Many new, and even not so new to growing will get pulled in by all the relatively recent seed bank hype. The main advantage to seed banks is you can be more certain of what you're getting and good quality seeds are readily available online or thru dispensaries. But that doesn't mean that bag seed is plain inferior to what's available from the banks. Granted, it's harder to find really good ganja, hooch, KGB, etc. these days that has viable seeds. And seeds from schwag will grow schwag, since genetics makes up most of whether you'll wind up with something wonderous- or worthless. My real point is for years I grew some plenty dynamite smoke from bag seed that would stand up to anything around today. In 1999 my buddy came across a 1/4 of some really good no name buds that had a few seeds, and a unusual pheno out of the group of resulting plants turned out to be an outrageous 45 day beauty that was some of the best stuff I've ever had- ever! So don't knock the bag seed till you've tried it.
A Word About Bag Seed
- Thread starter Jar Man
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Illegal Smile
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I figure with how much I have invested in my system, and how much work I put into it, using bag seeds is like putting used tires on a new car.
I buy the best seeds and the same strain from the same breeder. That way I know I have it dialed in and the grow becomes almost automatic.
However if you like surprises and are up for an adventure, bag seed is one way to get them both.
I buy the best seeds and the same strain from the same breeder. That way I know I have it dialed in and the grow becomes almost automatic.
However if you like surprises and are up for an adventure, bag seed is one way to get them both.
kentuckyboy
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I don't think there is anything wrong with bag seed. The problem is that around my way most really good weed doesn't have any seeds in it, so your stuck using seeds from shitty weed. I had only used bag seeds up until this current grow, but I am happy as hell to be able to pick what strain that I wanted to grow.
youd have something to smoke and would be grown to its full potential.... some places like texas some poeple dont smoke homegrown or anything like that regularly so badseed in texas is pretty good and could sell or smoke for really good. but if you got seeds from a seed bank it would be outstanding to smoke but i find ppl sellin really good grown bagseed in texas too often and people dont really care about anything with a name tag on it. youed come around to figuring some numbers for the bud you have grown but in terms of quality and what youed find bagseed aint half bad. ive spent money on seeds only once got regular seeds and am thinking of buying femenized seeds instead to reduce my grow space and time i spend caring for these plants... so i suggest if your going to buy seeds buy femenized will save you allot of time amongs other things...
The points you make were part of what I had said. But there really is not so much gamble or surprises if you happen to have- yes, happen to have come across some dank with a few seeds that will sprout. My original point was that at one time everything was bag seed. And what's around today isn't really so much better as many have come to believe. Genetic superiority with cannabis breeding has been around for centuries.
I still say that alot of what comes from the banks today is little more than pumped up names and hype relatively. Sure, banks make quality genetics more available and reliable for those who want to know what they're dealing with up front. Nothing at all wrong with that. I'm all for the banks being around and have ordered from a few of them myself. But the occasional sack of da' killz that has some seeds in there can produce some amazing plants that just might be better or produce that one-of-a-kind pheno that you might not get from a seed bank. In fact it's those rare occuring phenos that pop up sometimes, bank or bag seed, that can be the most outstanding and memorable.
psychoticalyez
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this thread is kind of dead, but you can get amazing strains that are technically your own to name out of bag seed, i personally feel stupid for throwing out most of the seeds i found in chronic sacks. Keep the seeds from kill you won't regret it.
Weedasaurus
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well, bag seed isn't as good as seed bank seed, but if your experienced, what you grow from your bagseed will be better than what it came from.
georgiagrower
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I got a bag of mids a few yrs ago and grew a few of the seeds. Out of 5 seeds 1 of them produced orange and blue buds that smelled like candy apples and tasted like pumkin pie but a slight hint of coffee. The rest of the serds produced some good smoke. But tje 1 plants high was as if you were on mars and very very trippy with some nice couch lock for a good 3 hrs. I named it a.p.p. Apple pumkin pie.
odessa
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not true, per se. Sometimes feminized plants throw out seeds that are identical to where they came from. Plus jar man is right on about the pheno thing. Even seed bank seeds have to be weeded out to find good phenos. The main problem with bag seed's is you never know how sativa they are. Look at my sig to see that unknown bagseeds can be...too tall.
Mr.Marijuana420
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right on about the bagseed, and imo is no more of a gamble than buying seeds, there are good breeders and shitty breeders. a so called good strain can be good given the appropriate pheno, or complete crap from a different pheno, and u dnt know till u grow it urself any way, ive heard of plenty of ppl being dissapointed with "good" genetics. and yet i see soooo many new guys attempting to buy seeds, bc they need good gentics, and their grow fails, and there goes $ u spent. but ppl constantly talk down bagseed, and newcomers believe nothing good can come from bagseed.
Thatoneotherkid
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I completely agree some "bag seed" may have been parented from decent lineage even name brand seeds sometimes
Prefontaine
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in my experience bag seed is almost always feminized
Prefontaine
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my experience is bagseed is usually caused by a hermied female late in bloom.
Geronimo420
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Seeds bank Pros : More reliable especially if your not to shy investing $$$$$$ to get the big original name and cannabis cup winner. You will exactly know what's growing in your garden & what to expect about it in term of effect, yield & sometimes THC %, you can get something that nobody else in your area as + They will deliver your favorites strain worldwide & some even guarantee delivery ( Attitude & sea of seeds ).
Seeds bank Cons : importing seeds is still a risk in many places & can led to very rare but still possible legal problem + many seeds bank are rip off do some research before you buy. Most cheap brand ares worthless.
Baggy seeds Pros : Free + Some of my favorite mothers plants ever
came out of those
Baggy seeds Cons : Very unreliable remember you are only certain about the female bud you have smoked who said the father was good breading material perhaps it was a damn hermaphrodites + these days the good grower are growing sensimilla out of clones your baggy seeds most likely came from some beginer that was too late at identifying is males or produce hermies by over-fertilizing
Seeds bank Cons : importing seeds is still a risk in many places & can led to very rare but still possible legal problem + many seeds bank are rip off do some research before you buy. Most cheap brand ares worthless.
Baggy seeds Pros : Free + Some of my favorite mothers plants ever
came out of thoseBaggy seeds Cons : Very unreliable remember you are only certain about the female bud you have smoked who said the father was good breading material perhaps it was a damn hermaphrodites + these days the good grower are growing sensimilla out of clones your baggy seeds most likely came from some beginer that was too late at identifying is males or produce hermies by over-fertilizing