Cali connection seeds what the deal

[NightbirdX]

Take the extra month and go from reg seed. In the end you should still do a selection with fems bc they can vary and the one that looks best in veg may end up being your problem plant in flower. So if you have to do a selection, might as well do it with normal healthy stock.

 

[beans davis]

Damage is done and I'll never use his products. He has a lot to be proud of but I think the pride is getting in the way of a serious undeniable problem. The ego is not your amigo.

What does he have to be proud of, that he sells bullshit genetics to med patients on disability.I was warned not to buy his gear before this shit hit the forums.You would have to crazy to give your hard earned money to this guy.

 

[Bigtacofarmer]

Sanity is a figment of my hallucination!

 

[laid]

I just brought LarryOG regular, Chem 4 OG regular, Tahoe OG fem, Blackwater fem and
a whole lot of free Ogiesel reg. I will let all know what happens!!

 

[HungryMan420]

My CVK Reg and Mixed Pack Reg are coming along great! Alot of good lookers in this mixed pack cant believe it smells are amazing and The CVK are nice as well a few Chem D lookin and 2 tall ones so im happy good luck on your gear Laid!!

 

[laid]

Thanks and the same to you.

 

[Tuco420]

Well just thought i would report back on those replacements Swerve offered me, it's been about two months now and looks like you guys were right about me never seeing them.

 

[Capt. Stickyfingers]

Sorry, man. Now you know what kind of person runs Cali Connection. Big surprise (not really) considering how packed full of herms my Larry got and how watered down (no smell/taste with some manageable herms) my Chem 4 was. Yes, the Chem 4 had barely no smell or taste.....Chem 4 no smell.... WTF

Now this is Swerve's cue to jump in and call me a troll and say the only reason I have herms and my chem 4 doesn't even smell is because I totally fail as a grower of dank bud.

The shit is pretty. Just no smell, taste, or potency.

CC's watered down Chem 4 (ps... These are the fems I'm talking about, I have no opinion of the regs)

 

[colonuggs]

I tired alot of seeds and have had alot of issues...thats why I say fuck seeds ...I have been growing from clone since day one... 20 years ago...I got larry, pre 98, tahoe ,chem4, ecsd, some 93 skunk that I been growin since 1993... not one of these is from any breeders

 

[dumdedum]

Dammm the buds are frosty.

 

[JJFOURTWENTY]

i love it when folks go fem, then complain the genetics are not legit. another case of wanting to have the cake and eat it too.

^this. No self respecting grower should go with "feminized" seeds imho. After all the female's were just stressed to the point of herming and creating seeds. This won't be a good thing when it comes time to select your mother.
That said, there is a ton of negative press on the web concerning Cali Connection. I've read through a lot of it after purchasing a pack of his Tahoe OG. Seems like in trying to rush his genetics out to market he skimped big time on testing it. The San Fernando Valley OG Kush male he used was the source of the problem causing auto flowering issues and herms early on. That was all happening like two years ago and has since been dealt with but here's what I don't get, If he's just using another generation of the same male then don't the issues still persist? I mean they'd hopefully just be more recessive then but still very much there.duh.
The problem are all these OG Kush crosses popping up on the market right now from relatively new companies is just how little in the way of testing there's been. And I say that because we haven't seen a whole lot of grow journals here on these forums or anywhere elsewhere else for that matter... just a lot of hype instead.
Not trying to discount too much though. I've just ordered a pack from both Cali and Rare Dankness for a Kush grow next time around, and hopefully I'll find one or two in each worth keeping, in the same way it'd be using anyone else's genetics - that's part of the fun!

 

[Capt. Stickyfingers]

I've grown plenty of feminized seeds with no issues. Fuck you if you think I lack self respect, Mr. First Grow ever Oct. 2011.

 

[JJFOURTWENTY]

Fine. Maybe "self respecting" wasn't the best choice of words to use, but I just don't see why anyone wouldn't go for the regular seeds to begin with. When it comes to finding that special pheno or keeper is there really any other way?

 

[Capt. Stickyfingers]

Fine. Maybe "self respecting" wasn't the best choice of words to use, but I just don't see why anyone wouldn't go for the regular seeds to begin with. When it comes to finding that special pheno or keeper is there really any other way?

What makes you think you don't get different phenos or keepers? I think you should do a little research before making assumptions. When a plant pollinates itself (s1) there aren't really big differences in phenotypes. When a female herm pollinates a normal female from reg seed of a totally different strain, you get different phenotypes and much more stable gear. I really don't get how you would think you don't get any keepers. If anything your chances of getting a keeper is greater, normally the breeder doing the feminizing chooses the best pheno to reverse and the best pheno to accept the pollen.

