Starting new cannabis seeds is an exciting time, no matter how long you have been growing your own stash.

The fact is you can read all the breeder notes, and all the grow reports you like. But every packet of seeds has within it, the ability to throw out something really very special.

Sometimes it can be as a result of the environment the plants were grown in. At other times it can be a sheer fluke, which only adds to the joy of growing your own marijuana.

But remember to take cuttings from everything, (use the search feature to find the Canna Zine cannabis cuttings guide), as you never know, (until you smoke it at least), which is going to provide you with a plant which is exactly to your taste.

Once its smoked, its gone for ever so use your cuttings well, and keep hold of anything which proves to be a little bit different either in the taste, or maybe in the effect department.

Next time you plan on buying seeds, have a look at whats in the gene pool prior to germinating.

After they are germintated, use this guide and see if you can spot the different phenotypes and if so, how early.