I don't know how crappy the weed was u got the seeds from, but I grew out four plants last year that turned out great, and i got the seeds out of some of the nastiest commercial brick weed u could imagine! I mean brown ugly weed. I ordered some genetics for my first indoor grow, but those seeds I pulled out of that nasty weed turned into some amazingly strong gunji. Only complaint I have about it is the buds were super a-i-r-y. All I'm saying it's how you maintain the plants while their growing I'm sure good genetics help but I'm living proof you don't need expensive seeds to end up with great product, The stuff turned out so well that I question the whole seed game, and whether the seeds they sell us are as important as the people selling them say they are. I did order seeds for my first indoor grow though.