Rare dankness/rd genetics

freeindeed2008

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its a combo of my own compost with yes oak along with potting soil. I tested the soil and its high in tannic acid and ph a little low so i am adjusting the ph a little at a time and yes i am having to keep close eye on them. in the last 3 days tho they have doubled in size and many new leaves. now onto battling heat stress. I have to get the vent going out side from light tube. My veg garden just loves this soil but not so good for weed. its a large container so that should help some. 10 cubic feet which should help buffer a little. (fingers crossed.) as soon as i can get cuttings i will be back in hydro. much less guess work. thanks for the input.
 

beanzz

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I recently ordered a bunch of single seeds from Herbies and from the single seed centre, in the orders were a few of RD. I've always been abig fan of RD and always had great success with them but I have been reading a lot fo shit recently, figured it was all just people talking shit and hating. Turns out, not so much. People have been saying their seed quality has taken a nose-dive. I'm here to confirm, they have indeed.

It's weird that Mrs RD has also been MIA.

And even more odd, I called River Rock last week to ask what kind of RD seeds they were currently carrying, because River Rock and RD are always working together. Anyway, River Rock doesn't have any RD clones or seeds at either location which is out of the ordinary. River Rock has always been sort of the goto place in Denver for RD seeds.

I have no idea what's going on with RD but this isn't the Rare Dankness I became a fan of. Until they get their shit together I am probably not going to be ordering anymore of their seeds. I'll definetly buy clones of RD because their genetics are undeniable, but no more Russian Roulette for me with their beans.

By comparison, I just dropped 8 x 303 Seeds. 3 pipe dream, 3 Sasquatch, and 2 jabberwocky. All of them popped within 12 hours. It's not like I am changing how I germ from seed to seed. It's always the same method, same water, same kind of tissue paper, same warm place I put the seeds.


My FLO-OG looked decent, small, but decent. It popped and is currently a very small seedling and not showing the typical vigor I am used to seeing from seeds, especially RD seeds. I don't remember if the FLO was from Herbies or SSC.

My cornbread and grape OX seeds were both majorly deformed, neither popped. The cornbread actually had a large chunk missing out of the seed. I feel like Herbies and Single Seed Centre are partly to blame for this, whoever is selling single seeds and repacking their stuff is either blind or simply doesn't give a shit. Both of these seeds had very obvious deformations that both Herbies and SSC should have noticed. The cornbread was from SSC and the Grape OX was from Herbies. They both looked like they had the identical deformation which was kind of odd.

My two venom OG seeds look like shit, super light brown, no spots or tiger stripes whatsoever. They were huge seeds, but the color was awful. Not sure if they are going to make it yet, not looking great. These were from SSC.

My Blue OX wasn't deformed, but it didn't look like a good seed. Looked similar to the Venom OG seeds only instead of being large, it was tiny. Not sure if she is going to make it or not, it's had a small tab root for a couple days but the thing isn't getting bigger and the shell isn't even thinking about opening up yet. This was from Herbies.

I haven't grown in like a year, just recently started my grow back up. The last time I grew RD from seed was last Fall, I bought a 10 pack of RD 4 Corners and germed 6 of the 10 @ 100% ratio. Gave the other 4 to a friend, he got 100% ratio on his 4. Anyway, I don't know WTF they are doing over there, but it's disappointing.

It could be that the seed banks take all the shit seeds and sell them as singles, I have no idea. I have never run into any issues with any breeders before this. This was also my first time ordering single seeds. Could be coincidence, could be something to it.
 
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Burnt Reynolds

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I recently ordered a bunch of single seeds from Herbies and from the single seed centre, in the orders were a few of RD. I've always been abig fan of RD and always had great success with them but I have been reading a lot fo shit recently, figured it was all just people talking shit and hating. Turns out, not so much. People have been saying their seed quality has taken a nose-dive. I'm here to confirm, they have indeed.

It's weird that Mrs RD has also been MIA.

And even more odd, I called River Rock last week to ask what kind of RD seeds they were currently carrying, because River Rock and RD are always working together. Anyway, River Rock doesn't have any RD clones or seeds at either location which is out of the ordinary. River Rock has always been sort of the goto place in Denver for RD seeds.

I have no idea what's going on with RD but this isn't the Rare Dankness I became a fan of. Until they get their shit together I am probably not going to be ordering anymore of their seeds. I'll definetly buy clones of RD because their genetics are undeniable, but no more Russian Roulette for me with their beans.

By comparison, I just dropped 8 x 303 Seeds. 3 pipe dream, 3 Sasquatch, and 2 jabberwocky. All of them popped within 12 hours. It's not like I am changing how I germ from seed to seed. It's always the same method, same water, same kind of tissue paper, same warm place I put the seeds.


My FLO-OG looked decent, small, but decent. It popped and is currently a very small seedling and not showing the typical vigor I am used to seeing from seeds, especially RD seeds. I don't remember if the FLO was from Herbies or SSC.

