Origin stories of Cannabis found in medieval Indian texts such as the Ānandakanda, or that you might hear from Cannabis-inclined sadhus, relate a primordial event called Samudramanthana or The Churning of the Ocean. There are various versions of this story,…
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Charas smoking at an Afghan ‘chillum house’, photographed in 2018 by Lucas Strazzeri in Tashkurgan, northern Afghanistan. *** In Afghanistan and historic charas centres of Central Asia such as Chitral and Bukhara, the old-school way to smoke cannabis is pure,…
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Central Asian ‘charsis’ in a Lucknow park, shown in a painting from late 18th Century north India. This – and much else – is surveyed in a new ramble through cannabis botany, landraces, history, and culture with the Aussie Ganja…
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If you have a listen, this should prove to be a really good, informative chat about cannabis landraces with the Aussie Gunja Project…. Yet again, though, I’ve recorded a podcast after a night of next to no sleep and way…
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The full episode of the podcast on cannabis landraces with Angus and Matt of Riot Seeds is now online – scroll down for the video. *** The photo above is ‘Ganja plant almost ready to cut, Naogaon. 16th February 1894.’…
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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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Angus joins Matthew from Riot Seeds on the Breeders Syndicate podcast to discuss landraces – botany, culture, history and more….
Emails asking if our cannabis seeds are feminized or ‘regular’ are a regular occurrence here at The Real Seed Company. If you’re after feminized seeds, you can find some over at our other site in the newly created category –…
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A big blindspot in current thinking about cannabis landraces is lack of knowledge about the cultural context of these crops. Not only enthusiasts but most academics and researchers publishing on cannabis still seem to be in the dark about fundamental…
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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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