Indica, Sativa, THC are words that you can find everywhere in  a cannabis seeds shop. But what is their meaning? We have created this page with the purpose to inform you about cannabis, so you can select the strain that is 100% satisfying for you. Let's go with order. Indica and Sativa are the names that are mostly related to this plant. Nowadays many of the scientists agree that there is only one kind of cannabis, the Cannabis Sativa L. However, in an important part of the literature and in the common use you can find the classification of cannabis in 3 species: Indica, Sativa and Ruderalis.

INDICA

An indica plant is usually not too tall (about 1,5 mt max) with the typical shape of a Christmas tree. These plants are originated on high hills or mountain areas (ex. Nepal, North India etc).They are robust and easy to grow.  They develop big buds that are really dense, with the calyxes pressed together. They tolerate a low level of stress pretty fine. The effect of an indica plant is so called "stoned" or "corporal", a strong body and mind relaxation. If we compare it with a wine, and Indica is  an heavy red one.

 SATIVA

A sativa plant is usually  tall (from 1,5 mt on) with short branches. These plants are originated in tropical areas (ex. Caribbean, Thailand islands, etc). There are more buds sites than on an indica, but the buds are somehow less dense. The effect of a sativa plant is so called "cerebral" or "high", less strong than an indica on the body and with a more pronounced effect on the brain, where it goes from a creative feeling to a trippy one according to the power. If we compare it with a wine, a sativa is the champagne of cannabis.

RUDERALIS

Cannabis Ruderalis is not meant for marijuana production. The Ruderalis is a specie of cannabis originated in Russia, with height around the half meter, no side branches and little or no buds. It is used in the production of hybrids to make them more resistant, or to let them flower according to their age (instead than the number of hours of dark that they receive, like every other cannabis plant).

THC and other cannabinoids

THC is the acronym of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, and is is the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant. For the plant itself, the THC is a natural method to protect itself from pathogen agents or herbivores animals. It also offer a really good protection against the UVB sun-rays. Men have grown cannabis for thousands of years in order to get the THC out of it. As you maybe have noticed, we  show the THC level for most of the strains in our catalog. We need to specify something. Every strain, every single seed have a potential. It's up to the grower then, if the potential will be fully released or not. If you read that a strain have 10% of THC, it doesn't mean that every plant of that strain will have 10% of THC. It mean instead that that strain have a potential of producing about 10% in THC. In the hands of an expert breeder, in the right conditions,  these seeds will give 10% or even more. In a less favorable environment, the same seeds will produce for example 8%. All these words are to remember that a seed is not a computer, where the values are only 0 and 1. It's a live creature and the final result will be the combination of thousands of little variables. So we proudly say that we can offer you the best potential there is, but we can never garantee (and nobody can) that you will always get the values in the description.

Further, you should consider that THC is the main psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant but not the only one. A cannabis bud contains more than 400 different substances which 61 of them are cannabinoids. The effect of the marijuana is given by the combination and interactions of all these elements. Beside the THC, a major role is played by cannabidiol (CBD), and cannabinol (CBN). These substances have deep relaxation effects themselves, and they are heavily involved in the THC absorption. So the final effect is given by a subtle combination of different cannabinoids.

We won't go further in this topic, we don't want to get anyone bored, but always remember the conclusion: we can never say that a strain is more "strong" than another just because it has a higher level of THC.

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