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Yeah man add those guys to the local's list on the Cannabist site, will be great having a good local selection.

Hiya @Cannabist, and other members reading this thread, not directed at @Cannabistalone... Perspective. From the consumers point of view now. We paid for a premium product, we expect one. Most of us have honour so we don't sit around plotting to rob seed banks, ja those arse holes do exist, I accept that, but then you have to accept that there are sum dodgy dealers/seedbanks/resellers? I think the point is this, imagine if they did replace the OPs seeds, then he would be here giving a shout out to these guys and others like myself would go check them out...A happy customer will send you other prospects. Also forums like this exist, so that WE can all help each other learn...why make the mistake yourself, rather learn from those more wiser than you, and nothing can beat first hand experience, good and bad... What ever happened to customer care? Ps, if I'm not mistaken the OP had a similar experience but was replaced by fast buds themselves, I stand corrected on this. That's what I call customer ❤ Personally I will only ever buy seeds that come in breeder packs, directly from the breeder, sealed with a tracking number from the breeder that you can go verify for yourself online, just like those from @Sacred Seeds, Merlin u rock man! See thats me giving a shout out to these okes, customer care was tops! But it was @Bakstein420 who told me about sacred seeds and so on and so on and it was @Stinger96 who told me about the forum in the first place, and so on and so on..

Big thank you to @Cannabist for the prize, dont think I've ever won anything in my life. Unfortunately can't post a pic as my Note9 has turned to a ball of shit since the last update, but I got same as @DamDave. I had great success with Barneys LSD (also purchased from @Cannabist) so cant wait to see how their Violator Kush grows out. Once again, thank you to @Cannabistand the forum for making this possible.

Thanks@Cannabist for the freebies. I've always been wary of ordering online, this delivery has changed my mind. You can add this future customer to your mailing list. [emoji109] Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

@Cannabist very good idea to keep the budget in check. Those bags will do the job for air pruning and drainage. If I am not mistaken I think @Onion is doing a grow with those fabric bags at the moment so he might be able to give a good indication of its efficacy.

We set up a proxy using cloudflare workers and modified the headers to cache the requests on cloudflare so only the initial request had the latency delay, all other "api" requests would be cached and re-fetched when our edge cache ttl expired. This subdirectory cannabist.co.za/seedfinder/* (e.g. https://www.cannabist.co.za/seedfinder/?br=G13_Haze&str=Barneys_Farm) is another cloudflare worker serving up a custom app we wrote to represent the seedfinder info/data in a cleaner way - we just saved the page as pdf and that's the pdf you are referring to. As our site is WordPress/Woocommerce, it was faster to mock up the thing in angular and just embed it on the product pages via iframe. If that makes sense We have to write the php side of it as a custom wordpress plugin and then we don't have to use a iframe to inject part of own site into our own site lol - Started the plugin and then we last interest as mentioned, felt like we were just duplicating the seedfinder site. However feels like it might be growing some leaves here after some of the feedback. Regarding the landraces, like someone mentioned a few posts ago - imagine if guys in SA could run 1000s and select the best, rinse and repeat and market their progress.. However, what the local guys like @Totemic have achieved with the limitations of our law is outstanding to say the least. We are so stoked with the feedback, really didnt even think people would discuss and just click the poll so cheers to 420sa community for the epic epic thread.

We actually built a integration with seedfinder.eu whereby we pull through the info from seedfinder into our listings. Can see an example here: https://www.cannabist.co.za/seedfinder/?br=G13_Haze&str=Barneys_Farm The goal was to provide as much information as possible, has been on the backlog to complete but its 90% there. Attached a pdf of the result. For the technical guys, its basically another website we build which was iframed into our store. It impacks performance so we have started to replicate the seedfinder database on our side so we don't have to query their api every time. Eventually we will build it into our store so we dont iframe it. So what would be awesome is of the local breeder kept their seedfinder up to date and we will always have the latest and and forums. We can chat to their devs who we have worked with to include 420sa into the forum results. NgCannabistProductMeta.pdf

