About Hindu Kush

Name: Hindu Kush Strain - Ganga 420 hindu kush strain
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hindu kush strain One of the original landrace strains that precipitated the popularization of cannabis throughout the world,

Hindu Kush is a potent pure indica. It is indigenous to the Hindu Kush mountain chain that forms the border

between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Persian term for “Hindu killer” (in reference to the danger of crossing the inhospitable mountains) as well as to

Avestan words meaning simply “water mountain.” In any case, Kush has become a byword for weed and is

often used a suffix in the names of different strains, regardless of whether those strains have Hindu Kush in

their lineage.

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Seeds of Hindu Kush — along with seeds of other Asian landrace varieties like Afghani — were brought to the

U.S. in the 1960s and 70s by cannabis enthusiasts

and explorers who traveled along a route that has come to be

known as the “hippie trail.” In time, Hindu Kush has,

perhaps inevitably, been crossed with other strains to

allow for stability and adaptation to a radically different climate than its mountainous point of origin; as such,

“true” Hindu Kush may not be widely available in the Western Hemisphere. Nevertheless, Hindu Kush is a

relatively pure strain, simpler and often more potent that the novelty crossbreeds that continue to multiply in

today’s competitive cannabis market.

highly resinous flowers.

The THC composition of Hindu

Kush is typically measured at between 15% and 20%.

Hindu Kush is marked by large,

clustered green buds that adhere due to their incredibly sticky

consistency. Some phenotypes have shades of purple in the leaves, the result of high concentrations of plant

pigments called anthocyanins

being activated by cold weather during the vegetative stage. The densely-packed

flowers are famous for their resin

and have a heavy coating of silver-white trichomes. The aroma of this strain is very complex, with a

simultaneously sweet and musky scent, redolent of spice, sandalwood, pine, and wet earth. T. The resulting smoke is harsh and cough-inducing; when

exhaled, smoke tastes vaguely like pine.

The overall flavor impression of Hindu Kush is one of incense and herbs.

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