You’ve officially lost all credibility, if you ever had any to begin with.
The most important strains for early work: Haze, Skunk, and Northern Lights.
All are worked hybrids. The furthest thing from a landrace possible. It’s astounding that you can call them a landrace with a straight face.
On top of that, all 3 of them were worked heavily BEFORE they ever made it to Europe.
Nobody can deny that the Netherlands did a lot for cannabis. Neville, in particular, was a great breeder and a lot of genetics would be lost if the Netherlands didn’t become a haven for cannabis breeding. But the majority of their work, particularly Skunkman’s, comes from the hard work of American breeders. Now that the best genetics are firmly back in America, you can see how far Europe has fallen when it comes to premium genetics.
Furthermore, whenever I hear people talking about how much better pot used to be just landraces, all I can do is roll my fucking eyes. It’s rose-tinted glasses and nothing else. Landrace strains still need to be worked. Listen to interviews with Bodhi, Nspecta and others, and they’ll be the first to say that landraces need to be worked before they’re commercially viable. Our cannabis today is inbred. We’ve lost some genotypic and phenotypic variability along the way. But overall, pot is so much better now than it used to be.
Also, the majority of growers, even those old school guys, never grew landrace strains. Clearly you haven’t, if you believe something like Skunk is a landrace.
