The products from home cell culture are obviously not going to be comparable to or replace buds. I'd guess the products will be comparable to fresh rosin. I don't see how/why the products would be much different - all just squished cannabis bud tissue. The products also might be good starting points for making your own cannabinoid mixture concentrates.
'Cell culture' is much or essentially the same as hydroponics -- using inert media for plant support along with a nutritionally complete culture media.
Besides the likely increased productivity, low(er) costs, better control/consistency, vastly increased speed (could be just days or weeks vs. 2-3 months), and other benefits of cell culture, I think the primary use of cell culture for our interests involves allowing increased production of specific desired cannabinoids, broadening our choices.
Obviously, this is not going to replace growing plants. It's an additional route or option for lower-cost, likely simpler, quicker, purer, etc. manufacture of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids. Nobody should be against that - more choice, lower cost, more portable and stealthy; could be simpler technology vs. plants, etc. If nothing else, it's good news for the medical users. Perhaps as with cultured proteins, a 1-10 L single-use plastic photo-bioreactor could run continuously anywhere, run silent, use less power (likely lit from its center, right next to the cells, not feet away), etc. and might easily match production of several plants or a small tent over the time it takes to grow plants.
It seems that logically cell culture will be culturing autoflower strains, not photos. Why not run the photo-bioreactor non-stop 24/7? So cell culture could be a way around the cloning limitations with autos? Perhaps starter cells/tissue might be purchased much as seeds are.
'Cell culture' is much or essentially the same as hydroponics -- using inert media for plant support along with a nutritionally complete culture media.
Besides the likely increased productivity, low(er) costs, better control/consistency, vastly increased speed (could be just days or weeks vs. 2-3 months), and other benefits of cell culture, I think the primary use of cell culture for our interests involves allowing increased production of specific desired cannabinoids, broadening our choices.
Obviously, this is not going to replace growing plants. It's an additional route or option for lower-cost, likely simpler, quicker, purer, etc. manufacture of pharmaceutical-grade cannabinoids. Nobody should be against that - more choice, lower cost, more portable and stealthy; could be simpler technology vs. plants, etc. If nothing else, it's good news for the medical users. Perhaps as with cultured proteins, a 1-10 L single-use plastic photo-bioreactor could run continuously anywhere, run silent, use less power (likely lit from its center, right next to the cells, not feet away), etc. and might easily match production of several plants or a small tent over the time it takes to grow plants.
It seems that logically cell culture will be culturing autoflower strains, not photos. Why not run the photo-bioreactor non-stop 24/7? So cell culture could be a way around the cloning limitations with autos? Perhaps starter cells/tissue might be purchased much as seeds are.
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