************** SEED COLLECTION*************

Herb & Suds said:

TBH
I grow out a half pack and unless something rocks my world I rarely revisit that pack
C L O N E S ...rule
Life is short

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If you don't mind me asking, what kinda packs have you ran recently? Do you have stable of clones and what are they?

I keep mine in a mason jar in the freezer. I keep them in the original packs, with a couple of dessicant packs in the jars. I'm from Missouri where there is wild hemp all over. The seeds of those plants lay on the ground all winter. They freeze, thaw get rained and snowed on. but don't germinate till the temps warm up in the spring. I keep mine dry but I don't think it's that big of a deal .

m99smith said:

Ok thats good enough for me right now. I usually only have around 50 seeds at a time, just enough to keep me going with a perpetual grow. I also try new strains every grow so I don't usually have the seeds for long, But I'm probably going to start buying some strains I've liked just to keep them incase it gets hard to find them again.

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Only thing that will slow you down is when you find keepers to clone/mother. Your last sentence in your comment is one of the main reasons I "collect" right now. Having the opportunity to pop a slurricane x gushers pack 20 yrs from now sounds pretty cool. Also I'd like to find my own stud male to breed with. I've got some interesting stuff to tinker with.

Cousin_suds said:

I keep mine in a mason jar in the freezer. I keep them in the original packs, with a couple of dessicant packs in the jars. I'm from Missouri where there is wild hemp all over. The seeds of those plants lay on the ground all winter. They freeze, thaw get rained and snowed on. but don't germinate till the temps warm up in the spring. I keep mine dry but I don't think it's that big of a deal .

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I keep mine in the freezer and they germinate fine. Not sure how they'll respond after 10 years in the freezer.

Green Refuge said:

I keep mine in the freezer and they germinate fine. Not sure how they'll respond after 10 years in the freezer.

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Put them in a safe container with some desiccants/rice/etc and you will be fine.

Romulanman said:

Only thing that will slow you down is when you find keepers to clone/mother. Your last sentence in your comment is one of the main reasons I "collect" right now. Having the opportunity to pop a slurricane x gushers pack 20 yrs from now sounds pretty cool. Also I'd like to find my own stud male to breed with. I've got some interesting stuff to tinker with.

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I really liked the Do-Si-Dos, super frosty (most trichome dense plant I've grown) and great smoke, but a bit of a picky strain. Also the Afghan Hash has massive colas, also great smoke with good THC percent. And the Maltezerx was also really nice. The other ones were good too just not as much if a taste or smell.

I'm excited to see how the Bruce Banner and Strawberry Banana do, they look really promising.

I have had a 3 pack of royal limez in my freezer for 3yrs I also have a few packs I have had in the freezer for 18 months they are Ripper seeds zombie kush and double glock but I used to collect seeds but I have used them up over the years but I have popped seeds from the freezer that were 5 years old and they were still viable I store in rice in a sealed container it's addictive seed collecting I love it

Romulanman said:

If you don't mind me asking, what kinda packs have you ran recently? Do you have stable of clones and what are they?

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Twenty 20 Trainwreck , Tdub , Pre 98 bubba
Karmas headbanger
I have a dozen clone only I keep as well
But I'm not advertising

Millo said:

So what do you do with the remaining half? You give it away?

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I have seeds from ten years ago
All are stored in an airtight container in the fridge
Sorta a hoarder

Herb & Suds said:

Twenty 20 Trainwreck , Tdub , Pre 98 bubba
Karmas headbanger
I have a dozen clone only I keep as well
But I'm not advertising

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That's where I was planning on getting some TW. I didn't know whether to grab the Arcata or the Tdub. I have no idea what we used to smoke 20 years ago. How much different are they? Lol I understand those can be tightly held commodities. A dozen mothers or do you just cut new each run? Do you use all of them or change a few out every run? I'm wondering how to get everyone fair playing time.

I don't have a table big enough to spread out all my seeds and take a picture.

I store the crosses I make in small tubes with airtight caps. Those go inside an airtight container with dessicant packs and into the refrigerator. Breeder packs go into the same airtight containers with dessicant packs.

Romulanman said:

That's where I was planning on getting some TW. I didn't know whether to grab the Arcata or the Tdub. I have no idea what we used to smoke 20 years ago. How much different are they? Lol I understand those can be tightly held commodities. A dozen mothers or do you just cut new each run? Do you use all of them or change a few out every run? I'm wondering how to get everyone fair playing time.

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The answer is a grow room not a tent
If I had to choose go with the T dub

theres more but in color coated viles. lol