NorthofEngland
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http://www.cannabisculture.com/articles/4400.html
If you haven't already read this article, I strongly advise that you do.
Durban Poison seeds are bought from two popular Dutch seed banks.
They are then germinated, propagated, veg and bud grown, under identical systems (lights, nutes, temps, RH....)
and, just in case there was bias from the grower (subconscious or otherwise) the seeds were handed over without details concerning their origin.
SEEDS A and SEEDS B were the limits of the growers knowledge.
To find out more about the actual GROW OFF you'll have to read it (link above)
my post isn't specifically about the experiment.
It's about the best environment to create (and keep) a honest and reliable seed bank?
From the article it seems clear that even the most established seed banks (one may describe certain banks as VENERATED) are less deserving of our trust than many would assume.
And 'assuming trustworthiness' isn't the mindset of a sucker!
When a 'business' has been a part of something from the very beginning, when the names of the people (who started it) are legendary, when that 'business' has survived (and thrived) for 35 years in the grey area of legality and governmental acceptance - one does assume that maintaining their reputation (in a business sector where reputation is everything) would be everything
One would assumethat the promises they made would be kept.
One would assumethat a label was accurate.
That, if the label stated that the packet contained DURBAN POISON SEEDS, that the SEEDS would be DURBAN POISON.
And that promises of expertly bred seeds that guaranteed a genetic consistency and uniformity of strain, would be reliable.
There are SO MANY variables when growing plants that growers are willing to pay LOTS of money for seeds which have had a FEW of those variables reduced.
STABLE GENETICS is how this concept is usually labelled and BREEDERS/SEED BANKs are paid handsomely for the promise of STABLE GENETICS - when they have a reputation for TRUSTWORTHINESS and their PROMISES are accepted
If you haven't already read this article, I strongly advise that you do.
Durban Poison seeds are bought from two popular Dutch seed banks.
They are then germinated, propagated, veg and bud grown, under identical systems (lights, nutes, temps, RH....)
and, just in case there was bias from the grower (subconscious or otherwise) the seeds were handed over without details concerning their origin.
SEEDS A and SEEDS B were the limits of the growers knowledge.
To find out more about the actual GROW OFF you'll have to read it (link above)
my post isn't specifically about the experiment.
It's about the best environment to create (and keep) a honest and reliable seed bank?
From the article it seems clear that even the most established seed banks (one may describe certain banks as VENERATED) are less deserving of our trust than many would assume.
And 'assuming trustworthiness' isn't the mindset of a sucker!
When a 'business' has been a part of something from the very beginning, when the names of the people (who started it) are legendary, when that 'business' has survived (and thrived) for 35 years in the grey area of legality and governmental acceptance - one does assume that maintaining their reputation (in a business sector where reputation is everything) would be everything
One would assumethat the promises they made would be kept.
One would assumethat a label was accurate.
That, if the label stated that the packet contained DURBAN POISON SEEDS, that the SEEDS would be DURBAN POISON.
And that promises of expertly bred seeds that guaranteed a genetic consistency and uniformity of strain, would be reliable.
There are SO MANY variables when growing plants that growers are willing to pay LOTS of money for seeds which have had a FEW of those variables reduced.
STABLE GENETICS is how this concept is usually labelled and BREEDERS/SEED BANKs are paid handsomely for the promise of STABLE GENETICS - when they have a reputation for TRUSTWORTHINESS and their PROMISES are accepted
