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A Perfect Marriage: By Lux Cool Hot news from the seed business - The Dutch seed bank Magus Genetics has gone under the roof of Serious Seeds, where four of the former Magus strains have been taken over by Serious. Simon from Serious Seeds says about this spectacular coup: “We regard this as a perfect marriage of two small, but outstanding Dutch high-quality seed banks with fine selections of unique and highly individual Cannabis seed strains. Magus Genetics’ six superb strains wonderfully fit into our menu. Indeed, our two companies do share the same philosophy which is to produce and offer only a handful of selected high-grade strains that are very homogeneous and extraordinary in terms of potency and aroma, yielding something really special and charismatic. So for Serious Seeds and Magus Genetics, less is more when it comes to seed strain breeding. Throughout our whole existence, our companies have strictly stuck to the rule that we’d only release a new seed strain to the market if we are 100% convinced of its overall quality – in contrast to most of our competitors who use to permanently pump new “strains” into the market that are merely simple crosses of their own or in fact other seed banks. Making quick money, unfortunately, seems to be the determining breeding motivation for many seed banks today. Almost all of them instantly follow any new genetic hype on the market, hastily throwing respective “strains” into the market. But every time Serious Seeds and Magus Genetics bring out a new strain, the customers know it’s something precious that is
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going to persist for years, even decades.” Many wonder how it came about that Gerrit, the owner and breeder of Magus Genetics, sold his company. For some time now, a family member has been severely ill which has made it difficult for him to focus, so he decided to take a timeout from the seed business. But he knew he needed someone capable of ensuring his precious Magus strains would persist well into the future and so he contacted his lifetime friend, Simon. Simon’s wholehearted agreement to the proposition relived Gerrit’s tension and sealed the future of Magus seeds. Unfortunately, for two of the six Magus strains it is too late. The mother plants of Exile and Biddy’s Sister has been lost at Magus Genetics, preventing these strains from being sold by Serious Seeds. The remaining Magus classics Warlock, Biddy Early, Double Dutch and Motavation will supplement and enrich the portfolio of Serious Seeds and can already be purchased from Serious Seeds. There’s also is a remainder of 2000 Exile seeds that will be offered for sale on the Serious Seeds website (seriousseeds.com), as well as a small quantity of Biddy’s Sister seeds that shall be given away as freebies on the English market. Warlock, Biddy Early, Double Dutch and Motavation are true classic Cannabis strains with loyal worldwide followings which have a tradition of documenting their excellence. For example, a German circle of growers which includes, amongst others, Mr. Power-Planter
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