True north seedbank beware!

Me'h. Too risky IMO. There are far too many stateside seedbanks with superior reviews and genetics. Why risk it? Especially for some autos or poorly stored old seeds.
And IMHO, germ issues are usually grower error or vendor storage methods. The 'novelty' is in place to protect their freedom, nothing more. Research your genetics and your vendors and you should have 99% germ ratio.

personally, true north was the first bank i ever went through i love them. aside from it taking a while to get my seeds it was the best one ive gone through. all the beans popped and survived 100% (wow) easy to get in touch with they answer messages everything the prices were good(enough). great freebee's great coupons. the only thing i was dissapointed about was there were a few of the freebee's that i picked that i was really looking forward to and they sent me diffeent ones than i picked and in my opinion they were not as good as the ones promised, but they were free so who can complain lol. i wanted to try my hand at some different ones juist to try some state side and try some variety and i wasnt nearly as happy. i tried gorilla seeds, never again. i didnt get all my seeds, i didn't get any of the freebees,I must have gone back and forth with them over 20 emails the last of which they started they were putting the seeds I did not get in the mail the nest day which needless to say I never received and the never answered my emails again. i eventually just gave up. and if all that wasn't bad enough not even half of my seeds popped. out of those some were deformed or died right after they popped.only about 25% of them made it to term. after my first experience with true north, i didn't know what to think. of course, i guess i had high expectations. then i went through Greenpoint because of the one of a kind strains they have also because the strains they release are limited editions so i have a lot of strains that nobody else around me would have. i am just now in the past few weeks trying these just but tbh they are hard to pop they are all taking longer to pop and start than any other seeds I've ever tried but i am chalking that up to strain differences. i love their selection they came lightening fast and i can't speak yet on how they are as far as quality. i will do an update. if all goes well i plan to buy again. i went through firestax just recently because they have so many strains that are hard to find. i got them doggone near overnight, again, they said something about free beans with every order i did not get any free beans well i did get one small pack of free beans, but i ordered some freedom seeds ( which believe it or not were the main reason i went to firestax they were the only ones i could find with fruity peebles , which is what freedom seeds are) but anyway they emailed me and stated they ran out of freedom seeds . which cost 120 so they substituted them for a different seed which cost less and then stated they included a few other beans ( 5 vanilla cream soda to compensate) so I don't know if i was to look at the 5 vanilla cream soda as the freebees or compensation for the seeds i paid for and they ran out of? any way again out of the 6 or 7 i have tried to germinate they are barely popping and im not sure yet what they are going to look like so i am anxiously waiting but so far so good and i do intend to go back to them as soon as i am able to get some seeds successfully germ and see if they are healthy sprouts. i wanted to go to all the online forums so bad and tell people not to spend their money with Gorilla seeds but i kept seeing these seed company reps on ALL the forums talking about how they hate people who only go on these froums to complain so i hesitated. but tonight i saw some felllow sowers online looking for reviews and i figured if i am going to go on and promote a few banks i might as well let it be known about the one that did me wrong.good luck, do your research. loo forward to getting and sharing good info

thanks even thought i had a good experience with this company i still heed when more than one or two people have the same issues with the same company its usually true and especially when they say the company didnt make it right. i know how they feels i had that problem with Gorilla seed sand im still soar

TL4 said:

I want to give my two cents on this seed company. I have ordered from them numerous times, always got what I wanted. They are located close enough to me that I drive to meet them, pay cash. The last time I met them was at a gas station, young kid who acted sketchy and wanted to get in my car. I will order from them again. No credit card, no mailing. Seems safer to me

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"Back Alley" deal with "sketchy kid" jumping in your car is easier than a mailbox drop?

Getting your mail everyday must be the shits.

Odin* said:

"Back Alley" deal with "sketchy kid" jumping in your car is easier than a mailbox drop?

Getting your mail everyday must be the shits.

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LMAO

This has been most informing and solidifies my choice to stay away from True North Seeds. More bad than good. I registered with them over a year ago and since haven't even been able to log into my account. After repeated attempts to get someone to help, all I get are run around emails to contact different people about the problem. Soooooo happy I wasn't able to log in. My guess is that I would have been on the sour side of the debate about the credibility of TNS. I have had luck with Seed City out of the UK and Seed Supreme. Used these two because they came recommended from fell growers that I know and trust. And even both of those seed banks have good and bad reviews. Another place that was "all right" to deal with was Robert Bergman, I Love Growing Marijuana site. Everything showed but not all grew. Lots of green beans. 20% germination rate from that place.
Anyways, that's my 2 cents. Thanks for the info everyone.

looking for a good UK seed bank

TL4 said:

I want to give my two cents on this seed company. I have ordered from them numerous times, always got what I wanted. They are located close enough to me that I drive to meet them, pay cash. The last time I met them was at a gas station, young kid who acted sketchy and wanted to get in my car. I will order from them again. No credit card, no mailing. Seems safer to me

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I've placed several True North orders and have always been happy. I'm in the US.

