agree or not, but I disagree with the market thinking they need to depend on "cookies" and hyped strains only as a selling method. yes u could have a few in ur stock but to just being their bitch and copycatting others on what the "markets demand" is only asking for the top of this same strains to beat you in so many factors. being unique and also winning cups or misc for new stuff brings people to want ya gear and medicines .
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in logic as a grower If the clone seller/nursery could prove 100% no lies if the cut was proven and virus free .. another thing is I would want to see alive mature plants at least pictures of them and harvested bud too even if pictures and in this market it needs reasons why to buy it like unique cannabinoids or combos ,high in terps % or at least unique profiles , Needs to be easy to grow , obvious high resistance to nutes burning, allowance high ppfd and mold/pest resistant. show me proven lab test of multi branches its clean and test isnt old . you would be surprised so many "OG's" and misc hyped strains would never get a check mark for any of that but also they suck at yields. now with higher plant counts and if nurseries became more intact in states for everyone. I think breeding of these things could be checked marked as approved but also have no negavitiy on the yields .
if cannabis nurseries did this and also gave valid growing tips on the selected pheno i would be willing to pay a bunch NP , right now show me any legal or non legal that can check mark that. I see a lot of "hype" and major claims without any proof on it being a good strain to be worth the value than using clean stock seeds and finding a pheno ( shoot so many of these legal they aren't plant count limited, its by SQFT)
another bad factor even if "legit clone" is if you don't know how this plant functions and its demands. who to say u don't fuck the rest of the crop over but also even mono cropped the grower will need a few rounds unless educated on it will not ever see the true nature or success on why the strain is worthy? ive ran stuff from others and wonder ... wtf? than asked the person who had it and whatcha know, certain tips and Enviroment changes make all the diff from success to crap in growing..having exclusive and being able to 100% know that plant loves your grow room, why fuck around when the whole markets hyped clones can def be found in seed form but also if you decided to go out of the normal. grow some non hyped and be ur own brand. Look at jungle boys and cookies, they made their name and now anything that comes out of their ass is "awesome"
point is if commercially or even home grower, why run stuff that's ur competition ( and they mastered those cuts) but also showing you can't breed your own or find VIP/Exclusive genetics to compete? just saying if u invested all this cash why not have a testing room even if small scaled and run it year around to find what your menu demands, wants and will need but also can highlight ur brand/grower.
flower and veggie & fruit agriculture seeds and clones/already grown aren't depending on single branding of strains as their sale point but also not telling the consumer or grower there isnt any other options, as the growers success its the art of everything in the company and consistency ( genetics isnt 100% of outcome but also is required too) that bring it in the shine ( not saying connections and advertising isn't a huge % too).. if that was the case besides the GMO versions and everyone depended on clones and "he says" without info clones. my guess farming % would be way imbalanced but also making it so the "exclusive" nursery has all the ownership. that's always a bad thing for the grower but also consumer.
another argument is if you pheno hunted and found even if it wasn't in anyway in lineage of that but awesome bag appeal and crazy terps, if u renamed it for ur sales as one of the hyped names like gelato or runtz. my guess there would be zero dispute but also more success at least right now than bending over and hoping even if direct purchase its legit, clean and also u know how it grows. My guess a lot of the time also if a hyped strain isnt released , breeders and companies do that all the time. it isnt like they GMO own em so who stops that? bitching?