Strain Hunters ???

TonightYou

TonightYou

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Breeders are just like any other form of consumerism, only in our case mostly illegal market. No reason not to praise or knock a breeder. Fucking nonsense otherwise. How else are we as consumers suppose to know where we should spend our hard earned money for solid genetics? Maybe you like playing a dice game, but I'm not wasting time, energy and resources on shit.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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HighLife4Me said:
People that say a seed bank is bad is because they had plants turn out bad or they read it somewhere. That right there tells you their growing ability. Good growers don't grow bad plants. I don't care what the strain is. You will understand what a dialed in room is capable of after you get more experience. Until then keep on hating.
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I've only grown one strain from GHS so I don't really have enough history with them to comment one way or another, but "good growers don't grow bad plants"???????

This is the second time in this past week that someone on this forum has made that type of comment, and it baffles me. Have you ever germinated a pack of seeds? Are you trying to tell me that every single one is great? All keepers? No runts, none that taste like shit, none that lack a punch?

Maybe we just disagree on what a bad plant is.
 
SeedHo

SeedHo

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tonightyou if this be this case then why are grower standing in line to buy the flavor of the week. if a breeder takes the time to stabilize a strain how can they come out with it in just one season. today pollen slingers are the norm, this shows more if you see a strain run out at the banks but the breeder can`t replace it or it takes them a few seasons to do so. its all a gamble, you can only put so much into what someone else does or says before you have to find the answer on your own.
 
HighLife4Me

HighLife4Me

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st0wandgrow said:
I've only grown one strain from GHS so I don't really have enough history with them to comment one way or another, but "good growers don't grow bad plants"???????

This is the second time in this past week that someone on this forum has made that type of comment, and it baffles me. Have you ever germinated a pack of seeds? Are you trying to tell me that every single one is great? All keepers? No runts, none that taste like shit, none that lack a punch?

Maybe we just disagree on what a bad plant is.
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A bad plant to me is one that wont get me high. I should of clarified. People take sayings different ways. Everything i grow in my room will get me high. Every strain i bring in will get me high. I have not run into a bad strain in years. The reason that is, is because i know environment. That's the only conclusion that i can gather by not growing bad plants.

It takes time and experience to understand this. Sadly, the forums are flooded with tons of beginner growers shooting off opinions.
 
st0wandgrow

st0wandgrow

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HighLife4Me said:
A bad plant to me is one that wont get me high. I should of clarified. People take sayings different ways. Everything i grow in my room will get me high. Every strain i bring in will get me high. I have not run into a bad strain in years. The reason that is, is because i know environment. That's the only conclusion that i can gather by not growing bad plants.

It takes time and experience to understand this. Sadly, the forums are flooded with tons of beginner growers shooting off opinions.
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OK, then the reason you haven't "grown a bad strain in years" is because of your definition, not your enviornment. By that definition I've *never* grown a bad strain. They all got me high ...... to varying degrees. If you set the bar that low, then we are talking two different things. Of course marijuana is going to get you high. Even the Mexican brick weed gets you high. I want something more than just that though. If a plant isn't pleasing to smell and taste, and doesn't get me VERY high, with a nice effect it is culled from the garden. The ones that are culled aren't all what I'd call bad, but they don't stay around just because they give me a buzz.
 
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SeedHo

SeedHo

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tonightyou i don`t know about hightimes haven`t read one since the `80`s, but i do know that these boards are more of a marketing tool than most realize. how are you going to know that the genetics speak for themselves if you don`t try them for yourself, i guess you could put it in the hands of what some virtual personality says. what i originally said was that i choose not to knock or praise any breeder, that is my choice. i said that to keep the fanboys at bay, because the breeders i`ve had junk strains from or wasted hard earned cash on are in the fanboy range. no harm no foul......
 
