NebulasINblooM
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I fully recognize that 1M cultures is not many, but most labs have only a couple of customers. I hope you're using a distribution chain.
On the subject of varietals and intellectual property: in the United States you may only patent an asexual plant that cannot reproduce sexually. Also, you can't patent a plant that is found in nature. It must meet the statutory requirements of novelty and all of the shenanigans referred to by the general populous regarding Monsanto and genetic marking is irrelevant. For one, Monsanto did strong arm some midwesterners but had no legal right to do so. Monsanto also won some international cases that were absurd, but these new rules were clarified and unified in 2004 by the Uruguay Round Agreement if I recall correctly. Canada and the US share IP laws by NAFTA so I am confident that there would be nothing but frivolous lawsuits should the issue of IP law arise. I have a doctorate in a life science, degrees in international business, patent law, and engineering. I would be the authority on this issue in other words.
As for the varietals that I have available.. well, you are sorely mistaken. The very talented breeders/collectors are in their mid 60's now, and they have seeds that they haven't cracked for 3 decades... that is, until us in-vitro guys came around. I have a set that was made collaboratively with Amsterdam but most of mine are not. I work with collectors/breeders so I carry breed stock, very little washout (mostly washed out cannabis cup "winners"). I'm looking for Kong. I'll trade a dozen clone only cannabis cup winners for a real, original Kong pheno. It's the only Canadian that I'm truely seeking right now, but I don't have a large Canadian collection. I'm also looking for that old strain line from circa 1980 that smells like hot garbage. The original landrace was black with bright red hairs. If you were a breeder you would probably find my breed stock by word of mouth. Guess I'll wait for you to come to me![]()
I have 'Kong.'