Black Congolese x (
17 Regular Seeds
100% Sativa
Parsley & Exotic Tea Leaf
Seeds sourced from Sticky Icky Naturals Preservation Project of the IX4
The original breeder in South Africa who sourced the seeded Congo Black only obtained a handful of seeds from the imported buds, packaged in a “Bankie”. He reported that it was very exotic. He thought most likely a “Bhangi” Congo or “red” variety. The Black Congolese male is from the seed stock as which was used to pollinate the Congo Pointe Noire cut.
The #1 female uses the same Pure Black Congolese male which also pollinated the #2 female. The #1 female exhibits more of the Congo Pointe Noire traits but also a good mix of the Pure Black Congolese expressions, which according to A.H. are heavy hitters with potency and tend to grow quite small and compact with smaller tighter floral clusters with less branching compared to some South African Sativas. The #1 female is Congo Pointe Noire x Black Congolese, the black Congolese was sourced from the same person in South Africa and the Congo Pointe Noire cut which has been lost now, so I've heard. Noir or noire meaning black.
The Republic of Congo is the country where the city, Pointe Noire is located on the Atlantic coast of South West Africa and where the Congo River terminates in the ocean. The Republic of Congo was formally called Zaire. The Black Congolese comes from Democratic Republic of Congo. Some red traits will come out in the phenotypes, red stems and petioles and various color ranges are possible.
Heart of Darkness Male:
Back in 2018, I did a F2 IBL line with the original Heart of Darkness seeds. My favorite female of the IBL, the #5, had a faster finishing time and had more expressions of the Narrow Leaf Afghani then all the others. From these F2, I did an open pollination with two males and 4 females - 2/4 females expressed the true Narrow Leaf Afghani Trait which is what I was most interested. From germination to harvest, this project took 180+ Days to complete and though it is full on highly experimental, I believe there is some excellent specimens to be found - both for flowering and breeding purposes. ENJOY!!!
Legendary Genetix Description of Heart of Darkness:
What most people think of strains from 40 degrees latitude from the steppes of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistani, Afghanistan. Before the wars of the last century the countries divided by the Khyber Pass, many tribal families grew and were renowned for their garda, hashish. The best hash came from the narrow leaf strains held by proud families for centuries. Sometimes the hash was stored for many years before it was sold. Keeping it pressed preserved the quality, it wasn't until the 1920's that hash started leaving these areas in quantity. More so in the 1950's with the Beat movement, the Hippie Trail in the 60-70's wiped out most of the old stores and to keep up with world demand. Like in the country of Afghanistan which enjoyed many years of peace with King Zahir Shah. The King of Afghanistan, wanted to increase output and encouraged the hashish making families to incorporate the broad lead varieties because they finished faster and produced more resin then the high quality narrow leaf varieties. So in favor of yields over quality, much of the hashish that left post 70 was still great but lost quality it once had. Many of the plants which were highly prized have been lost and only a small amount of quality strains remain and with families that have been growing these plants for many generations. This is a long flowering strain of very rare and unique genetics, very narrow leafs from the Afghani side and the plants turn all kinds of autumn colors when maturing. The colas can get very long and large with the plants looking like huge sativas if grown outdoors which is the preferable method. You can grow the Heart of Darkness indoors but it will really shine outdoors unhinged.