Kalamata Red (The Greek legend)

Official strain seeds press: A classic Greek heirloom collected from a farming family in Kalamata region 15 years ago. This line had been cultivated in their village for more than 30 years, though cultivation there has ceased due to enforcement pressure, and the village is now abandoned. ‘Kalamata Red’ was a famous underground brand during the ’70s and ’80s. Red colouration is a trait of some plants in this line, particularly due to cold conditions. Other phenotypes are light green. Euphoric, creative, and ‘psychedelic’ effects are what this strain is renowned for. There are various theories as to the origin of these domesticates, none of which can yet be verified. Interestingly, on the Phylos Galaxy chart, no immediate ancestor for Kalamata Red can yet be determined. Likely origins include the wider Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean region. These seeds were produced from several selected mothers and a choice “alpha male” from the 2019 generation. Plants have relatively low requirements for feeding. Resistance to pests, mold, and heat is excellent. Due to their rarity and the risks involved in sourcing and maintaining these plants in Greece, the price tag is high. - So hello my fellow growers. This is a very exciting project, a pheno hunt of this old and famous landrace strain from Greece with a purpose of bringing back to life that old school legend and maybe even develop it further with some back crossings or crossings with other strains etc. Definitely a long project with some nice hopefully surprises on the way. Week 3 already and these little creatures start showing some of their characteristics and as seen on the photos one of them is short bushy like and the other one is tall double or even triple the height of the short one. Its a landrace strain without much of a genetic background so patience will only help find out what is what and clear things out. Never had a pure sativa grown before so dont know wether the tall one is a normal sativa height or just a male trait, as for the short one, hopefully that is a female sativa with shorter traits. Other than that I feel very exciting growing this particular strain even though is a low yielder it really worth the effort and the high. The technique i mainly use so far is the pinching of stems on every new node as I believe if done properly from early stage the stem becomes a body builder looking stem able to hold more bud weight. This batch of Kalamata Red regular seeds is provided by Villabafo, cannabis seeds experts (www.villabafo.gr)