Ganja – Big Sur, California – 1970
‘Down By The River’ – Big Sur, 1970 *
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‘Lao Gold’ – New Stock, 2023 Harvest
New ‘Lao Gold’ landrace seeds are in stock from the same farmer, 2023 harvest * A recent customer review of our ‘Lao Gold’, which is a pristine old-school cannabis landrace of the type some aficionados call a ‘Lowland Thai’: “I’ve…
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Idukki ‘Blue Dreadlocks’ Landrace Ganja – Kerala
‘Kerala’ ganja landrace – a customer photo c. 15 weeks indoors in a 5 gallon pot. ‘Very strong mint garden spice aroma’, writes the grower – ‘very narrow leaves.’ This is the classic South Indian landrace also called ‘Idukki’, after…
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A Deep Dive into Cannabis Landraces with The Real Seed Company | Podcast
New – A Deep Dive into Cannabis History, Landraces, Law, and Cannabis Preservation * The first in a series of stoned ramblings with Angus and Macky and co of High on Home Grown. * The photo shows Ganesh Baba, a…
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Landraces, Hybrids, and Phenotypes | High On Home Grown Podcast
Here’s a new chat about landraces and traditional cannabis cultures with Angus and the good people of High on Home Grown | The Cannabis Podcast. The photo is by a Chitrali friend from his land in the high Hindu Kush…
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Gañjā in the Ānandakanda – India, 15th Century
‘Gañjā’ in the Ānandakanda, a compendium on alchemy from c. 15th Century India and the first text in history to describe the ‘sinsemilla technique’ for producing potent, resinous seedless bud (gañjā). The Sanskrit name ‘Ānandakanda’ can be translated as the…
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Ganja in Nagaland and Manipur, Northeast India
‘Ukhrul (Naga)’ at 40°N – a customer’s photo from last year, this individual performing well at such a northern latitude. Collected by Angus in the highlands of Ukhrul district, Manipur, Northeast India, close to the border with Burma. This landrace…
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‘Thai Stick’ Landraces & Real Ganja
The photo above is a lower branch of a Lao / ‘Thai Stick’ ganja landrace collected by Angus c. 2012 and pushed well into senescence indoors by a customer. Strong aromas such as musk, tobacco, dark chocolate, and overripe fruit…
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Traditional Ganja Cultivation Techniques – Bengal, 1894
There’s a far older name for seedless bud than ‘sinsemilla’, namely ‘ganja’. To be clear, ‘ganja’ is not a catch-all term for any type of cannabis drug – though aficionados in the west may sometimes misuse it that way. Ganja…
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Are Cannabis Landraces ‘Wild-Populated’ Varieties?
Short answer – no, they are not. A landrace is a type of domesticate. In other words, landraces are created by humans. In that sense, landraces are exactly the opposite of ‘wild’ or ‘natural’. Landraces are crops that are cultivated…
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