All orders of Himalayan landraces will receive 12 Kumaoni seeds plus the usual freebies, which are currently 12 Johaar seeds. The Kumaoni strain is a traditional multipurpose Himalayan landrace selected for use as fibre, seed, and charas. The seeds are…
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Afgaan ’90 seeds are due here and at kwikseeds.com around early November 2019. Afgaan ’90 is a pure inbred Afghan line obtained in Amsterdam in 1990. Seeds have been made directly from the original 1990 stock. The strain shows the…
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Grassyou.com recently got in touch about an interview, which is up now at landrace.blog 1. Let’s start at the beginning. Tell us something about yourself. What was your first contact with cannabis, and how did you end up being who…
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Angus was on ADS on Friday discussing landrace strains from the Hindu Kush and beyond. The interview starts at about 2 hours in.
Landrace strains are getting hit by as much misinformation and disinformation as they are hybrid pollen. A new article at the The Real Seed Company blog discusses whether landraces are wild, naturally created plants.
A couple of responses to the recent post about charas have objected that it’s unreasonably harsh on Clarke and Merlin or even misrepresents what they wrote. So here are a few clarifications aimed at removing any potential for misunderstanding.
Visit landrace.blog to find out what charas really is, and where this name for resin originally came from: Central Asia and the Hindu Kush or the Indian and Nepali Himalaya… The answer might surprise you. There’s a lot of confusion…
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At The Real Seed Company blog now, a rant about ‘strain hunters’ that eventually, I hope, develops some interesting insights into Himalayan cannabis culture and landraces: Nanda Devi: Landrace Strains and Tall Tales from the Himalayas
Q. Are your landraces pure or have they been crossed with modern hybrids? A. We aim to collect pristine, authentic landraces. Many of the regions where we collect are dangerous or inaccessible, which means that few foreigners visit. This greatly…
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In the first of a brand new series of articles, Seedsman sat down with The Real Seed Company to ask 10 quick questions about their seedbank. 1. How was The Real Seed Company born? Real Seed Co was born in…
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