Genetics? Please . . .
Tex said:
My gear st8 off the vine will be chem funk, kerosin fuel, or pineapple skunk piss, whatev. I used to think that all herb needed a "cure" to get that chem, skunk, sweet, or hashy smells and tastes. Not so.. Granted it helps a lot and helps the breakdown process.. But it all comes down to genetics, imvho..
purpleberry said:
I agree with tex, genetics is everything. You can take the best cut, screw it, and dry it any way you want, its still going to be dank. On the other hand you can give crap to a master grower and you still get crap.
I couldn't disagree more.
Especially with you purpleberry "crap genetics to a master and get crap" - :rofl
Quality caretakership of even middling genetics can easily produce great pot.
The genetics of a particular cut might determine whether a plant is suited to outdoors or indoors, gets strectchy or not, internode spacing and lateral growth profile, and, most importantly for med users, the ratios of CBN and CBD, among whatever dozen other cannabinoids there are, and THC, within the flowers themselves.
But - like so many things - it is not even close to the end of it. The temperature, pests, light spectrum, fertilizers, flush method, and grow medium all play just as important a role as 'genetics' - after all - the
environment is what determines the expression of those genetics.
The genetics don't determine that chlorophyll, improperly broken down, smells like hay. This is 'genetic' only in the sense that it is universal among the species.
ANY cut of marijuana, improperly cut, dried, and cured, smells like hay.
Any phenotype.
virgil said:
it actually seems like pretty good genetics but it's just bag seed but it has to be atleast decent genetics
It's not your seed source, it's your cure method.
Believe that.
First of all - if it's bagseed, that means, more likely than not, some cartel grew it in a national forest somewhere for commerical sale - with genetics designed for commerical output - these guys aren't dumb - and the cartel scene is re-tooling all operations south of the border to meet "medical" demand - so your genetics are probably alot better than you might imagine on first blush - even if the herb you took the seed from wasn't that good.
Anyway - I can't even count the number of great grows I started from bagseed - let alone the number of times my friends have. Dozens and dozens of great crops in my lifetime . . .
Look virgil - there are dozens and dozens of excellent cure tutorials out there.
Fire up your search function and, most importantly, BE PATIENT.
This is a bitch - after waiting four months for the nugs the final three weeks to cure KILLS me too - but you really gotta take your time here.
Don't underestimate the amount of time the buds need to hang before they can go in jars. This is the most critical step in the organic breakdown that gives us that smell we all crave.
A good quality cure - devoid of all hay smell - will take at least two weeks for popcorn, and up to three and a half for big colas.