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Documentary – 1970: The Year That Changed Cannabis in America Forever
“Everyone knows hippies are high and smoke marijuana…. But you don’t need beads and long hair to turn on!” Enjoy these and other nuggets of ‘wisdom’ in this excerpt from a cannabis documentary by the filmmaker David Hoffman. Aired on…
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Are the effects of landraces really so different from modern cannabis?
Is there really such a massive difference between the effects of modern weed and real old-school landraces? Yes! Five decades of mindlessly breeding for THC % has ended up with the dreary, boring, flat effect typical of generic Dutch–American cannabis….
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Auto and Semi-Auto Traits in Landrace and Feral Cannabis
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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Sacred Seeds catalogue – Amsterdam, 1985
This is the November 1st, 1985 catalogue of Cultivators Choice, listing the Sacred Seeds varieties brought to Holland by David Watson in the 1980s. Along with the ‘Northern Lights’ lines and a handful of other additions like ‘Chitral’, what you…
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How to germinate landrace seeds
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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Atypical phyllotaxy in Afghan and Pakistani landraces
Shown 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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BLISS – Cindy 99 & Pakistan Chitral Kush Hybrids
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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A Mazar-i-Sharif landrace
Shown above is a plant from ‘Mazar-i-Sharif #2’ in mid-July at around 40° N. An authentic Indica landrace from Balkh Province, sourced in ancient hashish-producing districts outside the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, this accession exhibits the classic Indica traits of broad…
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Fuxi and Nüwa – hemp textile, Xinjiang (c. 600 CE)
To welcome in the Year of the Snake, here’s a painting of Fuxi and Nüwa on a ‘hemp’ textile, which was hung on the ceiling of a tomb chamber at Astana Cemetery, Turpan, Xinjiang (PRC). Turpan was a prosperous, multiethnic…
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