Cannabis in Iran
Cannabis in Iran: Situated between Afghanistan’s extensive poppy fields and eager Western markets, Iran has an extensive history of domestic opium, alcohol, tobacco and cannabis use dating back centuries. In …
The Landrace Team
CANNABIS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
INTRODUCTION Papua New Guinea is the second largest Island located in the Pacific Ocean. It is known for its multi-diversed culture and is home to the Birds of Paradise the national …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Maajoune the famous “dough” from Morocco
The word Maajoune = معجون comes from the word Aajina = عجينة. It literally means dough, meaning any sort of mixing flour and water together so as to obtain …
Southern local sativas in Colombia
Up on the Andes Mountains in Colombia, we found several microclimates, this, at that time favoured the Country to have many local sativas that adapted over the years obtaining great …
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 …
WATER HASH
Compared to the other types of hash that we have covered so far on our blog, charas (obtained by rubbing fresh plants) and dry sifted hash, the history of water …