I’m guessing that, like me, you missed Rita Dal Martello et al.’s fascinating study on the development of prehistoric cannabis cultigens in ancient Yunnan which was published back in 2023. If so, you can download the pdf here: Cannabis differentiation…
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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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These are now the landraces automatically added to all orders: Gorkha Nepali – 12 seeds Hmong Ganja – 5 seeds The Gorkha Nepali accession is from Barpak, roughly 50 km north of the town of Gorkha. Expect large plants of…
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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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New over at our sister site is a reproduction direct from original ’89/’90 seed stock: 1990 Haze x Skunk #1 Plus, there’s an ongoing special offer for all our 1990s heirlooms: freebie packs of 1990 Skunk Special x 1990 Durban Skunk…
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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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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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Where legal, germinating landrace seeds is easy: (1) Presoak seeds in 1% peroxide solution for approx. 12 hours. (2) Place seeds in moist, fresh, and sterile Seed Compost. (3) Ensure the conditions are very warm (+25 °C). (4) Ensure the…
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Origin stories of cannabis found in medieval Indian texts such as the Ānandakanda, or that you might hear from Cannabis-inclined sadhus, relate a primordial event called Samudramanthana or The Churning of the Ocean. There are various versions of this story,…
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Charas smoking at an Afghan ‘chillum house’, photographed in 2018 by Lucas Strazzeri in Tashkurgan, northern Afghanistan. *** In Afghanistan and historic charas centres of Central Asia such as Chitral and Bukhara, the old-school way to smoke cannabis is pure,…
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