Good Genetix is a new company founded by former Fast Buds breeder Sebastian. Since Autoflower Network is partnering with Sebastian and Good Genetix, I asked him if I could pick his brain, to get to know him better and introduce him to our community. Here is what we came up with, hope you enjoy!
1. You became known for the “Grow on the Go” lifestyle and then spent years collaborating with Fast Buds. What led you to step away and launch Good Genetix as your own brand?
To be completely transparent, stepping away from Fast Buds wasn’t really my decision. After working together for several years, that chapter ended rather unexpectedly.
But releasing my own genetics was something I had always planned to do eventually. I just didn’t know exactly when it would happen, or whether I would do it completely on my own or together with others.
My years with Fast Buds were a huge part of my journey and I learned an incredible amount during that time. So when the collaboration ended, it definitely pushed me to make that next step much sooner than I had originally planned.
And in a way, the timing felt right. I wanted to get closer to the genetics, the growers and the actual selection process, and I wanted to be able to decide for myself what gets released and why.
So Good Genetix wasn’t something I suddenly came up with because the Fast Buds chapter ended — that ending just accelerated something I already knew I wanted to do.
2. How did the experience of traveling and growing while on the road shape the way you think about genetics and what growers actually need?
Grow on the Go was actually much more about life than growing.
We travelled through Europe in a caravan with my family, our two cats and, yes, one autoflower that ended up travelling roughly 6,000 km — around 4,000 miles — with us.
The whole idea was to explore beautiful places and figure out where we eventually wanted to build our permaculture project. During that time I really focused on myself and my family. Of course I met the occasional grower along the way, and when we stayed longer at one campground I also grew two other autos outdoors there.
But the plant was part of the adventure, not the reason for it.
The funny thing is that we eventually found the place we were looking for. Two years later we came back, and that’s where we’re now building our permaculture project.
I think that experience also reinforced something I still believe today: plants have to work in real people’s lives. Not everybody grows in a perfectly controlled room under perfect conditions. And Autoflowers are simply perfect for that.
3. Good Genetix is built around “crafted with intention, never mass produced.” What does that look like in practice when you’re selecting and releasing genetics?
For me it starts with Flavor First.
I don’t want to release something just because a plant is huge or because it looks great in a photo. During the whole production run of the G-Line, the focus was also on finding the best phenotypes inside each cross and really understanding what was there.
Terps and resin were always the biggest factors.
A good example is Mango G. Some of the mothers we selected were actually on the smaller side, but the Mango and Runtz terps were outstanding. I would 100 times rather work with a slightly smaller plant with terps that tickle my nose than choose a bigger plant just because the structure looks better.
I want genetics to have a reason to exist. Not just another name for the catalogue. And of course - so far every single seed that has been released went through my fingers.
4. You’ve put a strong emphasis on Guava reversal and the G Auto line. What makes that parent so special to you?
When I realized last year that I definitely wanted to release my own genetics this year, I started looking for my absolute favorite phenotype to use as the pollen donor for the first line.
There was really only one choice for me: a G phenotype I had selected myself.
I absolutely love the terpene profile. It has these Guava and tropical fruit terps mixed with deep funk and a little gas. Fruity, but slightly sour at the same time. Very round and complex.
On top of that, the selected G had crazy trichome density and was fantastic for making hash.
So the idea behind the G-Line was pretty simple: take one of my favorite plants and combine it with some of the best things I had grown, seen and — most importantly — smelled during the previous 12 months.
5. When you’re hunting or creating new F1 autoflower hybrids, what are the top traits you’re prioritizing — terps, resin, structure, color, or something else?
Pretty clearly:
Terps → Resin → Overall flower quality → Structure/Vigor → Consistency → Yield.
Color is a bonus.
Obviously I want healthy, vigorous plants and I care about structure and yield, but those things don’t make me that excited about a plant.
The smell does.
Flavor First. Always.
6. Can you walk us through one of the recent projects or drops and what stood out during selection?
The whole G-Line is probably the best example.
During production I didn’t simply look for the biggest plants. We kept looking for the phenotypes that really represented what each cross was supposed to be.
Permanent G was a standout for example. What immediately impressed me there was how fast and homogeneous the phenotypes were. And then you had this ridiculous frost together with very sweet, fumy, almost chemical terps and Gelato-like undertones.
420Strainz also became part of the story in a really cool way.
Phil and Marc are my bros. When it became clear that I needed and wanted to release genetics much faster than originally planned, you know I had just lost my main client. Because I’ve always been a freelancer, there isn’t really a safety net when that happened.
At the same time, the first pictures from testers started appearing and people immediately began asking, “Where can I buy these seeds?”
Phil and Marc basically said: Put them in our shop.
At that point they didn’t even have names yet. 
