Hey BT wouldnt you say that is the case with many strains nowadays? With all the pollen chuckers out there I think the only way u can get the REAL strain is buy it from the original breeder in most cases.
Sure, I would agree with that.
But I guess my point was not made very clearly, and that is it amazes me how people will talk about a strain name, and not an actual strain,, just any strain that carries the same name and seem amazed that there are more than just minor differences that could rightly be attributed to different phenotypes alone.
Once of my favorite examples is Black Widow/White Widow. There is the original, Mr. Nice Seeds Black Widow, and then there are about 30 or so genetically different knockoffs and F2s all called White Widow ... but when someone buys/grows a White Widow they almost always act as if they grew the Real McCoy and there can often times be arguments between people giving advice because one person's version of White Widow took 'X' number of weeks and another will say it will take 2 to 3 weeks more, etc. The differences between versions and F2s are seldom if ever factored in.
This thread it titles "My First White Rhino Grow." But does it tell anyone which knockoff or F2 it is? You know it's not the original or else the title would have been My First Medicine Man Grow or My First Medicine Man AKA White Rhino Grow, or something signifying that it is original genetics. It didn't so all anyone can know about it is it's not the Real McCoy.
It's common that strain names alone will be used when someone says what they are growing and since there are so many knockoffs and F2s of famous popular strains, when one is grown unless someone mentions the breeder name too there will always be some degree of confusion. If asking for advice the person can receive horrible advice because what worked for the version the person giving advice can easily be wrong advice for the version a person asking a question since there is a good chance it is a different version.
