Covid restrictions keeping everyone out.
What, I wasn't joking?I know how we can tell if they're high in THCV. Everyone can grow out their plants and then just send me a sample. I'll put it in my vaporizer and if I get a really long up high without the munchies I'll report back...
I've been following this thread with interest since the beggining. I think almost everything that has been said so far has merit and I agree with a lot of it in theory. The bottom line is that we don't even know what we have at this point. Look at the TLC tests of Jack the Ripper, supposed to be a high thcv strain but the tests don't agree.
To my mind the first step should be growing out plants until we find a solid source of thcv. The breeding methodology is a moot point until we have that. I think the results of the first grow will dictate where we go. If we have a number of plants that have higher than "normal" thcv we can progress by selecting and refining with the crosses, whether it be multiple lines, back crossing, etc. On the other hand if we only find one noteworthy plant, we have shifted the goals somewhat and will have to proceed differently, selfing for example, or maybe an open pollination of a select group of "maybes" might be enough to bring up the thcv levels of the progeny?
At this stage we are working with a lot of unknowns and my gut says to just grow the seeds until we know we have. Once we are there, and we know what we have, we can iron out the kinks in the breeding methodology and work on optimizing conditions for thcv production, until then we are just spinning our wheels ;-)
I have a feeling that just finding plants with significant thcv production is going to be the hardest part of this journey.
I've been following this thread with interest since the beggining. I think almost everything that has been said so far has merit and I agree with a lot of it in theory. The bottom line is that we don't even know what we have at this point. Look at the TLC tests of Jack the Ripper, supposed to be a high thcv strain but the tests don't agree.
To my mind the first step should be growing out plants until we find a solid source of thcv. The breeding methodology is a moot point until we have that. I think the results of the first grow will dictate where we go. If we have a number of plants that have higher than "normal" thcv we can progress by selecting and refining with the crosses, whether it be multiple lines, back crossing, etc. On the other hand if we only find one noteworthy plant, we have shifted the goals somewhat and will have to proceed differently, selfing for example, or maybe an open pollination of a select group of "maybes" might be enough to bring up the thcv levels of the progeny?
At this stage we are working with a lot of unknowns and my gut says to just grow the seeds until we know we have. Once we are there, and we know what we have, we can iron out the kinks in the breeding methodology and work on optimizing conditions for thcv production, until then we are just spinning our wheels ;-)
I have a feeling that just finding plants with significant thcv production is going to be the hardest part of this journey.
Maybe heat from the lights/sun has something to do with THCV production @Moe.Red Do you have all LED lights or do you have any HPS or HID?
It woukd be interesting to do a side by side with the different lights once we find a plant with THCV in it. Then we could see if the old school or new school would be better, worse, or the same as far as THCV production.
Just wasted $2000 on LEDS (or) WHY LEDS suck
It's all about those temperatures. Low temperatures = low biological activity = low growth. Flowers especially seem to demand heat. I just switched over. I heard from others that the loss of heat from the HID lamps was one of the biggest adjustments. I look forward to my summer crop.www.thcfarmer.com
I've been following this thread with interest since the beggining. I think almost everything that has been said so far has merit and I agree with a lot of it in theory. The bottom line is that we don't even know what we have at this point. Look at the TLC tests of Jack the Ripper, supposed to be a high thcv strain but the tests don't agree.
To my mind the first step should be growing out plants until we find a solid source of thcv. The breeding methodology is a moot point until we have that. I think the results of the first grow will dictate where we go. If we have a number of plants that have higher than "normal" thcv we can progress by selecting and refining with the crosses, whether it be multiple lines, back crossing, etc. On the other hand if we only find one noteworthy plant, we have shifted the goals somewhat and will have to proceed differently, selfing for example, or maybe an open pollination of a select group of "maybes" might be enough to bring up the thcv levels of the progeny?
At this stage we are working with a lot of unknowns and my gut says to just grow the seeds until we know we have. Once we are there, and we know what we have, we can iron out the kinks in the breeding methodology and work on optimizing conditions for thcv production, until then we are just spinning our wheels ;-)
I have a feeling that just finding plants with significant thcv production is going to be the hardest part of this journey.
I’d love to get some pollen from you guys when you get it. Thinking about putting several interesting pollens on the branches of the best Vic from round 1. Pass those seeds around and see if we got any winners.
I was just talking to my friend @MrToad in PM, and I thought I would say this out loud.
I think we will have a massive grow effort in about 6 months. Spread seeds far and wide to see what phenos we get in the shortest possible time.
You know what, I'm gonna post this for everyone.
I want to crowdsource the crap out of this project. If every competent grower here just grew one seed for us, we could have all the phenos tested in 1 cycle, right?
Pshhh
You got this.
As i was writing this, i was thinking "he does totally have this, this is probably child's play level tinkering for him."Had to buy a filter from Germany, but I have all the other parts right here in my hot little hands. This is like a little side quest in a cool video game.
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