‘Ganja plant ready for cutting, some of the dead leaves still adhering, Naogaon.’ – Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-1894 *** The two high-end traditional cannabis drug products are ganja (sinsemilla or ‘semi-sensi’) and charas (resin, either hand-rubbed…
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To go with the new chat with Aussie Gunja Man here’s a great painting of stoned yogis from 1780s Rajasthan. Satirical paintings of ascetics (Hindu or Muslim) in states of extreme wastedness were a long-running theme in Indian art by…
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First, just to clear up that freebie seeds with all orders at The Real Seed Company and Kwik Seeds are currently Kumaoni (12 seeds) and Nepali Highland #3 (5 seeds). Kumaoni is a Himalayan multipurpose landrace cultivated for use as…
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These are now the landraces automatically added to all orders: Gorkha Nepali – 12 seeds Hmong Ganja – 5 seeds The Gorkha Nepali accession is from Barpak, roughly 50 km north of the town of Gorkha. Expect large plants of…
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The landrace seeds automatically added to all orders are now as follows: Nepali Mountain Ganja – 25 seeds Hmong Ganja – 5 seeds The image shows our Burmese landrace outdoors just north of the tropics.
Our new accessions of Thai and Lao landraces are on a special offer to encourage people to start exploring them. The offer applies to Champasak, Hmong Ganja, Isan Thai, and Nakhon Phanom Thai. All orders of packs of these landraces…
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Behold, a 128-year-old sample of ganja! If you believe the Internet, the sinsemilla technique was developed in the 1970s by Mexican cartels. But check out this botanical sample of ganja from 1896. This material was collected in Berar Province in…
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Here’s that highly unusual semidwarf Nepali ganja landrace at 40° N in late August (foreground plant only). This is not just one freak individual. All plants in this landrace show this unusual compact, leafy morphology – rather like bamboo or…
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Here’s an image of a field of ganja being destroyed in Tripura state in Northeast India in December, 2014. The farmers have used a compact, semidwarf ganja landrace which they’ve clipped and planted like tea bushes – tea being a…
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Genetics: Tai Cannabis Landrace – Ganja Sourcing: The Real Seed Company, Laos, Southeast Asia, 2024 Purpose: Ganja (sinsemilla or semi-sensi) Latitude: 18° N Regional Harvest: Seed to harvest = 6 months Height: Up to c. 4 metres Characteristics: Narrow leaflets;…
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