As a Northern Californian, I have smoked some of the best weed in the world pretty consistently over the last 25 years or so.
I’m always trying to add stuff to my collection that are both fire, and different from what I have been smoking lately.
That makes me think of the European strains and seed companies. Americans dis this gear, and I have a theory why. I don’t think it’s bad gear, but the only Americans who grow European gear are relatively new. The best, most experienced growers haven’t grown greenhouse for years… but if these top growers grew the European gear, I bet there would be some fire.
So I want to start collecting well-loved European strains before they go extinct. Just like so many other things, some of those strains are going to be missed when they are gone.
I like Nirvana. I like how they’re goofy but have some great knock offs. I grew their Maui, skittles, somango, and blue dream. All similar to their descriptions and taste like Dutch coffee house weed. I also like critical from seedsman that’s nice to grow and smokes/yields well. I would like to try some more Mr nice, some cheese and others. I have some og seeds from Europe on deck.
I will go first? I like Barney’s Farm, what it says about the plant on the package. I have found to be mostly true.
I also liked, now they are gone however, Dinafem. The Sweet Deep Grapefruit strain they had was really nice. And was also a beautiful plant to see.
While I kinda agree with the sentiment of this thread, I think for a long time it had to do with availability, many of them wouldn’t ship to USA directly, so having reliable access must have been a problem.
My most liked EU breeders-sellers in order:
Dutch-Passion - expensive but old reliable, got started with them with Think Different back in 2013 or so, shop for deals.
Royal Queen Seeds - my first plant came from them, always have had success with germ rates
Spliff-Seeds - old but gold, reasonable prices, many oldschool dutch coffeeshop genetics
Seedstockers - while officially Spanish now, they are a sister company of Dutch-Passion, well established can be found for cheap in bulk here, great for pheno hunters, 100% germ rate in my experience
Mr-Nice - if you like oldschool oldschool, regs of old strains, this is your guy
Amsterdam Genetics - reasonably priced, more modern Amsterdam genetics, they are also associated with many actual coffeeshops, I think they send cuts of their most popular strains to seed breeders, and sell those, so not an actual breeder probably.
Green House Seeds, everyone here between 2008 and 2013 started their first plant with a Super Lemon Haze, good germ rates from what I remember, I have 4 packs now to test, Arjan the “King of Cannabis” is a shady guy, rip Franco.
Barneys Farm, 0 personal experience with them, but available everywhere, and around for a long time
Last but not least Sensi Seeds and their sister company White Label, many good strains here, reasonable prices, both regs and fem, good reputation.
For Spanish genetics I have tried:
Ace Seeds
Sweet Seeds
Steer clear of the many white label resellers (Zamnesia), in specifically the Netherlands!!
@EnergySlammers I really need to hold on to me, i would love to shit on rqs… But i try not to.
Nothing positive i can see/say at RQS.
I think its marketing nothing else, its never the real genetic, they sell you. My personal Opinion.
They buy, and they sell the seeds. No Work/Breeding involved. I dont like that personally.
I got bad germ rates from greenhouse from nasc a few years ago white widow and jack herer. Barney’s Acapulco gold was good heavy sativa smoke but not Acapulco gold it was reefermans apple pie I think. Ace Nepal jam was a beautiful large plant, but light high, not powerful with a woody smell and taste. Cool sativa high though.
Back in the day when I bought my Caramello from them a looooooong time ago the plants ended up just how they advertised them: nice fast flowering indica. Ofc that is just 1 experience so it doesn’t count for much, but I personally had okay experience.
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