Here’s a c. 1940s shot entitled ‘The Hashish Plant’. The plate is from Egyptian Service: 1902 – 1946 by the British colonial counternarcotics cop Sir Thomas Wentworth Russell, better known as ‘Russell Pasha’. Russell doesn’t specify exactly when or where…
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Tonight is Mahashivratri – the Great Night of Shiva – globally far and away the most stoned day of the year, when many millions of folks in India and Nepal and around the world take part in celebrations in which…
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The new extra seeds automatically added to every order are the following landraces, both collected directly at source, one from the desert oases of southern Afghanistan, the other from the terraced mountainsides of the northern Kumaon Himalaya: Helmand – 5…
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Order any strain in any quantity and you will automatically receive 17 extra seeds: 12 Nanda Devi #2 + 5 Afghan Mix Nanda Devi #2 is a traditional Kumaoni Himalayan multipurpose domesticate for seed, fibre, and charas. Afghan Mix consists…
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Here’s Lucas chatting with Conor on CANNAMANtv about his book Afghanistan: Fortress of Cannabis and his winter 2018 adventure in Afghanistan – when he collected the accession named ‘Tashkurgan’. Created with the selfless help and hospitality of Afghan tokers, this…
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Order any strain in any quantity and you will automatically receive 17 extra seeds: 12 Kathmandu Valley + 5 Afghan Mix Kathmandu Valley is a traditional Nepali Himalaya multipurpose domesticate for seed, fibre, and charas. Its very large seeds are…
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A new addition to the ’90s classics at Kwik Seeds just arrived, a very nice Sativa-leaning old-school Skunk that folks familiar with late ’80s and early ’90s Amsterdam will recognize: ‘Skunk Special’ Shown in the image is Skunk Special 90,…
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The 2019 accession from the Khorasan region of Iran and the genbank Syrian landrace are both back in stock. The Syrian is a lovely plant, early maturing, with great aromas. The Iranian is a big-yielder and while we can’t be…
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The cannabis crop, cannabis-fibre clothes, shawls, and shoes, as well as braided or dreadlocked hair were all cultural markers of the Pahari people of the alpine ranges of the Himalaya – the ‘Pahar’. Today, multipurpose cannabis landraces still are and…
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The new Chitrali accession has tested well. Seeds are showing a high germination rate and vigorous seedlings. Shown is a plant from the 2014 Chitrali accession, customer photo, collected by Angus. The highest region of the Hindu Kush, Chitral lies…
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