Tirah Landrace
Aroma: Coffee, hazelnut, hash, citrus, kush, earthy musk
Characteristics: Resinous, narcotic effect, broad- to narrow-leafleted, early maturing
Classification: C. sativa subsp. indica var. afghanica x C. sativa subsp. indica var. indica
Grow Type: Outdoors, greenhouse, or indoors
An authentic Hindu Kush domesticate from Tirah Valley, a renowned centre of hashish production in Northwest Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan. Tirah crops exhibit a spectrum of variation from Indica-type plants, i.e., short and heavily branched with relatively broad leaflets, to Sativa-type variants, as in the “Khyber Sativa” strain of old seedbank catalogues.
Tirah Valley is in a region once known as the Tribal Agencies, a mountainous and ethnically Pashtun (Afghan) area beyond the direct control of the Pakistan government. The valley cuts through Orakzai, Kurram, and Khyber agencies. It’s a major centre of Cannabis cultivation and best known for Tirah garda, a refined form of hashish with a potent, narcotic effect. Tirah garda is usually blonde or golden, though it darkens and ‘melts’ with age.
We are family-owned, operating from the farm that has been in our family since 1810. We grow outdoors in a great environment, taking pride in sun-grown strains, grown organically. Our strains come from some of the most interesting seed breeders that we have found, as well as some crosses that we have developed ourselves.