Just another silly thread about preferences. 10, 12 or 15 seed packs? It seems like most breeders have settled on the 10 pack as the standard format.
Recently, a few large breeders (I won't mention the names but we know who you are) slashed seed numbers from 15 and 12 to 10 - instead of raising seed prices (which comes out as a price increase anyway). Only a few resist, such as SOL. But for how long?
The reason for the poll is that I'm not at all sure that this is what the customers want. I can't speak for you all, but the poll can, if you vote.
Personally, I think the 10 pack is a step in the wrong direction. Even for a closet grower. If you hypothesize that a 10 pack will give you one or two dead seeds (fairly common), you're left with 8 or 9 seeds. If you speculate on a approximate 50%-50% sex ratio (I leave the feminized seeds out of this reasoning), you're left with 4 or 5 females (most growers grow out females). In most genepools, this isn't enough to find a keeper, and in many it is not enough to find a good expression of the genotype that the breeder wanted you to have (a lot of genetics on sale being unstable).
Genetic variety is quite okay in my book, if it gives you what the ad promised (and you paid for).
Personally, I prefer the 12 pack. It gives you approximately 6 females, which is what I (on average) squeeze in under one 600w, so I can keep one strain under one light.
12's a great number. It's the number of months in a year, it brings less bad luck than 13. How many monkeys were there in "The Army of the Twelve Monkeys"? Twelve, right? And whenever Cornell College girls go mud wrestling, it's always in 12' deep of mud. Not to mention the double 6-pack, a classic.
Not saying no to a 15 pack though. If your initial reaction is to say "well, get two packs then", you missed the point. Customized seed packs would be a smarter invention in that case. You pay per seed, and you state your number.
Thoughts and opinions? Please vote.
Recently, a few large breeders (I won't mention the names but we know who you are) slashed seed numbers from 15 and 12 to 10 - instead of raising seed prices (which comes out as a price increase anyway). Only a few resist, such as SOL. But for how long?
The reason for the poll is that I'm not at all sure that this is what the customers want. I can't speak for you all, but the poll can, if you vote.
Personally, I think the 10 pack is a step in the wrong direction. Even for a closet grower. If you hypothesize that a 10 pack will give you one or two dead seeds (fairly common), you're left with 8 or 9 seeds. If you speculate on a approximate 50%-50% sex ratio (I leave the feminized seeds out of this reasoning), you're left with 4 or 5 females (most growers grow out females). In most genepools, this isn't enough to find a keeper, and in many it is not enough to find a good expression of the genotype that the breeder wanted you to have (a lot of genetics on sale being unstable).
Genetic variety is quite okay in my book, if it gives you what the ad promised (and you paid for).
Personally, I prefer the 12 pack. It gives you approximately 6 females, which is what I (on average) squeeze in under one 600w, so I can keep one strain under one light.
12's a great number. It's the number of months in a year, it brings less bad luck than 13. How many monkeys were there in "The Army of the Twelve Monkeys"? Twelve, right? And whenever Cornell College girls go mud wrestling, it's always in 12' deep of mud. Not to mention the double 6-pack, a classic.
Not saying no to a 15 pack though. If your initial reaction is to say "well, get two packs then", you missed the point. Customized seed packs would be a smarter invention in that case. You pay per seed, and you state your number.
Thoughts and opinions? Please vote.
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