OK, so I did some germination testing on all of the new "Peanut Butter Breath" crosses. These were put right into paper towels without any presoak.
I put down 4 packs (32 seeds) of each strain, and I put down 5 packs (15 seeds because they would be 3 pack freebies) of the S1's and these are my results:
-Simply Watermelon x Peanut Butter Breath: 29 of 32
-StonerBerry #1 x Peanut Butter Breath: 22 of 32
-StonerBerry #2 x Peanut Butter Breath: 31 of 32
-Blueberry Hashplant x Peanut Butter Breath: 32 of 32
-Apple Fritter x Peanut Butter Breath: 32 of 32
-Peanut Butter Breath S1's: 8 of 15
The group right out of the tent that is 79*F at all times. Nothing extraordinary in terms of germ methods here.
The decision to move forward with "StonerBerry #2 x Peanut Butter Breath" has become an easy one after doing germ testing and finding that SB#2 x PBB has much better germ rates than the SB#1 x PBB. Not to mention, I am liking the SB#2 better than SB#1 after puffing on the cured flower for a couple months now. As for the PBB S1's, I may still release them but instead of doing freebie packs of 3 seeds I may do packs of 7 with the anticipation that a few may not germinate without any cracking or intervention. Well see how the plants come out though before I start going any further with plans.