cali connection 818

hi everyone I'm so bummed out right now I planned on buying seeds for months and decided to spend the big bucks. I'm really excited about doing some sour strains so i got hortilab sour amnesia and cali 818 headland also cali purple chem... of course afterwards I start reading about 818 and purple chem and find that swerve has this horrfic reputation for Hermies and poor customer service.... any thoughts will be greatly appreciated as I am very confused after seeing Cali connection being portrayed in numerous magazine articles as a top notch seed company??? I don't care about who he is as a human being (as bad as that sounds) I only care about the genetics which is why we are all here..right???

if you already have them just grow em out. ive gotten some good plants from caliconnect.

Galvatron said:

if you already have them just grow em out. ive gotten some good plants from caliconnect.

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really? So I'm assuming you would have had negative things to say... can someone explain to me how a company can be advertised great and recommended by attitude seedbank and talked about in High Times Magazine yet have a horrible reputation???? I know the answer is money and marketing but come on!! it seems like if they were that bad....

wattz13 said:

really? So I'm assuming you would have had negative things to say... can someone explain to me how a company can be advertised great and recommended by attitude seedbank and talked about in High Times Magazine yet have a horrible reputation???? I know the answer is money and marketing but come on!! it seems like if they were that bad....

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also just wanted to let you guys know that my package came from attitude in only 5 days I was so surprised... I also got Starbury and sour amnesia front hortilab. I can already say that the seeds from hortilab look twice as big and way healthier than the ones from Cali connection....

wattz13 said:

can someone explain to me how a company can be advertised great and recommended by attitude seedbank and talked about in High Times Magazine yet have a horrible reputation???? I know the answer is money and marketing but come on!! it seems like if they were that bad....

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A condensed version of recent history:

Swerve and Cali Connection came onto the scene with both guns a blazing, touting clone only Cali genetics, available in seeds form.
He had the right people behind, the genetics seemed legit, and things started off good.
Then I started hearing from my local dispensary that all of the seeds they stocked from Cali Connection, auto-flowered on their patients, when grown.
Similar occurrence echoed through out the internet, Swerve came forward and claimed it was industrial espionage, that his shipments had been tampered with by a competitor.
People gave Cali Connection another chance, thanks to some huge promotional giveaways that got folks growing their gear again.
Then an article appeared in one of the leading cannabis magazines, with a picture of Swerve working in his garden, which was completely covered with powdery mildew.
It was fucking disgusting, but Swerve lied to everyone saying it wasn't PM, but just some foliar feeding he had been doing to the plants.
This is when the great wave of negativity about CC started, and it has only got worse over the last 2 years.
Now we know there are tons of reported hermie issues, germination issues, and bad customer support.
The bad customer support is a result of Swerve coming on here and trying to be an internet gangster and defend his "work".
He cussed out people with legit question and concerns about their CC gear, calling everyone bitches and haters.
Now from what I've heard, if you grow enough CC seeds out, you may indeed find a keeper.
But overall, the genetics seem unstable at best (especially their fem seeds), and are way overpriced for what they are.

With that being said, the only way to find out if your seeds are any good, is to grow them.
Good luck, sir.

you can pretty much sort out the good and bad companies by which ones make fems or regs...IMO if you grow fems you are asking for herm issues.

Ok--running two of these right now, week 4 flower. Smell is really strong og, with nice trichome production.

Also ran were two Boss Hogg free promos, from Cali Connection. One did not pop and the other just hermied at week 4. The smell on the herm plant was awesome; too bad it didnt make it...

Please dont complain about free stuff... I had some jedi, it is wonderful. There is something real in these strains! I was a Mr. nice fan, but i think its a new game and cali is winning. Cali conn and Reserva for me.

Mr. nice G13/skunk& crit mass went hermi... 1 per

wattz13 said:

... can someone explain to me how a company can be advertised great and recommended by attitude seedbank and talked about in High Times Magazine yet have a horrible reputation???? I know the answer is money and marketing but come on!! it seems like if they were that bad....

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That is what the seed business is about IMO.