Just a guess, but maybe it's because these are hard to come by cuts vs a 5 pack in stock at the 'tude?
See but it's really not. California, Colorado are being flooded with good og genetics.
If you know the right person a cut can get from California to New York next day air.
Ic, and the farmers forums that's all they run and discuss. They link up and share the good genetics amongst each other.
I really like the people here at riu. I had to make an agreement to get the crippie. Supposedly only 9 cuts have been let out, I am #9 and I agreed to follow instructions on to not sell or gift the cut.
Other than that, if I get something super good in the og department I would in courage the riu community to get the cut and and spread it amongst contributing members so we all can enjoy the finest strains possible.
That's what it's all about, right?
I'm tired of trying beans, sure they will give you buds and get you high. For every time a og or any other rare cut gets bred, and the hybrids get bred, you are watering down the genetics.
Watch the vid, it tells you the massive amount of selection it takes to find something elite. It's not in a pack of ten, that's for sure.
There's always people who will get lucky and find something great. But the odds are not in your favor. If crippie or tk, or any other elite cut for that matter was chosen out of several thousand flowering plants, it would have to be something special.
Me personally, I try and network to these people in hopes I can source a legit elite. It would be time well spent vs flowering a couple thousand beans looking for a keeper.