Just to play "Devil's Advocate" for a minute on the seed bank & breeder issues, which I do agree with...
Think for a minute how many seeds are ordered and killed by noobs who just don't know what they're doing?
The first 50 pages of my first journal is me killing seeds and blaming everything from the breeder for selecting bad seeds, the distributor for not offering replacements, STG for being a crappy medium, and the post office for possibly radiating my seed package.
Somehow, these days, I'm able to get seeds through the mail and get the majority to germinate, even when I use the STG cubes!
My only point is that, I can understand to SOME extent that no one wants to guarantee that their seeds germinate.
There is a big difference, though, when they all germinate and 100% are males, IMHO.
There's also a difference, IMHO, between a known/experienced grower and and unknown/noob/anonymous customer, which is an argument to try, if possible, to create some relationships with some of the breeders & distributors in the industry and/or sponsors on this site.
I think, if they know you're an experienced grower and you tell them you received a bad batch of seeds it will carry a lot more weight than from someone unknown to them.
It's also an argument to get into cloning & breeding to become somewhat independent. Even though I haven't started my breeding program yet, I look at all seed purchases as simply an investment in genetics.
From my first order of 10 seeds, I easily harvested well over 100 plants from cloning, etc.
It's much more expensive if you're purchasing autos or buying seeds just to grow a single plant and replace it with another seed. And, it really blows when you only have one seed of a specific strain you want that doesn't germinate!
In short, ANY/ALL bad seeds suck, but just part of growing!
Think for a minute how many seeds are ordered and killed by noobs who just don't know what they're doing?
The first 50 pages of my first journal is me killing seeds and blaming everything from the breeder for selecting bad seeds, the distributor for not offering replacements, STG for being a crappy medium, and the post office for possibly radiating my seed package.
Somehow, these days, I'm able to get seeds through the mail and get the majority to germinate, even when I use the STG cubes!
My only point is that, I can understand to SOME extent that no one wants to guarantee that their seeds germinate.
There is a big difference, though, when they all germinate and 100% are males, IMHO.
There's also a difference, IMHO, between a known/experienced grower and and unknown/noob/anonymous customer, which is an argument to try, if possible, to create some relationships with some of the breeders & distributors in the industry and/or sponsors on this site.
I think, if they know you're an experienced grower and you tell them you received a bad batch of seeds it will carry a lot more weight than from someone unknown to them.
It's also an argument to get into cloning & breeding to become somewhat independent. Even though I haven't started my breeding program yet, I look at all seed purchases as simply an investment in genetics.
From my first order of 10 seeds, I easily harvested well over 100 plants from cloning, etc.
It's much more expensive if you're purchasing autos or buying seeds just to grow a single plant and replace it with another seed. And, it really blows when you only have one seed of a specific strain you want that doesn't germinate!
In short, ANY/ALL bad seeds suck, but just part of growing!
almost forgot...
I love that you will have some help and not be doing everything on your own.
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