Oh you have a point Jogro on that one. I had five WW seeds last year and none of which reminded me of WW lol and all but two that i grew had a different phenotype. They all tasted great and were fairly potent just lacked on yield because I grew with fluorescents.
There is quite a range of stuff out there CALLED "white widow", representing a variety of different genetics, some good, some terrible.
Before learning this, I've actually grown some absolutely lousy generic white widow. . .OK yield, but long flowering time, poor flavor, no frost, and mediocre potency. That's the last time I try to grow a generic version of anything without a good positive review first, and I think I learned a good lesson there.
Oh and I checked out that journal you told me about and I liked it a lot. Lots of useful information and only proves my theory more that there is no such thing as bad weed,but bad growers hahahaha.
Thank you. If you liked that report, check out my other two; they're a lot more detailed, and they represent genetics you could actually buy!
In my experience there definitely *IS* "bad weed" and more specifically, "bad genetics". Growing skill matters mainly to help achieve the potential of a given plant's genetics, but for example, he best grower in the world can't turn a low THC hemp strain into something worth smoking. There are strains that are just not that potent, tasty, or otherwise interesting, and no matter what you do with them, you can't end up with top shelf stuff.
I think what my "old bagseed experiment" proves is just that the Mexican commercial genetics are a lot better than many give them credit for, that's all. In truth, this wasn't "really" an experiment, because I had grown this stuff multiple times before, and knew what to expect from it. Again, top shelf. . .no. . .but definitely not bad, and if I gave it a different name (eg "Jogro mint haze") I think a lot of people would like it.
I only have 4 grows under my belt that were bagseed and three loud grows and needless to say none of my bagseed plants came out like mid.
They came out worse or better? I'd hope better, or why repeat three more times?
