Feminizing! Is it becoming mainstream to stop copying?
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i think it is .. if you were running a seed company you would want to keep your strain EXCULSIVE................... so this is why the're all doing it
i'd get your regular seeds now and store them for the future .. i am
i'd get your regular seeds now and store them for the future .. i am
K
Kal-El
That's not why companies are making fem seeds.
They do it cuz it is easy and makes money.
They do it cuz it is easy and makes money.
good dubwise spread the word ... we'll be the ones laughing in the future :grin:
spread the word ... we'll be the ones laughing in the future :grin:
Nah it's because 90% of seed sales are feminized and if you don't follow suit then you'll go out of business. Certain breeders are holding off as long as they can (Shanti has an exceptionally loyal customer base) but they can't hold out for ever. Sad state of affairs but so it goes.
its just hermy pollen... its real easy for them .. its a win win situation for these guys
Even Shanti has started research into fem seeds http://www.mrnice.nl/forum/showthread.php?t=2436 it's nowt to do wi keeping genetics exclusive as people like DNA etc will rename shit without a second thought if it'll earn cash. If you don't do fems you go out of business simple as ask ACE and CBG. Not saying it's a good thing.
Do not look for any Fem'd seeds from me... no plans to ever switch
I understand the business logic and following suit.
My question isn't about whats popular, its why are they not updating there regular stock ?
That's why i question if there is a strategy move.
Thats good to hear!
Ah yeah I was answering Rocket High. How do you mean strategy, what would be the objective? Apart from making more money of course.
Just for the record I'm referring to the bigger name commercial type breeders not the 'boutique' style breeders who do it more for love of the plant than money.
Just for the record I'm referring to the bigger name commercial type breeders not the 'boutique' style breeders who do it more for love of the plant than money.
T
THC_Decapitator
they sell more feminized seeds plain and simple . I'm going to sprout my grapefruit 4 pack after reading this thread .
you can do it your-self with these soaks.. dont know if there any good ..mind http://www.accenthydroponics.com/prod_info/seed soak_info1.htm
KnuckleHedd
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In my area fem seeds are popular with new guys. How many times have you heard an FNG whining, "I lost half my plants..they turned male". My responce is," No...I was able to get rid of some plants....I started twice as many as I needed." They still don't get it. I avoid them cuz I can't make F2's and must buy again, which is the reason they're being produced. My state got MMJ a year ago so there's a boatload of new guy growers here. already the market is swamped with unripe, unflushed hydroponic mid grade. "Hydroponic is the best...right? If it don't make you cough it ain't no good."
My guess would be to keep others like joey and such from making a copy and reselling for half the price.
Keeping you limited as well.
Some these guys travel great distances (literally and figuratively) to find the perfect male/female.
The male is the hardest thing to breed.
Anyone can taste smell and see a female a lot of hard work goes into finding the right male.
To remove the option for the user to have a look at the male line will somewhat eliminate the ability to reproduce and steal from that line. (Without a lot of hard work on the person who really wants to rework)
Just my guess if there was a strategy at hand.
supply and demand - nearly all people want fem seeds now, so it's good business to supply them - plus they can be sold for more money and the customer will have to keep coming back for more unless they keep mums.
dont blame the breeders for giving the customers what they want. i went to the hemp expo this year and had a lot of trouble finding regular seeds, most vendors had only fem.
V.
dont blame the breeders for giving the customers what they want. i went to the hemp expo this year and had a lot of trouble finding regular seeds, most vendors had only fem.
V.
The "strategy" ,, within the horticultural industry at least,, is that feminized seed lines are owned and copyrighted by the breeders involved! The end result is a "corporate cultigen" whereby the Genus species cultivar can be DNA logged / genetically recognized ,, over and again,, as a unique species.
This may later allow breeders to attempt to claim compensation from growers working with genetics off-contract or off-license (i.e. without annual sale). Likewise it automatically prevents other breeders copying the genetics,, because the genetics are already "owned" in a legal sense ,, with DNA strand evidence to back up the claim.
Once we've finished testing these new auto-flowering feminized lines and sown/grown our latest feminized crosses to judge germination rates in new method feminized lineage ,,,for ourselves,, then personally,, we are done with fem. anything these sides
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This may later allow breeders to attempt to claim compensation from growers working with genetics off-contract or off-license (i.e. without annual sale). Likewise it automatically prevents other breeders copying the genetics,, because the genetics are already "owned" in a legal sense ,, with DNA strand evidence to back up the claim.
Once we've finished testing these new auto-flowering feminized lines and sown/grown our latest feminized crosses to judge germination rates in new method feminized lineage ,,,for ourselves,, then personally,, we are done with fem. anything these sides
One love
