How do you decide what beans to pop?

Tolerance Break

Tolerance Break

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Not a help thread, just curious how people decide what they're going to grow?

For me it's all about what I'm feeling at the time. Last grow was all pineapple fields, about 5 or 6 seeds, of the ones that popped, I grew and flowered 2 ladies for about 2 runs.

This time around I have 19 plants in veg, 11 DLA 9 from Bohdi, and 8 Consumption x choc thai from AKBB.

Next bean run is either going to be more Pineapple Fields and some Todd Mccormick gear, either NL5 or the ON Haze x NL5 or the Trainwreck x NL5. Unless I change my mind lol

How do yall decide what beans to pop?

Thank you for your time. - TB
 
sandman83

sandman83

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at the moment....dialing in the environments and running freebies/leftovers from a few years back. I'm unreliable about picking a strain and just go off recommendations and pretty pictures though. Never know how it will grow in my environment so its a pop it and find out.
 
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grayeyes

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It is definitely better to have a plan with a detailed knowledge of strains if you are growing indoors. I made a mistake this year and am coping. I started bubblegum which has a short flowering time (mostly indica). I followed that with a sativa, Orange poison. Now both are in flower. Then, probably being greedy, I popped Grand Daddy Purple. All had different start times and different finish times.

Next time I will plan better. This is going to take some juggling.
 
curious2garden

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PopAndSonGrows said:
What are your top choices for that?? Personally, I've never really gotten any "relief" from pain with canna, but admittedly I haven't tried much beyond high THC types. ..?? Maybe I'm not looking in the right place.
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GG#4 (the Joesy Wales clone) has been the best I've found so far but I keep hunting and breeding.

The problem with pain relief is opiates are necessary for somatic pain, cannabis can only help with neuropathic pain. Over time chronic pain patients change from somatic (body created pain) to neuropathic (nerve tract pain). That is why cannabis doesn't 'work' for generic pain. At that point it's still somatic based. But when opiates become less and less effective the pain is shifting type toward neuropathic.

Currently medicine uses Gabapentin (Neurontin) for neuropathic pain but it's a cell wall stabilizer similar to Valproic Acid another type of cell wall stabilizer and I've never seen them be really affective for neuropathic pain. Currently it's all medicine has. However some/many patients report effectiveness and it is approved for PHN (post herpetic neuralgia which is a neuropathic pain type).

Dronabinol has reduced neuropathic pain to manageable levels but the mental effect was depressing and dulling and when you have chronic pain you don't need more depletion of your neurotransmitters. Full spectrum cannabis usually has a better mental profile.

Hopefully that wasn't too much. I could go on and on about the therapeutic benefits of cannabis :)
 
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shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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PopAndSonGrows said:
For me, I kinda feel out "what weed do I feel like smoking? Fruity, savory, skunky/funky, etc?" and I look for something in my bean stash that fits the bill.

My problem is, I change my mind more than a hungry pregnant teenager :lol: lol! So, what I decide on growing next will likely change at a moment's notice.
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I keep my collection lean to avoid choice paralysis and buy on a bet based on what I see someone doing here. I've been fortunate in receiving the odd gift too, like the NL5 I've been growing this year.
 
Powertech

Powertech

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Ohhh that’s tough. I go through beans and I want some of everything. Last few grows though it’s pretty much been, “ok what’s the next few I haven’t had yet?”. I’m looking for the next strain I want to breed into what my “every grow” plants are. Really want a stellar ice cream cake but hard to find, for me anyway
 
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mandocat

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For outdoors I try to find stuff that will do well in my environment. After 5 years I have found a few. Since I am always pollinating at least one cola on a plant, I often run things to see how they turn out. Indoors, I pick things that are similar in flower times and canopy height. I also run the stuff more likely to get mold indoors, as it is too humid here for a lot of the super dense indicas. Sometimes I run stuff because the seeds are getting old. Often I run stuff because the breeder tells such an intriguing story! But when you find a breeder whose stuff does what they say, I tend to explore their catalogues.
 