The first time I ordered seeds I tried True North and 90% of the seeds didn't germinate. Called customer service and was told that they are only sold for " souveniers" and therefore had no guarantee. Sent me some crap seeds I didn't want and was told that was all they could do. Second time ordered from Crop King out of B.C. and the experience was the exact opposite. Over 90% germination and when I did have a problem with my 2nd order customer service was there to fix it right away. Never again will I order from True North. Will stick to Crop King from now on. I just wish there would be a thread that would give people a review of seed banks. Would of saved me some cash.

wiedman said:

I just wish there would be a thread that would give people a review of seed banks. Would of saved me some cash.

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You do realize that there is an entire sub forum for that on this site right?

ShyGuru said:

You do realize that there is an entire sub forum for that on this site right?

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Nope did not realize that. I ordered from true North last November and I couldn't find anything on here that was up to date. Thanks for the info.

I didn't see all these negative reviews around until a few days after I placed my order and paid. I wanted Canadian located and the reviews on the strains I chose were mixed with good and not good and i could tell which ones were "fake".

I placed my order 2017-09-22 and received it a week later on 2017-09-29. I got what I ordered which was:

3x Canuk OG Kush
3x Canuk Cookies
3x King TUT
1x Canuk White Widow (freebie).

All of the 3x seeds came in its own resealable bag with a general printed label on the front with the strain name. inside the seeds are in a small plastic tube. The freebie was in the same plastic tube without the plastic bag. The bags were not tamper proof or anything. hopefully i am actually getting what I asked for.

Seeds themselves look OK, one may be really small but the rest are how they should be (i think?).

I will germ them and post back results, I am hoping 100% as that is the number of plants I wanted.

Even if I get good results I probably will not use them again just because of the negativity and no quality control with tamper proof packaging.

kingtitan said:

I didn't see all these negative reviews around until a few days after I placed my order and paid. I wanted Canadian located and the reviews on the strains I chose were mixed with good and not good and i could tell which ones were "fake".

I placed my order 2017-09-22 and received it a week later on 2017-09-29. I got what I ordered which was:

3x Canuk OG Kush
3x Canuk Cookies
3x King TUT
1x Canuk White Widow (freebie).
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you could do a cross called CanukTut Cookies Kush

First time grower.

ImI not sure what to think about true north. I tend to be a research guy. It usually takes me months to Lake a purchase as I try to narrow down the best value..but because my dad is a medical patient, and decided he would find my whole operation, he had a lot of suggestions. I got a great deal on the seeds, and just decided sex to pet him have it.

So I'm about two weeks into my first grow, and only 2/4 have sprouted. There's still some hope that maybe the other two will, but I doubt it.

It's hard to say whether or not tns is awful. My seeds arrived quickly, and I got exactly what I ordered. However, I expect a bit better than a 50% Germrination rate at these pricew

Also, I assume that to stay in existence, that majority of a company's transactions must be successful. But compared to other seed companies I've seen in Canada, tns gets an awful lot of bad reviews .People are obviously more likely to post a review of they're disappointed, but it seems to be worse for tns than others

I’ve ordered from them got what I ordered off my visa no issues were having mail strike here so we’re a few days late . I couldn’t find my log in info or order number so I e mailed them got a response right away with info I needed and that order was good and sent there growing right now.

I sent 2 money orders to them in Sept and both are now cashed and they keep telling me over the phone that they never received them and its probably because of the postal strike then I bring up my western union tracking numbers and a message from western union that they were both cashed by NASB and they hung up on me and my dashboard now shows orders cancelled, BUYERS BEWARE, They are scam artists and dishonest .

mr buddy said:

looking for a good UK seed bank

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Dr.green thumb in Canada.he has good beans.

Heathen Raider said:

I sent 2 money orders to them in Sept and both are now cashed and they keep telling me over the phone that they never received them and its probably because of the postal strike then I bring up my western union tracking numbers and a message from western union that they were both cashed by NASB and they hung up on me and my dashboard now shows orders cancelled, BUYERS BEWARE, They are scam artists and dishonest .

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Very strange I had no issues at al even got back to me right away I’m growing there seeds now mabe there’s a fake site . They are good in my books .

mr buddy said:

looking for a good UK seed bank

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Midweek Song is back up. That said, I had no issues ordering from TNSB, twice.