bigbadbiddy
Active member
Howdy folks,
not sure if this is the right place but a PM to Karma G didn't result in a response, so here it goes:
I recently germed 12 Karma OG, 12 Headbanger and 18 White OG V2.
They were acquired about a year ago over a seedvendor with a bad attitude (where I won't buy again after this experience, I believe). They had a promotion running where you receive 4 White OG V2 bonus seeds for every pack of Karma gear you order. So I ordered 3 packs and got 12 bonus seeds.
One of the seeds was crushed, they wanted to replace it with some crap so I declined. I germed 5 of the 23 remaining White OG in a previous round where I had massive fungus gnat issues and only got 5 to germ of which only 1 made it above ground and it performed not too great, mostly my issue though I believe.
Anyway, this left me with 18 White OG V2 seeds and the other 2 packs.
Of the remaining 18 White OG V2 seeds, 10 were "original" and 8 were promo seeds.
In my last 3 seed sprouting attempts, I always had 100% germination rate. One such attempts was 40 seeds at once. 100% germination and 100% above soil.
In my current attempt, I again had 100% germination.
But here comes the kicker:
11/12 Karma OG made it above ground fine (not sure what happened to the last one. It was germinated fine with a "normal" tap root when I put it in a jiffy pellet. But I didn't think too much of it, I am absolutely fine with the odd seed not making it above ground, can't always have 100%. Also can't say with 100% certainty that I didn't hurt the tap root when putting it in the jiffy pellet although my track record makes that unlikely).
12/12 Headbangers made it above ground just fine
10/18 White OG V2 made it above ground.
And that irked me...
That is right, the 8 bonus White OG V2 seeds did not make it above ground. 2 of them also had close to no taproot when I transplanted them to jiffy cups. The other 6 looked well enough.
But none of them made it out of the soil.
The 10 original White OG V2s all made it out fine.
Now to me this sounds fairly obviously like the promo seeds either not being White OG V2 at all or being poorly stored by the partnering seedvendor or something but they did not perform and I am definitely disappointed.
I will still grow out the 33 remaining plants and reserve my overall judgment for after that harvest but for now, I can't say I am a happy or satisfied customer.
Furthermore, I shot a private message here on the board to Karma G and if that was the wrong guy to address with this, I apologize and am happy if someone points me in the right direction.
I did not get a response at all which makes me think that he doesn't stand behind his product like other breeders do.
I compare a lot of breeders with Mr. Nice as I have the most genetics from them and had the best customer experience with them and they would have replaced those seeds in a heartbeat with generous bonuses and sorted that thing out with their partner to understand how that could happen.
Now I am not looking for a handout, I don't even know if I wanted to take the risk of receiving more seeds at the moment through the mail and I really don't need more seeds as it stands anyway.
But a response would have been the very least I expected.
So now I write this to share my experience and let others know.
I will also update on what I find in those seeds. My hopes and expectations are still high although my hype for the White OG has considerably died down after this experience.
Cheers all
BBB
not sure if this is the right place but a PM to Karma G didn't result in a response, so here it goes:
I recently germed 12 Karma OG, 12 Headbanger and 18 White OG V2.
They were acquired about a year ago over a seedvendor with a bad attitude (where I won't buy again after this experience, I believe). They had a promotion running where you receive 4 White OG V2 bonus seeds for every pack of Karma gear you order. So I ordered 3 packs and got 12 bonus seeds.
One of the seeds was crushed, they wanted to replace it with some crap so I declined. I germed 5 of the 23 remaining White OG in a previous round where I had massive fungus gnat issues and only got 5 to germ of which only 1 made it above ground and it performed not too great, mostly my issue though I believe.
Anyway, this left me with 18 White OG V2 seeds and the other 2 packs.
Of the remaining 18 White OG V2 seeds, 10 were "original" and 8 were promo seeds.
In my last 3 seed sprouting attempts, I always had 100% germination rate. One such attempts was 40 seeds at once. 100% germination and 100% above soil.
In my current attempt, I again had 100% germination.
But here comes the kicker:
11/12 Karma OG made it above ground fine (not sure what happened to the last one. It was germinated fine with a "normal" tap root when I put it in a jiffy pellet. But I didn't think too much of it, I am absolutely fine with the odd seed not making it above ground, can't always have 100%. Also can't say with 100% certainty that I didn't hurt the tap root when putting it in the jiffy pellet although my track record makes that unlikely).
12/12 Headbangers made it above ground just fine
10/18 White OG V2 made it above ground.
And that irked me...
That is right, the 8 bonus White OG V2 seeds did not make it above ground. 2 of them also had close to no taproot when I transplanted them to jiffy cups. The other 6 looked well enough.
But none of them made it out of the soil.
The 10 original White OG V2s all made it out fine.
Now to me this sounds fairly obviously like the promo seeds either not being White OG V2 at all or being poorly stored by the partnering seedvendor or something but they did not perform and I am definitely disappointed.
I will still grow out the 33 remaining plants and reserve my overall judgment for after that harvest but for now, I can't say I am a happy or satisfied customer.
Furthermore, I shot a private message here on the board to Karma G and if that was the wrong guy to address with this, I apologize and am happy if someone points me in the right direction.
I did not get a response at all which makes me think that he doesn't stand behind his product like other breeders do.
I compare a lot of breeders with Mr. Nice as I have the most genetics from them and had the best customer experience with them and they would have replaced those seeds in a heartbeat with generous bonuses and sorted that thing out with their partner to understand how that could happen.
Now I am not looking for a handout, I don't even know if I wanted to take the risk of receiving more seeds at the moment through the mail and I really don't need more seeds as it stands anyway.
But a response would have been the very least I expected.
So now I write this to share my experience and let others know.
I will also update on what I find in those seeds. My hopes and expectations are still high although my hype for the White OG has considerably died down after this experience.
Cheers all
BBB