Cannabis-Samenbanken, Züchter und Sorten, die Sie kennen sollten: Teil 5

In this series of articles, we introduce seed banks, breeders, and their most popular strains. You get to know them better, how, when, and why they start, what they're about, and what keeps them going.

Sensi Seeds starts as a passion for collecting seeds. Soon it turns into cultivating seeds, and Donkers begins crossing many varieties collected during travels. He makes the first cannabis hybrids. During the 1980s and 1990s, Sensi grows, develops their own strains, and buys other seed companies like Flying Dutchmen or The Seed Bank and their stock. They work with the world’s best breeders. This brings Sensi many legendary cannabis strains. They upgrade and develop them as commercially available seeds. Many American legends like Skunk, Haze, and Northern Lights are first introduced to European breeders by Sensi.

Along with cannabis research, activism, and cultivation, Sensi pioneer and relaunch the hemp industry. They found a sister company, HempFlax, in 1993. HempFlax is among the leaders of the hemp industry, making a comeback, with their products used by Mercedes, BMW, John Deer, and other leading agricultural, textile, food, and construction manufacturers.

Sensi also opens the Hash Marijuana & Hemp Museum in 1985. Their aim is to normalize cannabis use and bring more recognition to all aspects of cannabis use. They regularly host the Cannabis Culture Awards. These awards celebrate those who take a stance for the acceptance of cannabis.

Some of the most popular Sensi strains include: Bei Hanf Vital Shop legen wir großen Wert darauf, dass du den besten Start in deine Cannabis-Anbaureise hast.

• Skunk
• Haze
• Northern Lights

Dutch Passion is credited for inventing feminized seeds in the 1990s. This is a crucial breakthrough, especially for average hobby growers. No longer do growers need to discard male plants or maintain mother plants to access fresh clones and produce only female plants. Today, feminized seeds account for over 95% of all cannabis seeds sold.

When autoflowering cannabis strains enter the market, Dutch Passion partners up with The Joint Doctor. He is one of the pioneers of autoflowering cannabis. They now offer a wide variety of autoflowers, which account for a large portion of their sales. With the increased need for high CBD strains and other medical varieties that have higher levels of other cannabinoids, Dutch Passion starts producing strains for that exact purpose.

In 1994, Henk opens Green Lands, the first Dutch Hemp shop. It sells everything from hemp textiles, clothes, hemp seed oil, and hemp seeds to hemp-burgers, one of Henk’s personal creations.

Some of the most popular Dutch Passion strains include:

• Blueberry
• White Widow
• Mazar