phenotype question

GroDank101

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i have sprouted about 8 reg seeds, of locktite from red eyed genetics. they are just seedlings currently. if i flower the females and the best males, will i get seeds that are potentially better than the first set of plants that i had? is this what yall recommend i should do in order to find the best phenotypes to grow? and keep the rest of the seeds, then just clone from the best female i find out of all of those seeds?
 

Yodaweed

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i have sprouted about 8 reg seeds, of locktite from red eyed genetics. they are just seedlings currently. if i flower the females and the best males, will i get seeds that are potentially better than the first set of plants that i had? is this what yall recommend i should do in order to find the best phenotypes to grow? and keep the rest of the seeds, then just clone from the best female i find out of all of those seeds?
if you breed a male and female from the same seed stock you will be essentially inbreeding, not sure if you will get better seeds or not, they might be more similar to each other not sure. Good luck and happy growing.
 

reddan1981

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i have sprouted about 8 reg seeds, of locktite from red eyed genetics. they are just seedlings currently. if i flower the females and the best males, will i get seeds that are potentially better than the first set of plants that i had? is this what yall recommend i should do in order to find the best phenotypes to grow? and keep the rest of the seeds, then just clone from the best female i find out of all of those seeds?
You would have the exact same chances as you have now. You could just clone from the best female you get from these. Then if you want seeds, brush a little male pollen on to one of the branches.
 

GroDank101

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I don't really have a good cloning tek but I will get one soon. I would like the seed stock just because it would be nice to have them. Is in breeding always a bad thing in cannabis plants? Or would it just make them more trait similar and less variation? That wouldn't be necessarily a horrible thing if it's some fire am I right?
 

OldMedUser

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High GroDank

For strains I like I'll sprout some every few years just to make some fresh seeds and you basically get more of the same.

If you have a few nice females then use pollen from the best males to make seeds with all the girls. A lower branch will do and can easily make 30 - 50 seeds while the rest of the plant grows virgin buds. After the buds are cured then test the pot from each numerous times and figure out which girl grew the bud you like the best and use seeds made on her to grow your next crop. Should get at least half of the girls from that crop that have buds like the mother.

Getting clones from your girls before you flower them is a good idea too. A few times I've grown single plants that turned out to be killer pot and didn't have a cutting to grow more with and near broke my leg kicking myself in the ass! lol

It can take a few generations but if you carefully select the best girls to breed with you can get pretty consistent plants from each seed and eventually get a "stabilized" strain. There's a lot more to it than that but that's the basics.

Picking the biggest doesn't always guarantee the best so read up a bit about breeding in the forums where you will likely find links to deeper knowledge of the craft if that's what you want.

Good luck.
 
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