Yes and no on the breeding. I am hanging with commercial growers these days. I have never grown commercially before. I will be supplying a few dispensaries. There are certain expectations about presentation and strains in demand here. For me, growing several phenol's of the same strain is no big deal. When I would harvest, it all went into 1 container. Here, that would not be acceptable. Uniformity rules, so everybody runs clones. Clearly within a pack of beans, some will be danker and some will be bigger yielders. The trick is finding the best of both and dialing her in. OG's dominate in this part of Cali, so it only makes sense to run some OG's. Except there are tons of exceptional growers, all running the same OG's. As just another face in the crowd, I want to run some things nobody else has, or at least a different phenol of the OG's.
All of my collection that was lost, has been replaced. I have been breeding for more than 20 years. I have been giving away beans as freebies for 5 years or so. There is some interest in my returning to do the same at 2 sites currently. So while the real reason for the phenol selection is for a Mom to run clones of, if anything outstanding comes out, I have every intention of breeding them.
There were some things that I had started before my move that I would like to continue. I have been working on a high CBD auto for a few friends that were in motorcycle accidents. Their left legs were amputated and they are addicted to opiates at this point. The high CBD strain has allowed them to reduce their dependence on the opiates to once a day. They have put on weight and exercise regularly. Before...it was a slow death and a complete withdrawal from society. The idea is for them to not need me either, by giving them the tools and the genetics to do their own thing in their own time.
