AdvancedBuffalo
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Oh yeah I wasn’t dismissing wookie. Was just saying I will have to do a lot of hunting to find a serious keeper from what I have seen so far. The Appy, HP, and Snow Lotus dads just seem to throw much more consistent phenos that hit all the points I look for. I think the hunt size will just have to be a lot bigger to get the same end result.Im just throwing out what ive experienced with em. The lucky wookie keeper was just plain ugly and smelled like bo mixed with onions. It was culled eventhough it was great smoke for being to ugly fluffy non productive with weird terps so i understand the production aspects somewhat Wo checks all the boxes you just listed and is highly underrated . Ive run through a lot bodhi including goji bbhp jungle spice dla6 nikah sunshine head nigerian prob etc and a few from csii and the wookie orgasms is one of the longest running bodhis thats been kept. To each his own but the wookie is no slouch is all im saying.
I’m sure there is some absolute fire in those packs. The terpenado really peaked my interest last time I ran it so I’m going to get a few more packs together to run. Divine intervention is another one. I also have banana spliff incoming. I wish space monkey was still available but I don’t see it anywhere.
This talk has pushed me towards doing a wookie hunt. Next seed hunt will be geared towards that.
You have heard right. The market is really weird man. Bag appeal is the number one seller. Terps come second. Then flavor and smoothness. Then effects. It’s incredibly depressing but I get it. Everything is image based since it’s the most widespread method to share your newest offerings.That's an excellent defense of a very valid approach. It's not quite mine but I definitely won't roast you for it. There's kind of a fundamental question... are you growing bud for yourself or other people? The second is are you trying to maximize your output from the square footage of your grow space or can you tolerate some wasted "real estate". Those two questions split the crew around here kinda equally I'd guess.
I hear a lot of people say they can't sell bud that doesn't have visual appeal even if the buzz is incredible. What would happen if you gave out a little sample (maybe just a half gram) with every purchase for a bit. I'd think you'd get a little fan club pretty quickly if the smoke is awesome. I don't have any experience retailing though... maybe it just doesn't work.
As for the wookie.... I'm pretty sure I've heard a few people around here single it out as one of Bodhi's best males. There a big fans as well as critics of most of the males it seems. Lotsa different perspectives keep things interesting around here.
I’m growing bud for myself and other people. The goal here is to develop lines that have vigor, bag appeal, terps, and world class highs. I don’t intend to release anything that I personally would not enjoy smoking. If you ever see me growing some midsy ass gelato Karen crosses please do me a favor and smack me.
As for maximizing square footage, kinda. I’m not really trying to push 5lbs per light with commercial mids. But I would like to yield reasonably well with some great quality flower. Almost every pheno I see from Bodhi has the ability to yield. It’s the grower who has to dial in the correct environment to make that happen, so yield isn’t really a huge consideration when hunting. I am pretty confident that I can train and steer any halfway decent yielding pheno to at least 2lbs per 4x4. Smoke and terps come way before yield.
As for the testers/samples.. Maybe. The goal is to just hunt enough phenos to find the one that achieves that amazing high with bag appeal that sells itself. But if there was a pheno that hit all the points except bag appeal and had an insanely unique effect.. I would absolutely keep it and push it. I’m running an array of Sativas right now that I may have to do that with. With those, effects over everything. I want an electric, soaring effect with zero paranoia. I will put up with just about any shitty growth characteristic for an incredible Sativa.