Indica marijuana plants
Indica marijuana plants are short, bushy, mature early, have more chlorophyll and less accessory pigments [accessory pigments protect the plant from excessive sunlight]. As Indica strains have more chlorophyll than sativa they grow and mature faster. Indica is a short plant, usually under 6feet | 180 cm tall, rarely over 8 feet | 240 cm tall. Its marijuana leaves have short, wide fingers and are deep green, often tinged with purple.At maturity, the cannabis leaves start to turn even darker purple. It has short branches laden with thick, dense marijuana buds, which mature early, usually about the beginning of September. The marijuana buds vary in colour from dark green to purple, just like their marijuana leaves. Under cooler conditions, the coloration becomes more intense. The marijuana buds have little trouble maturing under the cool conditions of our northern climate. Indica marijuana buds smell stinky, you know the type that smell like bad B.O often pungent and their smoke is thick even a small toke will often induce fits of coughing. The best Indica's have a relaxing social high, which allows the person to sense and feel the environment, but does not lead to thinking or analyzing the experience.
Other Indica's get you, a heavy neck experience We like to call it, to total sleep outs, one joint and it's goodnight! Aside from recent colonization, Indica is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and other surrounding areas. All of these fall between the 25th and 35th parallels, and have extremely variable weather - rainy one year hot the next, and so on. For that reason, each cannabis plant population's gene pool is heterogeneous. Marijuana plant characteristics vary regarding all phases of their growth including maturation time and climate preferences. In any season, no matter what the weather, some marijuana plants do well. In the UK, the vast majority of marijuana plants grown come from a mainly Indica background due to the early flowering times and bad weather. The THC/CBD ration also varies. Poor quality Indica marijuana and hashish contain high quantities of CBD. This is where the smoker becomes lead-headed and sleepy.
Indica marijuana high
Indica plants have a heavy, stony high that is relaxing and can help different medical problems. The indica highs are most often described as a pleasant body buzz. Indica's are great for relaxation, stress relief, and for an overall sense of calm and serenity. marijuana indica's are also very effective for overall body pain relief, and often used in the treatment of insomnia. They are the late - evening choice of many smokers as an all - night sleep aid. A few pure indica varieties are very potent in THC, and will cause the "couch lock" effect, enabling the smoker to simply sit still and enjoy the experience of the smoke.
Sativa marijuana plants
Sativa marijuana plants are taller, take longer to mature, have less chlorophyll and more accessory pigments [accessory pigments protect the plant from excessive sunlight]. As Sativa cannabis strains have less chlorophyll than Indica they take longer to grow, mature, and require more light. Sativa marijuana plants vary from about 6 feet | 180 cm to over 25 feet | 7.5 m in height [outdoors]. Most varieties grow in the 8 feet | 240 cm to I2 feet | 360 cm range. The marijuana leaves are long and thin fingered and are light green,especially equatorial varieties, which have less chlorophyll and more yellow pigments in order to protect the plant from intense light. Temperate varieties are darker green.The marijuana leaves of some varieties yellow and fall off during maturity. The marijuana plants have long branches. The bottom ones may spread 4 feet | 120 cm or more from the central stalk, rather like a conical Xmas tree shape. The marijuana buds are long and thin, far less densely populated than the Indica, although longer in length, sometimes stretching 3 feet | 90 cm in or more along the branch. The stoma's of the flowering bud may be tinged slightly purple in a cool climate but in a warmer environment will turn dark orange or even red. Maturation time varies considerably. Low THC midwestern varieties mature in August and September, while Equatorial varieties mature from November through to January. The cannabis buds require intense light to thicken and swell. Under the low light conditions found in the UK the marijuana buds are very skimpy and thin but are often very potent. Sativa marijuana buds smell sweet, fruity [Apple Pie comes to mind] and perfumed, and their smoke is usually smooth and easily inhaled.
Sativa's are found all over the world and include most of the commercial equatorial varieties such as Colombian, Mexican, Nigerian and South African where marijuana plants can be very potent.When smoking a sativa the high is very Cerebral, you have a rush of energy, a buzz in the body and a great way of getting the housework done without vegging out. Native sativa marijuana plants above the 30th parallel are considered industrial hemp. Under artificial light an Indica marijuana plant will mature faster than a sativa, over 4 weeks of extra light is required to bring a sativa plant to maturity, even then its weight is often much lower. Hence, more indica varieties are grown for sale, making the dealer/grower richer. So, with all these different growth patterns, highs, THC content and maturation times, marijuana plants of today are almost tailored to the individual grower. Twenty years ago it was difficult to get a prime crop of bud, as the seeds were from a country that produced more light and heat, therefore making growing in this country a little painful for the poor cannabis plants.
However today it is possible to buy marijuana strains that will flower in the autumn month that best suits you. Indoor growing is fast becoming big business in this country and marijuanagrowers are free to grow whatever strain they desire, no limit is put on light and heat, making all varieties possible to grow. Marijuana seed companies would not exist without a crossbreeding pattern and there would be no marijuana Cup!! So when you go out to Holland and purchase a strain of marijuana or order online, purchase three kinds, Pure indica, Pure sativa and a 50/50 crossbreed [Hybrid], and see if you can see the difference in the high, you will be pleasantly surprised, if not a little trashed.
Sativa marijuana high
Sativa plants have an energetic, cerebral high which can stimulate brain activity and may produce hallucinations. The sativa high is often characterized as uplifting and energetic . The effects of a sativa marijuana are mostly cerebral. They give a feeling of optimism and well - being, as well as providing a good measure of pain relief for certain symptoms. A few pure sativa's are also very high in THC content. They are known to have a quite spacey, or hallucinogenic, effect. Sativa's are a good choice for daytime smoking.
Crossbreed marijuana plants
A crossbreed marijuana seed strain is an offspring of two different marijuana strains [have two unrelated 'true-breeding' parents]. These marijuana varieties are crossbred for their growth characteristics. A crossbreed is produced by the pollen from one strain of male marijuana and pollinate the female marijuana plant from another strain. For example, a sativa of a particular strain is crossed for it's height and great taste with an indica of a particular strain for it's high yield. True-breeding cannabis plants will produce true to type if reproduced from their own seeds, so different generations will share similar characteristics. True-breeding strains are either:
Pure marijuana breeds:
Traditional land races that have only interbred with similar marijuana varieties and so have almost identical genes.
Stabilized hybrids:
Marijuana hybrids that have been created by breeders but then continually inbred until their marijuana plant characteristics are stabilized from generation to generation. F1 denotes that the seeds or marijuana plants have two true-breeding parents. The crossing of marijuana genetics produces marijuana plants whose characteristics won't be the same as the original true-breeding marijuana parents, though they may share some. Some cannabis seed varieties are crossed hundreds of times to create the perfect marijuana hybrid seed strain. The shape of the leaves on a hybrid marijuana plant depends on the Indica/sativa ratio.
Crossbreed marijuana high
Crossbreed marijuana seed varieties have a combination of both Indica and Sativa highs which are relative to strain ratio. A hybrid marijuana seed strain can have for example an energetic, cerebral sativa high combined with a pleasant indica body buzz.
