My partner and I were having a discussion last night that I would like some professional input on. The topic came up through another topic we were discussing. In this post, both topics will be brought to light, as I'm hoping to clear up any misunderstandings he or I may have about the subjects in question.
Last night, I brought it up to him that we should, perhaps, consider growing 2 of the feminized seeds we've received, picking the best of the two after letting it veg for 4 or so weeks, and then take clones from it to start the 4-6 plant grow plan we have in the works and throw the other away. This would mean using less of the seeds we have to get more of the plants we want, but it will add another month onto our growing cycle doing it this way, being that I don't have more than one grow space. My buddy is quite the devil's advocate, which keeps me on my toes when trying to develop a strategy for what we want to do, so he naturally has opposed me. Instead, he thinks we should sprout as many females as we can and just let them go, instead of growing 2 from seed, picking the best, and cloning her after we have enough branches to do so.
I brought this up for two reasons. 1, it would seem to me that, by picking and cloning the best pheno of the two, we would have uniform plants all around being that they came from the same mother/pheno. 2, the seeds we received are not straight from the distributor. The person I purchased my light and nutrients package from, threw the seeds in. I believe he stressed one of the plants to make it herm and these are the resulting seeds. That, or one sprouted male and he let it go with the rest of the crop. In all, I have approximately 25 or so seeds. But here's the kicker, very few of the seeds appear to be matured. There are few that are dark in color... most of them are white, though plump. I haven't done any research on this, if anybody would be willing to enlighten me on using immature seeds.
Moving along, we'll get to the original point of this post: Bag Seed vs Tried and True Genetics. This past week, one of my long standing associates purchased a couple ounces of dro. This particular strain is nameless, which leads me to believe it is homegrown from bagseed... this particular "dro" still sells for the same amount here, though it is far less crystal-laden than tried and true genetic strains mostly are. I personally still consider it reggie, because it isn't tried and true genetics, but because it was not packaged and still retains most of it's dro-like properties, it sells for the same on our streets. In the bag he received, he found approximately 20 seeds... seeds that he wants to give my partner and I to grow, free of upfront charge... just wants some of the bud from the harvest, if we grow it. This is where you guys come in. My devil's advocate partner has informed me that the dro these seeds came from was 'good' but it wasn't the high grade cannabis that comes from tried and true strains with stable genetics.
As most of you have read from my previous posts, I am low-income, and plan on selling part of my harvest in addition to what I'm keeping. I don't think I will have too much of an issue pushing it, should we decide to grow it, but I still get this inkling that it would make me look better as a dealer, to be able to offer a strain name for prospective buyers' personal research. Yes, theoretically, I could just label it myself and sell it that way, but my moral beliefs tell me that this would be fraudulent, and I do not want to negatively effect my credibility as a supplier, so I've opted to not name it myself, if we do decide to grow it. That being said, what would you do if you were in my particular situation? Grow the dro bag seed and sell it, because the seeds are technically free, afterall? Grow the immature seeds I received for free with my equipment purchase? Or would you just toss them altogether and purchase a tried and true genetic strain from one of the popular seed banks?
-nasty
Last night, I brought it up to him that we should, perhaps, consider growing 2 of the feminized seeds we've received, picking the best of the two after letting it veg for 4 or so weeks, and then take clones from it to start the 4-6 plant grow plan we have in the works and throw the other away. This would mean using less of the seeds we have to get more of the plants we want, but it will add another month onto our growing cycle doing it this way, being that I don't have more than one grow space. My buddy is quite the devil's advocate, which keeps me on my toes when trying to develop a strategy for what we want to do, so he naturally has opposed me. Instead, he thinks we should sprout as many females as we can and just let them go, instead of growing 2 from seed, picking the best, and cloning her after we have enough branches to do so.
I brought this up for two reasons. 1, it would seem to me that, by picking and cloning the best pheno of the two, we would have uniform plants all around being that they came from the same mother/pheno. 2, the seeds we received are not straight from the distributor. The person I purchased my light and nutrients package from, threw the seeds in. I believe he stressed one of the plants to make it herm and these are the resulting seeds. That, or one sprouted male and he let it go with the rest of the crop. In all, I have approximately 25 or so seeds. But here's the kicker, very few of the seeds appear to be matured. There are few that are dark in color... most of them are white, though plump. I haven't done any research on this, if anybody would be willing to enlighten me on using immature seeds.
Moving along, we'll get to the original point of this post: Bag Seed vs Tried and True Genetics. This past week, one of my long standing associates purchased a couple ounces of dro. This particular strain is nameless, which leads me to believe it is homegrown from bagseed... this particular "dro" still sells for the same amount here, though it is far less crystal-laden than tried and true genetic strains mostly are. I personally still consider it reggie, because it isn't tried and true genetics, but because it was not packaged and still retains most of it's dro-like properties, it sells for the same on our streets. In the bag he received, he found approximately 20 seeds... seeds that he wants to give my partner and I to grow, free of upfront charge... just wants some of the bud from the harvest, if we grow it. This is where you guys come in. My devil's advocate partner has informed me that the dro these seeds came from was 'good' but it wasn't the high grade cannabis that comes from tried and true strains with stable genetics.
As most of you have read from my previous posts, I am low-income, and plan on selling part of my harvest in addition to what I'm keeping. I don't think I will have too much of an issue pushing it, should we decide to grow it, but I still get this inkling that it would make me look better as a dealer, to be able to offer a strain name for prospective buyers' personal research. Yes, theoretically, I could just label it myself and sell it that way, but my moral beliefs tell me that this would be fraudulent, and I do not want to negatively effect my credibility as a supplier, so I've opted to not name it myself, if we do decide to grow it. That being said, what would you do if you were in my particular situation? Grow the dro bag seed and sell it, because the seeds are technically free, afterall? Grow the immature seeds I received for free with my equipment purchase? Or would you just toss them altogether and purchase a tried and true genetic strain from one of the popular seed banks?
-nasty