It All Starts with a Seed

If you wanted to grow your own cannabis in the 1970s, your choices for genetics were extremely limited. One could take back seed but the available Columbian, Mexican and Thai were all equatorial sativas, which were not well suited for more northerly climes. Plus, Finishing times were too long to really produce high-grade bud. During the 70s, intrepid travelers began bringing back seeds from Afghanistan. These were short, stocky indicas, traditionally used for hash production. Thus the era of skunk began.

At the time, many veteran smokers didn’t like the often stupefying effects of indica. Access to the these genetics though was mostly limited to growing regions like Northern California, Kentucky and Oregon where prized strains were jealously guarded. This era saw the first seed banks develop, with Sacred Seeds from Santa Cruz being one of the most famous. The legendary Haze strain came from these early pioneers. Dave Watson, aka “Sam...

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