The Grow Awards 2026 🏆

The Minority vs The Usual Offerings. Which do you choose and why?

The_Wanderer
The_Wandererstarted grow question 1mo ago
Real Seed Co. seeds are recent field collections/reproductions of today's traditional farming (variable, minor modern influence in some lines) *VS* Preserved IBLs, historical snapshots, stabilized and pure from a pre-contamination era, rarer more pristine historical examples.
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 4d ago
"I never tied my left shoelace. Chaos was my co-captain."
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KurtHighgrade
KurtHighgradeanswered grow question 15d ago
Faker than fake in my opinion. These 'sacred and special ' seeds seem to derive from Khalifa or ACE and not any other mystical source. Don't send money to this guy
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KurtHighgrade
KurtHighgradeanswered grow question 24d ago
I will never understand why to stick to 5-10% flintstone genetics. Maybe it's my IQ😂 Best place for stuff like this is inside a bonfire if you ask me💚
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Ultraviolet
Ultravioletanswered grow question 1mo ago
Environment matters as much as genetics in gene expression, a concept known as epigenetics, where factors like diet, stress, toxins, and early experiences turn genes "on" or "off," influencing health, traits, and disease risk, showing that DNA isn't destiny but a blueprint read differently by the world around us. Your entire premise seems to be that genes are dictated; you seem to fail to understand the expression part and the roles that the environment creates. You cannot recreate a plant from 5000 years ago, even if the seed genetics are the same, the environmental differences would make sure it would not express the same as it would have 5000 years ago. A plant’s final characteristics (its phenotype) are not solely dictated by its genes but are the result of continuous, complex interactions between its genotype and the environment. The phenomenon is known as phenotypic plasticity—the ability of a single genotype to produce different physical or behavioral traits in response to varying environmental conditions. Scientists have successfully revived ancient plants from seeds or tissues (such as the 32,000-year-old Silene stenophylla found in Siberian permafrost). These revived plants often show distinct differences from their modern descendants. Even with identical genetics, ancient plants grown in modern labs or greenhouses exhibit different leaf widths, petal shapes, and flowering behaviors compared to both their modern counterparts and (hypothetically) their original ancestors in their native, ancient environments. Growing an ancient seed today means the plant lacks the specific microbial soil balance, atmospheric CO2 levels, and climate patterns that originally shaped its organic development 5,000 years ago. Hardly the same as someone feeding synthetic salt ions derived from the Haber-Bosch process. The guy with 4 half-assed hazy diaries has not single-handedly unlocked ancient genetic prodigies from outer space, even if he did, judging by the content of his character, the plant would only grow a fraction of any potential it had. Stress is a major signaling agent that triggers extensive plant genetic responses. Go study that, get some real knowledge under your belt that might help, and apply it to your grows, maybe then you will get a nug to express larger than your thumb. Baby steps. We all love a little enthusiasm, let's keep it grounded in some basic degree of reality, maybe even humility, pfff bro science, then there is 2nd cousin science. That's rich coming from me. I know, right, crazy world. Word salads are great, but they generally have to come with some further articulation that leads the reader to logic and reason, not just more word salads upon word salad of conjecture and feeling on the matter, an endless black hole of lie after lie to keep the hoax alive, hopeful some sap will fall for it before the ruse is up. It’s about realizing that there are no problems. Only situations — to be dealt with now, or to be left alone and accepted as part of the “isness” of the present moment until they change or can be dealt with. Have a lovely rest of the holidays.
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Green_claws
Green_clawsanswered grow question 1mo ago
Waiting for the wanderer to become the lost
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HinduGod
HinduGodanswered grow question 1mo ago
@TruTraTri DIS GUY ALL YOU CAN DO IS PRAY FOR HIM!!!!! SO FOR YOU I WILL PRAY FOR HIM!!!! DAT WILL BE VERY VERY GOOD!!!
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00110001001001111O
00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 1mo ago
Until breeders use CRISPR or actually make some attempt to map out alleles related to displayed phyiscal traits, it's all amateur hours. I find it funny the common go-to deragotory phrase is calling someone a 'pollen-chucker' when they are all doing it in an unsophisticated way using 19th century methodologies when better options exist today. Selecting based on phenotype is unresolved and something the Amish can do with zero technology or science education, lol. "Ancient" generally means worse. There are exceptions, but blind faith in 'older is better' is a doomed mantra. This is hipster logic.
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TruTraTri
TruTraTrianswered grow question 1mo ago
@HinduGod would you please talk some sense into that guy? Perhaps he understands your caps better and perhaps you are more spiritual than I am 😋 DAT WOULD BE VERY GOOD! 😜 😘😘😘 (I really like you even with caps😅)
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 1mo ago
ENOUGH ALREADY!
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TruTraTri
TruTraTrianswered grow question 1mo ago
www.youtube.com/watch A real seed Co. wouldn't need to make fake questions. Moreover, never take part in a contest sponsored by another breader (UKHTA contest). Of course you are making something special and ask a tremendous stupid question to get some clicks. You are so needy.. Warning for everyone, don't give this pal any adresses. At least don't ever pay. Pathetic cheap faker.
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All_our_small_plants
All_our_small_plantsanswered grow question 1mo ago
Alter bist du so was wie ein DNA Experte in pflanzen,oder woher weißt du überhaupt was für Shit Genetik en du hast? Oder bist du selber durch alle Kontinenten gereist und hast die Samen eigenhändig eingesammelt?
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