Dont get upset.....i respect ypur opinions always, but dont expect me to just agree with you, or not post questions.
Post whatever you like.
I really don't care if you agree with me or not, especially when you're wrong!
I dont see why i need any reason to post questions on here, thats what a forum is for, so dont act like that. Simply not called for.
That's rich.
After calling every poster in this thread an illiterate uneducated asshole, now you're explaining what is and isn't "called for"?
Now i will tell you anyway......i have been trying to get unique and true Norhtern Light strains, so i can hopefully create a great Northern Lights. Thats why i only want info from people who actually purchased this strain, as well as bubblegum and blueberry. I wanted to see if these guys took others genetics and possibly improved on their original lines. Not that hard to believe as these original lines arent worked that well.
So you actually ARE potentially interested in purchasing Doggies Nuts seeds. There's a shock.
Even though I shouldn't have, I posted the answer to this question is in the last link in the last post I made. (IE how good DN's Northern Lights is, and who actually has good ones on offer).
You didn't ask, but IMO the way to "create" a great Northern lights is simply to buy a pack of them from someone else who's already done it. But if you need to re-invent the wheel, hey. . .its your life. If, intead, you want to save several years (let alone countless hours and dollars) maybe check out 303 seeds "Aurora Project", where a crew of professional breeders has already done what you've looking for.
I have been on a seed search since '92, a good bit of time, but i dont claim to know everything.
That's plain. You're also not asking the right questions, which can be helpful if you want good answers.
I can understand wht people think their prices are high, but i'm not concerned as much about price as i am im quality genetics. Not saying price has anything to do with quality. But i remember paying $420 for Nevilles Haze when it was first released by greenhouse.
This is neither here nor there, but if money were really no object to you, you'd just buy the damn ceeds and find out for yourself how "good" they are. What's $100 compared to a 21 year old quest, right?
Anyway, the reasons why you shouldn't pay either $200 or $20 for Doggies Nuts ceeds have been outlined above.
So i really dont understand how seedbanks work, maybe you would be cool enough to explain, cause my take is, they have to purchase seeds from a breeder, especially high priced ones. Then those seeds are now the seed banks property? If this is the case, and yes i understand they not going to grow out all their strains, but they must have some following already?
Why would you take info from an illiterate asshole?
How they actually work is irrelevant to the question of the quality of the genetics in question here.
To answer the question, different banks work differently. But ultimately they get the ceeds from the breeders, advertise and sell them, and then, if separate from the breeders, return a fraction of the retail price (usually 50%) to the breeder.
A few probably do buy some inventory outright at wholesale then retail it, but no matter which exact business model they use, its not in any seedbank's interest to stock ceeds that won't move. I also don't think any reputable bank is going to deliberately accept ceeds they know are no good (its not worth the bad reputation and customer ill-will), though all of them protect themselves with the disclaimer that they're not responsible for viability. Still, if stuck with a bad lot they can also keep their inventory for YEARS until it sells out, if necessary, explaining why product from defunct companies (like DN) can sometimes be found for sale years later.
Why take on something like DN? The proprietor of that was well known in the local scene, and he was actually "a" breeder, with a separate company, and apparently somewhat of a BS artist. He wasn't just an anonymous schmuck on the internet with a story, the guy had inventory and history. As to actual risk, there is no way the banks in question were actually paying the breeder half of the asked retail price up front. They were either working on a consignment model (which is most likely), stocking only a small amount of inventory, or paying the breeder a smaller than normal percentage up front.
