Pre-Invasion Afghans (F-5’s), from seeds I cold stored in 1981, &
1990, & 2015.
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Background Info: I (Ohsogreen) picked up about 500 of these seeds
on the upper trade routes of the Indus River in Pakistan, in late
1977 / early 1978. I was there doing a Hash Deal. Prior to the Big
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan. These were from tribal lines, grown
in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
I made the (F-2’s) of them in late 1980, using over a dozen
females, and no less than a dozen males (cold stored some of these
in early 81).
I made the (F-3’s) in late 1989, they were also made using over a
dozen females, and no less than a dozen males (cold stored them in
early 90).
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I broke them out late January 2014, and did an (F-4) run. Did an
even split on both, eight F-2 moms, eight F-3 moms, same split on
the dads. The selections were the best candidates, based on my past
experience with them.
In Feb 2016 I broke out cold stored seeds from 1990, and 2015 of
this line, and did another open pollination. Using an even split of
6 females from each year, and 6 males from each year. Harvested in
July 2016.
These are True (un-Dutch-ified) Afghan’s both low & highland phenos.
Yeah, live and learn. I must have been one of the first to see the post and I thought it would be up for a while. By the time I thought about it more, and came back, the sharks had the water bloodied up real bad…
