The Seed Market

The seed market is mostly comprised of two types of buyers; The buyer focused on the hype market of candy flavors that’s easily marketed and sold final products, and the buyer that is the seed collector that wants to preserve the strains they’ve smoked and favored in the past. Genetic preservation or starting a library for future needs, medical or recreational, is what drives their purchasing decisions.

When choosing who to buy from, or where to buy, can be the difference between a solid and subpar library once all the work is done. The investment, both time and financial, is large. Researching seed makers and where their lineages and base genetics were sourced from is the difference between buying a generic version of a strain or an authentic and selected version of that genetic.

Buying selected clones from breeders, vintage cuts that have passed the test of time, and seeds from elite and legacy breeders, all cost a lot of money. If clones are lost due to viruses, care issues, or mishaps this is a complete loss. Mishandling or neglect can ruin a library real fast as well. Seeds need to be stored correctly in a refrigerator or freezer to maintain viability. 

After starting your library of genetics to work with, then comes the part that separates the men from the boys. Selecting plants requires a discerning palette, elite organization, and years of experience. Over time, after viewing and evaluating thousands of plants, the eyes start to reference and catalog data. This data is referenced in every flower, or plant passed, as one walks through the plant group. If one has the opportunity to go through fields of cannabis with hundreds of thousands of plants vs. a group of ten plants, the plant selector starts to accumulate a larger rolodex to reference from when looking at a particular plant. The refined eye also correlates with years of smoking and understanding the depths of each genetic. This helps to start to a group or categorize genetics in groups of growth patterns, effects, and terpenes. This assists in combing different plants later.

In the end, it’s just like cooking. To create great results you must possess organization, technique, expertise, and artistry. 

Jimmy the Chef

Original Breeders League