Most disappointing strains you've grown

List of shame! Not counting male to female ratio, because a lot of us would rather have a good male for pollen.

Which strains did you grow that absolutely sucked, either super weak, or very very prone to disease and infestation?

Top of the line for me is Humboldt seed company Auto durban. Should be called mold magnet.

My first run of Jack herer, official pack from Sensi I had a true hermie, the rest were okay and super phenos. So not disappointed in that one, just surprised a true jermie snuck in!

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ILGM Durban Poison. Absolute mids, nothing about it resembled a proper Durban :-1:

Humboldt Seed Org PBB Fast fems. Also very midsy, not having anything resembling peanut, butter nor Breath :-1:

FastBuds Lemon Pie Auto, I grew a 3-pack and one pheno smelled like pie crust, the other two smelled like wet paint :-1: no citrus in any of them for me.

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I grew a Bahia landrace that hermed at flower and was a string of pearls alternating male female male female.

Into the bin she went. It’s a shame because it was a very distinctive aroma but such is life.

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easily “Chronic” from ‘Serious Seeds’ … by far. zero high, grew like shit. it was supposed to be a high yielder but it was trash. i think it was the first seeds i bought, 2011-ish

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Black Cherry Soda from Blimburn. Finished out smelling minty and like bad decisions.

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Sounds like the lemon pie was missing a few ingredients! They should have crossed that with a lemon smelling pheno

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Ah yes, the scent of bad decisions! I know that all too well :slightly_smiling_face:

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Yeah they had tremendous ad money, I remember the back of high times and CC would always show their four strains as if there was something special! Chronic, white widow, I forgot the other two

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I wonder about the phenos that only present in hermaphrodites. There’s probably a tremendous trait that will never get in the public eye because it is hand in hand with Hermes.

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You know the way your tires smell after an hour on the highway? That’s what it smelled like. Warm rubber.

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Blueberry from Dutch Passion ca 2002,the only run i have ever aborted.
It was the greatest shit i ever had and the last time Time i used seeds from Dutch Passion.

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Blueberry has come such a long way today, it sounds like the ones you got were shitberry!

I think the European seed banks used to mix orders up or throw in really really old seeds just to get rid of old inventory

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Cali Connection’s Tahoe OG. Swerve has adulterated that line so much he doesn’t hold anything even close to the original. Only plant I’ve ever been so grossed out by I removed it from the tent then finished it outdoor. It ended up being made into edibles.

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Sinai from Real Seed Co UK. But it had nothing to do with Angus’ description it’s just, to me was a disappointment due to the bud structure and airyness, grown in full sunlight. It would be a great starter or addition to a breeders toolkit perhaps but for just regular smoke for day to day, NOT.

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There are some good phenos in that line but my take was about the same.

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I guess DP released the Blueberry around 1997,so they where max 5 years old when i bought and grew them,that is not very old for a cannabis seed.
They where just bad!
A few weeks ago i popped some skunk2 seeds from around 1990/1991 and they look very good.

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@ATLien415

over ten years ago i ran his “original sour diesel” and i pollinated it with "qrazy train’ from TGA. i really liked the results but i don’t think they’re good enough to share on here.

i remember shaking a jar of seeds and gathering enough kief for several kief joints.

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Sin city seeds Dream n Sour. Sc blue dream x sour jack. Got two very similar phenos that were barely blue and barely sour and completely mids at best

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Sensi Seeds Jack Flash #5.

Got em from a friend who went to Amsterdam. No taste, no smell, no high but a headache.
Here’s the sucker:





Looks can be deceiving. Yield was quite low also.

Still have the empty pack in my collection:


Cheers, ixi

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Makes me wonder if the plants were infected with hlvd and that’s why they lacked taste/potency.

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