Flowering out a sample of your own seeds before handing any to friends is the step most hobby breeders skip. A cross can look great on paper and still throw a high percentage of hermaphrodites or uneven plants, and you will not know until twenty of the offspring have been flowered under some stress. The testing protocol on
https://breederregularseeds.com recommends a minimum sample size and a short list of things to record, and it is stricter than most people bother with. Releasing untested seed is how bad reputations start.