Far too many aficionados still believe that landraces are wild plants – ‘wild’ in the sense of naturally occurring spontaneous creations of nature. This is exactly wrong – in other words, not just inaccurate but the very opposite of the…
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Hits from the bong, Tai – yes, Tai – style… ‘Bong’ is a word of Lao and Thai origin – from a length of bamboo pipe – but despite mostly getting used for cannabis in the West, in Southeast Asia…
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New at CANNAMANtv – enjoyed this and looking forward to the next one on Cannabis & Alchemy. Shown in East London at the Royal Albert Dock working on hemp cordage for rigging are a group of lascars. Lascars were block-hired…
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A new accession direct from Shan State, an ethnically Tai region of Burma. ‘Tai’ refers collectively to Thai, Lao, Shan and many other groups from Southeast Asia, all of who share – to greater or lesser degrees – a tradition…
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Our ‘Colombia 90’ line is available now, only at Kwik Seeds. Our best guess is this strains originates through a ‘Colombia Gold’ crossing with a ‘Northern Lights’. ‘Colombia Gold’ itself likely has roots in Thai genetics introduced by Westerners during…
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As of today (28/09/2021), freebies with all orders are as follows: Ukhrul – 12 seeds Afghan Mix – 5 seeds That means any order of any strain in any quantity gets 17 freebie seeds. The photo shows as a ganja…
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This one looks at the new PRC study on origins, nomads and Cannabis, Scythian death rites and warfare, anarchist qalandars, battlefield yogis, orgiastic Kaulas, and the future of Cannabis in Afghanistan… among other things… The image is a battle between…
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Did you know the so-called “sinsemilla technique” was already employed in tropical India at least 500 years ago? Check out the latest post on the true roots of sensi. The painting is Dervish Receiving a Visitor, Bijapur, India c. 1620….
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Here’s a new chat on the Growroom420 podcast: Endangered strains, ancient centres of cultivation in Central Asia, what “landrace” means, the origins of ganja and more… The photo shows some hand-rubbed charas from Garhwal in the Indian Himalaya.
An email today from a start-up in India looking to import seeds of the European hemp cultivar Kompolti to cultivate in the Himalaya was another reminder of just how quickly things we take for granted will vanish. Indigenous Central and…
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