[Mustafunk]

Hello there guys!

I've been looking for a long time for different strains from this classic and well know swiss seedbanks, now unforunately gone. I'm specially interested in their landraces.

I've found lot's of interesting websites as cannaseeds.dk, topskud.dk and others selling F2 and classic swiss/danish seeds as erdbeer, lebanese, thai stick, nepal and so on, but nothing from Herbaria or Green Hornet seeds.

I'm wondering if any of the swiss growers has any info on them or is in touch with any of the old distributors or breeders. Maybe a local grow shop has really old stocks... I would love to get any info. I tried to contact cannapot and some seed sellers that used to sell them but still didn't get anything.

Good vibes.

[Only Ornamental]

Hi Mustafunk,

Tropical Seed Company has the Ciskei aka Bushmans from Herbaria seed stock.
If you find someone with other landrace seeds 'made in Switzerland', let me know (Pleezzzzzze!).
BTW, since ~2000 Swiss isn't a 'cannadise' anymore and it got even worse in 2011... no more seeds, many headshops went down the drain, breeders like Felix went to Spain..... a pitty ;( .

[Sideshow-Bob]

i still have an original pack of bushmans in the fridge, never found the time to grow them out yet... would love to see them being put to good use

[Only Ornamental]

Originally Posted by Sideshow-Bob

would love to see them being put to good use

Give them to me, I wanted to grow that strain this spring in a quick&dirty indoor newbie seed run! Truth be told, I'm likely going to mess things up whereas Musta has a lot more of experience as it seems .

[mack 10]

@ side show bob, I always wanted to grow that Bushmans strain, the pics on Cannapot always looked sick.

[indabonga]

u can find some swiss online sellers with old stock of green hornet,swiss seeds or owl seeds

[Only Ornamental]

Originally Posted by indabonga

u can find some swiss online sellers with old stock of green hornet,swiss seeds or owl seeds

SWISS online sellers? Which seller located in Switzerland would be crazy enough to sell seeds with the current law?
The only one I could find was unitedseedbanks and they are in Spain and sell NEW Alpine, Helvetic, and Owl's seeds...
Would appreciate it if you could name those sellers of yours .

[indabonga]

owl and green hornet are yet in business...i've see new drops last year in a austrian online shops(..sorry i'm jealous of my sources )...i don't know the laws, but 2 years ago in a pair of swiss online growshop i've see also cannabis seeds for sale...if i remember right...

[Only Ornamental]

TWO years ago! That was before the law changed *cry*...
Owl is in Spain but I can't find Green Hornet. Many seedbanks still list them but have no more seeds in stock (they had some remainders up to last year).

[Mustafunk]

Hey guys, sorry about not dropping around here for a long time... almost one year since my search started and I decided to post here! I was always fascinated by the underground Swiss cannabis scene, I think it was way bigger than Holland in terms of what they've really achieved in those crazy greenhouses they used to have! I remember reading an article on the High Times about the Swiss Canna Cup in the 90s, great stuff!

https://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/1456.html

Originally Posted by Only Ornamental

Tropical Seed Company has the Ciskei aka Bushmans from Herbaria seed stock.
If you find someone with other landrace seeds 'made in Switzerland', let me know (Pleezzzzzze!).
BTW, since ~2000 Swiss isn't a 'cannadise' anymore and it got even worse in 2011... no more seeds, many headshops went down the drain, breeders like Felix went to Spain..... a pitty ;( .

Thanks man, yeah I know they preserved and still offer the Bushman's Ciskei but I'm sure the original stuff will be nicer. They probably made certain selections and not necessarily we share the same taste or criteria haha. Reviews on pure Ciskei from TSC on spanish forums range from nice to very poor and weak. Another interesting company was BlueHemp, they had thais, nepal, afghani and lebanese strains acclimatised as well. Great reputation in Spain. A friend of mine reproduced their lebanese strain some time ago.

After pulling the right threads I was lucky to find what I was looking for, indeed one Swiss online shop still kept some Malawi Gold, Madagaskar Skunk and Cash Cropper packets, old but still better than nothing... I know that Erdbeer, Heaven, Granflora, Purpurea Ticinensis and Ciskei for example are around. But no clue about Red Valais, Walliser Queen or Alp King.

If I'm right Green Hornet closed around 1998, the time that most of the swiss breeders and cannabis growers were forced to stop due to the Swiss laws change and hemp growing prohibition, it was a drama. I still remember the big raids and the Bernard Rapazz case, the referendums in November 2008 and all that. Since then, most swiss breeders moved out from Swizterland. Green Hornet and others simply stopped and moved on.

The guys from Herbaria (Hans and Tunde) stopped breeding and I think they moved too but Mod founded Alpine Seeds and moved to Spain to keep breeding and running his new seedbank.

Not sure about those releases, probably old stock batches going listed. I had the amazing oportunity to talk to Green Hornet's ex-breeder himself and he shared many interesting stories with me. He was an american breeder and grower who moved to Switzerland 20 years ago, nowadays he's focusing into his other passion, the music.

Anyway, thanks a lot for all your feedback guys and big respect to all the swiss scene, from Green Hornet, to Herbaria, to Felix Kautz (Owl's) and all of them, big contribuitions and not forgotten!

Vibes.

PS: some pictures from the old outdoor facilities from Green Hornet (there were also 3 indoor rooms), I wish I could get lost there!!!