Kindbud421

Kindbud421

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mandocat said:
For outdoors I try to find stuff that will do well in my environment. After 5 years I have found a few. Since I am always pollinating at least one cola on a plant, I often run things to see how they turn out. Indoors, I pick things that are similar in flower times and canopy height. I also run the stuff more likely to get mold indoors, as it is too humid here for a lot of the super dense indicas. Sometimes I run stuff because the seeds are getting old. Often I run stuff because the breeder tells such an intriguing story! But when you find a breeder whose stuff does what they say, I tend to explore their catalogues.
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Everything I’ve run from Twenty20 and Ethos are as described. Just harvested 2 Ethos Mandarin Zkittlez R1 that smell and taste like orange skittles and Tang. Didn’t get the lavender purple in the pic but definitely worth it… and multiverse beans has a sale on for that cultivar. 5 and 10 pk fem-photos 51 and 83$ respectively
 
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mandocat

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Kindbud421 said:
Everything I’ve run from Twenty20 and Ethos are as described. Just harvested 2 Ethos Mandarin Zkittlez R1 that smell and taste like orange skittles and Tang. Didn’t get the lavender purple in the pic but definitely worth it… and multiverse beans has a sale on for that cultivar. 5 and 10 pk fem-photos 51 and 83$ respectively
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I always like to hear about breeders that walk their talk! For me, Oregon Green Seeds, Kingdom Of Organic Seeds, Dutch Blooms and Lyme Rising Farms are in that category! Currently checking out a couple of other breeders that I believe will also fall into that category.
 
MissinThe90’sStrains

MissinThe90’sStrains

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I like to pop about 10-12 seeds at a time to hunt. I like to go through my freebie and half packs this way, hunting for keepers. I usually try to pop varieties that are pretty different from each other, to have different kinds of smoke until the next run. I’m searching for keepers to fill my stable and get a nice rotation of flavors, effects, and rare nostalgia (I got rid of my moms when we moved, and started up new a few years ago). I’m old now and the laws here suck (can’t grow, no recreational), so I don’t have a network of people to trade with anymore and no frame of reference, so kinda testing/taking recommendations until I know what I like “officially” and can put a name to it.
 
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mandocat

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MissinThe90’sStrains said:
I like to pop about 10-12 seeds at a time to hunt. I like to go through my freebie and half packs this way, hunting for keepers. I usually try to pop varieties that are pretty different from each other, to have different kinds of smoke until the next run. I’m searching for keepers to fill my stable and get a nice rotation of flavors, effects, and rare nostalgia (I got rid of my moms when we moved, and started up new a few years ago). I’m old now and the laws here suck (can’t grow, no recreational), so I don’t have a network of people to trade with anymore and no frame of reference, so kinda testing/taking recommendations until I know what I like “officially” and can put a name to it.
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Even though we have dispensaries here, the weed is all based on visual appeal and high numbers. I have to grow my own in order to get a variety of effects and aromas that don't "fit the market".
 
Kindbud421

Kindbud421

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mandocat said:
I always like to hear about breeders that walk their talk! For me, Oregon Green Seeds, Kingdom Of Organic Seeds, Dutch Blooms and Lyme Rising Farms are in that category! Currently checking out a couple of other breeders that I believe will also fall into that category.
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I’ve been wanting to try “citrus milf from hydrored. They look super awesome. I think it’s a sati hybrid but flowers are almost a pinkish white.
 
Kindbud421

Kindbud421

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mandocat said:
Even though we have dispensaries here, the weed is all based on visual appeal and high numbers. I have to grow my own in order to get a variety of effects and aromas that don't "fit the market".
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Sorry, won’t do it! My bud is better and with the newest news about HLV , I won’t even bring it in my house. Can spread from processed buds sold at dispensaries, clones, seeds, if it gets on your hands you could affect your whole grow. I’ll do dabs, wax from them cus they go thru a purifying process and vac purge… but not flower, seeds or clones
 
Tolerance Break

Tolerance Break

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Love the responses here!

I would never tell someone my weed relieves pain, but when I'm back on the hog after a break, I get so fucking high on sativas that I forget I have pain. Smoked an indica recently that got me rambling something fierce, and I couldnt feel anything but sleepy. My pain is more related to tense muscles from stress and posture, so there's that.

As much as I love growing, it takes time. Research is free and provides me with unlimited rabbit holes and seemingly endless discoveries. This makes the choice of what to grow a huge pain. I am trying @MissinThe90’sStrains method this go with the pheno hunt of two totally opposite strains, and while I'm still in the sexing stage, I must say I like where it's going.
 
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