I have been breeding for some time learned how some of the genes effect each other. Cannabis breeders speak of dominant genes and recessive genes, however, most fail to take into consideration that there are also co-dominant genes at work.
When you work with a strain, you can tell what genes are in which category by growing a breeder’s gear out and doing a little bit of home work. This will be different in each strain because of the hidden genes that they contain.
Also you have to understand that your strain must be bred as well as the strain you are crossing with to get the desired effects of the cross.
That’s where the real problem comes in, you never know how well a strain is breed. But a good indicator is how long have the breeder has been at it. But that comes with a caveat because, if the breeders has been breeding 7% thc weed for 20+ years, and you cross it with a newly created 30% strain, the 7% is dominant and you will mainly end up with offspring that are closer to the 7% mark.
But there will be exceptions that will have to be pheno hunted for. This is a bad breeding protocol because this exception produced is still dominant for 7% even though it tests for 30%. Yes it’s very easy to turn “good” weed back into the ditch weed from which it came.
This is the technique used in most breeding programs and is accepted as the norm because of how quickly “new strains” can be created.
With the proper technique, a breeder can learn to exploit other breeders gear and get the best genes from the breeding. It is a time consuming gamble, that pays offs if the breeder is willing to invest.
Mephisto made it easy for other breeder to produce good smoke by utilizing mephisto strains.
