ElmerS
Active Member
Total newbie here.... and I don't smoke that much
I know there are Cannabis Cups and people win awards for new and fantastic cultivars, but...
Seems to me that marijuana plants can produce LOTS and LOTS of seeds and that at $10 a bean.... someone can make a lot of money off seeds from one single plant...
Seems to me that everybody and his brother have strains that have names that sound like other strains that supposedly came from or they possibly just want their seeds to sound like the latest and greatest strain that is all the rage currently for sales purposes without any genetic connection to the strain they are including in their name....
Seems to me that even if some companies may not be regarded as "pollen chuckers" that there is such an incentive to come up with something new and exciting to sell; and that to do that takes a fair bit of time to stabilize ....
And people collect seeds which seems strange to me as seeds are only viable for so long ....
In other words, I'm rather cynical when it comes the latest and greatest cultivars....
SO, I'm just wondering what the overall consensus is regarding strain "hype" ...
Probably I just am too new to all of this or maybe, like when I tried to develop a palate for wine, I just don't have the nose or taste buds to be a discerning connoisseur.
How many of you who are personal growers are always looking for something new and how many of you have a cultivar that you just like and grow and "stick with" with an occasional oddball seed or clone you got from a friend to grow "just for fun" or for a little variety.
Just curious
I know there are Cannabis Cups and people win awards for new and fantastic cultivars, but...
Seems to me that marijuana plants can produce LOTS and LOTS of seeds and that at $10 a bean.... someone can make a lot of money off seeds from one single plant...
Seems to me that everybody and his brother have strains that have names that sound like other strains that supposedly came from or they possibly just want their seeds to sound like the latest and greatest strain that is all the rage currently for sales purposes without any genetic connection to the strain they are including in their name....
Seems to me that even if some companies may not be regarded as "pollen chuckers" that there is such an incentive to come up with something new and exciting to sell; and that to do that takes a fair bit of time to stabilize ....
And people collect seeds which seems strange to me as seeds are only viable for so long ....
In other words, I'm rather cynical when it comes the latest and greatest cultivars....
SO, I'm just wondering what the overall consensus is regarding strain "hype" ...
Probably I just am too new to all of this or maybe, like when I tried to develop a palate for wine, I just don't have the nose or taste buds to be a discerning connoisseur.
How many of you who are personal growers are always looking for something new and how many of you have a cultivar that you just like and grow and "stick with" with an occasional oddball seed or clone you got from a friend to grow "just for fun" or for a little variety.
Just curious