ILGM Your experience? Yay or Nay

Gentlemancorpse

Cannabis Chaotician
Staff member
Moderator
LoL
I dont know why would anyone buv their seeds.
Whole site and everything looks so.. Clueless. idk how to describe.
its like you wanna be fashionable and you go buy your clothes in wallmart.
That is ILGM for me.
That's another fairly apt comparison man lol. Why do people go to Walmart? Cause it's inexpensive, they carry everything and they're everywhere. ILGM, Pacific Seed bank etc exist off the same business model. They made themselves easy to find through SEO and list seeds of every popular strain name you could possibly imagine. They even carry stuff that makes zero sense to carry, to the point where I genuinely wonder sometimes if they just invented an algorithm so whenever you search for a strain, they create a listing for it whether it existed before or not. Last night I was poking around for packs of SSSC M-39 aka Beasters, a North American strain nobody but me or @Hitch seems to want, and all of a sudden there it was at PSB! You can't convince that there are enough people looking for them that a seed bank of that scale would invest time and money into preserving them. Just, why? Who's ordering that strain, from that bank?? I dunno, maybe I'm just being paranoid. I'm kind of tempted to buy a pack out of sheer curiosity

Man I got off track there didn't I? Lol
 

Kanzeon

In Bloom
That's another fairly apt comparison man lol. Why do people go to Walmart? Cause it's inexpensive, they carry everything and they're everywhere. ILGM, Pacific Seed bank etc exist off the same business model. They made themselves easy to find through SEO and list seeds of every popular strain name you could possibly imagine. They even carry stuff that makes zero sense to carry, to the point where I genuinely wonder sometimes if they just invented an algorithm so whenever you search for a strain, they create a listing for it whether it existed before or not. Last night I was poking around for packs of SSSC M-39 aka Beasters, a North American strain nobody but me or @Hitch seems to want, and all of a sudden there it was at PSB! You can't convince that there are enough people looking for them that a seed bank of that scale would invest time and money into preserving them. Just, why? Who's ordering that strain, from that bank?? I dunno, maybe I'm just being paranoid. I'm kind of tempted to buy a pack out of sheer curiosity

Man I got off track there didn't I? Lol

With PSB especially, I wouldn't be surprised if they just had a huge pile of random seeds and a label printer that they had laying around for the more obscure stuff like that. It's not like most people buying from that site would be able to differentiate fake strains from real ones after growing them out. If there was an off-brand Wal-Mart, it'd essentially be Pacific Seed Bank.
 

Gentlemancorpse

Cannabis Chaotician
Staff member
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With PSB especially, I wouldn't be surprised if they just had a huge pile of random seeds and a label printer that they had laying around for the more obscure stuff like that. It's not like most people buying from that site would be able to differentiate fake strains from real ones after growing them out. If there was an off-brand Wal-Mart, it'd essentially be Pacific Seed Bank.
Yeah, I'd trust ILGM over PSB any day. There's just no way they actually have some of these strains in stock
 

BigPretzel

In Bloom
I got my very first order from ILGM and it was for Gelato Autoflower seeds I ordered 10 and got 10 free except it was 180$ for those 20 seeds which if I’d of gone to DCSE or even shady ass Neptune I’d of gotten double that with freebies. And the auto flowers I’m sure wouldn’t of been so shit. Out of all the autos I have run those gelato autos are absolute trash… they taste and smell nothing like gelato nor do they pack the same aroma. I just feel like ILGM isn’t worth the money or the effort. Not to mention all that money and it came in a plastic baggie with a barcode. No love at all out into them so no wonder they perform sub par. I even really rain those gelatos a few times to make sure it wasn’t just me and my set up but it’s definitely not I grow some fire with other genetics it was just them.
 

