And I'd put a few elbows on the fact that I attain at least mid 20's consistently with it. The description does NOT say "Anyone can grow this any way they want anywhere they want however they want and get 22% THC". I've got a buddy that round after round cranks out Bubblegum at over 29%. Nobody has every claimed that type of THC content for BG, and it certainly doesn't mean everyone who tries will get 29%, or anywhere even close. I've run cuts of this BG on about a dozen occasions, and not once have I been able to get anywhere close to that kind of success. Even with KF, it wasn't that great until my 4th run, and still got better after that. Had I given up at the same point you did, my KF would suck too. I didn't blame the genetics though, because I know even the crappiest mexican ditch weed can be massaged to give the kindest of bud. So instead of telling all my buddies "the strain sucks, don't believe the hype..." I tried again (and treated her differently than the first time). Still not happy? Try again, changed something else. Fail again, more changes... another disappointment... Make more adjustments... DISCO!
Why would subsequent selections need to have anything to do with potency, when the potency was already there? Get it? F1's got potency, F2 added yield to that potency, F3 added pheno stability and lessened flowering time. THC content was there from the beginning, and simply didn't need to be weighed as a variable in selection. Hard to miss potency with a stand out Jack and The One... Tapping away at your keyboard like you were Sannies partner in breeding Killing Fields and know so much more about this strain than anyone else should be embarrassing you. Head on over to OpenGrow and get some real information from the man himself about the F1, F2, F3 selection process.
I suppose we'll just have to get together so you can smoke some KF that someone else has grown. You might find something to complain about, but it won't be potency.
All anyone is saying to you in this thread, is that it's wrong to immediately blame genetics, using terms like "most-overrated", and warning people to "not believe the hype", just because your initial attempt at growing it out did not warp your mind after one hit. Give in to the universal truth that it is possible the strain simply wanted to be grown differently than you grew it. It told you so with a lack of potency. Instead of listening and making adjustments, you took your ball and went home. And that's cool, we don't all have time to spend a year and a half dialing a strain (you know, a little investment in something you "wanted to keep for years") we want to grow. Why did you think you wanted to keep it for years anyway, having absolutely no experience with the strain? That right there doesn't lend much plausibility to the idea that you have reached such a godly status as a grower that genes are your only limitation.
Oh, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd rather take two hits of something that tastes like fruit salad than one hit of something that tastes like bat-shit-coated alfa-alfa...
So the bottom line remains, it's not Killing Fields fault that you weren't successful with it. The number one reason she told you to F off, is because you think it's impossible that you could have done something the strain didn't like.
We only keep females, and as such we should expect them to behave a lot like a woman....
Some women are cheap and easy, and put out to any Joe with a motel room and half an hour to burn... Other women though, classy women require a lot more work, time and dedication if you want to seal the deal.
