Cannabis appears to have been domesticated at multiple times and sites across Eurasia, as suggested by Nikolai Vavilov back in the 1920s. Among the earliest evidence of for cultivation is domesticated pollen from sites on the Western Steppe, most of…
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‘Endangered Varieties of subsp. indica: A Few Thoughts‘ is new at the blog. I discuss McPartland and Small’s crucial new study, ‘A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives‘, and dive into some…
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The Scythians were history’s original dope fiends. Here’s some first-class Scythian chat from Barry Cunliffe, ace archaeologist. Check out his new book, The Scythians: Nomad Warriors of the Steppe. The image is from Persepolis and shows defeated eastern Scythians submitting…
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New freebies with all orders from 06/05/2020 are as follows: 12 Rasoli Himalayan charas “Sativa” seeds 5 Afghan Mix seeds The photo is the Afghan Mix accession exhibiting var. afghanica leaflets.
Just recorded a new ‘Curious About Cannabis‘ episode on the crucial new taxonomy for endangered subsp. indica landraces and wild-type populations by Small & McPartland. Fingers crossed I didn’t get too much wrong, though I’ve already realized I misrepresented the…
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You may have noticed the homepage archives have been restructured. This in light of the significant new herbarium study by McPartland and Small published April 3rd 2020. The changes are as follows: ‘Northern Afghanistan’ category deleted due to examination of…
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Recently, we’ve made some wild-type (‘wild’, weedy, ruderal etc.) accessions from South and Central Asia available. Wild-type seeds exhibit slow and staggered germination. Almost all commercially available Cannabis seeds are of domesticated types such as hybrids or landraces. Domesticated seeds…
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The study, published April 3rd 2020 and entitled A classification of endangered high-THC cannabis (Cannabis sativa subsp. indica) domesticates and their wild relatives, is available for download here. The abstract is as follows: Abstract Two kinds of drug-type Cannabis gained…
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‘On Indicas & Afghanicas’ is new at The Real Seed Company blog. It looks at the history of Cannabis taxonomy, particularly as it relates to proposed species, subspecies, and varieties from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. The photo is from the…
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Angus’s deep dive into landraces with the excellent Jason of Curious About Cannabis is up at Youtube. The photo shows a page from a Sufi mystical text from Aceh, Indonesia. The role of Islamic mysticism in the diffusion of Cannabis…
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