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New landrace episode coming soon at the ‘Curious About Cannabis’ podcast

Just recorded a new ‘Curious About Cannabis‘ episode on the crucial new taxonomy for endangered subsp. indica landraces and wild-type populations by Small & McPartland. Fingers crossed I didn’t get too much wrong, though I’ve already realized I misrepresented the…
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Restructured Homepage Archives

You may have noticed the homepage archives have been restructured. This in light of the significant new herbarium study by McPartland and Small published April 3rd 2020. The changes are as follows: ‘Northern Afghanistan’ category deleted due to examination of…
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420 Giveaway: 5 Cannabeizein Oregon Hybrid + 12 Rasoli Himalayan Charas Sativa *Freebie Seeds*

This offer is closed as of 06/05/2020. Thanks to the generosity of Eric, the creator of Cannabeizein, and Scott, we’re able to offer these stunning freebies starting today, 4/20/2020: Tree of Life Second Sight F2 Goat Yogi Holodeck Jesus Island…
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Note on germinating wild Cannabis seeds

Recently, we’ve made some wild-type (“wild” or weedy) accessions from South and Central Asia available. Wild-type seeds exhibit slow and staggered germination. Almost all commercially available Cannabis seeds are of domesticated types such as hybrids or landraces. Domesticated seeds readily…
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New Cannabis Taxonomy Proposed by John McPartland and Ernest Small

The study, published April 3rd 2020 and entitled A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives, is available for download here. The abstract is as follows: Abstract Two kinds of drug-type Cannabis gained…
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On Indicas & Afghanicas

‘On Indicas & Afghanicas’ is new at The Real Seed Company blog. It looks at the history of Cannabis taxonomy, particularly as it relates to proposed species, subspecies, and varieties from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The photo is from the…
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The Real Seed Company is Open and Shipping Orders, As Usual

We’re shipping as usual folks, no worries! If you have concerns, you can check the Royal Mail website for updates. Their latest post at the time of writing states that “Royal Mail remains open for business. The postal service is…
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Cannabidiol (CBD): Hype or Hero
Pure Indica Strains: Heirlooms and Landraces

Pure Indicas are something people often contact us to ask for, and particularly for potent Indicas. For potent true-breeding Indicas, check out Afgaan 90, X18, and Deep Chunk. Afgaan 90 is an intensively bred Afghan recently resurrected from 1990 Amsterdam…
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