"Imagine if a breeder were to lock down the traits of OG?" They've been trying, unsuccessfully, for years dude
I live 30 minutes from the SFValley and have been rabidly acquiring as many OG clone only's as I can get my hands on for years now. We actually have a little crew going with this exact mission. I know these cuts very well and off the top of my head, I personally have about a dozen OG clone only's. One thing about these cuts I feel must be said: there's only a couple that truly have that trademark taste and flavor. It's well known that in general, OG's yields are moderate because of the trademark stretch. For this reason, I've spent years messing around with some of these so called "OG" seeds crosses in an effort to improve on yield. I've tried all kinds of offerings from RareDankness, Rascal, Gage, and RPrivada. None of these hybrids were even close to the real thing. I'm not saying it's not possible to capture some decent representative traits, but after all these years experimenting with beans from breeders who have tried to lock down these traits, none have been found worthy. I've since switched to DWC and longer veg times to improve yield and am done with the pointless task of seed pheno hunting. Not to sound pompous, but if you think you have a true example of OG, and it came from seed, well Au Contrair, Monfrair.
Take a road trip to CA sometime if you truly want the real deal.
In regard to the other strains in your list: theyre doing some interesting work over at the Mag(Cringe) on Skunk.
All the others on that list are easily found in seed form. DJ for example.
I totally agree with you. Just like you, I've tried many of the seeds you mentioned and like you, I was too dissapointed.
Which leads me back to the point of actually breeding. Not hitting your male to an og and calling it a wrap. I have been thinking of options. Although as a hobbiest things will take much more time. I did find a nice og plant in a pack of ggg charity, and a couple in a pack of retired docs og. And this is athe place I might start. don't get my words twisted, they did not compare to a real og, but many of the traits were passed.
The line needs to be worked. If I can find a nice male and cross it to my sfv cut, or ghost. Grow both males and females, and select og Dom phenos to further work the line. To an f7 like joe said. Maybe even multiple back crosses. There is still possibility that we can lock it down. It might be a lot of work and many years. But right now, I have time.
Maybe even do what loompa is doing and hand out (not sell like he does) some of these crosses to growers and members of he community. And ask that if you find a good plant, that a cutting be sent back. I could then flower it and judge it for myself and possibly use these as selections for creating an IBL on og.
If I recall, I don't remember anyone offering a worked or inbred line of og, and maybe that is the problem.
Is it too much work, or a lost cause? Idk. But man it sure sounds like fun regardless.
My resources are limited but I do have two og's that I consider pure. Ghost and SFV (not that cali connection shit) They both have that og funk that everyone who's smoked real og knows from a mile away.
If my personal growing ass may try and take something like this up, who is to say that a person with just as much passion but a lot more space wouldn't or isn't doing the same. I would gladly grow some og f4's and judge them, and/or send a cut back to the breeder to further the ibl.
There is a possibility that one could accomplish something like this, some day.
And to answer your remark about if I have an og from seed, take a trip to California for the real thing. I do have the real deal, my friend. Although i didn't grow it from seed.. Someone did. Because every plant was a seed at sometime.
I hope WE (clone lovers ) can become a seed pool unto ourselves . IE seed savers exchange. send seed not cut and work together for quick access and evaluation.. someday...
