After growing a few rounds of Silver Haze, I bought some Bruce Banner seeds and have had terrible luck. I’m now on seeds 8, 9 and 10. Of all 10 seeds, I was able to get 7 to germinate and 2 to sprout, but they soon died off after a mere 3-4 days, no idea why.
Of these last 3, two germinated and are now in peat waiting to sprout.
I’ve used the very same process for all my Silver Haze seeds, but for whatever reason the BB just don’t seem to work. Anyone else have these issues with this strain? That’s a decent chunk of $$ down the tubes.
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If there ILGM seeds they will make good on them
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Pics or it didn’t happen. 
The most common cause of seedling loss is watering issues.
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If you went thru ILGM then i would get ahold of support with any pictures and documentation you have of the issues. I was able to cash in on that germination guarantee and they sent me a whole new 5 pack of Girl scout cookie extreme when i only had 1 seed fail so they will definitely help you. Bruce banner was my most vigorous growing strain. Didnt have a lot of problem with her besides wanting more cal mag
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It’s the Bruce banner genetics. I finally got one to pop out of like 5 or 6 tries from 2 different seed banks. Trust me it’s the genetics
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Ugh…really? I feel like I wasted money I really couldn’t afford to waste. Guess it’s back to the Silver Haze.
If BB seeds are this bad, why are they selling them?
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I’ve got pics of the dirt…
Same watering amount and process as Silver Haze with which I’ve had very little issue with. Think I’ll stick with such after this.
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Spoiler alert: if you successfully sprout a Bruce banner auto you’re only halfway through the battle 
The odds of Bruce banner herming are astronomical
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Thanks for that info. BB was on my short list for future grows.
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Ive had 100% success with Bruce Banner Autoflower from Ilgm. 12 for 12 so far. Ive lost a couple in the process due to error on my side from neglect. Both times watering issues. In all honesty ive never had a bean not pop from ILGM.
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0/10 for herms on Bruce Banner Auto from ILGM. Got 2 going now that just popped from a new batch of seeds. So lets hope something wonkey didnt happen to the genetics between then and now.
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It’s been a while but last BB’s I grew no problem’s pretty sure they were ILGM
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As of Saturday, all 3 were in peat, no signs of sprouting. Sunday morning I checked and 2 had spouted, but were yellow in color and looked dried up although the peat was moist, not soaked, just moist to the touch. Again, I’m using the very same process as I’ve always used for the Silver Haze. Plants are now in the tent with 18 hrs of light as opposed to the window sill once they sprout. I’m afraid to check on this this morning…lol.
OK, just checked, both sprouts are still hanging in there. One looks very good in color, but it still waiting to open the fan leaves. The other is a bit yellowish in color and same, the fan leaves are still not opened and they are still bent over at the top. With the lighting on now, they “should” open soon.
Fingers crossed.
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In my experience, my ILGM seeds (Silver Haze) I’m running at about 75% on the bean pop and 60% on harvesting success (it was my teaching strain, so I made a lot of errors at first). For the BB strain, well, you saw what I posted. I have yet to get past the fan leaf stage. These last 2 of 3 beans look to beat that…I hope, or it’s back to the SH strain.
ILGM is all I use and I’ve been pretty darn happy until these.
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I’m 12 out of 13 for ILGM seeds. I killed another small seedlings due to my clumsiness.
Dang I hope my BB auto winds up sweet like that!!
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Good/great news, I was able to save and nurse back the weaker sprout and now 2 of the 3 have their fan leaves opened. May the growing begin!
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How they looking?