- and where pre released just with the cross as their name.
That’s what I love about this community.
So the original 420Strainz collaboration was more on the business/community side, but we’re currently working on an actual genetic collaboration based around Permanent G as well.
There is something pretty crazy coming.
7. You involve the community heavily in testing and feedback. How important is real-world grower input to how Good Genetix develops?
Extremely important.
I can grow a plant and tell you what I think about it, but that is still one grower, in one environment, using one method.
Once the same genetics go out to growers using different lights, nutrients, media, climates and training methods, you start learning much more about what you’ve actually created.
And sometimes the community sees something you didn’t.
Good Genetix really is supposed to be from the community, for the community. I don’t want growers to only show up at the end to buy a finished product. I want them involved in testing, hunting, giving feedback and sometimes even helping decide where a project goes next.
8. As a multi-time Autoflower World Cup winner, how has competing and judging influenced the standards you set for your own releases?
It gives you perspective.
When you’re around lots of really good flowers and genetics and you can compare them directly, you quickly realize that a pretty plant alone isn’t enough.
The things you remember are the plants with an identity.
Something where you open the jar, smell it and immediately want to go back again. Great resin, great flower quality, but especially a terpene profile that makes you curious.
Being around competitions and judging also keeps raising your own standards because you constantly see what other growers and breeders are capable of.
I think that’s healthy. You should never believe your own genetics are automatically the best thing in the room.
9. What advice would you give someone who wants to start creating and selecting modern autoflowers for the first time?
Find phenotypes you really like and make crosses.
Don’t think that your first cross has to become the next legendary strain.
Slowly build up different genetics and different combinations. Somewhere down the line there will be an amazing one.
Choose intentionally which plants you combine and why.
And I also think we need to keep creating new autoflowers from great photoperiod cuts. Take photoperiod genetics you love and combine them with autoflower genetics that actually make sense with them instead of just crossing random popular names.
That’s how the pool keeps moving forward.
And most importantly: grow plants.
Lots of them.
You need to smell and see enough plants to understand what you actually like.
10. Your content and grows often have a strong educational/experimental side. What’s one lesson from recent R&D or tester grows that surprised you?
One of the biggest lessons for me is actually to stay open.
I like trying new things, and I also like showing people that not everything has to work perfectly the first time. Mistakes are part of the journey — and very often that’s exactly how we learn something new.
The Mango G selection is a good recent example. If I had selected mainly based on size and structure, some of my favorite plants would never have made it.
Some were smaller, but then you rubbed a flower or opened the tent and got this crazy Mango/Runtz profile. That’s when I think: I don’t care that another plant next to it is 30% bigger. I want this smell.
It’s easy to create a checklist of what the perfect plant should look like, but plants don’t always care about your checklist.
Sometimes the weird one is the keeper. Sometimes the thing that doesn’t go as planned teaches you the most.
For me, experimenting, making mistakes, adjusting and trying again is a huge part of growing and breeding. And I think it’s important to show that side too, because that’s how all of us get better.
11. What’s coming next for Good Genetix that you’re most excited about sharing with the community?
Right now I’m really excited about some of the photoperiod projects based on Super Buff Cherry #26. That’s probably my absolute favorite terp profile at the moment, so I’m having a lot of fun seeing people exploring her crosses like the Super Boof Cherry FF.
I’m also working on an autoflower version, but first there are some Fast Flowers and regular photoperiod strains coming soon. Like the Super Buff Punch FF and the Super Tangy Cherry.
and around the same time, the last strains from the G-Line are about to drop too: G-Wagon, a crazy Grape Gas cross, and Triple G, a cross with Mephisto’s Double Grape.
And then, of course, there are already new runs happening. It’s still too early to say too much, but there is definitely more fire coming.
But honestly, the thing I’m always most excited about is getting out to events, meeting growers, seeing what people are doing with the genetics and just spending time with the community.
For me, that’s what all of this is really about.
Only together are we strong.
12. Where do you see the brand and your own work five years from now?
Hopefully I have built a team of enthusiasts around the world who are breeding great genetics together with me and, just as importantly, working together with the community.
I love making crosses. I love hunting plants. And I love motivating other people to do whatever part of this plant makes them happy.
I definitely still want to be in front of the camera, talking to growers and getting people excited about growing, and I also still want to breed myself.
But it would be incredible if Good Genetix could eventually become more of a collective.
The really big dream would be to eventually create some kind of research and breeding center.
A place where it’s not only about producing the next high-THC strain.
I’d love to work much deeper with CBG, CBN and other cannabinoid profiles, while still selecting for amazing flavors, and explore much more of what this plant is capable of and how different genetics could potentially be useful to people.
There is so much more to cannabis than THC percentage.
That’s the direction that really excites me.