Suzy's Cannabis World Blog

This year it is exactly 50 years since the Dutch tolerance policy was introduced in 1976 and coffeeshops sprung up all around the country and flourished to almost 2000 around the country in the nineties. Since then, the country has only had right leaning governments and the total number of coffeeshops is now down to under 600.

Since the first of January 2026 cannabis has been partly legalized in the Czech Republic, located in the center of Europe. Czech adults are since this date allowed to grow up to 3 cannabis plants at home and have up to 100 grams of dried cannabis at home. In public it is allowed to carry up to 25 grams.

There are two ways to start your own grow: buying cannabis seeds, or buying cuttings. But while it’s legal to buy and import cannabis seeds from Germany, a court in Cologne recently ruled that selling and buying cuttings however is not. In this article we delve into the recent ruling.

In the Netherlands, where medicinal cannabis has been prescribable since 2003, only 5% of ~130,000 patients get it from pharmacies—94% opt for homegrow or coffeeshops despite legal risks like prosecution, evictions, and the Damocles Act. The blog explores this trend: A monopolized system (e.g., gamma-irradiated Bedrocan strains losing terps), high barriers, and patient preference for fresh, personalized grows.

Autoflowering and photosensitive plants go through the same stages in their life cycle and growing them is not very different. However, there are a few things to keep in mind when growing autoflowers because they develop slightly differently.

Thailand legalized cannabis in 2022 and has since seen a boom in tourists coming to Thailand to enjoy cannabis. But new regulations could impact foreign visitors to the country.

Guerrilla growing involves cultivating cannabis in hidden, natural locations to avoid detection, making it ideal for growers seeking privacy. In this guide, we’ll share how to guerilla grow cannabis step-by-step, offer guerilla growing tips for beginners, and recommend the best strains for 2025.

Following up on our Amsterdam blog from April 2021 about the mayor’s plan to ban tourists from the famous Dutch coffeeshops, we come to share good and bad news. The excellent news is tourists are still and will remain to be welcome in the Dutch coffeeshops. Albeit that the city is still worried about too many tourists coming to the city. The only thing that can be considered bad news is that in a trade-off with the city council, the smoking of cannabis in the red light district will be banned from halfway May.

Spring is about to begin. Spring is in the air and cannabis enthusiasts are already feeling the itch. But it is still very early in the year, because the amount of sunlight hours in a day is not enough for the plant to grow and the nights are still very cold with a chance of frost. There are several tricks you can use to improve the quality and yield in the outdoor growing season. We at Suzy Seeds would like to share it with you.

Growing cannabis for your own use has many advantages. Growing weed at home gives you the certainty that you are always provided with a small supply. Patients who grow medical cannabis also benefit from this. Growing cannabis yourself has a therapeutic effect in itself and you know that you have clean weed. By growing different strains at the same time, you have more variation in your stock.