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<p><p>The Alpine Seed Group founders have experience from seed to sale, maintain extensive genetic libraries, and quietly collaborate with some of the world’s most respected Breeders. From pollination to genetic selection to pheno-hunting projects, our cannabis breeders’ network has cultivated some of the rarest cultivars of cannabis genetics. And we continue to hunt for the breeders handcrafting the cultivars that will inspire you to grow your own. <a href="https://alpineseedgroup.com/">Shop our seed selections here.</a></p><p><strong>Connect with ASG on Social:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alpine.seedgroup/">@alpine.seedgroup</a></p></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>conx@podconx.com (Reggie Weedman, Ted Blair, Johanna Nuding)</author>
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<p><p>The Alpine Seed Group founders have experience from seed to sale, maintain extensive genetic libraries, and quietly collaborate with some of the world’s most respected Breeders. From pollination to genetic selection to pheno-hunting projects, our cannabis breeders’ network has cultivated some of the rarest cultivars of cannabis genetics. And we continue to hunt for the breeders handcrafting the cultivars that will inspire you to grow your own. <a href="https://alpineseedgroup.com/">Shop our seed selections here.</a></p><p><strong>Connect with ASG on Social:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alpine.seedgroup/">@alpine.seedgroup</a></p></p>]]></content:encoded>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p>It’s a Q&A on this fourth and final installation of our chat with Mean Gene of Freeborn Selections. He explains the lineage, history and traits of Grape Soda Skunk. Mean Gene tells his experience on the benefits of sharing seeds and noticing the subtleties of your plants. And which one plant he’d like to bring back from the dead. If you’re ready to grow some of Mean Gene’s most popular strains, shop genetics at AlpineSeedGroup.com.</p><p><strong>Shop Freeborn Selections genetics at</strong> <a href="https://alpineseedgroup.com/freeborn-selections/">AlpineSeedGroup.com</a>.</p><p>Connect with <a href="https://www.instagram.com/meangenefrommendocino/">@meangenefrommendocino</a>  and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alpine.seedgroup/">@alpine.seedgroup</a> on IG.</p>
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