many Dutch children growing up, Karma, the breeder behind Karma Genetics, experimented with outdoor growing from an early age -- and after nurturing his first crop outside, he was hooked. Another Overgrow.com alumni, Karma traded clones and seeds online in order to develop a quiver of interesting breeding stock to choose from. After years of working with elite genetics, he was able to produce some truly incredible award-winning strains.

Karma won third-place indica at the 2010 Cannabis Cup for his White OG, and took home third-place sativa for Dominator the very next year. Also, his Biker Kush and Ghostrider OG are two of the finest and most intoxicating varieties available in seed form. He’s especially excited about a special strain known as Happy Brother, an intense indica that hasmany exotic strains avail- able outside the traditional Amsterdam scene.

At the 22nd Annual Cannabis Cup in 2009, Hortilab took home first place for Best Indica with Starbud as well as third place in the seed-company sativa category with their Sour Power, while water hash made from Starbud won first place in the seed-company concentrates category the following year. More prizes have followed and will undoubtedly continue to roll in.

Team Hortilab says: “Thank you for this honor! Working with only the best and carefully selected breeding stock enables our breeders to produce seeds that stand out in flavor, potency and yield, combining old and new genetics. We’re opening our retail seed shop in Valkenburgerstraat 152 (not far from Coffeeshop Bluebird and the Green House Waterlooplein), which will be featuring