That's sort of why I collect what I do, but also because I don't like what's happening in the cannabis world right now (regarding the gene pool). Many special things are gone forever, because nobody preserved them. Now we're seeing mostly mutt's crossed to other mutt's, further diluting the gene pool. Wolves were bred down from dogs, but no matter how hard you try, you can never breed that Chihuahua back into a wolf. Same applies to cannabis. It scares me, so I spend a fair bit of my spending money buying up rare, or special seed packs (but only from the best, most reputable breeders, I don't buy much out of Europe anymore).
I have a pretty nice seed vault. Many hundreds of packs of different things from all over, lots of special heirlooms, some hybrids, and some landrace stuff as well. I could probably sell my seed collection and buy property in JA, but just can't part with it. Too much time and energy spent reading countless forum posts, researching genetic lineage(s), tracking down who has them, etc...
I have a pretty nice seed vault. Many hundreds of packs of different things from all over, lots of special heirlooms, some hybrids, and some landrace stuff as well. I could probably sell my seed collection and buy property in JA, but just can't part with it. Too much time and energy spent reading countless forum posts, researching genetic lineage(s), tracking down who has them, etc...