I agree with both sides here, and hard to steer me down one path or the other.
For a moderately experienced grower to advanced grower I completely agree that growing bag seed is a complete waste of time and resources, but for the 1st or 2nd time grower using bag seed is a great educational tool to learn with out killing a seed that money was spent on.
Bag seed for new grower Pros:
- Can identify under or over watering issues - biggest problem I see with new growers
- Can identify nutrient deficiencies
- Learn patience or that you don't need to be in the grow room caressing the plant and stroking its leaves every minutes
- how to sex a plant
- Learn growing techniques, ie Soil, Coco, DWC, NFT, Aeroponics (yes I see new growers start with this straight off the bat), Flood n Drains, or hybrid systems, then there are Bush grows, lollipoping, LST, Supercropping, SoG, ScroG,
- possibly even venturing into cloning with a bag seed plant
Bag seed for new growers Cons:
- Waste of time, money and resourses growing absolute rubbish
- New growers will treat all cannabis the same as far as nutrient strengths, not realizing that each strain is different
bottom line is that bag seeds are shit for a reason, they are there to feed our gutter scum and keep them away from our good stuff when they don't appreciate it to begin with, I live in the southern part of Australia where it is common to mix weed with tobacco (even if you don't smoke ciggies), I do not share my weed with these people, I tell them to bring their own or go home. So in this situation, having some street weed in the house is a good option if you don't want to shit on your friends and tell them they cant smoke your premium green