Grow to sell seeds worth it , small scale ?
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PopAndSonGrows
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I mean, considering a tiny little seed can sell for well over 10 dollars each(if you're a reputable breeder), the money is ABSOLUTELY there. Small storage overhead, too, i assume.
Even as an up n comer, if you offered vetted genetics at like 3 bucks a bean, that should get your foot in the door until you're able to find or produce the next MAC craze.
Even as an up n comer, if you offered vetted genetics at like 3 bucks a bean, that should get your foot in the door until you're able to find or produce the next MAC craze.
Where are you tho like i in the uk for example and its technically a higher charge for breeding drug type cannabis as they put it so id say depends where you are i guess
xtsho
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The problem these days is that reputable breeder means different things these days. Some of us consider a reputable breeder to be someone that actually breeds and spends the time to work their creations which can take time. Some consider a pollen chucker on instagram making crosses as fast as they can and has "Drops" that they wait up all night for to be a reputable breeder.
Give it a shot. Provision a $20 a month VPS to host a website, create a webpage using a simple wordpress template, create an instagram account, create a bunch of shill accounts, work all the forums using multiple accounts talking up your genetics. For instance make posts asking if anyone has ever used X genetics. X being you. Make a comment about how you heard from someone about them and their prices are really good and they have fast shipping and great customer service.
Make sure that you don't offer everything directly on your website. Save the cool stuff for "Drops" that you announce. Limited edition stuff, etc...
You're also going to need to figure out payment processing and shipping.
It isn't rocket science.
Herb & Suds
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It is a lot of work without proper connections
Making seeds crossing the best ,
Networking
Sends out to testers who will actually grow your gear
Then finding folks interested after the grows
Probably years before you see a profit
Making seeds crossing the best ,
Networking
Sends out to testers who will actually grow your gear
Then finding folks interested after the grows
Probably years before you see a profit
PopAndSonGrows
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Not sure who considers IG chuckers "reputable breeders" but ok. . ...
xtsho
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Many have skipped all that and just focus on the marketing. If you can create hype then they'll come. There's always someone out there willing to part with their money if you can put the product in a shiny wrapper. Cool names, logos, packaging. That stuff sells. Not just with cannabis seeds but products in general.
xtsho
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Well I certainly don't but I've read plenty of posts where someone talks about X or Y announcing a drop on instagram. But that goes back to the shill accounts many setup just for purposes like that.
Sadly very true some people just buy bs and swear blind its the best cos they dont know better
MickFoster
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I prefer to buy seeds from someone that knows something about breeding.......anyone else is just a rip off.
Lordhooha
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Unless you plan on getting good phenos of certain strains and taking the time to breed them and stabilize them don’t bother. You’ll be just some other fly by night dude inseminating plants at random and tossing out unstable junk. It takes a good year or so to stabilize a strain you've bred. I’ve been working on a few I started last august.…..just for reference.
xtsho
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3 years and 8 generations on one of my crosses. I do it as a hobby with absolutely no intention of trying to sell anything. I like the fact that I have my own strains and will never buy seeds again unless I come across a landrace I just have to have.
Dr.Strain
Member
I don't think the question is if growing seeds for sale is worth it. The question is, are your genetics worth it?
waterproof808
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If you are only trying to make money off the plant, there aren’t any shortcuts that are honest.
jondamon
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You realise what it takes to become an actual breeder?
back crossing strains for a few years each time with your prized female to gain stability.
you’re from the U.K. where growing the plant is illegal regardless if you’re breeding or not. You understand that right?
Do you have any idea about breeding or do you think it’s as simple as
female plant A
Male plant B
= seeds that are AB is this what you honestly think happens? Ha ha ha.
This is about as comical as all the threads you’ve posted since you’ve been here.
you realise most of us U.K. growers are generally growing for ourselves right?
You want insight into breeding @Lemon king this guy thinks it’s easy money mate. Lol.
GreenestBasterd
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The modern template in a nutshell!
The OP was thinking about producing seed but did not mention breeding. This is very common in regular farming, most of the seeds avail in veg seed catalogs are grown by non-breeder farmers. And most of the “breeders” in the canna game currently aren’t really breeding per se, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t making good seed with good results, it just means they aren’t working lines and selecting from large populations, they aren’t doing traditional breeding, because they can’t. What they seem to mostly be doing is finding a solid male with proven results and keeping that male around and hitting it to everything. Or just doing basic crosses, finding a great female out of that cross, and producing fem seeds, or something with the cuts. This can be done and is done at a small scale. There’s a reason GG4 is GG4 and not GG#238. I am sure GG4 would be called GG74 or something today to imply it was selected out of a larger pool.
The question to me is can seed production for market be done at a small scale and the answer is yes. Most every episode of the Pot Cast (Heavy Dayze) features small scale producers. Just be transparent with what you do, how tested anything is, and start by giving out seeds for feedback and to build a reputation. If you find a path to a good cross, and you still have the parents, you can keep on going with that one. I would focus on one golden cross, away from the hype, that produces something special and that people keep coming back to, and just that ride that into the small-scale sunset
The question to me is can seed production for market be done at a small scale and the answer is yes. Most every episode of the Pot Cast (Heavy Dayze) features small scale producers. Just be transparent with what you do, how tested anything is, and start by giving out seeds for feedback and to build a reputation. If you find a path to a good cross, and you still have the parents, you can keep on going with that one. I would focus on one golden cross, away from the hype, that produces something special and that people keep coming back to, and just that ride that into the small-scale sunset