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Cannabis and what we understand of it today, is at best an imprecise science! However with the data and research adding up daily it is moving into interesting realms of legitimacy never experienced before! The community of Cannabis growers and users have made the small steps throughout the Cannabis timeline of Prohibition to get itRead More …

A subject that is not really mentioned in the Cannabis Industry very often is CONTAMINATION. Contamination is the act of making something impure or unsuitable by contact with something unclean or bad. There are numerous ways that plants become contaminated, and even after production of plants there is a risk in storage, drying and curingRead More …

Predicting things to come has never been an accurate science from a human perspective ever in the history of Mankind! At best it is said that about 10% is down to chance occurrences and that seems to be our rate of prediction! Well I have a prediction that will reverse these percentages and it isRead More …

Cannabis is best consumed pure however many people mix it with tobacco. Both pure or mixed, burning a substance and inhaling it causes negative effects on the body. While pure Cannabis may contain up to 20 times more ammonia than tobacco when smoked, tobacco has the full spectrum of unhealthy elements and molecules possible. SoRead More …

The discreet evolution of Auto-flowering cannabis plants is a recent occurrence, one that is in mode at present especially with Spanish growers. There is no doubt there are applications for a plant that does not depend on light hours. However like the recent fad of feminized seeds, there are certain restraints and draw backs placedRead More …

Mr Nice Seedbank: Shantibaba explains what happened when a Welshman, two Australian cannabis breeders, and the best selection of old and new world cannabis varieties shared a small room. Howard Marks (Mr Nice) and I (Shantibaba) met during the late 1990’s while I was living and working in Holland. A few years previously (1995), IRead More …

The importance of a strains’ health and long term fitness… Even after 10 years! Learn how! Gardeners and growers alike, who are familiar with cloning from stock plants, know how important it is to have optimum health in a mother or father plant. Clones made from healthy parent plants will have clearly a better chanceRead More …

Some basic rules and definitions for selection of a seed strain to suit the needs of an individual  Genetics is not only a word used by scientists to identify the invisible world that makes up people, plants and every living organism around us, but it is a word and concept that helps us explain whereRead More …

Do you ever get confused by a strain name? Do you know the origin of the strain you buy? How do you know if it is the real deal? In the early years of Cannabis breeding (1960- 1980s) strains gained fame and recognition in the sub-culture of growing due to their selective breeding. That usuallyRead More …

In my work I get to travel the world searching for botanical specimens and seeds, see different cultures and understand why people do and live how they do. In the last 20 years, I have been fortunate enough and trusted enough to be invited into growing operations on all scales all over the world duringRead More …