Its where the money is right now! The hype is mostly on IG and grows from there. I’m sure it has made more than a few pollen chuckers filthy rich. May not be good long term but how long is that? We don’t actually live too long lol. I am just amazed with all the creativity and hype strategies. I truly appreciate it as I was a marketing dude in the past. I find myself in awe many a times lol.
it’s not gonna change anytime soon unless political intervention occurs, which should be only a small possibility. So, imho this is just beginning. We may not live long enough to see the end of this trend. So if anyone of us are in the same shoes, I’m betting we’d do the same and milk it as much as we can. It’s getting cutthroat out there as more and more peeps are working the formula. It’s still relatively easy to pull off if you’re growing legally. But increased competition will change this and I’m looking forward to what they’ll come up with next?
As a non experienced grower, my personal take on this is its 98% hype. Most if not all the hyped up strains still sees a huge pheno variation despite the breeder claims. We see it all the time, especially for journal lurkers like myself. One or two journal that “reports” stable genetics vs dozens who reports otherwise are very common. Too common really. This leads me to believe that it’s a standard operating procedure to make these breeding claims. I may do zero pheno hunt and just chuck pollen everywhere. But if I am a decent grower that can take some good pics and tell a good story, I’m suddenly making a buttload of cash and have people forcing me to take their money! Others start to notice this and we are where we are now.
It’s impossible to think they aren’t any good ones out there. There must be! However, their numbers must be getting lesser and lesser, being discouraged by what they see? It must be difficult to hold on to your principles when you see scumbags getting rich and being worshipped, when you can’t even reach 10% of their followers.
