I remember a decade ago the dutch and BC indica scene was at its climax, and there were indicas everywhere. Lots of indica strains. I used to always curse the lack of interesting sativa offerings out there. They were all crossed of a skunk or a haze and called a sativa, but there were tons of indica offerings.
Now I look around the SB offerings and I see several new companies using fresh sativa genetics. ace, mandala, etc. That is great but what I find interesting is the stagnation of indica offerings. I see the same old strains from a decade ago which were becoming old and inbred then.
The interesting thing is that we have been at war with the middle east for a decade as well and I see lots of videos of soldiers walking through massive fields of hash plants in afghanistan. It seems like we would be flush with exciting new hash plants from different regions of the country but I haven't seen any seed banks offering hybrids from new stock from the regions of origin.
I've heard rumors about the potency of "red lebanese" but I haven't seen any red leb hashplant seeds around. Why aren't more people trying to get these type of strains? I don't understand.
Motaco
Great Topic
Ive wondered myself as I love the Ghanis an Hashplant Types .These are strains which have always intrigued me aswell as sit High on my list of somthin id love in my jar .
The Hashplants/Affies Nowadays commonly available for Seed purchase are Old an Not what they use to be actually the selection is Kinda Small an Bad quality
Yes times change an we know things were alot loose back than an much easier in many perspectives all around . Such as for bringing back a sock full of seed i cant see it that difficult . But still you see that pic in this thread(Ive seen many others aswell as hightimes photo) of the soilders smiling an we knwo ther must be a Good percent of cannabis lovers / Smokers in the military ,Soo i scratch my head .
It doesnt surpise me that seedbanks wouldnt have somthing by Now but im more surprised that more Members/posters of the community wouldnt have Gifts from friends l. The only i can Recall in my time is MC - TOK and BH - Purple Afghani
Hopfully a solider reads this thread an gets motivated an can help make a change .
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