COLLECTIONS — 2025 Harvest 🌱
Some people collect stamps. Others hoard vinyl. Me? I’ve got a drawer full of cannabis seeds—tiny, striped, hard-shelled promises. Each one’s got a story. A weird name. A smell you can almost imagine if you squint and think about summer nights and sticky fingers. I don’t even grow most of them. Not really the point.
There’s something about holding a seed that might become a 7-foot monster of a plant, covered in trichomes like frost on a windshield. Or maybe it stays stunted, weird, smells like cat piss and diesel. You never know. That’s the thrill. It’s like baseball cards, but with more resin and fewer stats.
Some folks chase genetics like they’re chasing ghosts. Old-school landraces from Afghanistan, Panama Red, Thai Stick—good luck finding the real deal. Most of it’s marketing fluff now. But once in a while, you crack open a pack and—boom—there it is. That smell from 1998. That high that made you forget your own name for three hours. That’s what collectors live for. That one-in-a-hundred unicorn pheno.
And yeah, there’s the flex. Let’s not pretend otherwise. You show someone your stash—original Brothers Grimm Cinderella 99, pre-2000s Sensi Skunk #1, some weird cross from a guy in Humboldt who only sells through encrypted email—and their eyes go wide. Respect. Envy. Curiosity. It’s like showing someone your rare Pokémon cards, except these can get you arrested in some states.
Seed collecting’s not just nostalgia though. It’s insurance. Laws shift. Breeders disappear. Strains get over-hybridized into bland soup. If you’ve got the seeds, you’ve got the power to bring something back. Or just stash it away like a time capsule. Maybe your grandkids will grow it. Maybe no one will. Still worth keeping.
And don’t get me started on the packaging. Some of it’s art. Tiny tins with holographic seals. Hand-numbered vials. Stickers that look like they belong on a skateboard deck. Others? Ziplocks with Sharpie scrawls. Both can hold gold. Or garbage. You won’t know until you pop them.
Sometimes I think about planting them all. Just going full chaos mode. Let the garden sort it out. But then I think—nah. Not yet. Some things are better left unplanted. For now.