Cannabis History in Ancient Asia
Cannabis History in ancient Asia The first traces of hemp date back to China during the Neolithic period, around 3000 BC. The legendary Chinese emperor Shen-Nung, in a book of …
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Cannabis in the Greek world
The Greek World In ancient Greece, hemp was probably already used in Dionysian rites and, as J.L. Brau says, everything suggests that it was also used in the Eleusinian liturgies …
Cannabis: Origins, genotype, taxonomy, chemotypes
THE ORIGINS OF CANNABIS Studies and scientific researches converge on the fact that cannabis was, for the first time, found on the Asian continent therefore we’ll take this notion for …
From Landraces to the present day. The Importance of starting from seeds grown outdoors
It is called ‘landrace’ or ‘ecotype’, a variety of Cannabis that constitutes a group of populations that in a very long period of time have adapted to the environmental conditions …
Hermaphroditism, causes, origins and curiosity
Hermaphroditism or monoicism is the phenomenon by which an individual of a given species can reproduce both male and female gametes simultaneously or subsequently. Etymologically, the term hermaphrodite derives from Hermaphrodite, …
How to select a new cannabis variety
The selection of a new cannabis variety or type that can adapt itself to the climate in which we grow in outdoors is simple but requires many years to give …
How to Select a Vigorous and Productive Genetic Line
How to Select a Vigorous and Productive Genetic Line Have you ever wondered why some types of cannabis plants grow better than others or are more productive in certain environments? …
Iranian Cannabis – Strain Hunting in Iran 2018
IRAN: Strain hunting October/November 2018. Answering some questions by people interested in the Iranian genetics: Question: What part of Iran are they from? Answer: They come from several places we …
KNOW THE PLANT
KNOW THE PLANT General characteristics Cannabis sativa is a robust annual plant that grows well in a variety of environmental conditions, and one of the main reasons it occupies a …
The importance of growing outdoors
We deal with the selection and hybridisation of plants and can tell you that when you grow plants for a long time in an environment that is not natural you …
The Plasticity of Cannabis Genome
How do plants adapt themselves to a new environment? We often ask ourselves the problem of having to grow plants whose original habitat is very different from what we are …
The Terpenes in Cannabis
Some Cannabis users describe the psychoactive effects of C. Indica and Sativa as distinctive, even opposite. Are they really? Beyond reports by users, is there a clear evidence for “pharmacologically” …