NEWS EU approved seeds

[orde]

Can anyone shed some light on this system? @Belivitez seems very knowledgeable in other threads.

What is it all about? Why can we only use hemp seeds from an approved list?

Also I have read in a couple of places that feminized seeds are not allowed? Why is that?

 

[KonopCh]

Yep, EU has some "seeds list" which you can plant. But it's low quallity hemp with less than 0,3% THC and around 2-3% CBD. Not worth.

 

[Belivitez]

We can use only certificated seeds... Why? ....I dont know. We can not use feminized seeds, but you know we try anyway

 

[orde]

@Belivitez do you have any idea why why we cannot use fem seeds? I've heard this rule but not seen it written anywhere.

 

[Belivitez]

There is not problem to have fem. seeds... Problem is to find stabile genetic

 

[massd]

There is not problem to have fem. seeds... Problem is to find stabile genetic

that's true

 

[Kinezokyprios]

I miss the times before 1992... You know in Greece it was legal to grow weed for seed and fiber but with a special state license that was very difficult to obtain, between 1949 and 1992.
Setting aside the license part and the fiber products, you could go to either the state monopoly agency or any supermarket and buy cannabis seeds to feed your birds (many people keep them as pets) freely with no suspicion or implications. The same happens today, but what was important back then was that a great proportion of the seeds was not from hemp but from very potent sativa and indica landraces.
The law back then had no limitations on cannabinoid percentage and many seeds were from confiscated illegal drug plantations or it was the licensed growers themselves using the landraces for their crops.
With a few trials you could find a super potent strain, plus feral cannabis plants were quite widespread in the countryside and you could just go for a walk, find some, pick and try. So back then birdseed was not so "innocent" as it is today. Note that back then it was not possible to purchase freely from seedbanks.
However in 1992 the cultivation was totally criminalised and prohibited. That was a result of the terms in the Maastricht Treaty. Genetically engineering or selective breeding of specific stable low potency strains was at its beginnings and the state was anticipating the EU guidelines that would regulate this market. It took 20+ years and they finally adopted the legislation to the EU directives with only the crap genetics like finola being legal.
The problem with this is that a great wealth of genetics was lost since 1992, and many landraces are currently extinct. The few people that kept seeds from that period were very wise and very lucky, but since landraces are not really commercially viable and productive, most people just keep their seeds in a drawer...
So I miss the biodiversity of that time. Well nowadays things are much easier and convenient, but we cannot get these smokes any more...

 

[Boognelson87]

I miss the times before 1992... You know in Greece it was legal to grow weed for seed and fiber but with a special state license that was very difficult to obtain, between 1949 and 1992.
Setting aside the license part and the fiber products, you could go to either the state monopoly agency or any supermarket and buy cannabis seeds to feed your birds (many people keep them as pets) freely with no suspicion or implications. The same happens today, but what was important back then was that a great proportion of the seeds was not from hemp but from very potent sativa and indica landraces.
The law back then had no limitations on cannabinoid percentage and many seeds were from confiscated illegal drug plantations or it was the licensed growers themselves using the landraces for their crops.
With a few trials you could find a super potent strain, plus feral cannabis plants were quite widespread in the countryside and you could just go for a walk, find some, pick and try. So back then birdseed was not so "innocent" as it is today. Note that back then it was not possible to purchase freely from seedbanks.
However in 1992 the cultivation was totally criminalised and prohibited. That was a result of the terms in the Maastricht Treaty. Genetically engineering or selective breeding of specific stable low potency strains was at its beginnings and the state was anticipating the EU guidelines that would regulate this market. It took 20+ years and they finally adopted the legislation to the EU directives with only the crap genetics like finola being legal.
The problem with this is that a great wealth of genetics was lost since 1992, and many landraces are currently extinct. The few people that kept seeds from that period were very wise and very lucky, but since landraces are not really commercially viable and productive, most people just keep their seeds in a drawer...
So I miss the biodiversity of that time. Well nowadays things are much easier and convenient, but we cannot get these smokes any more...

One day it's all gonna just be psychoactive high thc strains with no medical benefits.

 

[Kinezokyprios]

My point is that lots of biodiversity was lost. Since no serious studies were conducted back then also many medicinal value strains with respectable amounts of cbd and other cannabinoids were lost by these state policies.

 

[fauxnacho]

The loss of landrace strains is a bummer for sure, but there are companies in the States making efforts to backtrace through genetics and if not reproduce these original strains then at least procure a damn good replica. Also many companies in Europe and North America focus on producing high CBD strains - - thanks to heavy handed state policies this potential probably took longer to unearth, but it hasn't been lost!! :smoking: