Editorial.
Notes on selection, terpenes, storage — and everything that does not fit on a product card.
- / Practice14 June 2026
How to germinate cannabis seeds: three methods, timing and mistakes
Paper towel, a glass of water or straight into soil — which to pick, how long it takes, which way up, and why seeds fail to sprout.
7 min - / Polyploidy12 June 2026
Cannabis Polyploidy: Tetraploids, Triploids and Colchicine
What polyploidy is, how a tetraploid differs from a triploid, why triploids are sterile and how colchicine doubles chromosomes — explained in plain terms.
10 min - / Reviews12 June 2026
Permanent Marker (SeedJunky) strain review — aroma, flavour and effect
An honest Permanent Marker review from the UKHTA breeder: the triple hybrid Biscotti × Jealousy × Sunset Sherbet — aroma, flavour, potency and comparisons.
6 min - / Physiology11 June 2026
Is geotropism a myth? How cannabis roots actually grow
NASA research showed that roots orient towards light, not gravity. What phototropism, hydrotropism and chemotropism are, and how growers can use them.
6 min - / Guides10 June 2026
How to Dry and Cure Cannabis Without Losing Aroma
Temperature, humidity, airflow, darkness and drying time. A breeder's step-by-step guide to preserving terpenes and flavonoids and keeping the aroma from drifting to a generic hay/Afghan note.
8 min - / Terpenes09 June 2026
Terpenes, Terpenoids and Flavonoids — What Cannabis Aroma Is Made Of
Which terpenes evaporate first, why oxidation turns them into terpenoids, and how flavonoids deliver flavor, purple color and health benefits.
10 min - / Polyploidy08 June 2026
Colchicine: toxicity and safe handling practice
Colchicine doubles chromosomes but is extremely toxic. Protective equipment, seed treatment protocol, neutralisation and disposal — a practitioner’s breakdown.
8 min - / Breeding07 June 2026
Advanced breeding methods: haploids, tissue culture and mutagenesis
Doubled haploids, tissue culture, mutagenesis, economical screening and DNA markers — how modern technology speeds up breeding stable strains.
8 min - / Breeding06 June 2026
Cannabis breeding methods: F1, outcrossing, backcross and IBL
How strains are created and stabilised: outcrossing and heterosis, backcrossing with stabilisation percentages, IBL lines, selfing and reciprocal crosses.
10 min - / Genetics05 June 2026
Autoflowering and fast-flowering — why no dominant autoflower exists
Why autoflowering is a recessive “broken” trait, how incomplete dominance turns it into fast-flowering, and which fast phenotypes exist.
8 min - / Genetics04 June 2026
F1 hybrids, polyhybrids and inbreeding depression — the differences
What F1 and heterosis are, why an S1 is not the same strain, how a polyhybrid differs from an F1, and where inbreeding depression sets the limit.
9 min - / Genetics03 June 2026
Dominant and recessive cannabis traits — how to read a strain’s genetics
What dominant and recessive genes are, why purple color “beats” green, and how to predict offspring traits with a Punnett square.
7 min - / History02 June 2026
The Cali strain phenomenon: terpenes, potency and legendary genetics
Why Californian strains upended the market: 3–5 % terpenes, real flavour, and the story from NYCD and Agent Orange to the pivotal Sunset Sherbet.
8 min - / History01 June 2026
The eras of cannabis: from landraces to hybrids and autoflowers
Landraces, the hybridisation era and autoflowers — how cannabis genetics changed over millennia and why “wild” strains are not really that wild.
8 min - / Guides10 April 2026
How to store seeds without killing germination
Three things kill seeds fastest: heat, moisture, light. All three are beatable.
3 min - / Terpenes02 March 2026
THC is no longer the headline. Terpenes are.
Every decent genetic on the market today lands at 24–28%. The real difference is what it smells like.
4 min - / Selection14 February 2026
Why we ship cuts in from California and hold them to F4
Selection is not magic. It is four seasons of repetition and the discipline to drop what does not repeat.
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