I think there is already an established local craft cannabis industry here in South Africa, for sometime too. Since Cannabist is a local seedbank I think you should invest heavily in local genetics, breeders. We have guys like @Totemic and AmaDeadlly who have already established reputations who probably would like an extra sales funnel. Offering these craft local seeds would only be a win win for everyone. Loco is lekker. If the price is right - Price can vary for rarity, demand or the reputation of the seed always. Only if bud tested - You should know what you are growing. Only if breeder has a grow log - goes without saying or grow journals like here. No, don't think SA is there yet - We already there. Breeder has a good reputation - reputation is everything, quality product, good service. I have to disagree, they most likely spend more on development of their product with operations here and overseas. They sell overseas breeders sealed packs, so they are international strains. For a bit of history and current affairs, I ended up going on Nigerian News Central about an hour ago trying to speak/waffle about Cannabis. WTF,,,,,, While doing some homework I looked at the Nigerian 99 i grew from Afropips in 2005, wish these seeds were still available here. Afroman, Maljim, Malawi Jim had hybrids of Malawi ,Durban, Congo, Swazi.... you name it. I remember him coming in a top place at HighTimes Cannabis Cup, in 2004 I think. Just a simple man born in the 60's in Durban who ended up making a name for himself in the Uk, USA, Canada. I support local and would love to see another breeder/bank offering solid local african genetics, that compete locally and internationally.

And it is live, you can see the product here https://cannabist.co.za/product/free-regular-seeds/ The coupon is available in the post above

First time you purchased from Cannabist @Ill_Evan

I had been eyeing @Totemic's Tortoni F1 for some time now and since @Cannabist has rejoined us I decided to make an order with them to get these seeds I desired Not only did I get my seeds within two days but I also got 5 x Gelato seeds by Cannabist and also 3 x Wedding Cake seeds by @1000Hills Nursery! Funnily I was actually looking at the Wedding Cake strain before ordering so I'm pretty stoked about that. I consider vendors as trusted once they are affiliated with 420sa so with the debacle last year I was pretty upset that a vendor was bringing bad vibes to the forum, but I am happy to say Cannabist has come back strong and anyone that is doubtful should give them the same kind of second chance you see right here.

@Cannabist thanks for letting us know. I’ve seen a similar breeder called MegaBuds. Similar in the sense of fast big yielding autoflowers. Have a look at this one cup challenge yield. May be a great alternative for customers such as myself who enjoys fast, big yielding autos.

COUPON: freeseeds Limited to one customer and no other products will be allowed when using this coupon To help get potential and new growers off the ground and into the market, we have come up with a free seed offering* whereby the grower just needs to pay a packaging and shipping fee and we will send them some seeds. First time buyers are a bit skeptical regarding ordering online. It's also a super kak first-experience when you drop a grand (R1000) on seeds and find out the hard way that it can be a bit of a challenge to get things right the first time round.. The seeds We have chatted to a few local breeders and they are all keen to partake, @Totemic has already sent us some seeds for the project, #best. The idea is that we get promo seeds from breeders, mainly their f1/2 etc that they don't have enough space and time to run/grow and in return we ask the new grower to document their grow on 420sa.co.za. Even if 1 out of 30 actually does a grow log, we think it will be really great feedback for the breeders. The cost R150 packaged and delivered anywhere in SA - We have to do a bit of admin managing and packaging the orders though have tried to make it as non-profitable as possible, we will review the pricing in a month or so. Also as we are in CT, orders within CT should be cheaper due to cheaper shipping costs however we also have guys that order in outlaying areas which sometimes end up being R100-300. Hence we balance out the costs and keep a flat rate. The launch The offering will be live by Monday, 18/01/2021 Limitations The offering will be limited per a customer to a one time only offer, so if you have placed a "free seed order", you can't get another. If you want to create 200 email addresses and ship to funny locations, we can't really stop it but hopefully we don't have any funny business. Our hope is building up a great client base of future SA growers. As mentioned regarding the grow logs, we will point the new comers in the direction of 420sa.co.za so they can get some first hand advise and grow the community even further. We are super open to ideas and feedback, so feel free to drop a comment Image below was designed by https://www.thiagobianchini.com/ for and is owned by Cannabist (Will be printing some shirts soon ).

Welcome back @Cannabist ! When lockdown hit I received my order about the same time I ran out of riz and really hadn’t a clue where I could have purchased, but luckily my order came with FREE STUFF! thank you

Well done @Cannabist . Welcome back and wishing you the best for 2021. I will get in contact with you in the morning.

