To add. This forum as in riu, never really discuss elite cuts. I have basically given up on seeds. Ever since I've become a US strain hunter, I find an elite cut is so much better than running unproven seeds. They don't compare to me.
If you get an opportunity to score an elite. Do it, check the source and know what to look for. Strain specifics. Sure you might get burnt a time or two but acquiring elite genetics could be priceless.
Seeds.
U gave up on seeds
The Pheno hunt
that’s how you can find quality
who knows pop enough out from the original seeds and you might even find something better back then they weren’t tell scene to 150 Phenos I guaranteed if you ran seeds and did a pheno hunt from 250 or 500 Phenos you’ll find something better and more potent
Or at least something completely different
Or more preferable to what you want
The point is that people buy seeds and expect to get what the breeder advertises the one that the breeder advertises is usually a selected Pheno
You might have to pop 10 seeds because as most breeders don’t breed the strain long enough do you get it to where every seed is uniform representation of the mother
What is that possibility for variation that makes it worthwhile