Drops

The seed drops

Twice a year we release seeds on Patreon from the latest seed collecting trips. Learn more about our Patreon dropshere.

10drops since 2021
39,930seeds released
6countries collected in
71members
119slots open

Upcoming drops

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Uttarakhand

Late summer 2026

Bella and Roy went up from the plains in August 2025 and spent two months climbing: Champawat and Lohaghat, the Saur and Kali valleys, Budhi at 2,700 metres, feral populations over 3,200 metres in the Darma and Johar valleys, Munsyari, the Pindar valley, and Niti a few kilometres short of Tibet. 61 accessions came back and about 50 of them are going out. Seed is in the US, European packs are made up and waiting in France, and the packaging is the one thing still in transit.

Collected onUttarakhand 2025

What goes out · 14 lines
  • Champawat
  • Lohaghat
  • Saur valley
  • Kali valley
  • Budhi
  • Darma valley
  • Johar valley glacier selections
  • Munsyari
  • Khati
  • Karmi
  • Teekh
  • Dhoor
  • Niti
  • Lambagad
Announced

Sri Lanka and Cambodia

End of 2026

Dry zone Sri Lankan seed, where as far as we know nobody has collected, and the 2026 Cambodia collecting. Kirivong is the reason this one exists: the fields it came from are gone and what sits in the fridge may be most of what is left anywhere.

Collected onCambodia 2026Sri Lanka 2026

What goes out · 4 lines
  • Kalawelgala
  • Galge
  • Kirivong
  • Stung Kaeo

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The tiers

Drops go to members. Pick a tier and every drop that ships while you are in it arrives with that tier's packs, the rarest material weighted upward. Patreon caps each tier, so the ladder below is the whole supply: a full tier stays full until somebody leaves.

Every tier gets the same access. What changes is the seed and the discount.

  • Seed packs from every drop while you are a member
  • Access to members-only genetics
  • The private community, on Discord and off it
  • Priority at online workshops, seminars and livestreams
  • Members-only articles and updates

Zomia Collective Member

€7.50 a month

  • 3 packs a drop
  • 15% off the shop

39 of 100 members · 61 open

Landrace Enthusiast

€25 a month

  • 10 or more packs a drop
  • 20% off the shop

20 of 50 members · 30 open

Landrace Collector

€50 a month

  • 25 or more packs a drop
  • 25% off the shop

5 of 25 members · 20 open

Landrace Breeder

€100 a month

  • 50 or more packs a drop
  • 30% off the shop
  • A vote on where the next expeditions go

7 of 15 members · 8 open

Member counts are the dashboard reading of 26 August 2026.

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Every drop so far

Two a year, winter and summer, since 2021.

2026

West Bengal

January 2026

Four months in West Bengal surveying the landrace populations of the Dooars, Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and the Kalimpong hills.

9,000 seeds900 packs40 accessions168 patrons

Collected onWest Bengal 2025

2025

Isan and Laos

March 2025

A winter based in Sakhon Nakhon, the farms of Phu Phan and the Kut Bak plateau and surroundings, with a short trip to Laos.

3,430 seeds343 packs12 accessions46 patrons

Collected onIsan winter 2024 to 2025Laos 2025

What went out · 11 lines
  • Khun Aek
  • Krabangkham
  • Mama Somchai
  • Nan Toeng
  • Ta Lo Farm
  • Amanda Farm
  • Khun Don's Mango Tail IBL
  • Pakse general population
  • Kroeng Krawia
  • Suriyan's selection
  • Slowman Foytong selection

Summer 2025

being recovered

Announced in a patron-only post we are still going through. It takes its place here once the record is pieced back together.

2024

Laos, Vietnam and Himachal

Announced December 2023, shipped around April 2024

Three trips in one drop: the Nam Ou and Xayaboury, five Sapa village hemp lines, and elite Himachal selections.

10,000 seeds1,000 packs20 accessions185 patrons

Collected onHimachal 2023Vietnam 2023Laos 2023

What went out · 11 lines
  • Nong Khiaw
  • Xayaboury Madness
  • Sapa village hemp, five lines
  • Malana
  • Rasol
  • Grahan
  • Ja
  • Tosco
  • Oridhar
  • Vairam
  • Atolang

Late 2024

being recovered

Announced in a patron-only post we are still going through. It takes its place here once the record is pieced back together.

2023

Cambodia

October to November 2023

The wide Cambodia run, Kirivong to Mondulkiri. Four tiers, the top of them in breeder quantities of 200 seeds.

8,000 seeds800 packs13 accessions150 patrons

Collected onCambodia 2022Cambodia 2023

What went out · 13 lines
  • Khmer OG
  • Cambodian Red
  • Phnom Bayang
  • Ta Ou
  • Pha-aok
  • Chum Kiri
  • Kao Sla
  • Prey Peay
  • Chey Leak
  • Chamka Kas
  • Prey Lang
  • Ou Rieng
  • Prek Svay

Parvati Valley

January 2023

Three months alone through Kullu, Parvati and Malana, drawn down into a selection of the rarest material per tier. Over 70 accessions went into it.

6,000 seeds600 packs70 accessions120 patrons

Collected onHimachal 2022

What went out · 4 lines
  • Malana
  • Rasol
  • Grahan
  • Rumsu

Summer 2023

being recovered

Announced in a patron-only post we are still going through. It takes its place here once the record is pieced back together.

2022

Ko Chang

May 2022

Island Thai seed, off a month on Koh Chang while legalisation was still being whispered about.

1,500 seeds150 packs6 accessions45 patrons

Collected onKoh Chang 2022

2021

Thailand expedition

December 2021

The first drop, four months after the Patreon opened. The list came through Piano and Thut rather than off the road, and the Cambodian seed of that first trip went out with it without ever reaching the register.

2,000 seeds200 packs12 accessions40 patrons

Collected onCambodia 2021Northern Thailand 2021

How a drop works

Every member gets packs out of every drop, more at the higher tiers, with the rarest material weighted upward. The ladder above carries the current prices and pack counts. Membership also discounts the shop, and loyalty bonuses land at one, two and three years. Europe ships from France and North America ships from the United States, which is why packaging travels before seed does.

A drop is the whole return of a trip going out at once, months before any of it reaches the shop, and it is what pays for the next trip. The shop sells single packs of what is already listed, all year.

Get on the next one

The winter drop is Sri Lanka and Cambodia, built around what is left of Kirivong. Members hear first and the drop goes to them.

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