Ecologically destructive practices and mistaken views about the climate emergency are rife among the Cannabis tribe, and frankly that’s on all our heads. Ceaseless extolling of the very real virtues of hemp has meant too little awareness that most commercial…
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None other than Bob Marley himself explained to High Times about ‘Lamb’s bread’ and what this name really means. Bob Marley: One time I was in Jamaica, was doin’ a show, an’ a man come up to me, and he…
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Crucial conversations being started here by Steve DeAngelo on Radio Free Cannabis I’ve written a bit on related issues such as the Cannabis biodiversity crisis and the catastrophic consequences of introducing hybrids to traditional regions of cultivation such as Nepal…
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Here’s John McPartland discussing the likely origin of Cannabis and how he arrived at the conclusion it’s probably northeastern Tibet, i.e. Amdo / Qinghai:
Some interesting hybrids and heirlooms are new at Kwik Seeds including a ’90s Colombian landrace-hybrid and a 1990 Master Kush from Amsterdam, all resurrected direct from the original ’90s seeds.
Here’s the original landrace ramble I recorded with the most excellent Jason of ‘Curious About Cannabis‘. The origins of hashish, the sacramental cannabis culture of the qalandars, expeditions in Afghanistan, and the ancient diffusion of cultivation out of Central Asia…
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Freebie seeds with all orders of any strain in any quantity are 12 Kumaoni + 5 Afghan Mix as of 22nd September 2020. We can’t do special requests on freebies because the extra level of complication that creates becomes overwhelming,…
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Current freebie seeds with any order of any strain in any quantity are 12 Kumaoni plus 12 ex-stock Highland Lao #2. What exactly happened with these Highland Lao #2 seeds isn’t clear. Initially they tested at +90% germination. Mysteriously, a…
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The unchecked spread of modern hybrid strains out of the West is in no one’s interest, least of all farmers in traditional regions of cultivation and Cannabis biodiversity. A new post is up at the main blog looking at how…
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Behold, a master a work! Check out ‘Charas or Hashish?’ for more on the qalandars and the history of charas. Photo from Balkh Province, Afghanistan 2018 by Lucas Strazzeri.