Khalifa Genetics is a small group of passionate breeders who all share a common vision: Creating the most unique varieties while breeding with old landraces and rare strains.Because we want growers to enjoy highly stable genetics, we have chosen to only offer very few highly worked strains rather than dozens of unstable polyhybrid crosses with a hype name. The uniqueness of the aromas, the most exquisite smells and the quality of the experience is what we are after. You won’t find any Tropicana Gelato Cake seeds here. But what we offer is a fine collection of stable true F1 hybrids as well as mythical landrace varieties from the Orient.Each true F1 we have on our catalog is the fruit of many years of hard work. Each and every one of them results from a cross between landraces or rare strains we carefully selected and stabilized over many generations. We will never make any of our varieties available to our customers unless it has been thoroughly tested.Because customer satisfaction matters tremendously to us, we only release strains that we think are absolutely outstanding.We also offer landrace varieties because these are part of our heritage as humans. These strains have been around for thousands of years but they are now quickly disappearing due to eradication campaigns and contamination by modern hybrids. Because they have adapted to the environments where people would grow them all over the world, these landraces have developed certain particularities. That is why they can be very interesting to breeders and collectors alike.

Authentic mountain landrace from the small Rasol Village. Rasol farmers have been growing this pure Himalayan cultivar for hundreds of years for making the Rasol cream, a high-quality Charas cream famous throughout India.

The Rasol landrace encompasses many different genotypes. Since it is a hash plant, some specimens produce high levels of THC whereas others are CBD dominant. Likewise, the plants express a wide array of terpene profiles. Therefore, it is a great strain for pheno-hunters.A terpene test report done on a stand out phenotype showed the presence of Beta-Myrcene, Alpha-Pinene, Beta-caryophyllene, Trans-Ocimene and Terpinolene.
A Mountain Cultivar

This vigorous cultivar will grow tall with long internodes. It is one of the fastest-flowering Indian strains. In Rasol, the villagers harvest the plants from the end of September up until the beginning of November. Thanks to its cold-resistance and fluffy buds, the Rasol cultivar can perform well outdoors in northern climates. It is not very susceptible to Botrytis and other fungal diseases.

Many specimens have red stems even when the temperatures aren’t cold. This is common throughout the Himalayas. Although these plants are vigorous and easy to grow, they are very sensitive to over-feeding. For that reason, it is recommended that growers use relatively poor soil.

Our friend at Coco Genes collected the seeds directly at source. These are from the 2018 harvest. However, because of the remoteness of the area, the Rasoli landrace still is purer than many other cultivars from the Parvati Valley. By the same token, Rasol is also much less touristy than neighboring Malana where the local landrace already shows obvious signs of hybrid contamination. That being said, it is paramount to preserve the genetics before the same thing happens in Rasol.