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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Powdery mildew resistance in a Nepali Mountain Ganja landrace (foreground) is shown in the above photo of a test for resistance to powdery mildews. Powdery mildews are a group of related fungi which attack a wide range of plants, causing…
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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 3% peroxide for at least 3 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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Central Asian ‘charsis’ in a Lucknow park, shown in a painting from late 18th Century north India. This – and much else – is surveyed in a new ramble through cannabis botany, landraces, history, and culture with the Aussie Ganja…
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If you have a listen, this should prove to be a really good, informative chat about cannabis landraces with the Aussie Gunja Project…. Yet again, though, I’ve recorded a podcast after a night of next to no sleep and way…
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The full episode of the podcast on cannabis landraces with Angus and Matt of Riot Seeds is now online – scroll down for the video. *** The photo above is ‘Ganja plant almost ready to cut, Naogaon. 16th February 1894.’…
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