Kalamata Red (The Greek legend)

Kayaboy 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. Germination was 100% successful with all 4 seeds sprouting after approx 36 hours in soil and 48 hours before that soaked in water. Week after and we have one casualty and one that looks like having a genetic growth issue. The rest two are doing fine with praying leaves in the warm light and hopefully are female. Cant wait until it shows gender. This batch of Kalamata Red regular seeds is provided by Villabafo, cannabis seeds experts (www.villabafo.gr)

Kayaboy 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 2 and these little fellas are doing nicely in their new pots and steadily growing up to be, hopefully, beautiful girls.. This batch of Kalamata Red regular seeds is provided by Villabafo, cannabis seeds experts (www.villabafo.gr)

Kayaboy 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)

Kayaboy 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 4 of this legendary world's rare landrace strain and all looking good just repotted these two plants and giving them a few more weeks before switching to 12/12. Dont want to let them veg any longer for not getting any stretching suprises and our plants reach the ceiling in case they are female and make it to bloom etc. One of them is already tall plant sativa looking for sure so it has been supercropped and then topped to control its height where the other one is short bushy with some nice branches just like a xmas tree. This batch of Kalamata Red regular seeds is provided by Villabafo, cannabis seeds experts (www.villabafo.gr)

Kayaboy 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 5 and that means new final pots, defoliation of the bushy one and switch to 12/12 cycle. I suspect the short one might be a male one but still little early to say from the shape of the preflower, i guess a few more days will tell... So now they are in their 10L pots and soil is prepared with organic supplies from Biotabs, so far they seem to be doing great job with my other plants looking healthy with no sign of stress or feeding deficiencies whatsoever so i guess Biotabs are here to stay in my situation. Gonna try some Guanokalong also and see and stick with organics I guess... This batch of Kalamata Red regular seeds is provided by Villabafo, cannabis seeds experts (www.villabafo.gr)

Kayaboy It turned out the plants were male and disposed. Thanks for following up...I will update with a diary as soon as I plant the rest 4 seeds remaining