I canāt run anything at the moment, but Iām happy to help out in other ways, perhaps in logistics. If people want crosses, I got no input other than go for it! Iām excited to see the good vibes that come out of community collab!
If people want to go the F2 route, sharing F2 of anything B produces is going to be popular, but Iād advise perhaps focusing on discontinued lines so we donāt cut into his business. We donāt want to take money out of his hands - he has a family to feed. That was torontokeās original idea anyway when we discussed it oh so long ago, and I totally agree. Focus on stuff heās not selling.
Narrowing down the list to things people actually want to grow is a good thing, too. No point in reviving an F2 of something people arenāt actually excited to grow. A lot of those old, rare packs are rare and discontinued for a reason. Itās hard to think of a guy like bodhi, with a library of hundreds of moms and dads, couldnāt get a cut back if he actually wanted to recreate a strain. Not saying itās impossible, just that if he thought something was worth pursuing, heād probably have made more of it. But maybe he couldnāt, but everyone wishes he did. Those are the F2 Iād personally love to see.
Itās important that whatever the community decides, the donated beans go to somebody deserving and trustworthy and stable. I think the donor should have final say about whether or not a chosen surrogate grower (breeder?) is the right one. I know I wouldnāt want to give my beans to just any old joe blow off the street.
They gotta be a good consistent grower whoās known by the community, a person with space and time and a solid breeding technique where they can isolate pollen. This isnāt a situation where a nube tries breeding for the first time, nor is it right for somebody to sit on the beans for months before popping them. Thatās a trainwreck waiting to happen. Better to have someone whoās doing it legally in a rec state, where theyāre not selling weed (or other drugs) so thereās no active LEO presence on their tail. You want the most reliable people available for this job, and they gotta be willing to ship beans to others, either in small quantities as individual shipments to recipients, or in a big bulk amount to someone else who will take over the individual shipments. No āthe dog ate my homeworkā or other mickey mouse shit like that. The weakest link is where the chain breaks.
What do they get out of it? Lots of free beans, and maybe a chance to hunt through a pack theyāve always wanted and are excited about. Iād prefer somebody who grows organic to continue the same good vibes, since bodhi produces only organic beans, but I think thatās less important to some people.
And the packages gotta be tracked and all that so thereās no disputes about lost stuff or stuff never arriving. All of this shit gets crazy, as weāve recently seen, when people see dollar signs.
Thatās all I got for now. Sorry Iām so long-winded today. I blame the weed.