i see it and know it. i'll likely kill off the other mom of this strain. i'm just not like "wow, i need to hold onto this" ya know. even the sample bud i've smoked wasn't terribly impressive. it didn't help the anxiety or stress, nor did it induce the "oh shit" feeling i've had from other shit i've grown or picked up from the dispensary. it's not even terribly pretty imo. especially held up next to the shit you post. jury is still out for post-cure smoke though. depending what that shows might change my mind. and with cat shit in the garage, well... opinions might shift lol gonna be a big lift though.
I'll be honest, most times I grow from seed I'm disappointed. I've been spoiled.
My friend will sometimes sprout literally thousands of seeds and only keep a handful of plants. He estimates that true keepers emerge about 1 in 1000 plants on average but some breeders have better odds and more stabilized traits. He is a big fan of Thug Pug, Sin City and archive for modern strain breeders. But he's got an unholy collection of seeds that he's collected from breeders for the last 20+years.
Not to say 999/1000 is crap, just that very few tick ALL the boxes. Pest resistance, Bag appeal, yield, ease of growth, aroma, flavour, effects, stability. A lot of plants will have some or most, but few hit the mark on all.
His cuts end up in some breathtakingly enormous grow rooms, and he doesn't fuck around.
