My uncle started growing pot deep in the appalachain mntns in the mid 90’s after returning from the gulf wars with afghan kush seeds.
Whenever i would go see him he always had 2 jars on the table, labled Afghan kush and Appalachian kush.
Unfortunately he died before i became educated in the wisdom of weed and curiosity of growing and so ill never know the real answer.
Has anybody else ever heard of Appalachian land race type strains or was it just clever labeling on his part??
What state are yall from? Appalachia is famous for its outdoor, cant wait to se who stops by. Im interested as well. Gotta ask do you have any of your uncles seeds? I know Kentucky has has loads of old cultivars. Great idea for a thread, hopefully some Appalachian growers will stop by. Im only familiar with Asheville NC, and surrounding areas so not much help. 
Only one i can think of is appalachian skunk. Old landrace looking cultivar from Asheville area. My buddy grew alot of this in early 2000s up in the mountains.
2 of my Grandfather’s brothers were arrested in the tri-cities area in the 70s for growing a field of skunks on old family land they said was an old Native American heirloom. I cant verify it other than they went to prison for 17 years after getting caught.
Thats unfortunate on the prison term but would have loved to have seen that field of dreams
Small world, I spent some time living in the WNC area. Smoked some fantastic weed but my guy usually didn’t have a name for whatever he was selling. Always had a few options for sale though, so for me that was like shopping at the supermarket compared to anyone else I bought from before then
Don’t think I ever tried these Appalachian strains, skunk or kush or any other names
Heard tell of good red haired weed from KY. There’s a thread on it
Then there’s also talk of legendary heirlooms from SE OH, which is close to Appalachia culturally if not actually in the mountains
If everything is correct and the genetics being true….right here… this would be legendary.
Who knows what all is left after the hurricane destruction…his valley got completely flooded. House and barns and hippie bus and everything are all gone. Drying/curing shack all gone.
We will be lucky if anything pops up
Well i reckon i can say it now as all the evidence has been washed away by the hurricane damage.
North western nc near Boone. Everything was destroyed.
Omg it was shocking to see the news. I cant belive what i was seeing. Used to go to Asheville 3x a year for concerts and stay with friends. Always did hiking in the blue ridge mountains too, arguably one of the most beautuful places in the USA, Very sad indeed. Damn and now we have this other hurricane coming. Freaking sucks
You may find it of interest to talk to @Upstate. He lives in upstate NY and has been growing for more than 20 years. Worked indicas for 20 years. Now grows landrace exotic stuff.
All of the oldtime pot grown in Appalachia were bagseed from imported landraces ( i.e. Panama Red, Mexican, Columbian ) that would actually finish in a specific area. Most growers had absolutely no idea where that pot came from but it was all they had. Remember that seeds were not available to be bought before 1983. Earlier all seed was bagseed that we had saved from some pot that we REALLY liked. Most of it was named after the county that it came from. We would move garbage cans packed full of the stuff. What was it actually ? 
Bingo! …
Probably the best answer yet!!!
Its funny that tou say that…
My uncles use to talk about trash sacks full of pot and i still cant wrap my mind around that ammount.
He lived waayyy down deep in a holler back up in a thicket cut by a 2 cricks and grew in the middle.
My mom has an old photo album ( maybe 15x15)
No pics of the field buuttt one of those pages has a 15 finger pot leaf that filled the whole page!!
I have seen entire barns full of hanging plants. 
You would be amazed at some of the things I have seen. These modern commercial grow-ops are small “gardens” compared to what the old pot farmers did !
That is a cool and TRUE story ! From Akansas, to the Appalachians Kush/Skunk weed has been grow since the late 70’s. You might be on to something special my friend !!! Good luck, Chubby
