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Genetics
Genetics made clear: taxonomy
The first article in the Genetics Made Clear series: the hemp family, sativa, indica and ruderalis, phenotype and genotype, chemotypes and chemovars. Why preserve genetic diversity, and what do seedbanks and breeders do?
Genetics made clear: Fast Flowering
What Fast Version and Fast Flowering strains are, where their short flowering periods come from, and their advantages.
Cannabis ruderalis: the history of autoflowering
Where ruderalis came from, how feral hemp differs from wild ruderalis, what two schools dispute, and how ruderal genes reached autoflowers via Lowryder.
AD17: how Apricot Delia got its name
Smooth lance-shaped leaves, Aprico Delia, Afghan SWAG and Skinny Purple: where AD17 from the KalySeeds collection came from and which lines followed it.
Variegation: colorful leaves with a complicated history
From Correns's and Baur's experiments in 1909 to the variegated Divina: how variegation was studied in plants and what is known about it in cannabis.
Buds on leaves: a history of flowering in the wrong place
Flowers on cannabis leaves: Robert Clarke's 1981 record, the botany of epiphylly, forum observations, and the history of the name Cannabis chinensis.
Fasciation: from botanical oddities to ribbon-like cannabis
Fasciation from Major in 1665 and Masters to Crescini's 1934 paper on hemp: what happens to the meristem, and which genes and infections cause it.
The Australian Stranger: The History of Australian Bastard Cannabis
How ABC got its name and who preserved it: Mr Ayers and Cannabis Culture in 1999, MongyMan, the 2015 study, Subterfuge, Drunken Bastard and newer lines.
The Duck's Foot: The History of Ducksfoot and Its Webbed Relatives
Wally Duck's Ducksfoot, the Hawaiian Strawberry Web and Webbed Indica, a Ferramington leaf from a 1922 paper, USC, Frisian Duck and Auto Duck.
Strain and breeder histories
A breeder's story: Joint Doctor and Doctor's Choice
The story of Joint Doctor and Lowryder: research in Poland, Lowryder 2, and the path to Doctor's Choice.
The history of the MAC hybrid
Plus derivative strains, terpenes, aroma, and growth characteristics.
The history of Gelato
How Mr. Sherbinski and Jigga created Gelato from Sunset Sherbet and GSC Thin Mint, and how the numbered phenotypes #25, #33, #41, #42, and #45 differ.
MrSoul and Brothers Grimm Seeds
The story of Rick “MrSoul” Campanella and Brothers Grimm Seeds: Princess from Jack Herer seeds, cubing to Cinderella 99, the 2002 closure, and the relaunch in Colorado.
Colin Gordon and Ethos Genetics
Cups, the team, the idea of accessible genetics, and the bank’s main strains.
Royal Queen Seeds: the company’s history
The history of Royal Queen Seeds since 2007 and founder Boy Ramsahai’s other projects, from High Life and Soft Secrets magazines to BitCanna.
The history of Cannabis Cup
The history of the High Times Cannabis Cup, from the first cup in Amsterdam in 1988 to a festival in legal states. A review of other cups: Spannabis Champions Cup, Highlife Cup, Emerald Cup, Autoflower World Cup, Copa del Plata, Irun Expogrow Cup, and Dzagi Cup.
The history of Seedstockers
Classics and American genetics in the catalog, the Superior lineup, cups, the Humboldt Seed Company collaboration, and Seedstockers Plants.
Cannabis around the world
Cannabis in Poland, part 1: law, medicine and society
Poland's cannabis law and its history since the 1920s, medical marijuana since 2017, how widespread use is, and what society, politicians and the media think about it.
