Cali Connection - To spend or not ot spend money on those seeds?

H visitor iam going to grow what i got all ready in my tga gear jilly bean chernoble dairy queen then by then the shit iam waiting for hopefully will be avaliable cough cough . still want the jesus on my side soon . i would say save your cash.

Honestly dude out of care for your future purchases and for the sake that you find what your desire most. The point of cracking seeds for female strain hunters is to find the phenotype (flavor, smell, taste, medicinal preference, size, ect.) that you desire most. With that being said NO FEMINIZED SEEDS. Not all the strains you pop from TGA will NOT be super sweet and fruity. If there is a kush parent present he will shine through in some of the beans its just a matter of getting that seed. I would recommend for your TGA Qush, Jesus OG, Plushberry and Spacedawg. You will find some one a kind flavors that you will deem your new favorite over and over again with these genetics alone I assure you. I hope you will take a leap of faith on this one dude. I only have the best of intentions for you and your garden. Ganj

Cheers man i appreciate the comment and the more it goes the more i(m thinking that i already have a few selected plant and can have my diversity from those. It is true every seeds i ran from TGA were dank and showed different phenotype - plus the female ratio was pretty good.

With the Mickey Kush coming down i might just change my plans, it's just good to make your own opinion on different breeder if i had not done that i'd still be running green house seeds, not saying that you can compare those guys with TGA but i'm sure different breeders have different shit that's dope too - but then very few of them sell feminized...

So far my next strains from TGA are Timewreck, Cheese Quake and Ripped Bubba but with those new strains coming i might just stay away from Attitude and give sannies a chance...

We'll see, thanks a lot for the advice guys always appreciated!

Penny Wize and Nurse Jackie are next to be released,

Sub

Il be the first one to tell you that CC has some SICK genetics. Ive defended Cali connection plenty of times on RIU. AND i order more seeds than anyone I've ever met. I have yet to pay for a pack of CC just cause of the issues I've had with different freebies/pick and mix singles. i got a boss hog right now that is DANK but it doesn't know what it wants to do. a lot of reverting to veg in bloom and weird stretching and growth in the wrong spots. its a mutant. DANK smoke just kinda a headache to grow. (go check out the boss hog thread its one of the more recent grows that got tracked)

Basically I've ran MANY MANY breeders including ^ subcools gear (jillybean, chernobyl, Qush) and CC falls to the bottom of the list to spend my money with. so many more breeders sell better genetics for cheaper.

I won't tell you not to grab a cut from someone else who wrestled the winning pheno from a pack already, i just don't know if you wanna go through the hastle of finding the winner yourself. i guess it just depends on what your looking for really.

and Im sure if your REALLY REALLY interested in something CC Has you could ask around here and someone could steer you towards something even better from a more respectable person.

Hey HGK420 thanks for the imput, what you say is pretty much sums up everyone contribution: overall CC might not be a bad breeder, but it's just not at the same level than may other breeders aivalable - TGA/DNA/Gage Green/Sannies/Soma(?)

We'll all know we cant grow everything so yeah gotta make choices, as i said i'd stick with TGA and DNA lately but you're always tempted to have a try at something else- again with the new guys coming under TGA banner, the new TGA strains and Sub speaking about collaborating with DNA, the new DNA strains - plus the fact that i have only grown 2 TGA stains so far...

I was really - really - interested in scorring the pre 98 (this one i can through TGA thanks GANJGUY420 i've hecked the Qush and it replaced the ripped bubba in my top 3 ).
The Original Sour diesel it what interest me the most at CC, always was a sour diesel lover and the Reserva privada Sour Diesel wasnt what i was looking (it wasnt bad but it wasnt sour diesel to me), i might just try Extrema from sannies that has ChemD in it, i've discovered sannies on the forum and they seem like great breeders with good genetics.

Laslty Deadhead Og and Buddha Tahoe were interesting. I guess the Dead head is the one that's really special, the B.Tahoe might just be an hyped up kush because she won the htcc, i might have a try at Big Buddha Tahoe, he sells them much cheaper and it'll give me an idea about the strain - ont be the exact same but i cant be apple and oranges either.

There's been a lot of kushes lately and the diesel -from NYC to sour - in seed form arent what the weed was 8 years ago in dam, pretty much hunting for the old school flavors, DNA has been pretty tight bringing back some of those old school amsterdam taste and dope genetic while TGA brought the best quickest sativa strain - chocolope is dope but it aint really a sativa to me for some reason - finishing in 9 weeks top. Both breeder are always tasty, top resin production etc

I know that rather than going from one strain to an other i should be spending more time selecting phenotypes on each strains, find my keepers that's how you build a real headstash, not going from one fem seed to an other waiting for the "spirit" to give you a good pheno. It's true that all the keeper i had so far where from popping 4 seeds or more and keeping the best pheno...

Making my first super soil batch is the next thing i need to achieve to keep progressing as a grower, but i'll really reconsider my next seed order, all of you guys are pretty much illustrating what subcool always says "nothing great is easy , you cant expect growing dank by taking short cut" and that's pretty much what i'm expecting here.

Well we keep on learning nerds, thanks to all of you!

Well said SH and thank you for keepin it real dude and representin the classy stoners of this kick ass culture. I mean what pot grower doesn't love talking about seeds?! I am more than happy to help out man that's what it's all about Best of luck to ya on your next hunt dude!! Ganj

My fav is northern lights # 5 from sensi seeds. And super lemon haze from green house. Uk cheese from bc bud depot. Blueberry from Dutch passion. The dj short one blows and is a pm magnet.

