luv this thread... an old guy like me cant keep up with you guys using 1.) breeding-in-breeding practices that has existed since the 1st toke of cannabis. I have landrace ruderalis, indicas , and even some sativa that will grow in window like a house plant. OGs and all the herb we've come to love will get sick and , might die under these conditions.
2.) Most cannabis seed embryos are polluted with a high percentages of pathogens and if the strain has been inbred excessively the immunity will dwindle having a negative impact on the plant. To offset this we use chemicals and hi tech equipment while breeding in closets. And in my opinion , then Here is the Biggest part of the problem in trying to stabilize for potency (terpen profile), uniformity, consistency and vigor. The naming conventions were lost about 1979 and were worthless by 1983. I have been trying to work with PHDs on some cannabis projects. Both have decided not to do the project and I feel the majority of the problem was in the nomenclature of cannabis. When scientist, botanist, horticulturist see or use terms like
Citrus ×paradisi Macfad. (pro sp.) [maxima × sinensis] this person know within seconds will realize that we are talking about a grape fruit,, especially if he is by his CPU internet. Some professors can take 3 weeks of course study regarding the Nomenclature of plantae and animals. Each Capital letter, italic, period, ()[] , var, CV has meaning. Once you understand this naming you convention you'll see the genus and species and at that moment you might know of the Family of the plants origin also. This naming convention describe breeder and the recognized discover of the Family and Species and down to the specific cultivar and breeder there of....
who the breeder?
Names for
cultivars (=
cultivated
varieties) is more complicated and dictated by another set of rules known as the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, the latest edition published was,,, cant remember off hand but every 4 yrs its updated.
The cultivar name is always added after a valid scientific name at the genus or species level, is
not Latinised, is put in
single quotes, and is
not italicised. ie:
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon' – a cultivar which is a man-made hybrid between two species
Grevillea rosmarinifolia 'Rosy Posy' – a cultivar which is a selected form of a valid species
Grevillea 'Rosy Posy' – is an alternative way of naming this plant, acceptable, but less informative .
Citrus ×paradisi Macfad. (pro sp.) [maxima × sinensis]
Cannabis sativa L. ssp. indica (Lam.) E. Small & Cronquist
Now after ya learn all this shit I'll blow your mind, I've been doing some serious cannabis
grafting but I have a far greater reason than most of you who follow me know what I;m doing-
There are also a few special-case hybrids called graft hybrids, where the tissues of two plants are physically rather than genetically mixed. These are indicated by an addition rather than a multiplication sign, so
Laburnum + Cytisus becomes
+ Laburnocytisus. And then it get real technical if you think you got a mutant graft, this is long enough and I think I made my point....
Cannabis in 1976 - Panama Red, Colombian Gold this naming worked. Naming convention went to hell quickly,,, Purple Haze had less meaning than Neville Haze. Now I bring a scientist to this site to describe strains and his face will scrunch up like a raisin. He ask whats OG... I say well in the ol day we took seeds out of the original seed packets, mailing seeds could be very felonious back then and we'd label those seed packets , example Neville Haze, OG ,Am Dam and that meant Original Grower,,, then OG became Original Gangster, and now OG means,,, well I cant tell exactly... the scientist will leave your conversation mentally at this point if ya havent lost him already.... So without a PHD DNA marker expert on our breeding teams we got some bad ass inbred mutts and thats what makes a good cut special and a Super Graft of these even more rare and special.