27/03/2026
The importance of genetics-
Good genetics are important because they give you the best possible starting position in the endeavor of growing quality cannabis flower. Many a seasoned grower started their journey into cannabis cultivation by initially germinating bag seeds, I myself have never been against this because experience has shown me that there are strong phenos to be found in a batch of bag seeds. I have hunted some pretty impressive & “surprising” plants from bag seed germinations, however it remains a lottery. There are a few fundamental problems with growing out bag seeds if your aim is to cultivate high yielding plants with quality trichome formation & coverage- You are never truly sure of the strain specifics because although the female flower had been sold/supplied to you as a specific strain, there is no guarantee that the female in question was in fact pollinated by a male of the same strain. You would most likely be germinating a cross, & because you do not know the details of the male pollen donor, you never truly know what strain you will grow out. This is a problem because it contributes to bad ethics within the already muddied waters of the cannabis market- how can you supply a product that you do not truly know the specifications of? The next problem is that as opposed to feminized seeds, you can never really know whether you are germinating male or female plants. Regular seeds are great if you want to hunt both female & male plants for the purposes of breeding. However, if the aim is to grow good quality flower, you will spend an incredibly large amount of time & effort on plants that may turn out to be males, which you will only establish at pre-flower which could be many weeks post germination. Another problem is related to the stability of the phenotypes that will result from germinating bag seeds. Quality breeders hunt strong male & female phenotypes that present prominent traits of which capture the essence of the strain that they have either created or improved upon. When you germinate bag seeds, you do not know any details of the male donor- whether he expressed a strong phenotype with desirable traits, or whether he was even of the same strain as the female that he pollinated. Furthermore, if he was of a different strain, the seeds that you are germinating will be a first generation cross between that unknown male & the female plant he pollinated. First generation plants are never stable, some will be keepers & some will be a waste of space. It is up to a breeder to hunt strong males & females from that first generation, inbreed them, and then create feminized seeds by doing a s*x reversal on a desirable female plant from which other desirable females will be pollinated. In general, more generations & hunts performed will result in increasingly stable plants with the desirable traits of that specific strain captured & locked in. Cloning the strongest phenotypes for these purposes is the way to go as it allows a breeder the opportunity to create carbon copies of their strongest male & female plants, which they can then breed with. This is a lengthy process that can take years, those breeders that are willing to put in the time & effort to do this will be the creators of feminized seeds that are incredibly stable & expressive.
