I didn't say HGK wasn't legit. But what I know is what I've seen and the difficulties I've seen some of the most experienced growers I know have with growing the Blueberry, and more appropriately curing it. I don't consider myself to be an expert grower or curer by any means, but I get around the garden just fine and had been growing and playing with Blueberry genetics for years before I finally learned how to feed them *and* properly leach out what I was feeding to get the cure right. I really don't mean any disrespect. This has never been easy for me to say to someone, growers are sensitive to critique. If it's any consolation, I got 28 different f5 Blueberry seedlings to cure up and Im nervous as hell about it because they're going to require such individual attention.
I and my family are impoverished and have been our whole lives. And Im not insulted to talk about business, but I am insulted to be pressed for answers that I feel I've been pretty clear on to this point. And even more insulted to be called names when I clearly state Im not at liberty to discuss such matters. And also dumbfounded at the lack of understanding for why I may not be in a position to discuss such matters.
What questions do you feel I've been evasive on? I *won't* name other seed companies or discuss operations of ours. I *won't* answer questions about production or distribution. What I *can* answer for certain is that the level of production which most everyone seems to think occurs, just isn't even *close* to accurate. Im sorry if this feels evasive. As I've already stated, give this time to work itself out. I won't call the foul, I'm just gonna blow the whistle, for now. Again, Im sorry if you feel I've been evasive in my answers. Maybe I've just answered in too many words previously. But perhaps if you reread my answers to some of the questions you feel were unanswered you may understand my position a little bit better.
The Whitaker Blues has to date been one of my most favorite projects. The mother of the strain is a hard core leaning afghani indica reminiscent of "Cat Piss." The mother goes by the name Quimby and reeks of ammonia while growing and cures up into the sweetest jolly rancher and or fruity pebbles taste you could imagine. Ive done two pheno hunts through the strain so far. Both times out of only ten seeds. The first time I ended up with several hard core purple grape pheno's. One was dark violet blue and the other was dark violet purple. The second time I didn't get as much color but got the same grape berry. And the second time I ended up with a vanilla keeper. Thanks for asking.
And Arthur, I know my demeanor hasn't been up to par throughout this entire interaction, but you're really starting to rub me the wrong way. You have absolutely no right to demand any answer form me for anything. Go buy your beans elsewhere, I thought you already said that's what you're gonna do anyway. Why are you still here? Is it really just to be insulting? If you're here to troll me, all you're doing is giving me the safest practice available for dealing with your kind. And let me clue you in on something, you're a dime a dozen. So, thank you for the practice.
Maybe people have found those berry terpene's in some of the f2 berry knock-off's pheno hunting and had their mind blown. But if you throw enough f2's of anything out, you'll get a lot of different representations and something that will blow your mind. The Blueberry is stabilized waaaay beyond what an f2 could represent. And it's not stabilized to be *pure* berry either. There's earthen, floral, chocolate, and vanilla terpenes as well as others. So, pheno hunting and curing up a bunch of Dj's f5's is gonna be a much different experience and perhaps something the average pheno hunter may not be as experienced with as looking through those f2's for the sweet berry pheno's that stand out like a sore thumb. Im sorry so many people have had to learn this the hard way. It's not Dj's fault.
Only one person even alluded to seeing the pictures of the f5's I've posted just a few comments back. I have a question to ask? Are these pictures representative of what everyone who's complaining of the Blueberry saw in their pheno selections? Because if these pictures are representative of what you saw when you ran the authentic Dj Short Blueberry and you're still gonna complain, I don't have time to respond to the same unfounded complaints all day long. And if these pictures are not representative of what you saw when you ran Dj's f5 Blueberry, then you didn't have the real thing and have no right to complain about Dj's genetics.
I like pushing my plants to perform at their maximum also. But as I already clearly stated several times….the Blueberry doesn't perform well that way. Again, I can't keep repeating myself.
And personally I am extremely happy for the association to the Blue Dream, it's one of the rare circumstances that actually helped our brand. What was it that was being said earlier…."can't win em all…." and something about "patenting"….lol, again, I kid.
And no, Im not saying everyone who complains grew it wrong, Im just dissecting your complaint and saying that perhaps your difficulties are particular to one of two things. One; your growing methodologies, and or two; your source of seeds. Just perhaps….? That's all Im saying, just perhaps?
"Then come out with it and say which seedbanks you guys actually sell through"<<<< No one is going to get me to admit anything. Least of all the selling of seeds. And this is the shit that's getting tiring and insulting….think about it…..and reread my words or read them slower.