Seed Bank Era
The Seed Bank Era refers to the period roughly from the 1980s through early 2000s when specialized cannabis seed companies—primarily in the Netherlands and later Spain—began cataloging, stabilizing, and commercially distributing genetics that had been traditionally maintained by regional growers and breeders. This era marked a significant shift from informal seed preservation to documented lineage tracking, allowing breeders worldwide to work with named cultivars and documented parentage. Genetics from this period, including foundational strains like Skunk #1, Northern Lights, and Haze crosses, became reference points for modern breeding programs. The seed bank model established conventions for naming, phenotype documentation, and breeding records that remain standard practice. Many contemporary strains trace direct or hybrid lineage to seed bank-era releases, making this period foundati
Seed Bank Era strains
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The Seed Bank Era refers to the period roughly from the 1980s through early 2000s when specialized cannabis seed companies—primarily in the Netherlands and later Spain—began cataloging, stabilizing, and commercially distributing genetics that had been traditionally maintained by regional growers and breeders. This era marked a significant shift from informal seed preservation to documented lineage tracking, allowing breeders worldwide to work with named cultivars and documented parentage. Genetics from this period, including foundational strains like Skunk #1, Northern Lights, and Haze crosses, became reference points for modern breeding programs. The seed bank model established conventions for naming, phenotype documentation, and breeding records that remain standard practice. Many contemporary strains trace direct or hybrid lineage to seed bank-era releases, making this period foundati
Breeders reference seed bank-era strains as genetic anchors for stability, known vigor, and documented trait expression. These genetics provide reliable baseline material for hybridization, backcrossing programs, and trait isolation work.
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