That is what it ultimately comes down to.
In theory, a pack from a professional breeder should have more potential ‘unicorns’ per pack than something from our local friends.
Now that said, I’ve grown plants from Overgrow breeders that blew away plants from from major sources (I’m thinking of you, RQS 
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Folks, do not discount Overgrow beans because they don’t cost $10~20/each.
Cheers
G
Being able to watch a seed run in real time is worth it’s weight in pressed latinum.
GOLD pressed latinum! 
I’m literally watching DS9 right now 
Quark is fantastic
I am kind of mix of gifted seeds and breeder packs.
I’m going to leave a few out but for quality for the prices…
Karma , Tony Green, Bodhi, Connoisseur, and especially retired breeder Chunky’s Bagseeds.
Then there are the high priced beans between 100 and 700… and then there are Genetic Designer packs currently running into a couple grand a pack…(loads of freebie packs come with though)
I have many packs of seeds from some high end , high priced breeders and some have been worth it… some were good but not great.
I have seeds from aficionado that were very pricey and limitted and also have F2’s made by me and others.
When I spend more than 100 bucks… or lets say 150 bucks for beans… the purchase is for potential breeding stock.
I make a lot of seed for myself and others so buildig a vast genetic library means sometimes a guy has to spend a bit more than he wants too LOL
All that said… the seeds that top my list for consistant results and that hit all my desired flavor profiles and high… as well as provide me relief for my disabilities… Karma, Tony Green and Chunky’s Bagseeds(the OGKB 2.0 lines and “cookie boi” crosses are all so killer) and I would have to add Antenna seeds in there as well when i need a little sativa high to balance me out 
Then I absolutely love pheno hunting thru killer crosses or reproductions made by others. I dig that we can watch seed runs from start to finish… a very cool feature of this site.
Quark is the best.
If you can recite all 285 Rules of Acquisition…
…you may have a problem… 
Cheers
G
I’d have to agree OG free seeds all the way.
Best bet for starting out, there are lots of fantastic Genetics floating around here. And if there is something specific from a vendor you want just ask, odds are that there are people in here that have had experience with them
I have honestly had better success with seeds created by OG members.
I’m on a similar path lately with a mix. Not from here, not yet anyways.i see a couple OG strains that look interesting. I like GLG due to the Bad Dawg freebies. But fair prices on what I do want as well. I think I have had something from Genus Seeds, formerly Generic Seeds in my last 4 runs in the tent. Bad Dawg too.
Hey @Gonzo . I’ve grown everyone for $50 a pack to $400 a pack since seeds became readily available in the mid 90s. I have grown OG seed for the last year and a bit and I’d say they are on par with the breeder packs for the most part. Some are good, some are not as good.
I think if you really want something that you plan on making more seed with to give away or sell, it’s of the utmost importance to be able to trace the provenance of said beans. Your best bet is to get them from the source, the breeder who made that strain. Most of us who’ve been around for a bit understand that there’s a lot of shit that is called a popular name, but it’s not that thing in reality. Not intentionally most times, just takes one guy to rename or even mislabel a plant and it gets injected into the breeding program as this when it’s really that. And the misrepresentation gets passed on down the line. Anyhow, sorry for the rambling. You have as good a chance of finding keepers in OG seed, as you do from most breeder packs. Grow them beans out, you won’t be disappointed!! 
The way I see it is OG seeds all the way… with one caveat. It’s gotta come from a quality source. The reason I say that is because there’s a lot of just simple chucks from people with whatever’s at hand, and while many are great, you’re kind of taking a gamble. At the same time there is an immense amount of quality genetics floating around here with many putting more into it than “professional” breeders. Nearly everything in my roster is from OG, but with the exception of a handful of packs I know they all carry quality genetics.
Man that’s awesome to hear!
Could be that OG members are passionate & put more thought/work/time into things. And we get to see their work in the journals/grow diaries, there’s no guesswork…we can see every bit. No secret sauce. For all we know some of these respected big names phoned it in long ago after achieving success. Lots of businesses do that. Again, awesome to hear your opinion (on so many levels). Super excited to try these OG genetics!
I’ve had great weed from cheap seeds and loads of junk/utter crap from £60/100 seeds in the last few years.
I’m starting to think that there isn’t really good strains as such its more good phenos if you’re lucky enough to find one.
In the last couple of years I’ve grown loads of crap, for for circa 12/15 strains 7/8 harvests I’ve got 2 phenos that are worth a mention.
I set out 2+ years ago to find a good cheese plant, a good blueberry and some cat piss skunk…pfft haha… I’m still damn looking, i nearly threw in the towel for a 2nd time voluntarily because of the persistent junk watery terps, hail bluchi it saved the day, i absolutely love growing but there has to be a reward for my efforts and I wasn’t getting it.
What have you run from Tony Green and do you have a favorite of his?
I’ve been following Tony Green and his methods since 2015. The first seeds of his i grew were Gorilla Bubble BX2 , BX3, Lime Gorilla Bubble (i think it was called), Great Lakes Haze, Pine Tar Gush, G-Unit and I just finished an outdoor greenhouse light dep grow that included a couple Bubble Head girls. I have a pretty extensive seed collection of his works since 2015.
I’ve conversed with Tony many times online and the guy is such a genuine person, generous, positive and has a passion for breeding that he lays right out there for everyoe to see. When he works a line, it’s all out there for growers to follow.
I would say as far as buying beans go… I have never been disappointed when I pop Tony Green’s Tortured Beans. … worth every penny.
I’ve had some weird things happen with OG gear but nothing weirder than with breeder gear. Herms, mutants, freaks, par for the course either way 
Everything I’ve grown from a breeder pack that I finished was consistently quality.(the ones I didn’t finish were loaded with herms and males but that’s not typical I will just never buy from that breeder again, even if it was a one off paying $100 for a waste of time leaves a bad taste in my mouth.)
OG’er seeds have been mostly fire, I’ve had a few mediocre plants, but not enough to discourage.
I think it’s bad to encourage the “hype” breeder prices I’m looking at you Compound, and Seedjunky.
Kinda the one thing that has me excited for the chemovar testing tech really. A big pheno hunt has a lot of running costs, if all you gotta do is pop seeds and get a leaf tested that’s megawatt hours in costs saved.
