landraces
New landrace episode coming soon at the ‘Curious About Cannabis’ podcast
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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Restructured Homepage Archives
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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Note on germinating wild Cannabis seeds
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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New Cannabis Taxonomy Proposed by John McPartland and Ernest Small
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
‘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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‘Curious About Cannabis’ Landrace Interview on Youtube
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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Landrace Interview with Angus on the ‘Curious About Cannabis’ Podcast
The full near-3-hour chat between Angus and Jason for the brilliant Curious About Cannabis podcast is now on Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Landraces were what this interview was all about, but that took us everywhere…
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New Lao – Thai Landraces
Two Lao landraces are new in stock now. Highland Lao is from the mountains of Bolikhamsai Province, Central Laos, home to lots of commercial production for export to Thailand. Lao Village Landrace is an accession from Lao home gardens, where…
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Mystery Afghan: 5 Seeds Free With All Orders + 12 Johaar Landrace
PLEASE NOTE: This offer has now expired (29/11/2019). New freebies with all orders: 5 seeds of Mystery Afghan + 12 seeds of Johaar, an old-school Himalayan landrace. Plus, order any Himalayan strain and you receive an additional 12 seeds of…
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