|B3RNY|
Well-Known Member
As, I'm sure, many have noticed, most cannabis breeders offer very little information on the strains they sell but 9 times out of 10 they will at least tell you the genetics. That's good to know but when they say blueberry X skunk, that does not always mean it was a blueberry mother pollinated by a male skunk. It usually just means that the strain came from those 'breeds' but has been crossed, back-crossed or re-back-crossed, etc. Which is all fine, but go to any seed bank and you will see many breeders selling the same strains, only they list different lineages for them. I guess this would only concern you if you were looking for the "real deal" but it really bothers me, if different strains are used to create a new hybrid then it should have a new name as well, to limit confusion. For instance, most people agree that the renowned "White Widow" was originally bred by Shanitbaba (Greenhouse Seeds, Mr. Nice Seeds), including the genetics from a South Indian hybrid and a Brazilian Sativa. White Widow was almost instantly a legendary strain around the world, winning the 1995 Cannabis Cup. Soon after, many breeders released their version of the Widow: in 1996, Nirvana and Dutch Passion seed companies both purchased a pack of White Widow seeds from Shantibaba and then released their own versions within 1 year. These would have the same 'bloodline' as the original White Widow (as long as they didn't breed it with something else), but (assuming White Widow is an f1) these would be lower-quality, F2 seeds. On the other hand, we have breeders like Dinafem (who are GREAT breeders nonetheless) who sell a version of White Widow with the genetics listed as: Haze X Skunk X Northern Lights, I actually really like Dinafem "White Widow" but couldn't they have at least named it something else? Dinafem sells a strain called "Super Silver" which also has listed genetics of: Haze X Skunk X Northern Lights but here they were courteous enough to change the name just a little bit. There are 100's of cases like this, where breeders try to make more money from the glory/work of another breeder.
There's also many breeders who are simply buying packs of seeds form other breeders (as mentioned before) and then breeding them to sell as their own variety. This just gives people the impression that they're getting the same thing when they're really getting a pack of seeds they could of very well bred themselves.
I have been wanting to make a cross of Blueberry Gum and SSSDH (Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze.) Of course a cross isn't considered a strain until it's been tried/tested but I always like to give my crosses a unique name, that's what made me think of rip-off breeders who are out there to make $ off others' work. I know Blue Dream has been quite popular lately and it's a cross of Blueberry and Haze, but it wouldn't be very cool of me to call my cross Blue Dream just because it has a little Blueberry and Haze in it because they will be a completely different line considering my cross would also include Diesel as well as Bubblegum (of course, I'm not a seller either though.) I don't breed seeds for sale or anything so it's not even important what I call my crosses but even if I did, I'd want to start with some good landraces and breed them selectively, back-crossing/inbreeding and such to isolate good traits, then a strain would be worthy of it's own name. I just wish that the majority of the breeders at the seed banks felt the same way. In a perfect world, breeders would breed their own lines, use their own names and worry about quality rather than whatever the most popular name may be at the time.
I'll just call my cross, assuming it'll be good enough to remain as a keeper, Blue Nightmare, then if I were a commercial breeder at least it wouldn't cause any confusion.
There's also many breeders who are simply buying packs of seeds form other breeders (as mentioned before) and then breeding them to sell as their own variety. This just gives people the impression that they're getting the same thing when they're really getting a pack of seeds they could of very well bred themselves.
I have been wanting to make a cross of Blueberry Gum and SSSDH (Super Silver Sour Diesel Haze.) Of course a cross isn't considered a strain until it's been tried/tested but I always like to give my crosses a unique name, that's what made me think of rip-off breeders who are out there to make $ off others' work. I know Blue Dream has been quite popular lately and it's a cross of Blueberry and Haze, but it wouldn't be very cool of me to call my cross Blue Dream just because it has a little Blueberry and Haze in it because they will be a completely different line considering my cross would also include Diesel as well as Bubblegum (of course, I'm not a seller either though.) I don't breed seeds for sale or anything so it's not even important what I call my crosses but even if I did, I'd want to start with some good landraces and breed them selectively, back-crossing/inbreeding and such to isolate good traits, then a strain would be worthy of it's own name. I just wish that the majority of the breeders at the seed banks felt the same way. In a perfect world, breeders would breed their own lines, use their own names and worry about quality rather than whatever the most popular name may be at the time.
I'll just call my cross, assuming it'll be good enough to remain as a keeper, Blue Nightmare, then if I were a commercial breeder at least it wouldn't cause any confusion.
