The plant hunter Frank Meyer is shown in China in this photo from 1910. In December of this year, after a gruelling trek through the brutal winter desert, Meyer collected samples of a Central Asian landrace in the mountains of…
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One of the best lines to come out of early 1990s Amsterdam was ‘Citral’, a classic of the era’s coffee shop menus and seed catalogues. Shown above is an original early 90s F1 with DJ Short’s ‘Flo’, now available as…
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You can find a wide range of ‘autoflowering’ and ‘semiautoflowering’ landrace and feral cannabis varieties here at The Real Seed Company. ‘Autoflowering’ in cannabis means plants go into flower based only on their age. ‘Auto’ is the opposite of ‘photoperiod’…
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We get a lot of messages from folks seeking landraces from the Caribbean or Central and South America here at The Real Seed Company. Over at our other site, we do have a growing collection of really good heirlooms and…
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The second half of the episode on Tai landraces is out – following up on the chat based on this blog post: Ancient Yunnan and the Tai roots of Indian Cannabis Culture That’s ‘Tai’ as in Lao, Thai, and Shan…….
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Part 1 of a new podcast episode with Angus and Matt of Riot Seeds is out now on The Breeders Syndicate podcast. This ramble through cannabis culture starts in Yunnan with the ancient origins of Tai landraces and from there…
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If – like me – you missed this fascinating 2023 study on the development of prehistoric cannabis cultigens by Rita Dal Martello et al., you can download the pdf here: Cannabis differentiation and Haimenkou. The authors examine archaeological cannabis seeds…
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Where legal, to get the best germination rates when germinating landrace cannabis seeds, follow these simple steps: (1) Presoak seeds in 1% peroxide solution for approx. 12 hours. All cannabis seeds – but especially landrace seeds direct from regions such…
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Show above is Tashkurgan – a north Afghan landrace maintained from an accession originally collected by Lucas Strazzeri with the help of Baaba Qo. The photo is from an order of over 10 different lines from our catalogue by a…
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Don’t miss the beautiful Cinderella 99 and Pakistan Chitral Kush hybrids over at our sister site, Kwik Seeds: The prices are very friendly and the highs are even friendlier! Bliss is the beauty shown here in the photo. A dream…
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