Harvest time?

[reflux 1]

talking about germ rates, the crap est germ ive seen was ak47 1 outa 10, and it took so long to germ it ended up male anyway, i brought another pack of AK47 and i got 90% germ, when i first brought seed bank seeds, i thought the most expensive seeds should be more garenteed how wrong was i, i know only buy nirvarna seeds know, and even though they are considered to some to be second rate geneticts, ive been happy every time

[louise]

Couple of terms in my post that may need clarification.

 

manufacturer = the seedbank, the company that produces the seed eg. Greenhouse Seeds, Sensiseeds.

 

reseller/vendor = the company that on-sells the products manufactured by the various seedbanks eg. Bonzaseeds, Herbies pick an mix.

 

 

Seed generally is guaranteed by the manufacturer. The problem we face here is that we have to go through a secondary reseller to make purchases. These resellers are generally located in the UK, and due to UK law can only offer seeds as 'souvenirs', so there is no legal requirement to assist customers in the event of germination failure.

 

Some of vendors will say they can't get the seeds replaced by the manufacturer... this usually means that either they can't be bothered, or they didn't buy their stock from from the manufacturer but rather an intermediary (seed can pass through 2,3 or even 4 intermediaries before reaching the eventual vendor). If the vendor does get their seed direct from the manufacturer they should be able to source replacements from the reputable manufacturers fairly easily.

 

I know with the seedbanks in the Sensi group it is just a matter of filling in a form and lodging it with the company. Granted, this takes time and is work for which they get no reward. Add to that the fickle nature of seed sales... a lot of resellers don't work to get your repeat business because there are always new customers to fill your place.

[reflux 1]

louise i understand the seed is only for preserving of genetics loophole,  but do you think its still worth a email when bad germ rates happen, what i dont get is how can a amateur breeder get great germ rates constantly, but professionals can have trouble, the crap est germ rates i have seen, was outdoors in rainy wet mold infecting seasons, but even then 60% germ was still happening

[Frank Reynolds]

It may depend greatly on the age of the seeds and how they are stored by reaellers

[MrTrimbole]

The seed industry is a rort with no regulation at all. Best thing to do is to buy a pack of regular seeds from a very trusted vendor and seed bank and just do a breeding run. Thats what i did.

 

Spending 200 bucks on seeds for such a low success rate is just throwing money away.

[louise]

louise i understand the seed is only for preserving of genetics loophole,  but do you think its still worth a email when bad germ rates happen, what i dont get is how can a amateur breeder get great germ rates constantly, but professionals can have trouble, the crap est germ rates i have seen, was outdoors in rainy wet mold infecting seasons, but even then 60% germ was still happening

 

It's a conversation that is worth having, but it probably wants it's own thread... we've moved a long way from how close Cantgrow's plants are from harvest.