The breeder behind Serious Seeds, Simon, is responsible for the material sold by the seed bank. He studied biology at one of the universities in Amsterdam and was always a non smoker. (Tabacco, and therefore also marihuana because in Holland it is common practice to mix the latter with tabacco and roll a joint.) He only discovered the merits of smoking pure marihuana after his study while travelling through Africa in 1986. From that moment on he started collecting seeds. Back in Holland he immediately started growing those seeds out for personal pleasure crossing what he thought were the best plants seemed a natural follow up. Contacts with other growers gave him access to different plants from which he also selected the best ones. The genetic background of this material was not always clear.Simon taught biology at a highschool when Alan Dronkers asked him to come and work at Sensi Seeds. It was quite a carreer change to do that but he never felt sorry about it. After some time working for Sensi he left and started a seed company with some American pot refugees. That year (1994) the AK-47 as well as the Chronoc won prices at the American Cannabis Cup festival in Amsterdam. That first seed company with the Americanshowever fell apart soon, and in 1995 Serious Seeds was grounded. It has always been a Serious policy to have the products grown from the different seeds available to try out in some of the best coffeeshops in Amsterdam. The "Greenhouse" is one of those coffeeshops which carries Serious' products to smoke from the start in 1995 to this date. Greenhouse coffeeshop won a Cannabis Cup in 1995 with the Kalimist grown by Serious Seeds. In 1996 another famous Amsterdam coffeeshop the "Dampkring" won the Overall Cup at that years Cannabis Cup with the newest Serious strain White Russian. Another serious shop from the early days is the Blue Bird and recently also the Dread Rock, they really sell what is listed instead of anything under an often asked for name.Serious has always been a small company, and prefers to stay like that.

One of our most flavourful strains Warlock was crossed with Cannatonic, a strain with a very high CBD-content, in a collaboration with House of the Great Gardener from Canada. The new cross was lab-tested in Canada and 9 of 24 samples had a 2:1 ratio of THC:CBD. The average potency was at appr. 8% THC : 4 % CBD, with the best plants scoring a THC-content of 16,86% and a CBD-content of 15,58%! Since we ONLY will release a variety under our medical line: SERIOUSLY MEDICAL when ALL lab tested samples contain more than 4% CBD, which is true for 15 out of 24 samples here, we have decided to sell this new cross as a limited edition and develope it further. The Warlock used for this cross is a favourite medicine among the patients of the Vancouver Island Compassion Society (=VICS) and they were asking for a high CBD-version for patients who still want the delicious sweet and fruity aroma of this plant, but a less strong psychoactive effect. The production of VERY flavorful medical extracts (e.g. Rick Simpson Oil) and lotions, cremes or edibles is made much easier with this strain. CBD-enriched Warlock is a medical strain, which is well suited to treat the symptoms of e.g. Chronic Pain, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Tourette-syndrome, Glaucoma, Arthritis and many more.