Afghanistan: Fortress of Cannabis – a wonderful photography book by Lucas Strazzeri that documents his winter 2018 journey through Balkh Province – is now available in hardcover or e-book. Lucas and I first met in 2007 in Peshawar, when I…
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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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‘Now the hashish eater’s demands on time and space come into force. As is known, these are absolutely regal. Versailles, for one who has taken hashish, is not too large, or eternity too long.’ ‘Hashish in Marseilles’ – Walter Benjamin…
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Here’s part three, in which Conor and I roam across further cannabis-rich terrain, wherein we encounter The rebellious cannabis-fuelled mystic warrior brotherhoods of Persianate Islam (ayyars, javanmards, or futuvvat) Anarchist qalandar dervishes, the original hashish fiends par excellence How traditional…
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The first of three parts of the Cannabis & Alchemy podcast episode I recorded with Conor of CANNAMANtv is now up on YouTube. This is the first time in which I feature as a friendly animated cannabis seed, but as…
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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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New landrace accessions direct from Nepal – sourced during the harvest of Winter 2021: Dolpa – Far West Nepal, Multipurpose Jumla – Far West Nepal, Multipurpose Dakshinkali – Central Nepal, ‘Mountain Ganja’ Kathmandu Valley – Central Nepal, Multipurpose Dolpa and…
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Smoking *tobacco* in a chillum, Nepal… ‘Exotic’ Asian person smoking an exotic pipe must mean it’s cannabis or opium in the bowl… is an assumption best dropped… This lady from Jumla, Midwest Nepal was smoking coarse locally grown tobacco, and…
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Bad germination techniques are rife among cannabis growers, especially folks working indoors. Damping Off is a problem when germinating any species of plant indoors. But cannabis originated on the arid and windy desert steppe of Central Asia so is particularly…
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