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SeriousSeeds andmagusgeneticshave unitedHot news from the seed business -The Dutch seed bank Magus Geneticshas gone under the roof of SeriousSeeds, four of the farmer Magusstrains have been taken over bySerious.

Simon from Serious Seeds says aboutthis spectacular coup: "We regard thisas a perfect marriage of two smalI, butoutstanding Dutch high-quality seedbanks with fine selections of unique andhighly individual cannabis seed strains.Magus Genetics' six superb strains dowonderfully fit into our menu. Indeed,our two companies do share the samephilosophy which is to produce and offeronly a handful of selected high-gradestrains that are very homogeneous andextraordinary in terms of potency andaroma, yielding something really specialand charismatic. So tor-Seneus Seedsand Magus Genetics, less is morewh en it comes to seed strain breeding.Throughout our whole existence, ourcompanies have strictly stuck to the rulethatwe'd only release a new seed strainto the market if we are 100% convincedof its overall quality - in contrast to mostof our competitors who relentlessly pumpnew "strains" into the market that aremerely simple crosses of their own orother seed banks' strains in fact. Makingquick money unfortunately seems to bethe determining breeding motivation formany seed banks today. Almost all oftherm.also do instantly follow any newgenetic hype on the market, hastilythrowing respective "strains" onto themarket. Every time Serious Seeds andMagus Genetics bring out a new strain,the customers do know it's somethingprecious th at is going to persist for years,even decades."

But how did it come th at Gerrit, the ownerand breeder of Magus Genetics, soldhis company? Already for a longer while,he did have difficult private problems,amongst other things, a severe caseof illness within his family, giving him avery tough time. When that all becametoo much for him, he decided to takea timeout from the seed business. Butin doing so he had to make sure hisprecious Magus strains would persist inthe future - while somebody else wouldhave to take care of this then. Gerritcontacted his longtime friend Simonwho didn't have to think twice, assuring

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Gerrit of preserving his extraordinarystrains. This made Gerrit feel veryhappy and relieved. However, for twoof the six Magus str'1ins it was too lateunfortunately, the mother plants of bothExile and Biddy's Sister had got lostat Magus Genetics, so these strainswon't be available any longer fromSerious Seeds, while the Magus classicsWarlock, Biddy Early, Double Dutchand Motavation will supplement andenrich the portfolio of Serious Seeds.These strains can already be orderedfrom Serious Seeds. There also is aremainder of 2000 Exile seedsthat will be offered for saleon the Serious website, as'weil as a small remainderof Biddy's Sister seedsth at shall be givenaway as freebies on theEnglish market(from thebeginning of July).

Warlock, Biddy Early, DoubleDutch and Motavation are truecannabis strain classics with a loyalworldwide following that have beenproving their excellence in practicefor many years. A German circleof growers for example,-to whichamongst others Mr. Power-Planterand Ellis D. are belonging,

right from the beginning had observedthe range of strains offered by MagusGenetics and checked their quality inseveral cultivation tests. Mr. Power-Planter: "Warlock alone - the strain withwhich it all began at Magus Geneticsback then - is a legendary varietystraight out of Gerrit's genetic treasurechest for which Simon's competitorswill envy him." She ranks amongst themost potent strains available worldwide- Gerrit once reported that some DEAguys in America had measured the

THC content of confiscated Warlockplants at an unbelievable 29%,

this is not a represe.ntativefigure though, althoughWarlock regularly has a THCcontent of at least 20%. Inaddition, she gives off oneof the strongest odoursthere is in both her livingand dried form, incredibly

stinky, if one opens a boxwith Warlock buds inside, the

whole room instantly gets filledwith a pungent Warlock aromacloud. Mr. Power-Planter putWarlock (mostly indica) tothe cultivation test in bothits regular and feminisedform, and in both cases theresults were extraordinary,

eleven seeds contained in one packageof former Magus strains so that their pricehas decreased a little bit under the roof ofSerious Seeds.

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just as described above. And also the richharvest of big bulbous buds made himvery happy.

Mr. Power-Planter tested the Motavationstrain, too. The high of this mostly indicastrain turned out to be extremely strongand narcotic, like a "thick wad of cottonwool" (Mr. Power-Planter) wrapping itselfaround the brain cells. Motavation alsohas strong medical effe cts - when shewas still under development, Gerrit gavea few test seeds to an Austrian grower.who had asked for something indicawith medical potential. Some monthslater he replied that he was very happywith the results, that he had named it"Medizin Power" and th at it bad becomepretty popular among his circle of friends,medical marijuana patients. So Gerrit .himself used to call the strain "MedizinPower" at that stage of development.

Double Dutch (also mostly indica), across of Serious Seeds' Chronic andMagus Genetics' Warlock strain, isthe yield miracle from Gerrit's geneticinheritance, heavily laden with thick tightbuds, Double Dutch produces hugemassive flower chunks that sometimesneed to be staked to due their big weight.Gerrit formerly reported about plants hehad cultivated th at delivered yields of upto 140 grams, and Ellis D. managed toachieve similar dimensions in his owngrow room. The other special thing aboutDouble Dutch is her captivatingly sweetaroma that reminds of honey-sweet

wildflowers, thanks to the Chronic parentthat managed to leave its trademarkaroma stamp on this strain. But of courseDouble Dutch also achieved high scoresfor superb potency and resin content.

It was also Ellis D. who quickly becamean ardent lover of Biddy Early (mostlysativa) which, to his mind, belongs to thebest outdoors strains worldwide available.Over night, she became the shootingstar of the High Times Cannabis Cup2003. Totally unknown to the seed marketbefore, Biddy Early scored a great coupat first go: It was the only outdoór-grownweed in the sativa category, and as suchit took second place, leaving many high-bred indoor strains behind! Biddy Early'sextreme citrus aroma and astoundinglystrong potency hit the judges by surpriseand did the same with Ellis D. in thefollowing autumn of 2004 who hadcultivated a small late-start Biddy Earlyplant on his balcony that yielded 115grams of premium outdoor buds.

AII these four former Magus strains arenow sold under the label of SeriousSeeds, and there also is a newlydesigned uniform packaging for boththe classic Serious and former Magusstrains, with a small booklet, plant photoand an individual product number. TheMagus Genetics logo will not be usedany longer, but in the respective straindescriptions there is a hint that the strainswere developed by Magus Genetics.Instead of previously ten, there are now

Being asked whether it may beconceivable that Gerrit at a certainpoint will return as a player in the seedbusiness, Simon replied: "Nothing isimpossible, however, from my point ofview, it's rather unlikely. But in case thatGerrit should like to act as a cannabisbreeder again with full power, he wouldprobably join the Serious team."

Gerrit has allowed Serious Seeds (by theway) to use his genetics for new breedingexperiments so that the global growercommunity can look forward to newexciting strains frorn Serious Seeds thatwill breathe the spirit of Magus Genetics!Simon dampens expectations though:"So far this is nothing else than dreams ofthe future."

With Double Duteh, however, therealready is a strain that did resultfrom a cooperation between MagusGenetics and Serious Seeds, fromtoday's perspective having sort ofanticipated the marriage of these twocompanies.

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