My cornbread and grape OX seeds were both majorly deformed, neither popped. The cornbread actually had a large chunk missing out of the seed. I feel like Herbies and Single Seed Centre are partly to blame for this, whoever is selling single seeds and repacking their stuff is either blind or simply doesn't give a shit. Both of these seeds had very obvious deformations that both Herbies and SSC should have noticed. The cornbread was from SSC and the Grape OX was from Herbies. They both looked like they had the identical deformation which was kind of odd.

My two venom OG seeds look like shit, super light brown, no spots or tiger stripes whatsoever. They were huge seeds, but the color was awful. Not sure if they are going to make it yet, not looking great. These were from SSC.

My Blue OX wasn't deformed, but it didn't look like a good seed. Looked similar to the Venom OG seeds only instead of being large, it was tiny. Not sure if she is going to make it or not, it's had a small tab root for a couple days but the thing isn't getting bigger and the shell isn't even thinking about opening up yet. This was from Herbies.

I haven't grown in like a year, just recently started my grow back up. The last time I grew RD from seed was last Fall, I bought a 10 pack of RD 4 Corners and germed 6 of the 10 @ 100% ratio. Gave the other 4 to a friend, he got 100% ratio on his 4. Anyway, I don't know WTF they are doing over there, but it's disappointing.

It could be that the seed banks take all the shit seeds and sell them as singles, I have no idea. I have never run into any issues with any breeders before this. This was also my first time ordering single seeds. Could be coincidence, could be something to it.
River Rock just hired a guy that worked with Monsanto since 1969. Not looking good.
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beanzz

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Not really concerned with that, I think River Rock buds suck shit. Wispy ass buds that smell like grass clippings. I couldn't care less about their whole 'organic' angle, I'd rather have dense nugs that smell like fire and taste like heaven.

I just liked them for the RD seeds.
 

Mr.Head

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The new Colorado rules are very strict on the type of communication a seed company can have with others. Be patient - RD is building a huge state of the art seed facility. It is going to set the standard for U.S. legal seed companies.

:bigjoint:
They are going to be able to move product outside the state? Hopefully the US too, I want to get their seeds but it seems like old stock or something
 

freeindeed2008

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7_7.jpg this weeks pics. after some work on ph and a little too much nutes they are finally off to the races. inch a day groth now. Finally broke down and bought a dirt testing kit and found my ph just a little low very high n and low p and k so i did a little adjustment and things are much better one more flush and all of the leaves should flatten out. RD Ghost of Leeroy7_7.jpg
 

natro.hydro

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How many plants do you have in that one container. Nit trying to be a dick here and you can do whatever you want but when it comes tine to flower those plants you will have a headache and just be losing yield by having that many plants in that little bit of space. Basically just trying to say that 1 healthy plant will yield more than 4 sickly plants so you are only serving to hurt your harvest by having that many plants going in that.

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freeindeed2008

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How many plants do you have in that one container. Nit trying to be a dick here and you can do whatever you want but when it comes tine to flower those plants you will have a headache and just be losing yield by having that many plants in that little bit of space. Basically just trying to say that 1 healthy plant will yield more than 4 sickly plants so you are only serving to hurt your harvest by having that many plants going in that.

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yes you are very correct. the seeds where not fems so i will pull clones this week and flower them to remove males. currently i have 8 total in a 12 cubic feet container. planning on keeping them short this grow. with my clones i will move to my hydro setup that grows 5 pants in the same container under 400w hps. As i have noted soil is not as easy as hydro just my opinion. I am trying full organic with minor supplements of GH flora nova at 1/4 strength once a week! I know i could slow it down but i am trying to push them hard like i do in hydro.
 

OGEvilgenius

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Does RD have anything at all to do with that spanish outfit? I mean anything? It's so fucking bizarre to me how it came out that the Spanish guys were not working with the American gear. I see some beauty plants in this thread, but I don't trust being able to get anything like that in seed form unless I travel to the states. That kinda sucks.
 

COGrown

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Does RD have anything at all to do with that spanish outfit? I mean anything? It's so fucking bizarre to me how it came out that the Spanish guys were not working with the American gear. I see some beauty plants in this thread, but I don't trust being able to get anything like that in seed form unless I travel to the states. That kinda sucks.
I thought for a while mrs. rd was in here reassuring everyone that they were using the exact same genetics... now they aren't?
 

COGrown

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I thought I read a post in this thread a few pages ago saying they weren't... I don't know, I'm pretty confused about it all.
I saw that post as well, any chance we can get some clarification up in here? Just saying because I have some RD seeds that I got through river rock and haven't grown, and the RD seeds that I did grow (Sour d x og) were purchased online in mid-2013, but had a low germ rate and fairly dissappointing resullts compared to the Bodhi and Sin City gear I was running at the time.
 

Cronnoisseur

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I remember mrs rd saying it was the same genetics but it does seem like the breeding process is not done as well over there. Like I've said before all 3 phenos of the 501st og were pretty weak and that was the only RD pack I've popped that I didn't get locally. Every other local pack I've popped has been much better. Running my 2 phenos of rugburn again this round cuz they were that good.

My 2 star killers are starting to bulk up in week 4-5...I'll put some pics up when I can but they are not looking as good as most others in my garden yet...hoping for late bloomers. The Scott's og clone my buddy gave me on the other hand is looking real good and frosty.
 
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