Good to see you made it through 2020. Loads of negative press and I'm sure a huge learning curve on supply and demand. Here's to a better 2021 for you@Cannabist and all you peeps who had a kak one last year. PS. I agree with your take on@Totemic strains. Have a couple of his choc gelato crosses and loving it. Sent from my DRA-LX5 using Tapatalk

Hi guys, we are supper stocked to be back and being active in the community again We know towards the end of mid last year / import on demand orders were killing us and we were pissing off clients. We believe we have resolved 99.9% of all the orders that were delayed, HOWEVER if you feel that you didn't get your money's worth or the items you orders (Swapped out for other stock), please drop us a email at sales@cannabist.co.za or PM us and we will see what we can do. The way in which we handled the stuff ups was unacceptable and we have changed our service levels and offering entirely to only sell what we have stocked in SA with us - No backorders what so ever. We have set out clear service level agreements in order to ensure we respond in a timely manner - Please see the info on this section https://www.420sa.co.za/forum/135-customer-support/ This has been agreed to by 420SA.co.za, failing to meet these SLAs will result in permanent removal so we are taking it seriously. We thank the admins/members of 420SA for allowing us back, and will be working hard to keep SA growers happy.

Goodluck bro. What size pots and how many seeds? Got urself a great setup. Side note. Been a while since i heard the name cannabist around these parks.

Hey Peeps. So I have finally got to the stage where I am almost ready to start my first grow. Firstly I want to send a shout-out to @PsyCLownfor all the advise and help up to this point in getting to where I am. I've got the following equipment: Lights- @Light It Up 2x 240w Qb Tent- 2.4x1.2m Extraction Fan- Ez100 Soil- Freedom Farm's(Green Bag) Fabric Pots Nutrients--Not sure yet Strains- Peyote Wifi, amnesia I received my seeds yesterday from @Cannabist was very impressed with service and delivery. I'm going to start off with germination and I'm going to be trying the seeds straight into the soil. Ive used the paper towel method for a seeds I did for outdoors however didn't have 100% success. Any advice going forward is always greatly appreciated. Let's see where this takes us! Cheers

The Courier Guy rocked up at my house this morning. I was absolutely shocked to see that my order from the Cannabist had arrived albeit the fact that only 15 of the 20 seeds I ordered was packaged. They added three free Dinafem Auto's and three of their own seeds in the package. They also left a note saying that the 5 missing seeds would follow. I'm glad to have not been scammed, however I don't think I'll buy from them again.

Can EFT be reversed? He mentioned order/payment was a month ago so by now cannabist has surely withdrawn it anticipating the impending doom ahead for the brand

I can't believe Cannabist have the audacity to have a link on their website saying "feeling a bit weary , no stress ask members on 420SA about their experience" and it leads me here. Put in an order with them a month ago worth R2000, a few days later i check out the reviews on 420 just for interest and i realized that everything had gone to sh!t, they haven't responded to my emails or whatsapp. I'm sitting here with pots filled with soil , everything's ready but nothing to plant. Out of 13 local seed banks I chose Cannabist These guys should be closed down , they can't run a business like this.

I’ve done the rounds on the seed banks here in South Africa. The best for me are @TrophySeeds @Biltong and Budz and Smoking Gun. I have never tried @Sacred Seeds as they have never had strains I have wanted. I recently made a purchase from https://budbuddies.co.za and got surprised with 2 free sample strains sealed from Barney’s farm as well as a grinder. I paid with Snap Scan and the guys sent my order with the Courier guy within hours. I also bought a set of platinum jelly from African Smoke this week, they were not as fast but can confirm that they have shipped my order. I’ll see what is in the package when it arrives. I am also an unlucky sucker that got ripped off from the Cannabist for R3600 for 20 Liberty Haze seeds. Funny thing is that the dude replied to my mail saying a week and then never again. I’ve asked my bank to reverse the payment and in the event that the Cannabist denies the reversal, they will give me Cannabist’s actual contact details. I’m not sure if anyone else has done the same?

Since Cannabist went off the reservation, @Sacred Seeds has become my go to. Every order has been delivered in breeders packaging with surplus seeds and paraphernalia (plenty rolling papers, a grinder etc).

Yo fellow growers, I just wanted to update you guys. I’ve been super critical of cannabist but they really made up for it in the end. I was emailed by them last week explaining the situation, some of the seed didn’t come through. He made a very generous offer to replace them with anything other seeds I wanted. So I replied today and got the seeds the today. I mean that’s pretty amazing, service. They also gave me bunch of free seeds and cool merchandise. I honestly thought I wouldn’t ever say this but I would actually buy from them again.