in natural outdoor environment
Aroma: pungent, intense terpene aroma, classic Afghan, with some sweetness
Harvest: early December to early January
Characteristics: Unusually large indica strain with classic wide leaved characteristics.

Grown  around the desert towns of Balkh, Mazar-i-Sharif and Sheberghan in the  far north of Afghanistan, close to the modern borders of Turkmenistan,  Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. This Mazar-i-Sharif strain produces the  legendary hashish known as "Shirak-i-Mazar" and "Milk of Mazar". The  people of these regions are a patchwork of Turkic, Tajik, Afghan and  Pashtun tribes, and the history of Mazar-i-Sharif strains is likely to  be equally complex. In fertile and well-irrigated soils these vigorous  giants are capable of reaching 4 metres in height or more, and will  produce a similarly immense yield of intensely resinous flowers.  Traditionally harvested in the first half of December with the onset of  the brutal Central Asian winter, Mazar-i-Sharif plants will enjoy cold  conditions, including snow, and will turn a deep blood red in low  temperatures. Growers favour leaving harvest as late as possible,  sometimes into early January. Sieved "Milk of Mazar" garda is very  resinous and so can be hand-pressed to make charas; it has a  distinctively pungent, sweet aroma and a dreamily mellow high.  Over-indulgence produces a mind-warping, immobilising and narcotic  effect.