Burmese, Real Seed Co.

Six seeds from glass of water to starter pods. When they sprout from the peat pellets I'll start week one. Got a land race going here. The Real Seed Company: Description Genetics: Lao – Thai Traditional Cannabis Landrace Sourcing: The Real Seed Company, Laos, Southeast Asia, February 2023 Purpose: Ganja (seedless or lightly seeded buds) Latitude: 16.5° N Regional Harvest: late December to early January Height: c. 2 metres Characteristics: Rich, musky spice; intense high; semidwarf Sativa-type architecture Classification: Cannabis sativa subsp. indica var. indica Grow Type: Greenhouse or outdoors A classic Lao cannabis landrace from southern Laos. This region is the source of some of the finest of each season’s ‘Thai’, namely the golden seedless ganja known to long-term expats in Thailand. From seed to harvest, this a 6-month strain. The best of each year’s crop is typically sown around August to September and harvested from February to March. This ensures that flowers receive only minimal rain and ripen during the dry sunny weather at the beginning of the hot season. Cannabis cultivation in Laos and neighbouring Isan is not exclusive to any particular ethnic group. But among the communities best known for producing first-class ganja in areas such as Sakon Nakhon (Northeast Thailand) and Savannakhet (Laos) are the Phu Thai. Unlike in northern Isan, prohibition has had only minimal effect on traditional ganja culture in Laos. Until very recently, plants were a conspicuous feature of most gardens in Phu Thai villages. ‘Strong musk and spice, but instead of the more usual pungent fruitiness they exibit a mixture of smells ranging from floral, and almost vanilla to buckskin, hardwood, and suncured Turkish tobacco’ writes a grower working with this accession indoors – ‘very different from the tobacco smell of the other Lao lines. ‘Other smells that can be present in a quite subtle way are very ripe banana, carrot tops, white chocolate, fresh cream, and calumus leaves. The smell is somehow smoother as well I think and definitely more complex than the other types. The muskiness is different as well. It’s sharper and more animal-like.’ Regarding the architecture, he comments as follows: ‘The plants are what some people call the ‘Lowland type’. They’re more compact and have bigger buds. ‘The leaflets at the top of the plant are also some of the narrowest I’ve ever seen, narrower than those of the famously narrow-leafleted RSC Kerala. However, they gradually thicken up as they grow, attaining a moderate width towards the central and lower portions of the plant. There is no hint of SE Asian hemp influence whatsoever.’ He cautions, ‘I’d urge anybody reading this not to listen to any of the stuff on the internet about how the Lao Gold has been crossed with an Indica. I don’t know if this stuff is caused by ignorance or malice.’ Another nose offers ‘musky vanilla, cacao butter, spices.’ Highly recommended for those seeking to recreate the legendary ‘Thai Stick’ of old. Update: It's Sunday, the beginning of the next week and they are all just starting to sprout from the starter pods. So once they are all completely up will begin week 1 in a few days or so. Update 05/14 Tuesday. Things don't look good. The seedlings are dampening out. They are shedding the shell and just dropping ng over dead. I think me at or all of them will not survive. Looks like an issue with the peat pellets. I'm never going to use that se things again. Besides creating an unnecessary step I suspect the pellets are killing the seedlings. Three if six confirmed dead and the others might all do the same thing. The pellets have mold judging by this Update: I think these Lao Gold seeds will be a total loss.. I am soaking three Burmese seeds in water right now. They will go directly into potted soil Update.: 5 of the six seeds died shortly after sprouting from mold contaminated peat pellets. One did not germinate. I blame the pellets 100%. They had been stored in the open, unsealed and they became contaminated Update: two of the Burmese have successfully sprouted. Soaked under 24 and planted directly into pots.. I have five more planted using same method.