If you look at it, you will see that it contains everything you have been told here.
New to Breeding - Big Plant x Big Plant = Big Plant, Right?
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I have looked through those files, and there isn't anything on breeding in them. You may be thinking of Greg Green's 'Cannabis Grow Bible' which has extensive breeding articles. I have that on on my computer, actually! thanks!
Yes ,Mr Green's book.I have looked through those files, and there isn't anything on breeding in them. You may be thinking of Greg Green's 'Cannabis Grow Bible' which has extensive breeding articles. I have that on on my computer, actually! thanks!
Thanks for pointing me to tha Grow Bible, man! I have this figured out now:
the only way to determine if the genes for 'big' and 'potent' are dominant or codominant is to breed it with a plant that is small and weak. This would be a BB x bb or Bb x bb cross. the BBxbb would result in 4 plants that would resemble the dominant parent, 100% big plants, while a Bb x bb cross would result in offspring that resemble the recessive parent in 50% of the offspring.
So - I was given a free seed with my order, it's both smaller and less potent than either of my intended parents, SOOOOO.... if I create a cross by polinating that free seed with my f<m plant (which I intended to already), and the offspring 100% resemble the f<m, I know that 'big' and 'potent' are dominant. If they resemble the free seed, the genes for 'big' and 'potent' are codominant!
Technically there is no real way to know until the next generation, I guess, but man, a lot a really good applied information in that article, put together in an easily read format reps to Green!
I already have a very strong feeling that I will be getting exactly what I am trying to breed, which just a slight variation on two very similar parents, very similar to both - I really enjoy the direction that these forums sends me, I always end up glomming a massive amount of information when I put any question to the group!
the only way to determine if the genes for 'big' and 'potent' are dominant or codominant is to breed it with a plant that is small and weak. This would be a BB x bb or Bb x bb cross. the BBxbb would result in 4 plants that would resemble the dominant parent, 100% big plants, while a Bb x bb cross would result in offspring that resemble the recessive parent in 50% of the offspring.
So - I was given a free seed with my order, it's both smaller and less potent than either of my intended parents, SOOOOO.... if I create a cross by polinating that free seed with my f<m plant (which I intended to already), and the offspring 100% resemble the f<m, I know that 'big' and 'potent' are dominant. If they resemble the free seed, the genes for 'big' and 'potent' are codominant!
Technically there is no real way to know until the next generation, I guess, but man, a lot a really good applied information in that article, put together in an easily read format reps to Green!
I already have a very strong feeling that I will be getting exactly what I am trying to breed, which just a slight variation on two very similar parents, very similar to both - I really enjoy the direction that these forums sends me, I always end up glomming a massive amount of information when I put any question to the group!
Here it is: after hours and hours of research, reading several chapters of books, and online articles, I have found ONE and only ONE definitive answer when it comes to cannabis breeding.
This nugget is from teh good people at Sensi Seeds: "Procedures to stabilize cannabis strains are poorly understood, even by breeders producing commercial strains."
Pretty much sums it up!
http://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/cannabis-genetics-101-stabilising-a-strain/
This nugget is from teh good people at Sensi Seeds: "Procedures to stabilize cannabis strains are poorly understood, even by breeders producing commercial strains."
Pretty much sums it up!
http://sensiseeds.com/en/blog/cannabis-genetics-101-stabilising-a-strain/
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