Vanayakananda
Member
I'm about to start my second grow, and need advice.
Four months ago I ordered and received seeds from Amsterdam Seed Co. I bought 10 Shiva Shanti, and included were 20 "free" seeds, strain unknown.
I germinated them, grew them, and harvested them. I would have to say my first grow was a success, but a limited one. It has provided the wife and I with a decent amount of weed, but as anyone who read my last few posts knows, a stray hermaphrodite managed to pollinate all my females. In the end, I harvested two Shiva Shanti females and one from the unknown strain, and all three are loaded with seeds.
When I ordered the seeds, I had them mailed to my house under my name (At the time my home was 100% clean). The package arrived unopened and untampered with. I believe it is safe to assume this package made it through uninspected.
My dilemma: I have thousands of seeds I can use to start my next grow, BUT I am unsure of their LINEAGE! Why? Because, while I am sure that the seeds from the two females have Shiva Shanti mothers (obviously!) there is no way to know if the fathers were potent Shiva Shanti plants, or were plants of questionable potency.
I am reluctant to start a new grow with seeds that are of unknown qualities. Am I making too much of this? Even if it ends up that some or all of my second wave are a hybrid of the known and unknown strains, it should still be a damn decent strain, don't you think?
I would happily spend $100 for more seeds from Amsterdam again, but now that I am living in an active grow house, I am not willing to take any chances with the post office again. And incidentally, I am not comfortable asking a friend to accept a package for me.
So, the question is for the real botanists out there: is it likely my 2nd generation seeds are of sufficient quality to make it worthwhile to go ahead with these for my next grow?
Four months ago I ordered and received seeds from Amsterdam Seed Co. I bought 10 Shiva Shanti, and included were 20 "free" seeds, strain unknown.
I germinated them, grew them, and harvested them. I would have to say my first grow was a success, but a limited one. It has provided the wife and I with a decent amount of weed, but as anyone who read my last few posts knows, a stray hermaphrodite managed to pollinate all my females. In the end, I harvested two Shiva Shanti females and one from the unknown strain, and all three are loaded with seeds.
When I ordered the seeds, I had them mailed to my house under my name (At the time my home was 100% clean). The package arrived unopened and untampered with. I believe it is safe to assume this package made it through uninspected.
My dilemma: I have thousands of seeds I can use to start my next grow, BUT I am unsure of their LINEAGE! Why? Because, while I am sure that the seeds from the two females have Shiva Shanti mothers (obviously!) there is no way to know if the fathers were potent Shiva Shanti plants, or were plants of questionable potency.
I am reluctant to start a new grow with seeds that are of unknown qualities. Am I making too much of this? Even if it ends up that some or all of my second wave are a hybrid of the known and unknown strains, it should still be a damn decent strain, don't you think?
I would happily spend $100 for more seeds from Amsterdam again, but now that I am living in an active grow house, I am not willing to take any chances with the post office again. And incidentally, I am not comfortable asking a friend to accept a package for me.
So, the question is for the real botanists out there: is it likely my 2nd generation seeds are of sufficient quality to make it worthwhile to go ahead with these for my next grow?
Dirt