 

[JJFOURTWENTY]

To each their own and I could definitely be wrong... wouldn't be the first time. Anyways, back to Cali Connection: I for one am wondering what kind of veg times would I be looking at for his offerings(especially the Tahoe in my case)? I've heard some people veg his stuff out for quite a long while and the yields aren't all that stellar in the end. Yet the consensus seems to be smoke is A++.

 

[JJFOURTWENTY]

I for one am wondering what kind of veg times would I be looking at for his offerings(especially the Tahoe in my case)?

Found the answers to my own question. Some stellar info brought forth by Swerve and SoG on another forum:

Still wondering if the Hygrozyme would be necessary in my case since I'll be running Ebb & Flow. Gold mine nonetheless!

 

[beans davis]

We got males and hermies in 2 cali. con u outa your money strains.I'm not sure if there was 1 plant that didn't have nanners or went male.We cut the whole garden and started over with grape god not 1 problem.These cali con u seeds were bought in long beach about a year ago.
Want some OG Kush for a good price Dinafem has og kush on the tude $75.01 for 10 fems.
Check my avatar for dinafem pic.

 

[JCashman]

I tired alot of seeds and have had alot of issues...thats why I say fuck seeds ...I have been growing from clone since day one... 20 years ago...I got larry, pre 98, tahoe ,chem4, ecsd, some 93 skunk that I been growin since 1993... not one of these is from any breeders

heh, all of those plants came from breeders

 

[Dr. Kushman]

I guess I'll share my experiences, as I have bought and grown a fair bit of their gear.

Bubba pre98 s1...grew out a pack (from a couple years back) and had great results. All phenos were very similar, not fussy to feed, great end product which made me invest in several more packs from them.

OG sfv bx2...grew out a half pack, got 2 females. One was not great, the other was quite nice but impossible to keep happy nutrient wise...thought I'd dial her in next round but mom auto'd so I chucked her.

Jamacain OG...grew out a half pack, 3 girls. One hermed badly and was culled, the other two were very similar but the potency was a 5/10 at best...and the mom's auto'd for both anyways.

Alien Dawg (original)...grew out a pack, had 4 or 5 girls...the 2 chem d phenos were very nice and high yelding, the other 2 or 3 were mediocre...I don't expect every pheno to be gold, so having 2 great out of 4-5 is very good imho. No complaints on this pack.

Chem D s1...attempted to germinate a pack, I got about 5 or 6 to germ, then 1 or 2 runted out. I think 4 ended up making it to the flower room. The results on all 4 plants was consistant, garbage! I think 1 of them got culled a few weeks into flower, the other 3 I plucked nanners daily. Top colas the size of a pinky, no smell and mediocre potency. As for yeilds, my alien dawg (chem d pheno) would triple it. Completely unnacceptable yeilds and final product.

Blueberry Chem...germed a half pack, took 4 or 5 into flower. Hermed like bonkers, had to cull them all just a few weeks unto flower.

Orange Chem...germed and flowered a half pack...they started to herm later than the blueberry chems, I was so freaking tired of pluckin nanners every day...I ended up putting a dividing wall between my cali connect gear and the rest of the room to control the pollen...sure enough, much of the room was seeded by these. End product about 6/10 potency, very seeded.

Raskal's OG...this was hyped as the most anticipated release of the year or something like that at the farm, but my seeds were pale and tiny. Predictably, had poor germinations results...about half pack, then one or two runted out. I ended up flowering out two fairly similar phenos, medium yeilds of fairly mediocre herb which lacked any OG looks or smells, both plants hermed but I didn't lose sleep over that since the moms auto'd as well.

Mixed pack...bought a pack not gonna bother with em.

Customer service...I was in that replacement packs thread at the farm, got shafted like most others who were respectful and patient. Not that I was gonna beg for more problematic gear, as his story of having problems fixed seemed about legit as a three dollar bill.

Overall, there was keepers from the Bubba s1 and Alien Dawg, ...otherwise, everything else was a waste of time, space and money. Over a grand spent, for 2 good packs.

 

[JCashman]

great post man, lots of info from experience is what we like to see. i had good luck myself with the CC Tahoe OGs. but im still sitting on Jamaican D, Corleone, and some extra Blackwater and Tahoe seeds.

really wanna get my hands on their non fem bubba, but always sold out at the tude. and really wanna run the corleones to see if i can find a bubba leaning pheno, just dont have the available space to isolate her incase she herms and trys to sex up the garden.

oh well. great post again