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Green House Seed Company has introduced on the market in 2008 a
revolutionary technique that allows multiple strains to be sold in a
single pack. Green House seeds are now produced in a new, color-coated
version.
The color coating has been used in the last years to improve
visibility of seeds in order to facilitate planting (especially in
third world countries), as well as to increase the germination ratio
by adding hormones and root stimulators in the coating itself.
Another advantage of the coating is the fact that root and plant
diseases can now be prevented by adding anti-pathogens to it.
Holland is world leader in this sector, producing most of the
equipment and the additives used to color-coat seeds worldwide.
The new Green House Seed Company Research & Development Centre is
equipped with special machinery to select, coat and color the seeds.
The laboratory facilities have been built with many criteria in
mind: innovative equipment, cutting edge techniques, and a strict
quality control of the product.
The seeds are first coated with a secret mix developed by Green
House Seed Company during years of research in cooperation with
international laboratories. The coating contains root stimulators
and anti-pathogen, ideal to help the seeds during the first days and
weeks of their life. After the coating, comes the color. Seeds are
painted using special non-toxic water-based colors, made with
organic components and completely safe for the environment and its
creatures. The freshly colored seeds are then dried in a special
dryer, and tested before packaging.
The seeds are checked for uniformity and germination before and
after the color coating process, to ensure the highest standards and
to guarantee that our demanding customers are delighted with our
strains.
In addition to the traditional packs, there are now 22 new types of
mixed color-packs available (10 types with 5 seeds in a pack and 12
types with 10 seeds in a pack). The combinations range from
different indica/sativa mixes to much awaited all-sativa and all-indica
combinations. The colors are shiny, intense, very eye-catching. They
range from metallic yellow (AMS) to gold (Lemon Skunk), from
metallic red (Big Bang) to purple (Hawaiian Snow), from black (White
Rhino) to white (White Widow).
Growers can buy 5 strains in a single pack, and there will never be
a doubt about the identity of a seed..
The feedback on the color-coated seeds is great, and other companies are starting to copy the idea.