OzCocoLoco
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The way i understand it is all drug (THC) producing cannabis are now classed as Cannabis indica and broken up into the sub classes NLD (Narrow Leaf Drug) or WLD (Wide Leaf Drug) type and all European Hemp variaties are now Cannabis sativa, Chinese hemp is Cannabis chinensis and comes from a totally different Gene pool to European Hemp which I think was originally from Hungry or the former Yugoslavia.Yep.
Coco please correct me if im wrong as I'm not 100% sure on the new classifications.
Anything with over 1% (?) THC is Broad leaf and anything under that is Thin leaf.
Strains is another world slowly being replaced with Cultivars as Cannabis cultivation becomes more inline with Horticultural practices. I'm guessing the use of the word Clones will also slowly be replaced by Cuttings. Flushing will lose its two or three meanings and become leaching and watering. Defoliation is another term that will slowly be replaced with more accurate terminology. At least in the sense cannabis growers have been using it.
It's really just a botanical issue and won't directly worry any of us but I think if you look at how other plants and animals are classified the new classifications make sense.
Edit: calling varieties strains is definitely wrong but we all do it and know what we mean when we do but a strain is used when referring to a virus not a plant,cultivar or variatal would be the correct term
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