Ramjet159

pHeno pHisher
I got my very first order from ILGM and it was for Gelato Autoflower seeds I ordered 10 and got 10 free except it was 180$ for those 20 seeds which if I’d of gone to DCSE or even shady ass Neptune I’d of gotten double that with freebies. And the auto flowers I’m sure wouldn’t of been so shit. Out of all the autos I have run those gelato autos are absolute trash… they taste and smell nothing like gelato nor do they pack the same aroma. I just feel like ILGM isn’t worth the money or the effort. Not to mention all that money and it came in a plastic baggie with a barcode. No love at all out into them so no wonder they perform sub par. I even really rain those gelatos a few times to make sure it wasn’t just me and my set up but it’s definitely not I grow some fire with other genetics it was just them.
Same deal when I ordered their Girl Scout Cookies . I still have the rest of those beans sitting in my drawer in the probably never pop box . I grew a few and they were crap ?. All pistil with minor frostless calyx . Game over for me !!!
 

Amos Otis

Weed Legend
I wondered the same about Midweek Song seedbank . Dunno if any of you guys have tried them . I think reading old conversations on RIU @Amos Otis may have been down that road awhile back ??‍♂️
It's been 4 years, I think, but I did a few orders with Lewis there. The last one was the Black Raspberry that Fiona's Crack was made with. He seemed like a good guy that cared.
 

Ramjet159

pHeno pHisher
It's been 4 years, I think, but I did a few orders with Lewis there. The last one was the Black Raspberry that Fiona's Crack was made with. He seemed like a good guy that cared.
Thanks for the feedback . I know they copped some heat when they hit the floor for trading maybe unfairly and I have corresponded with them asking about services etc . Were you happy with your orders ? or was it too long ago to recall . I’m guessing you’ve obtained a lot more beans in 4 years ?
 

Amos Otis

Weed Legend
Thanks for the feedback . I know they copped some heat when they hit the floor for trading maybe unfairly and I have corresponded with them asking about services etc . Were you happy with your orders ? or was it too long ago to recall . I’m guessing you’ve obtained a lot more beans in 4 years ?
Very happy with orders; no complaints at all. I grew out one of their freebies, and he used it on his site. Can't remember which one, and I haven't looked for a long time.
 

aridbud

In Bloom
Yup, there doesn't seem to be one solid method, but more like methods that seem to work for different people. I'm the opposite of you...I had horrible results with the paper towel method but have really solid germination rates soaking in a cup of water then straight to plugs or soil once the tap root pokes out.
Paper towels, esp. with pandemic seemingly have a bit more bleach. If you do paper towel method, try to find natural unbleached in health food stores.
Another priceless ingredient is food grade HO2O as it's stable compared to medical hydrogen peroxide.

A member here mentioned zero germination on one of our most popular strains. Be careful about peat pots/ cubes. Peat, if not sourced properly(too acidic), can fry seeds or cause damping off....too much of a good thing.

We took time out of the breeding schedule to do QA/QC run on 4 Lots, and found 3 out of the 4 immediately sprouted within 2+ days. The Lot we sold this member lagged by 1.5 -2 days ( 4 days total, the outdoor grown Lot) and the 3 out of 4 seeds showed tails, with the 4th seed cracked.

Growing them out to bestow the females to those in need of good medicine....and have resumed our schedule , back on track of growing again, having moved the seedlings to another area.

Offered more than once to replace the seeds of ANY strain that 'failed to launch'. No answer.

Have come to reiterate after decades of breeding, the psychology of education.... those that talk a good game don't always perform.

In our seedbanks/direct sales, only 1 strain early on 2011 gave us a reason to pull the plug on that strain. The others, we "knew" they just wanted more seeds, yet no questions asked, we have replaced seeds 2 other times. Neptune mis-categorized/ misinformed customer regarding our seeds several years back, so we replaced; we have other customers who once bought from them, now buy from us along with their friends, due to clearing up erroneous info.

*****Filter water, tiny amount of mychorizae HO2O, the best of all world's when germinating.******
 

Skunky Dunk Farms

Cannabinoid Receptor
Ive got new seeds that didn't pop and very old ones that are 100% germ.
Just like veggie seeds, ya just never can call it.

Myself, for about 30 years I scarify the beans, soak em in bottle drinking water(ph is almost always 7) for a day and into a towell for a day and into soil.
Nothin more , nothin less.
 
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