Question - Bagseed vs. Known Genetics (growing)

[Delta9Haze420]

I have some questions that growers with several more seasons under their belts than I will be better able to help me answer.

Premise: Are the genetics (such as those from a seed company) more important than the way a plant is cared for when it comes to potency? My question is really due to the abundance of bagseed, and cost of good genetics.

• 1). I would assume the ammount of care that goes into a plant is a direct reflection on it's potency, moreso than any other factor except genetics. I don't expect bagseed to compete with NL #5 or Haze (etc, etc), but is it worth the effort to properly grow bagseed for personal harvest? Will the resulting sensi buds from properly grown bagseed be worth the effort even if the seedy bricks that it came from were only lows/mids? Will they be more potent buds than the seedy bricks (I would assume so since no psychoactives went towards seed production)? These are fairly obvious questions, almost rhetorical, but I want to be *absolutely sure*. Main point: ***Is it worth the *legal* risk to grow bagseed to maturity***
  
  
• 2). On the flip side, say there is a male and female plant of known genetics (NL #5 for example). If they are both NL #5, and seed supply is low, is it worth the loss of yield to allow the female to become partially pollenated (one or two branches)? Each branch is several grams, so it is hard to willingly lose a percent yield purposely. I would again say this is an obvious "yes," but it helps to hear someone else say it.
  
  
• 3). Finally - What if there are two plants, a female NL #5 (or whatever known genetic) and a male from bagseed. Quality seed supply is low (fresh out of any known seed strains), but there is still enough bagseed for a season or two. Will allowing the male (grown from bagseed) to pollenate the high quality NL #5 produce a tangible increase in potency in its progeny to the point it would be worth the loss in yield of *pure* NL #5. Would the progeny (or resulting seeds) have a strong enough chance to be potent enough to be worth the loss of pure NL #5 when facing elimination of a known strain.

Today's Obvious Fact of the Day: Growers with few seasons behind them have a very, very hard time letting go of anything they grow - whether it is male plants that need to be discarded, female flowering yield in the shadow of seed supply starvation, or even just bagseed seedlings started in an attempt to test a grow setup...

Delta9Haze420 Reviewed by Delta9Haze420 on 09-18-2007. Question - Bagseed vs. Known Genetics (growing) I have some questions that growers with several more seasons under their belts than I will be better able to help me answer. Premise: Are the genetics (such as those from a seed company) more important than the way a plant is cared for when it comes to potency? My question is really due to the abundance of bagseed, and cost of good genetics. 1). I would assume the ammount of care that goes into a plant is a direct reflection on it's potency, moreso than any other factor except Rating: 5

[Forwhat420]

yes

[Forwhat420]

sry, well its really up to you. does the male show good charachteristics? if so i would. especially now that your seed stock is running low. as far as bag seed brick goes. i would stay away from. especially if mexican brick. although potency will increase in the fresh bud, there is unknown factors such as hermaphrodites. if you get a hold of some decent mid grade around your area then they might be worth a go. those usually have a chance of being upgraded to A grade.