@ sideshow bob , Hans did know more than enough bout breeding and made some fantastic strains
But hey he can't defend himself cuz he's dead , but the seeds speak for themselves
On the identifying seeds by sight thing, I disagree, you very much can identify seeds by sight if the genes are stable, truebreeding as Posi's were, just as consistent traits show in the plants of stable, well-bred lines, so do consistent visual traits show in the seeds.
All of Posi's lines were very good, some of them great, all of them better than what the Dutch seedbanks sell nowadays. Posi closed not long before the Geoden law banned large grows and seed production, so the Dutch genes of today are the result of a decade of the Posi library being hacked in small underground grows, they have all declined in quality a good deal.
As far as I know, there are only two seedlines still easily available that accurately reflect the Posi original's quality - Tom Hill's Haze and Wernard's Double Fun, that fact is very sad.
I just don't have any faith in High Quality, Dutch Passion, Growi, Kulu and the others to buy their versions of the old posi lines, which is a shame as I really liked a lot of them.
You never see anyone growing any of the old Posi clones online anymore, out of the at least 100 clones in the library, a good few must still be around, surely?
Im growing positronics AK47 fems, (3-4 week) flowering period...
And they do rock...
people always turning their noses up at the power plant.... dunno why, its great stuff if you let it finish proper... bloody philistines
pfft.. and there you go and blow that whole thing where by you sounded like you knew what you were talking about...
its a fine sativa up high, great for day times and still being with it enough to keep everything together, even better for parties, proper chatty. doesnt taste of lemonade or grapefuit soda, but thats no reason to diss her...taste like a nice old school african actually... which is what she is... small wonder
Ok I admit I took offense.. I'm sorry for the sarcy comment, it was out of order.
I really don't claim its that "special" up against some of the "exotics" but compared to a lot of commercial crap (and a lot of THAT is PP) that I see, the PP I run is worth a look. I agree its not knock you on your ass herb, but actually thats one of it's qualities (I used to smoke this a lot working as a DJ, a spliff of anything bordering the quality of the SSH I have right now would be way over doing it and get me boo'd sacked or beaten up..lol.. everything has a place even less cattletruck stopping gear)
But anyway, my original point, the PP cut we run here in "zuid holland" (the one you're talking about in all likelyhood) is a clear cut above the way over inbred lines you can buy in seed form that many think of as "PP". This cut (I know personally) has been local since the early mid 90s when it was still "hot news". You're right in most of what you say actually, I can't disagree, but I still stand by the fact that ppl are wrong to turn their noses up at it. It's a mainstay for me and I have plenty of choices.. I wouldn't want you to think I'm utterly clueless either (I keep some fine old gems in my collection) growing is still a bit new to me... herb, not so much
The cut I have, really does taste earthy and fairly close to the original african imports though - the high isnt quite (edit * - anything like) as ceilingless, when I first smoked durban I literally would trip my nuts off, but its still there..albeit "managable".
I did recently see PP listed on a menu.. at 18 a g I wish I could remember where so you could tell your mates and laff .. I nearly shat myself when I saw it...
and to suggest it is deisel or TW is madness...sadly most of them just don't know any better.
theres an apology in there somewhere, I hope you'll accept it
Last time I was in the Dam.....about 8 years ago, I was staying right by the "Mellow Yellow"....TBH....it was a bit too plastic cafe style for me...and nothing special on the weed....The "Coffeeshop Little" next door was more my cup of tea....very cosy.
But I was generally unimpressed with the quality of the buddage in most places I visited (and I did as many as I could in 10 days). Seems no buds had a good flush. Couldn't get a pure joint to stay alight in many cases. And it was at the height of "White Widow mania". Compared with what I was getting in the States at that time....couldn't hold a candle to it.
The only thing that really blew my socks off was the Kali Mist at the Bluebird.
But that was a few years ago, and things might have changed by now. Just my 2p.
PS I piss off the Cheese heads all the time, it's just me and my hatred of commercial crap...