I remember about a year ago the querkle and I believed I may have commented on that plant. I guess the thing for me, and this is just me being honest. I've been smoking for about 15 years. I've never been around a lot of varieties. I have had some "named" buds before, but I didn't notice a lot of difference between tastes and aromas. Usually for me it's always been a musk type smell more than anything else. You have been doing this shit for a long time and you always are popping beans. How much variance in taste and smell is truly out there? Is it just my lack of exposure to good genetics you think?
I'm glad you mentioned the flavor aspect because it goes to the core of my follow up Q to you and it pertains to TGA is that the guy strives for the flavors and smells for his phenos and breeding projects, and to me it's just all the same. Am I just whack or what? Like I said I think maybe I just need more exposure to the good stuff. Thanks for the reply man and keep up the great work. Does your daughter still help out in your garden?
Daughter is married and pregnant, has lost interest while she can't smoke.
Flavor- yeah, I'm looking for spectacular taste but it's pretty hard to find. I went to TGA hoping to find it all, but as you say there is a lot of similarity if you don't get a hot pheno. It may be the Space Queen male influence, but there does seem to be a common flavor to a lot of the plants.
But I'm completely happy with my Cheesequake and I'd be bummed if I hadn't decided to clone it at the last minute. I'm trying some seeds I made with it and hope to get some good offspring with the genes, the male was a 3D/Agent Or. mix. I guess they're out there if you hit a good one- Tardis and Frmrboy have been pretty stoked with some TGA stuff, and I'm guessing they bought 5 or 10 and found a few hot ones.
But seriously I would say that with all the beans I've popped, from all over, there really aren't that many that really stand out from the crowd. While there are a lot of differences, not many have it all- taste, yield, and buzz, with flavor being the most elusive. Many of the really heavy producers lack potency and flavor, while some nice fruity ones like Kushberry don't have a lot of punch. Caramelo was a very tasty and stoney lavender but had a low yield, Diesel was good all around but the buds were on the fluffy side. Seems like they all have at least one drawback that makes them a little disappointing.
If I keep crossing I may come up with something that's outstanding- I hope I clone it if it comes along.
