I'm running four unfamiliar strains in a new setup this year. All from seeds, 12 each (=48 plants), with the first run just finishing up.
I'm looking for one pheno of each strain but won't keep moms. I took a half dozen clones of each first time around to be safe (= 288 plants looked at).
Onto only the third generation of clones and it's easy to see the number of plants that I've already juggled whilst looking for keepers.
I keep good notes and track every plant back to the original seed, but won't make a call until 2 or 3 runs.
A game of numbers, and a long one.
It's a complicated start but I know I will be happy when I can finally stabilize with just the four predictable phenos.
Of course the door will always be open on a new seed strain and the challenges and beauty that comes with it