Do not buy
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Herb & Suds
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Welcome New Noob
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Token Dankies
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Before you tell everyone not to buy would you mind sharing how your method of popping the beans, temperature and humidity of the environment and possibly anything to go on other than your 2 post new member account? If I was a mod, this post would be trashed faster than a pile of my dogs doo doo.
Alctrz8849
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2 GDP and 2 NYC Diesel are growing from the stash of ILGM seeds below. 100% germ, plants looking great! That's my experience!
I almost forgot! My 2 Maui Waui's from ILGM in my outdoor garden too!
Creature1969
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There's a reason they have to replace SO MANY seeds.
Chief MuchSmoke
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Myself..I ordered the 10/10 deal and got one plant..19 rotted tiny seeds that never germed.. They want me to mail the corpses back to Holland...WTF?!
Alctrz8849
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I can't speak to their genetics, but my own personal experience has been quite different. I have had every seed germinate that I have received from them. I popped 6 two months ago and 4 are doing well in my DWC and the other two are also excelling in my garden outdoors. I don't care if anyone does or doesn't buy from ILGM, but I just wanted to pit my experience out there for others to make their decisions. My last purchase was from Ethos genetics through NASC, got my seeds in 3 days from coast to almost coast!
Myself, I mostly use NASC now but have ordered from ILGM several times in the past with 100% germination, with one exception; I ordered 20 Gorilla Glue Autos and only had 3/20 germinate. I didn't contact them about it because I had heard they made you send duds back and just replaced them with same seeds. Several months later I finally emailed support about it and they emailed me a code good for $130 rather than replacement seeds or a refund. They never asked me to return the inert seeds, only asked if I had taken any pictures of the seeds and I said no. In my experience they have great customer support and don't ask that you jump through hoops to get credit for any bad seeds. The $130 coupon is now 20 Banana Kush beans that are 4/4 so far, fingers crossed for the rest.
Ilgm has 100% guarantee rate to germinate I would just be polite to them and call them I'm sure they have a number or email again also they have a forum on their site for issues https://support.ilovegrowingmarijuana.com/
post something on that.
Disclaimer I have never ordered from them but did do a lot of research on them over past year and didn't run into many bad reviews. Just work with them be patient see what happens please give update.
post something on that.
Disclaimer I have never ordered from them but did do a lot of research on them over past year and didn't run into many bad reviews. Just work with them be patient see what happens please give update.
You have to let me know how the Maui waui turns out.
Alctrz8849
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I've been hearing that about sending the seeds back. As someone who works in customer service, they need to do better than that. It only alienates customers who've already had a problem with the product. I also saw a customer service representative from them troll a complaint. Very unprofessional.
Alctrz8849
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So far it smells the best out of all three varieties I have going but time will tell! It's super skunky in the best way! I am expecting it to re-veg though so I'll have to wait to actually have any!
ILGM Customer service never mentioned returning the duds . . . their web site does mention that you may be asked to return bad seeds for analysis, but doesn't seem to be required for refund. They did ask about germination method and if I had taken pictures, which I hadn't. Lady named Stacy seems to run customer service and does an excellent job in my opinion.
Having ordered from them several times my only complaint with ILGM is price/package size. I've grown their products and I've dealt with their support also, from my experience they are 100% legit. As for being ripped off by ILGM, I'd just about bet that more people have ripped them off by falsely claiming bad seeds than the other way around.
Southernontariogrower
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I have bought counterfeit seeds more than once but the last time was it for me, bought barneys farm blue gellato autos and barneys doesnt sell that strain at all, soo l guess lll be more cautious next time l buy from grow shop. Dont have any idea where they were sourced from. Internet was my answer to question. Most seed breeders are reputable imo!
Were the fake Barney's seeds packaged in the blister pack/rolling tray they use? Or just advertised as Barney's Farm and shipped loose in bag/tube? I often buy what I think are Barney's, they come in "original" packaging. Reading about fakes makes one wonder if someone would go to the trouble of duplicating their packaging or if it would be one of those "original packaging removed for stealth" type deals.
Alctrz8849
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If anyone has real info on ILGM genetics I'd love to hear it, but they offer comparable prices if not better than a lot of places. $6-10 per seed on average. A few deals occasionally for $5 per seed but you do need to buy 10-30 seeds per purchase for this pricing. Lower quantities and I agree, a bit pricey but that's true of almost any seed bank.
Well if I’m buying Dutch passion off them I would want the real thing
Alctrz8849
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It's why I've been scouring the internet for their genetics but I can't find anything one way or the other but I don't want to just assume they're junk until I can confirm it for myself. Until then I have some GDP and NYC Diesel that is looking and smelling amazing. No idea how true it is to the traceable documented strains of those varieties but I am super happy with my quality halfway through week 3 of flowering!
NYC Diesel
GDP
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