Imagine buying cannabis seeds the way conventional farmers do, choosing varieties with guaranteed germination rates and profiles – with the added bonus of the seeds being legal to sell in any state and internationally.
It’s a tantalizing prospect and one that is getting closer to reality thanks to legal hemp breeding.
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This spring, a Dutch and Italian seed breeder, Enecta, became the first to get a flower/cannabinoid variety of cannabis accepted into the European Union catalog of common plant varieties, a milestone that will for the first time allow farmers to buy cannabis seeds bred to produce a cannabinoid profile guaranteed by government agriculture authorities.
The new cannabis variety, called Enectarol, isn’t the first certified hemp variety; the EU and Canada have long verified fiber and grain hemp varieties.
What makes Enectarol different is that it was bred to make a cannabinoid.
Enectarol is a bushy cannabis variety
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