Even if you breed your plants and get gobs of seeds, it’s not a sin to occasionally want some different smoke. Cattle ranchers will eat chicken & fish from time to time, right? I had read good things about North Atlantic Seed Company for some time and decided to give them a try. I wanted some autoflower to flip some feminized seeds with silver thio spray. As a barometer I decided to test the least expensive seeds in that genre. Special Queen #1 Auto. These are supplied by Royal Queen Seeds. The breeders represented there are about 70 in total to choose from.
I bought a 10 pack and test germinated 2 using the damp paper towel method, They popped tails but never broke ground from planting in soil. I tried the remaining 8 in rockwool seed cubes. From those 8 I got 2 sprouts peeking out of the cubes. Now, 2 out of 10 is not a good germination rate. But how well does their germination policy work? Are they good at standing behind any product warranty? The answer is YES, they honor the no-shows.
I filled out an online form for germination issues and about 4 days later I got a reply that they were prorating money back on a gift card based on my failure rate. With that house credit I bought a 5 pack of Dos Si Dos. They threw in 1 of their House Autos and a 5 pak of Barneys Farms mystery Auto Fems.
Expect more in-depth articles on my progress with the variety of seeds from them as the grow continues. Everything from germination rates to odd genetics (if any). So far the customer service is exemplary and no, they did not know they were selling seeds to a blog guy