Hi Guys,
For the last year or so, I've been doing research (new grower) and have been learning a lot thanks to forums like this. I have a few questions I'd like to ask because I realize now that I would have to buy so many seeds to find the one that suits me. Sometimes you find something that might fit the bill, but it ends up being a discontinued strain from way back when etc etc. Anyway, I have a lot more research that I have to do before I decide whether to experiment to come up with my own strain .
Questions:
1. Can someone please give me an example of back crossing? I believe that this has more to do with stabilizing certain phenos?
2. I've recently come across the acronym IBL (Inbred-line?) How is this related to the plant itself? Is it genetically inferior to its original without the IBL? for example...The original Herijuana cultivator was busted and Sannies got them from the original breeder and they did an IBL to it..so as far as Herijuana and Herijuana IBL...what's the difference? Is the plant different....smoke different? Or is it the same thing, jus a different type of breeding?
3. When you finally get the one you want....How do you maintain it.. I hear clone cutting for years on end, but how do you seed it and keep the intensity that you want? For example, the original Endless Sky from Dr Greenthumb was amazing, but after the mother died....the new one (apparently) is not up to par. Can you not make seeds from it just in case?
4. To me, this type of breeding (back crossing and so on) seems like a manual way of cultivating. Is it possibly just to take a plant stem cell and inject the genetic material into the seed to get the EXACT plant you want or did I just ask a REALLY stupid question?
Sorry for the dumb questions folks, but I could not find answers anywhere else.
Thanks
For the last year or so, I've been doing research (new grower) and have been learning a lot thanks to forums like this. I have a few questions I'd like to ask because I realize now that I would have to buy so many seeds to find the one that suits me. Sometimes you find something that might fit the bill, but it ends up being a discontinued strain from way back when etc etc. Anyway, I have a lot more research that I have to do before I decide whether to experiment to come up with my own strain .
Questions:
1. Can someone please give me an example of back crossing? I believe that this has more to do with stabilizing certain phenos?
2. I've recently come across the acronym IBL (Inbred-line?) How is this related to the plant itself? Is it genetically inferior to its original without the IBL? for example...The original Herijuana cultivator was busted and Sannies got them from the original breeder and they did an IBL to it..so as far as Herijuana and Herijuana IBL...what's the difference? Is the plant different....smoke different? Or is it the same thing, jus a different type of breeding?
3. When you finally get the one you want....How do you maintain it.. I hear clone cutting for years on end, but how do you seed it and keep the intensity that you want? For example, the original Endless Sky from Dr Greenthumb was amazing, but after the mother died....the new one (apparently) is not up to par. Can you not make seeds from it just in case?
4. To me, this type of breeding (back crossing and so on) seems like a manual way of cultivating. Is it possibly just to take a plant stem cell and inject the genetic material into the seed to get the EXACT plant you want or did I just ask a REALLY stupid question?
Sorry for the dumb questions folks, but I could not find answers anywhere else.
Thanks