Mr Soul-
When I breed, I consider it the male's "job" to contribute the genetics of the strain of which he is a
member. I mix the pollen from ALL the healthy males of a particular strain into one vial and pollinate a
chosen female. By doing so, I guarantee the most diverse group of genes representing the male's strainare transfered to the female.
If you pollinate with a SINGLE male, you are only passing on a limited selection of the total possible
genes of his strain. Since males are not the intended "product" of our gardens, it's meaningless to try to
evaluate them by smoking them. The best possible outcome of choosing males based on their potency
would be the creation of a seedline that produces POTENT MALES...is that what you're breeding for?
I'm not.
Vic High-
Hahaha we got a good one going here don't we. haha Ya your right mrsoul, my method would be a pipe
dream in this case but after looking at what I've seen being offered in the way of strains and the poor
breeding practices that went into creating them I feel that there is a need for some of us to go back to
the book and quit taking the shortcuts.
As for the selection of the male, lets compramise(sp?). The male can be selected for many traits other
than potency. Let's face it we already have some pretty potent pot. Why not have our males come from
a line that we already know is potent. Often we are now looking for other traits such as yield, growth
habits and the biggie for me, flavour. Also, often traits are somewhat linked. Like say the most potent
females are ????say purple??? for sake of argument. We would obviously pick males that are the most
purple along with having all the other desireable traits that we want. With common sense, worrying
about which male is the most potent is not something to loose sleep over as long as you use more than
one male and you have a good genetic foundation.