To answer a bunch of questions...
If a strain does not yet have a name, as the Grenades and EWOK did not when those photos were taken, I label them as the female plant in the cross when growing out test beans to ensure genetic integrity. I also use my photos a lot when hunting larger pheno pools, so this method has always made sense to me. Then once I get around to putting a name to a particular cross, any future photos would reflect that strain name.
The Lemon Alien Dawg was tested heavily by me before anything was ever done publicly with it. It was a strain I bred long before I ever posted a photo here. It was one of the very first, if not THE FIRST strain from my garden that was ever shared here photographically. I had excellent experiences with my LADs, and my keeper was one of the best plants I've had the pleasure of working with, which is why I chose to share pics in the first place. When growing the LAD, I personally saw no herms whatsoever...if something herms it gets culled immediately and is not something that I would ever breed with. That is hopefully obvious and self explanatory. Besides myself, Waayne did extensive testing with this strain and saw no problems whatsoever. That said, it really bums me out to see so many people having issues with their LAD beans. Thanks to everyone for posting their experiences...both positive and negative. I appreciate it. To those of you having issues/problems, you will be taken care of. Not sure exactly how yet, but we'll figure it out. Thanks.
Cheers,
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