Mr. Dirt! ... yet another Olde Guard returned to AFN! Full Duplex came back a few years ago, doing magical things since -
Check him out in the seed section, Mandalorian genetics... A lot to chew on, but ALF lives on in #5, with a few splits in the line from his rapidly accelerated work a couple years back when he got to work with a local nursery...
I haven't seen Zygote and Phree in a long while, and I missed them when I joined in '13.... A few other originals are around yet.. Rebel, Sniper (less so these days), JM, Krug, Mossy of course,... *(Muddy was killed recently in a freak accident)....
I was at UDG for a bit, and have been at GMC for about 7 months (amazing place, huh!)... Several AFN'ers are there now too,.. just saw your intro thread there...
Anyway, pleasure to meet you mate-
... You, Phree, Zygote and some others were way ahead of your time with auto's for reals!
You make a solid point about auto's, marketing forces, diversity issues and the like,... Some places do offer reg's, Short Stuff (shows well in grows here, solid genetics), uhhh,..
fuck I'm spacing a couple others, might be photo's only too... Some of the Independent breeders may offer reg's upon request,... Certainly most commercial breeders don't want anything but fem's out there, for a variety of reasons but sheer popularity of fem's is at the top, along with the fat price point, right?
There is some demand for reg's though, for the usual reasons aside from breeding as well,... most folks don't want the hassle, and/or don't have the time/space/resources to run many plants and do the culling gig... I admit I'm one of them, photo's too, just can't do reg's due to such restrictions... A shame, I know I'm missing out on a lot of levels!
....breeding fascinates me, and I'd love to learn and try someday,.. working STS as well! I have a few things on hand, now extinct for sure (one-off crosses made for auto parent hunting by others), but want dearly to preserve them... Clone/tents year round are out for me as well sadly,... Top of that list is this Sour Bubble/ChemD' x Alien Og that's F1, 2/2 pheno's had amazing strong floral rose aromatics..heavenly! I asked Lavatera about preserving her as S1, but he said it's unlikely to keep that aroma profile because of the broad parent mix she has, and not worked to any sort of stability (save the Alien OG maybe)...
I have 7 beans left, several years old now so I gotta do something or farm it out to another with skills!
I'd love to see you wade into the Seed Pool, Dirt!
... long time skilled growers who have worked autos as long as any out there are scarce anymore... Our gal Rebel here has just opened up a merchandise and seed shop, featuring indie breeders... Check her out, links in the signature area, and a PM would be good too, she'd be over the moon to help you in this venture!