Most of the readers know that cannabis legalization (in some countries) is very recent, what made many growers had been working in secret, being very discreet to keep their favorite genetics. This is the case of great names in cannabis history like Breeder Steve (Spice of Life), Savid Joseph (Dj Short), Nevil Schoenmakers, Simon (Serious Seeds), Soma (Soma Seeds), Howard Marks, Scott Blakey (Shantibaba), Davit Watson (Sam the Skunkman), Robert Carroll, Subcool or Old Ed among others.
The illegal consideration of cannabis did not stop them (thank god it didn’t), so they bred most of the actual cannabis commercialized strains (in its own state or taking part in a crossing becoming new strains). From their hands many strains were born, now familiar to everyone: Northern Lights, Skunk, Haze, Blueberry, White Widow, besides other hybrids that domesticated landraces to make them growable indoors and outdoors.
From all that industry in the shade many growers have taken profit all around the world, using their seeds to get crops they had never imagined. All pot seeds are available online with your best seedbank.
Cannabis breeding, selection and crossing
As we previously said many of today’s strains come from a previous development, that become unforgettable individuals that now are part of cannabis history. In our opinion the best quality of quoted breeders is their capacity of selection and crossing to get a strain that presents those desired certain characteristics by everyone.
This detail is specially important in times where it wasn’t impossible to analyze samples in laboratory, so it all fell on breeder’s choices when deciding which male or female to use. Even though select and keep a female can seem an easy thing, the reality is that likes of every grower can create huge differences in which individual to be selected (some could think it is awesome and other may think it isn’t). To these personal likes of what does it mean a good female we should add an extra difficulty of selecting a good male (that won’t be smoked, so it is difficult to know what does it transmit to the offspring). In addition the qualification of illegal cannabis has had for years has caused that many valued individuals had been lost, by neglect, due to pests o by police bustings.