Hokkaido Japón

Japan has a millenary culture of hemp use that goes back at least 10,000 years of antiquity, having scientific certainty of its culture by all its islands for more than 2,000 years, especially in the northern island of Hokkaido, the prefecture that traditionally has cultivated more hemp in Japan since immemorial times.

This cannabis strain from Hokkaido grows with a strong, corpulent, broad-leaved and fat stems, characteristics traditionally associated with cannabis indica in terms of growth. The general appearance and morphology of the leaves of this Japanese variety reminds us of the indica phenotype, although the Hokkaido has darker leaves, greater vigor, longer knots and greater branching.

This variety shows semi-auto-flowering characteristics, so it starts flowering outdoors very quickly after the summer solstice. It has a spiky floral development reminiscent of sativas, producing few trichomes in its ovaries. The flowering develops very quickly, in only 6-8 weeks.

Genetic analyses indicate that it is a uniform variety, homozygous and with very little genetic variation, with a rare and unique genotype, not related to other varieties of European or Russian hemp. Its origins point to Chinese or Korean cannabis varieties.

May be of interest to hemp breeders with low cannabinoid content, in search of stable varieties of very fast maturation for medium latitudes (40º-45º), and for cannabis scholars and preservationists.