This thread is the test of a cross between GeneSeeds’ Black Lebanon and BlueHemps’ Lebanese.
The Black Lebanon @lefthandseeds ran was a spectacular specimen, if you haven’t seen it.
GeneSeeds says it’s a cross of two different families, one highly-inbred varietal, and another from “a territory of Lebanon War” that I guess refers to the coast. The 60 day flower time and more indica-structure would also suggest a more temperate climate in the ancestry.
BlueHemps Lebanese on the other hand sounds like the same family as Ace and RSC, which are from Bekaa. The entire country is only 10,000 square km – a little smaller than the state of Connecticut, so how many distinct varietals can they really have anyway? The Bekaa Valley is one of the more harsh environments, hot and dry, with an average of next to no rain at all in summer, pretty neatly explaining the semi-auto characteristics Ace found.
Before we start, I would like to apologize for my phone. Whenever I decide to take a picture of a seedling the camera asks itself, “what is the focus of this picture?” and the answer always seems to be “Perlite!”
Now that temps are below 100, they’ve no complaints. They started showing sex recently and were upgraded from solo cups to a bed on casters, where they’ll spend the rest of eternity as mother plants. Water only for the most part, but once in a while I share some coconut water or sst with em.
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Out of five, three were female. One male pretty much autoflowered at 16/8 on/off, the other kept his composure.
They had a rough summer starting with spider mites, and then when that problem was resolved I screwed up by letting the temps get too high and they stretched into a Dr. Grinspoon look-alike. They’re about three weeks away from harvest, give or take. As pregnant as pregnant can be with Kashmiri babes. Smells of rotten mangoes maybe?
@lefthandseeds My apologies for the lack of updates on this run. As soon as these three are done a second round will start and get this journal back on track.
That’s pretty wild! It actually structurally looks a lot like BH Lebanese, but with a lot more resin from the Black Leb. Recently, I’ve been thinking about trying to grow a bunch of them out and do a selection or two.
Turned it into dabs.
I don’t really enjoy dabbing, so they get layered in a bowl pack like hot fudge or tiger-striped across a rolling paper. Smoking a bowl now, for reference, …
Halfway through the bowl and the high’s like a heavy blanket fresh out the dryer. I’mma bet there’s some cbd in the mix.
Frozen to around 0F. Quick-washed with 190 Everclear, swirling for 30 seconds on the dot, drained for about ten seconds to get the clear golden fraction.
Second wash immediately, neither timed nor temp controlled, soaking and swirling to get anything leftover. Yielded about twice as much, still not too dark.
. Thanks for the introduction, good to know the stories behind. Will be interesting to follow your progress, good luck … 
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