Well also this thread started in '11 so they may have been through a couple hundred crop rotations since then. Hopefully things are getting better, and more stable, but ya never know right? Might have given the beans to someone to breed and he peckerd it all up, and maybe he made fire with it. But ya, thats all seeds you buy
I think I just got lucky. I don't have much experience breeding, other than the obvious (i.e. choosing the best phenos for parents based on the characteristics I like). In my case the parents were: Paradise Seeds' Durga Mata II Med-Strain (mom), that I hit with some Afghani Pollen (Seedsman), which I received as freebies. The Durga Mata was a good medicinal strain, but was not all that potent (for an Indica). The Afghani phenos I tested were stronger, while all my phenos from the resulting hybrid (which I named Midnight Nectar) have turned out to be Remarkably Potent
. I made this cross under HPS light, but recently have used MH- Lighting from start to finish when growing the Midnight Nectar. I wanted to test a theory regarding MH Lighting producing more potent end product. There seems to be a definite correlation between spectrum and potency, according to what I've seen here. In comparison, I just finished Nirvana's Master Kush, also grown under the MH- Lamp and am disappointed with her potency. The bud is covered in trichs, looks, smells, and tastes great, but isn't half as potent as the Midnight Nectar hybrid I made. I'm so glad I still have some of those original seeds I made over 2 yrs ago. Much to my Surprise, there is almost no variation between the phenos, which I was expecting since this is not a "stabilized hybrid". I recently got a few more original Afghani Seeds (free) in hopes of crossing the Midnight Nectar back to her Afghani parentage. I'm hoping to get lucky for the second time around
... Good vibes, good smoke and cheers
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