Why are people acting like this is a heisen vs gu thing? This is about gu’s business practices plain and simple. If heisen was stealing photos, selling untested chucks, and using a known shady CC processor, I’d be bitching about it in his thread. But as far as I know, he hasn’t sold shit.
Resorting to ad hominem attacks is the sign of someone without an actual compelling argument. If you think gu’s business practices are fine, then say that. Don’t resort to attacking someone else’s character as though it resolves gu of any of his own shit. It doesn’t. You might not like heisen, but his criticisms have always been legitimate and accurate.
Re: Gu’s tired male. For the record, I don’t think Stardawg is bad. @Tangerine_’s Stardawg IX plant is full on one of the best looking plants I’ve seen posted on here. It looks fucking incredible.
Which makes sense. JJ clearly grows a lot. He’s constantly using new males, indicating that some actual selection is going on. Additionally, he focuses on what he does best. Top Dawg is where you go for chem, OG, haze, and sour. Any hype surrounding Top Dawg is from what he built himself (with the help of some good cuts to start things off).
Gu’s crosses are on the complete opposite end of the spectrum. He’s taking advantage of existing hype by using whatever popular cuts he can get. Only, the male he uses has been proven to be so dominant in crosses, that it overwhelms the mother in the majority of phenos. That is perfectly fine if your hope is to create a great chem line, but nobody is getting Grape Pie or Wedding Cake or Gelato or Blue Dream or Banana OG cross hoping for chem dominant plants. That’s one of the issues here. Gu’s thought process isn’t “what would pair well with my male?”, it’s “is this cut popular? Then throw her in”. IMO, you do the same thing with an OG type male, and the results would be much better. OG pairs well with almost anything, and seems to add to the offspring without overwhelming characteristics from the mother. Stardawg isn’t tired or played out. Gu’s line is from his haphazard crosses to whatever.
*Friendly reminder. Don’t buy the MAC1 cross. There’s plenty of evidence that the specific MAC1 cuts offspring are a complete mess. You’ll likely need to plant a 100 seeds to find one decent plant. There are going to be dozens of MAC crosses out within a few months, bred from MAC cuts that don’t have issues. Hell, Cap is going to release MAC F2 x MAC packs for $69 next year. Save your money for one of those, instead of relying on someone who doesn’t test to produce decent seeds from a potentially problematic plant. You’re just throwing your money away, and supporting shady practices. Again, Gu is well aware of the MAC1 issues and has already experienced the low seed production. He just doesn’t care, because even if he still has to replace packs, he’s still got your money.