Hi luc, welcome to weed world, tell us about paradise.

Hello there, thanks and hello to all you weed world. The history of our seed bank starts in my youth. Many years back the seed was sowed when a new kid came to live in our town. He came from the Dutch peninsula in the Caribbean and had some green and aromatic tea like substance with him smuggled from there, and the moment I smoked it my life changed forever. The herb had bonded us, this fellow became a friend and we still hang out now many years later. Soon after I had my first encounter with the marihuana I had a few plants growing very well hidden in my parents garden…after some time abroad I started again with growing when I went to live with my friends in Amsterdam where we had a great space to put plants in and so we did. Here we started the weedbrothers!! Years went by without even having knowledge of the ever growing cannabis industry, occupied in just doing our own thing focused on smoking and growing the best quality until we were asked to grow some of that good pot that we were always smoking, for our local coffeeshop. We never realised there was so much demand from all the shops in town. But some of my friends learned quickly and soon left the Weedbrothers to go fully into the professional Ganja production. Other housemate and I continued to grow for our selves. Now and then we made a little extra but we were mainly focused on developing always better & tastier varieties and testing new genetics. Many people that visited Amsterdam some ten years ago will remember our ‘Mothers milk' from Coffeeshop Lucky Mothers! This is also the place where we first released seeds of our own name and produce. We gave away seeds and clones at first…this was if I remember it correct in the beginning of 1993, and we got official with our company the year after in 1994 after the police raid. When we got acquitted by the police judge we were able again to continue our lovely work now fully legal and at ease. The name Paradise Seeds was chosen because I had a vision of the whole world being planted with our favourite herb, a true Paradise in my opinion! We have been very fortunate with so much freedom, too good to be true almost, and indeed since then times have changed for the worse.

Right now we have 13 varieties in our assortment and several new varieties in the program, which cover
the best part of the cannabis spectrum. Sativa's from the South East as well as from South America and
Africa, the Indica's from the northern part of the hemisphere complete the palette of our top quality
strains. Our selves breed all our varieties.
One of Paradise Seeds most popular strains right now is Sensi Star, which is a many times Cannabis
cup winner, she is also the “Variety of the Year 2003” (High Times magazine) definitely one of the
strongest and tastiest Indicas there is.

Winner 1st prize Highlife Cannabis Cup 1999 (Bio category)
Winner 1st prize High times Cannabis Cup 1999 (Indica category)
Winner 2nd prize High times Cannabis Cup 2000 (Indica category
Winner 1st prize Highlife Cannabis Cup 2004 (Bio category)

Sensi Star is awesome! This variety is unique and winner of many prizes and when you can
grow her to her full potential she will be most likely also be among your favourite strains.
Sensi Star can give a good yield, is very stoned and potent but not necessary couch lock,
if you feel energetic yourself, Sensi Star gives this feeling another push. Some people
describe the effect as high rather then stoned. Her taste is one of a kind and mouth
watering, so is her bouquet strong and somehow fresh like mint, metal and oxygen
combined, crazy, hard to explain, something unique, strong, you should definitely try!
Need I say more?

Nebula, a cannabis cup winner as well, also ranks high in popularity. This beautiful
mostly Sativa has a rather short flowering period, and is one of the ‘highest' Sativas
available. Another very popular variety is Belladonna. This pungent weed is sometimes
nicknamed time warp… an Indica with Sativa traits, the ideal cross. Paradise Seeds
introduced this variety in 1999, and ever since it has gained interest with lovers of
trippy and tasty weeds! And recently more and more we hear… pass the Dutch…pass
the Dutch Dragon! It's the kindest of buds; a tall plant of fine Sativa quality,
Dutch Dragon has superb yields. The aroma is very fruity and sweet, as is the taste,
it is simply a wonderful experience to smoke this.

A new variety that we have just released, Rox, is well adapted to colder regions. It has
earned this name because of the buds that are hard as rocks, and the rain that can't
damage her because it just washes off so no problem with humidity! Apart from that Rox
is also an early flowering plant, not the biggest but definitely one of the most solid plants.
Dense, both the formation of floral clusters and the ‘feelgood' effect on the body and soul.
Energetic and direct, even sometimes overwhelming with take off. Don't forget to breathe!
It is a beautiful resinous plant, a sister of this year's Swiss cannabis cup winner (2004)
named strawberry. Although the yield is a bit lower then on some other varieties, the buds
smaller in size have most of the time more weight to it then you would think. The taste,
potency and the only 8 weeks finishing time definitely make up for it!

Another new variety is Sativa Spirit, which is a true beauty with nice fat-sized frosty buds!
She is well adapted to indoor sea of green techniques and also outdoors she gives
magnificent yields! It's a pleasure to smoke this delicious herb, which tastes a bit like
berries and red grapes. With its uplifting and energizing sativa high, it is great for going
out to town at night or spending an active day. In short, a joyful and exotic all round
variety that you will want to grow over and over again. Sativa Spirit is easy to grow and
rewarding plant. This sativa dominant plant finishes in around 9/10 weeks leaving you
with a mighty impressive trichome laden plant. Definitely a keeper!

There's also the Magic Bud one of the finest combination of Indica and Sativa. This plant
of fine stature produces beautiful resin coated nugs in a relatively short time, approximately
50 days indoor. Her appealing velvet looks during flowering are a pleasure for the eye,
and you have to be careful that you (or your friends) do not give into the urge to cut of
a branch before she is fully ripened! Your patience will be rewarded with highly resinous,
very tasty aromatic buds. When dried the smoke is smooth, making you feel creative and
positively charged! Because of the somewhat bushy growth patterns, a little more space
will show the full potential of this plant.

We have pretty much tried and tested all methods of growing marijuana, but I personally
prefer a good soil. We used to prepare the soil ourselves, using horse, cow and chicken
manure. Wood ash was added, worm castings, blood and bone meal and perlite. Nowadays
you can buy ready-made soils with all of the necessary nutrients in it already. After a couple
of weeks we usually add some additional liquid fertilizers and are really satisfied with some
stimulators that boost up the plants' life cycle with more and quicker activity which results
in better quality and healthier plants and therefore higher yields. All of our seeds are produced
fully biological in a rich soil, this has always proved successful for both the production of
seeds and weed. Some people grow for yield, others taste or high, I want a good
combination of both. To achieve this it is important that the plants are well looked after,
then they will reward you with a flavourful, tight, high resin content, sugar tipped nuggets.
I really love to see happy plants pouring out resin.

I'm very optimistic for Paradise future, not only are there many growers around the globe.
Countries like Australia, Canada, Spain and also the U.K. are slowly allowing the laws to
change in favour of the cannabis plant! By choosing Paradise strains you know that you
will get something exceptional from our all our genetic lines. Now after multiple awards
over the past years our high standards of quality and our reputation as top quality seed
producer is worldwide. Lets keep that growing in the U.K! if you haven't tried or heard
about our Sensi Star, go for it, you will not regret it! The same thing I can say for our
other strains. You will be glad once you have decided to grow Paradise Seeds. Our research
includes the medicinal use of the cannabis plant to develop the best plants suitable for
medicine in various forms. We are approved by the IACM, the International Association for
Cannabis as Medicine! Another point of study, in which we are progressing rapidly, is the
production of stable, female seeds. We want to offer everyone 100% female seeds,
problem free with guaranteed viability. These seeds will soon be available from Paradise Seeds.

My wish is that all people can decide for themselves whether they would like to use
cannabis, instead of being told how to live their lives. Let the Gods that gave us
cannabis rejoice when the earthlings are getting high! Thank you again weed world readers!

Cheers Luc,
Paradise Seeds