TonightYou

TonightYou

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I may have only a few years of growing cannabis, but I've been a gardener for over 15 years or more. Gardening is something I grew up in and has been a part of my life at a very early age. To be honest, plants are plants. Environment plays a role, as does ensuring the plants have the needed nutritional needs. If you can grow a tomato plant, you can grow cannabis. It isn't exactly rocket science. If your bar is so low that anything that gets you high is a winner, then you simply have low standards. Cannabis makes my life easier and the genetic selection plays a very large role in what you put in is what you get out. Start with shit, end with shit
 
TonightYou

TonightYou

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I wouldn't disagree that these boards can be a form of marketing. Perhaps the best form of marketing as we growers can see how other people's experiences are with different breeders. I don't see that as a bad thing
 
canna_420

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HighLife4Me said:
Growing some Flower Bomb Kush atm from Strain Hunters(still seedling). I have grown over 10 strains (multiple times) from GHS only one of witch i didn't like. Kalashnikova. The rest turned out great. People who say GHS is not a good source for seeds either never grown them or don't know how to grow. I have grown strains from more then 15 reputable seed banks. Trust me when i say a lot of it depends on the grower and their ability to dial in different strains. People knocking seed banks should be knocking the shitty growers.
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Ive run a few GHS, So glad I dont own any .


Trainwreck Majority hermed , the rest was wank to smoke not a great strain.
Bubba kush was the only strain Ive ever ad Straight males from a Female strain. Pics here online someplace.
Thats when I found out the female - money back Guarantee they give is fake, If you did not buy from GHS website they wont honour it, or if it was germinated (legal reasons they say)
Im guessing thats because they would go bust if they honoured refunds.
Noobs that use GHS have neither grown the original cup winners at Mr nice seedbank or they are new to smoking-growing and yet to try real pot

It makes me laught they try useing a strain hunters label , go around the world then produce very sad hacks from their old stock.. Bravo..
 
Wavels

Wavels

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Well, I have grown out only one strain of GHS seeds.
The only reason I tried GHS Kalashnikova was because of a positive write up in High Times Mag.
I purchased 10 fem seeds, started eight of them. They all grew great, plants looked good, robust and easy.
After harvesting the eight girls, disappointment set in big time. Only one of the eight plants could get me high at all.
And even this plant was mediocre at best, in that, the buzz was woefully inferior and the taste was unimpressive.
Keep in mind that I have grown AK-47 and White Widow many times, and I have thoroughly enjoyed both of these strains over many years.

Conclusion being that Kalashnikova is the very worst so-called strain that I have ever grown out in over forty years of growing ganja.

Caveat emptor big time baby!

I will never, ever, try any other GHS "strain" again. I will also never consider High Times Magazine as being capable of providing even remotely good advice ever again!

See, I killed two damn bad birds with one stone...good riddance.
 
canna_420

canna_420

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Wavels said:
Well, I have grown out only one strain of GHS seeds.
The only reason I tried GHS Kalashnikova was because of a positive write up in High Times Mag.
I purchased 10 fem seeds, started eight of them. They all grew great, plants looked good, robust and easy.
After harvesting the eight girls, disappointment set in big time. Only one of the eight plants could get me high at all.
And even this plant was mediocre at best, in that, the buzz was woefully inferior and the taste was unimpressive.
Keep in mind that I have grown AK-47 and White Widow many times, and I have thoroughly enjoyed both of these strains over many years.

Conclusion being that Kalashnikova is the very worst so-called strain that I have ever grown out in over forty years of growing ganja.

Caveat emptor big time baby!

I will never, ever, try any other GHS "strain" again. I will also never consider High Times Magazine as being capable of providing even remotely good advice ever again!

See, I killed two damn bad birds with one stone...good riddance.
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I noticed you siad White widow.
I bet it was not a GHS cup winner?????

Honest opinion on White widow is if your buying it go look at Seedsman, Tom as mentioned many times that he sourced his Widow from Shantibaba (Original GHS breeder that as NOTHING to do with them anymore) after the 2007 UK Hemp expo.

Or go look on MR nice auctions they have awsome bargians
 
toaster struedel

toaster struedel

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You have to take everything in stride you ask for people's opinions and exp with them. Mine everything I tried from them, didn't sprout hermied, or was a mutant. But that's just my personal exp with them, I have seen others more fortunate. I don't think it has anything to do with skill or where I bought my seeds. Just luck!!!
 
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kindnug

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That's most peoples personal experience with them.

Single freebie of "The Church" from 2001 that was nothing like the description.
It was a 14 week Sativa with 0 effects(only plant EVER) and tasted mostly like lemongrass/leafy/nasty.
It didn't herm, but it is the worst plant I've ever grown.

Dinafem Cloud #9 turned out just like the description, identical to the picture they use.
Tasted exactly like it smelled> Skunky/Fruity/Peppery/Haze + twists your mind for 3+hr before sleepy/munchies sets in.

Can you blame the environment for every terrible plant?
 
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