greywind
Well-Known Member
Yeah, I would think pricing would be quite different. F1's may have some hybrid vigor (not likely with heterozygous parent stock), and would show some uniformity based on dominant genes but would require a hunt to find "the one". F2's would open up the gene pool and show just about every possibility imaginable from the parent stock, but would be a clusterfuck to work with. This is where you find what you want through a major hunt and start breeding for those desired traits and towards that uniformity. F3's would start to show some uniformity and for me, is what I consider the beginning of stable stock bred for a purpose, a look, a flavor, a certain immunity, and so on. F4 and on and you are working towards a bean that produces clone like representation of what the breeder was aiming for.Yea ... Totally correct . However I'm quite unsure why some breeders just don't work a line out and then release let's say gorilla glue #4 F1 for 150$ f2 for 125$ and F3 for 100$ and f4 and later for 75$ All at once . Obviously people can get stable to finding gold . but let's agree each generation loses a little less from those F1 which give you the closest representation of mommy and daddy . If they worked a line for 2 years and dropped dropped F1 through F3 at once everybody gets what they want . Maybe I should start breeding program and working my lines like that . Hah. Just a thought
F1 beans $50
F2 beans $25 or freebie/testers
F3 beans $75
F4 beans $100