Lemon,
You keep referencing these complaint posts on other websites. But I must say I have read many of these over the past few years and if you read the entire story on most of them they turn out to be BS or grower error. In one of your reference posts from page 1 it wasn't even Serious AK, it was Joey Weed. I have read many many posts by
etinarcadiaego at IC and he says nothing but great things about AK-47. You should look at his grows he is a master at his craft. I think you should finish many of these posts before you cite them as evidence that Serious Seeds is going down hill. I don't normally defend any seed company as they are all are capable of producing some garbage. But as far as I have read and seen over many years Serious is certainly in the top as far as quality and reputation goes.
Do you have the link for the IC thread that you're talking about? Wonder if it's a recent thread or old one. I didn't finish all of the threads just like you are saying, it was just a quick reference, so it's quite possible that those particular threads were because of errors etc, and there is no way of really knowing, but I can assure you that whatever the case is those grows........ in my grow, it's not error, or light leaks, or temp changes, or not enough blue light, or over fert, or.......you get the idea. It's a bad batch of seedz. But so far, like I said a few times already, I'm looking forward to seeing what the last 5 seedz bring to the table.
I know that seeds aren't perfect just like the breeders. But this batch I got just seems way overboard. The only thing I can see as some sort of "mystery culprit" if not a bad batch is the fact that a CMH was used. Now, if a CMH can't cause mutations, then it's still just a "bad batch" of seedz.
I'm quite aware that SS is a good breeder, that's why I buy from them. This isn't the first SS strain project I have got going here, but it may be the last.
I've been waiting to grow the AK47 for over a year now, and it was at the top of my order list. It may very well still be at the top after the grow is done. We'll see!
But the disappointing fact that there were 6 herms out of 11 doesn't fit the "top of the breeder" list idea. Unless a strain can go herm just from being grown in coco or under a CMH the issue stands that it's breeder error, or maybe natural senescence maybe, but either way this thread will stay open so that other growers can post similar experiences here. It's not a question of if it will happen, it's a matter of when it will occur.
It's not that I feel cheated, or scammed, it's the fact that the AK47 was at the top of my list(being favorite strain ever smoked on the Main Land) that drives me crazy. It's not like it's impossible to just go and get an original AK47 or even Cherry47 cutting from a good friend, it's just that I expect more when laying down a $G worth of seedz and then having this be the outcome.
I just hope that with all the crap that was posted after opening this topic, people that do have a bad batch of AK47 aren't afraid to post here with the fear that they will be attacked and ridiculed for something that they shouldn't be.
I admit that the way I opened the topic wasn't the "best mannered" but I was pissed about the bad seedz! I should have waited a day or so to calm myself before posting.(Not that it would have effected what others wrote in reply)
This is a real problem and other growers are going to experience the same thing with the AK47 eventually unless something is done about it if something can be done. It's known that Simon, at some point did change a few things in the early 2000's with the AK47. I haven't read enough about it to know what was changed. Anyone else know?
