Romulan strain

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CannaReview

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Any one know much about this one? I know it was around lower mainland about 10+ year ago but I've never smoked or seen it. Just talked to someone who brought it in 20 year ago and been growing it since then. Was discussing with him how to reduce the stretch on it with out PGR's. Say can hook me up with left over cuts :)
 
c ray

c ray

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the original is often referred to as joe's romulan and has a dank peppery meatiness.. there's some imposters around unfortunately.. if you have the original that would be very lucky.. I would give a nut or something of similar value to be able to grow the original..
 
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Medipuffs

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Rumors and guesses as to the parentage of Romulan abound. Claims that the Romulan is a pure Indica (Afgani/Kush) are mistaken. While there may be some genetics from Indica (Afgani) varieties, anyone who has tried the Romulan knows that the mind warping effect is that of plant with strong sativa traits. `Romulan Joe` and I have had many conversations on the origin of this strain. According to him the original breeders started growing in there backyard and greenhouse in the 50`s, after being introduced to cannabis in the Korean war and bringing home seeds to Victoria. They struggled to grow and acclimatise these seeds selecting the faster flowering shorter plants from the tall lanky Korean strain. When the late sixties and early seventies rolled around, they began trying Columbian and Mexician seeds, hybridizing varieties from these. In the mid 80`s when the Afghani strains swept into North America they briefly tried hybridizing with these but eventually when back to selecting the traits they liked in there old genetics. They worked mainly with Sativa genetics but always selected shorter squatter phenotypes which has made many people think that it is purely Indica strain. But whatever its true genealogy is, I`m sure we can all agree on its great taste and high."

http://en.seedfinder.eu/strain-info/Romulan/Unknown_or_Legendary/
 
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CannaReview

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c ray said:
the original is often referred to as joe's romulan and has a dank peppery meatiness.. there's some imposters around unfortunately.. if you have the original that would be very lucky.. I would give a nut or something of similar value to be able to grow the original..
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Do you know if it stretches in flower. He says it stretches quite a bit. Nornally uses Bud Blood or similar products to keep it shorter. He says its a day time/smoke and go strain. he brought it in from the the Kootneys 20 years ago and says he buddy told him its making a come back in that area once again so he hoping it wont in the lower mainland lol
 
doingdishes

doingdishes

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c ray said:
the original is often referred to as joe's romulan and has a dank peppery meatiness.. there's some imposters around unfortunately.. if you have the original that would be very lucky.. I would give a nut or something of similar value to be able to grow the original..
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what could possibly worth similar value...haha
 
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eddymatin

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CannaReview said:
Any one know much about this one? I know it was around lower mainland about 10+ year ago but I've never smoked or seen it. Just talked to someone who brought it in 20 year ago and been growing it since then. Was discussing with him how to reduce the stretch on it with out PGR's. Say can hook me up with left over cuts :)
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I ordered a sample for my wife because the dispenser said it was awesome for pain relief. The flowers were fluffy with nice colors. The smell was quite unique too! It was her go-to meds for pain relief and sleeping disorders.http://www.plcdelivery.com/products/romulan
 
torontoke

torontoke

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A friend and i grew romulan in the late 90's it did stretch alot during flower but not as much as a straight sativa.
We actually grew afghan right beside it and used to confuse them all the time.
Only different was a slight smell difference.
Romulan was more cedery smelling and the afghan was more skunky.
Havent seen them available in awhile but in my humble opinion there are way better strains out there and maybe thats why. It was good but not a must keep.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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c ray said:
torontoke it's quite possible you grew one of the imposters
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It might have been..
Back then we used to buy from a shady lil store down on the lakeshore and half the beans just came in lil yellow envelopes.
I was trying to remember the breeders name and i think it was willy jack or something dumb.
I know that the afghan we had was bunk but then we bought a pack of afghan from somewhere else and it was night and day.
I think back then half the stuff being sold were knock offs or just whatever they had laying around.
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Well i dont know who joe is or where he got it originally but i do remember yrs ago a few breeders sold what they claimed was romulan.
Ive heard the next generation one isnt bad but isnt that great.
I dont usually believe the hype surrounding all the so called clone only strains.
Because even those clones have to start somewhere right isnt it the chicken and egg conundrome
 
c ray

c ray

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elite cuttings tend to be hybrids so trying to capture the glory in seed form may be elusive, since we are dealing with the interaction of genes.. often the pollinator will walk all over the pollinated, or dilute the essence of what it is and what makes it special..
 
torontoke

torontoke

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Ohhh no i have been there too but i was talking about
Ironseedsales on lakeshore in toronto.
They closed the store yrs ago but i think they still have a website. I met alot of old school guys going there but the genetics they sold were always iffy.
 
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