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

>>Hi, good luck with your crop.

>

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

>

>>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?

>
> My take on this one is that buying the seeds is definitely worth it. I
> have limited space, and usually grow just 4 plants at a time. I want
> those four plants to be good, and so I usually buy feminised seeds
> with a good reputation. So far this has worked pretty well for me -
> I'll plant about 6 seeds. Choose the healthiest looking 4, and grow
> those. The cost of the seeds is pretty small - about $40 - compared
> with the other costs (the electricity!).
>
> I suppose if I had more space and was interested in breeding (and so
> risking having a few plants turn out to be not so good), I'd fiddle
> about with pollination etc, but for my partiicular situation, buying
> the seeds works well.
>
> My last grow was 2 C99 plants, and 2 ICE. Lovely stuff (especially the
> C99).
>
> pj