> On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:15:34 -0400, "BibsBro"
> taxachusetts.com> wrote:
>

>>
>>"Mycoloteur" gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:502c9a65-259b-43c0-9c9c-63fc2bc1643b@r15g2000prd.googlegroups.com...
>>On Sep 11, 10:35 pm, Mariah Kaze bresnan.net> wrote:

>>> On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:49:15 -0400, "BibsBro"
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> taxachusetts.com> wrote:
>>>

>>>>"Mariah Kaze" bresnan.net> wrote in message
>>>>news:1dj2c49qrmrr3oqtdsac9gsau40evv4509@4ax.com...

>>>

>>>>> I wanted to report a good experience with Nirvana Seeds. I got the
>>>>> link fromhttp://www.seedbankupdate.com/su.htmland thought you'd like
>>>>> to know.

>>>

>>>>> 1. they took my credit card with no problem.
>>>>> 2. they sent the seeds!
>>>>> 3. the stealth packaging was very well done
>>>>> 4. In spite of the fact that their email link doesn't work, I got the
>>>>> seeds through my post office box rather than by Fed-X or UPS (no
>>>>> physical address provided by me)
>>>>> 5. I got them in about 10 days from ordering
>>>>> 6. their prices are very reasonable

>>>

>>>>> Now, we'll se if they grow :)

>>>

>>>>> I well pleased and thought you'd like to know.

>>>

>>>>> MK

>>>

>>>>Hi, good luck with your crop.

>>>

>>>>I'm very new to this and have a question.

>>>
>>> Thanks. I'm new to this too.
>>>

>>>>If you send away and pay a lot of money for seeds, wouldn't it make
>>>>sense
>>>>to
>>>>breed your first crop with those seeds and make a supply of good seeds?

>>>

>>>>BibsBro

>>>
>>> Makes sense to me. The females that produce seeds aren't so good for
>>> smoking so one male and two females would be enough, I'd think. I'm
>>> short on space with what I've got going on now. But, when spring
>>> comes I'll try more.
>>>
>>> I read somewhere about pollinating to get seeds and I'd like to find
>>> out more about that too. Do you just save the male flowers and if so
>>> by what method?
>>>
>>> MK

>>
>>The way you do that is to just pollinate just a few flowers directly
>>with previously carefully collected pollen.
>>
>>That way only those flowers are reduced in quality and the rest of the
>>plant matures fine for smoking.
>>
>>Love and Light
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>>Thanks for replying.
>>
>>I've read about that method.
>>
>>It seems that if good seeds are so expensive, you'd might want to
>>eventually
>>sacrifice one crop and make a big supply of them.

>
> Depends on how many plants you want to grow. The seeds are not
> fertile forever - storing them properly, they'll only be viable for a
> year or two, I think. I like the pollination idea :)
>

>>It's fascinating how plants work. I'm only beginning to study them.
>>
>>I've never had a 'green thumb' and I wonder if there's more to it than
>>knowledge and working at it. Sometimes it appears to be a mysterious
>>cosmic
>>thing! ;-)
>>
>>

>
>
> I am accused of having green thumbs but really, it's like any subject
> you study. If you like it and find it interesting, you'll pay
> attention and gain knowledge through practice. If you give it a try
> and find that you don't care for it, find yourself not paying
> attention or it seems to be too much work, you go on to something that
> interests you more. Some people like to play in dirt and others don't
> :)
>
> Growing pot is easy. Growing good pot is the challenge.
>
> MK