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Imagine you are a breeder. You want to make a point in Cannabis industry by introducing a new strain. It is not an easy task.
You need to cover lots of areas to have a decent strain. Areas like Potency, Yield, Taste, structure, stability, ease of growth. Yes, it is a huge task as I said.
In the beginning it may look like a mathematic calculation or as simple as following Mendelian genetic inheritance law .A Short, high yielder medium potency father and a tall low yielder, high potency mother theoretically should lead to a medium yield, medium tall, medium potency strain. But in reality nothing is that clean cut.Not at all.
Suddenly you find yourself with myriad of choices from your F1 generation that almost none of them carry the exact genetic you were trying to create.
So you begin the pain taking process of backcrossing with one or both of the parents. It takes time and effort and investment. It is like a little version of bringing up children.
Here is the part of the process that differentiate True breeders from others .Others do not bother themselves to commit to the stabilizing process .They just release their seed in the first time possible .
Maybe money is a deciding factor for this sometimes premature releases.We all know they have expences to cover.
I don’t want to condemn this type of breeding but it does not add anything specific to cannabis industry other than some occasional hermaphrodite and some frustration for the growers that were unlucky enough to put their trust and money and time in a genetic that is not predictable.
I have seen some brilliant strains in some of these breeders collection but There is no consistency and you need to be lucky and experienced enough to find the gem among some mediocre plants.
But I am talking about true breeders; dedicated ones that accept the challenge of stabilizing and improving their strains and resist early releases. They invest their time, money and even their soul in their genetics.
It has taken years of practice and tons of dedication (and failures also) and love to bring a flawless strain to the world.
And one day you find yourself ready to share your strain with others. Years of dedication is about to pay off.
Just you need to find a name for your gem and every thing is done.
Lets say you name it AK-47 or Jack Herer(interestingly enough You have chosen a legend’s name for your plant and not your name) .
Just right know please put your feet in the breeders shoes and imagine what would you feel when one day you wake up and find somebody else or some competitor has bought some of your seeds and in a few month they are releasing your strain in another name (lets say they are funny people and they have changed your Ak-47 to something like AK-37 or Your beloved Jack Herer to Jacky Fernandez .
And all they have contributed to your strain is buying just one pack of your seed. Period.
Put your feet there and tell me what you think about this common problem we are facing in cannabis industry.
Yours
Satica
You need to cover lots of areas to have a decent strain. Areas like Potency, Yield, Taste, structure, stability, ease of growth. Yes, it is a huge task as I said.
In the beginning it may look like a mathematic calculation or as simple as following Mendelian genetic inheritance law .A Short, high yielder medium potency father and a tall low yielder, high potency mother theoretically should lead to a medium yield, medium tall, medium potency strain. But in reality nothing is that clean cut.Not at all.
Suddenly you find yourself with myriad of choices from your F1 generation that almost none of them carry the exact genetic you were trying to create.
So you begin the pain taking process of backcrossing with one or both of the parents. It takes time and effort and investment. It is like a little version of bringing up children.
Here is the part of the process that differentiate True breeders from others .Others do not bother themselves to commit to the stabilizing process .They just release their seed in the first time possible .
Maybe money is a deciding factor for this sometimes premature releases.We all know they have expences to cover.
I don’t want to condemn this type of breeding but it does not add anything specific to cannabis industry other than some occasional hermaphrodite and some frustration for the growers that were unlucky enough to put their trust and money and time in a genetic that is not predictable.
I have seen some brilliant strains in some of these breeders collection but There is no consistency and you need to be lucky and experienced enough to find the gem among some mediocre plants.
But I am talking about true breeders; dedicated ones that accept the challenge of stabilizing and improving their strains and resist early releases. They invest their time, money and even their soul in their genetics.
It has taken years of practice and tons of dedication (and failures also) and love to bring a flawless strain to the world.
And one day you find yourself ready to share your strain with others. Years of dedication is about to pay off.
Just you need to find a name for your gem and every thing is done.
Lets say you name it AK-47 or Jack Herer(interestingly enough You have chosen a legend’s name for your plant and not your name) .
Just right know please put your feet in the breeders shoes and imagine what would you feel when one day you wake up and find somebody else or some competitor has bought some of your seeds and in a few month they are releasing your strain in another name (lets say they are funny people and they have changed your Ak-47 to something like AK-37 or Your beloved Jack Herer to Jacky Fernandez .
And all they have contributed to your strain is buying just one pack of your seed. Period.
Put your feet there and tell me what you think about this common problem we are facing in cannabis industry.
Yours
Satica