Dna has better og's than cali connection. Just don't get the fems. Tga is good to have to cross with anything else. Anything from Soma seeds is dank as hell but do not yield much.

@Fresh 2 Death and HGK420 if that things has been brought in numerous threads you guys should "agree to disagree" i guess There's way to much good shit to read to loose time having a beef with someone in this forum hehe.

Thanks everyone for the contribution!

Another topic ruined by a cock-size contest. Guys, we don't care. Take it to PM or whatever.

^ amen. Il gladly bow out, i never intended on any disrespect to begin with, it was a respect thing if anything. We need to go back to the Role playing game days when you added little *With angry zeal* or *with a happy wind* title before you typed things out so people wouldn't get confused. lol super nerdy but it worked!

*edit* deleted the inflammatory post to save future souls from our stupidity!

If it gets off track again I will delete the post simple.
Sub

No worries Sub, Cali Connection get's people angry even you were in the HTCC hehe

For me, I choose to save my money when Cali Connection is concerned. For one, I am no fan of feminized seeds, as I feel it is bad for the genetic pool as a whole. Second, I have seen the way Swerve treats his customers, who have been loyal growers and supporters of his beans, on the forums, absolutely vulgar and disrespectful when they had some issues with his stock.
And finally, there are a few excellent breeders, who sell high quality genetics, at far more attractive prices than you would find from Cali Connection.
TGA is one, Sannies, Eskobar, Mr. Nice, Bodhi, and on and on Peace.

Alright i'm officially staying away from cali connection people - untill i grew every strains of the legit breeder that i like haha. You can't ask a grower to say he wont try a strain, just for the sake of it

Seems like Bodhi, GGG, Conoisseur, Sannies, DNA/RP and of course TGA (and affiliates) is all i'm growing for the next ten years - Kaliman anybody? I am looking for that original cheese

Thanks a lot for all the kind advice, for those who told me CC wasnt that bad i aint personnal, as a grower you need to make choices and if i had ask a question and didnt took a decision based on what was said i guess i would have lost everybody's time.
I had a good cheese pheno growing some GH cheese but that was a one in a milion thing. I guees the ods with CC are a bit bitter but what really change my mind is Pacificplanter words. The fact that Swerve end up being a douche bag does concern me. I'm a firm beliver in expressing my freedom through action just like Sartre teaches us. Buying his seed would just mean supporting somebody like that.

While breeder like Sub have shared their Supersoil recipe to the masses - i know one could argue over the interest he had to do so building up a fan base still i'd lilke to believe he did so in all honesty trying to help his fellow grower - others arent even taking care of creating new stuff but spend more time building up their brand on phony genetics that wins shit that's ben bought. I've said it i LOVE a well grown hawaiian snow, but how could super lemon haze win the HTCC 3 times in a row. How many lemon strain out there would smash that strain in a second?

Thank god for the internet that allowed us to create such community where we get the REAL information. I would be stupid to buy 15$ plus seed half the people tell their weak when i can have acces to strains everyone tells you is fire!

Thanks again guys for all the advice i really appreciate all of them, time to spend some time reading those strains and breeder review section

I don't have a clue about stability because I've been lucky enough to not have to crack a bean. I only have experience with Querkle and Qrazy Train from TGA. Both were chronic. Querkle was short and fat. Vegged in hydro for about 3-4 weeks (topped at 2 weeks) and pulled 4 zips. Seemed to get more and more tasty as it cured. Qrazy Train was as the name described. I'll tell you one thing that shit was so funky it made me leave the room during the trim. I wish I could have seen it's full potential but the "teenagers" were flipped after a week a veg and grew natural no topping. Obviously not the yield I wanted but the quality was unmatched. I like to consider myself a heavy smoker but Qrazy Train will take you for a real ride if you overdue it. Based on these two I'd run Sub's gear no questions asked. I just wish when I grow up I can be a tester for Sub too!!! Slowly but surely converting to his gear. As for Cali Connection same story as above. I have never cracked beans but the Sour OG (aka 818 Headband) and the Larry OG are must haves. Sour is short and bushy. Larry is tall and lanky. Both are straight lemon funk. I love the taste and they are filled with resin. Obviously it's your call what you do but in my opinion they are worth trying. Maybe I'll grab some of Sub's Kush to compare against them.

Maybe one day , thanks for the input

Could anyone give me some info on the Larry OG fems? Would be appreciated as I'll be getting them soon as added freebies to my Sea of Seeds order. I notice the poster two posts up from this one says it's tall and lanky, is that really the case because I am limited by space and can't afford to pop seeds that aren't going to be alive after 6 weeks because they're too tall.

Thanks and sorry for hijacking your thread, I just didn't want to post something like this as a new thread.

I have had one "keeper" from Cali Connection, the Chem Valley Kush from two years ago. Short in both stature and flowering time, this one really works. As for the price, the investment in the pack is more than covered by the first plant grown out. That said, I've also had good luck with other seed companies. If you're looking for low price and quality product, try Jordon of the Islands and sample God Bud or any of the God Bud crosses at $50 a pack. If price is not a consideration, then take a look at OGRaskal. And yes, I grow TGA and support Subcool as well. Presently have Plushberry, SpaceDawg and A-13 going but no results to report yet. Last summer I ran an experiment, Pre 98 Bubba crossed with Querkle and was very satisfied.

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If it gets off track again I will delete the post simple.
Sub

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I've seen a video of you falling flat on your arse. It was pretty funny to say the least. You also look totally different to how I imaged.

Not an insult or anything, just a general observation. I intend to buy some of your stock once I'm a better grower and decide to move away from fems ^_^