Jimster
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Tonight I was watching a show on all aspects of Cannabis, mostly centering on Colorado but is the same in a lot of areas.
I admit that I'm older than dirt and in the way, but when I started growing, especially indoors, the idea was to try to duplicate what a plant would find outdoors. Seeds were saved from best buds (If you were lucky enough to get one or two) and plants were usually trained and split to try to keep them manageable.
Back to the TV show. Just about every grow showed a typical commercial grow setup with specialty plants that don't grow too tall and everything looking nice and efficient. The products look great, large, vibrant, and colorful. Like a Hot House Tomato.
Looking back, the plants have totally changed with most being much shorter and designed to have fast flowering, low stretch, and all of the other great things, but in the process, are we creating a Frankenbud? Truthfully, I don't see the big differences that growers claim. Everything seems to be either a slightly Indica or a slightly Sativa hybrid, but there are so many choices and hybrids of hybrids that plants are beginning to get almost too uniform.
I know that growers o this site like variety, but just about any of the dispensaries, at least in Pa, grow only the standards, with a full Sativa or a straight full blooded, non hybrid Indica bring something of legend, simply because they don't have the yields that seem to be developing the genetics as we progress. What are your thoughts? Are we heading for a great hothouse tomato that is uniform and the same everywhere, or ca n we keep the homegrown heritage varieties that are a little smaller, not as pretty, not as strong, but has a sweet and non overwhelming taste and smell? Are economics driving the old strains into oblivion?
I admit that I'm older than dirt and in the way, but when I started growing, especially indoors, the idea was to try to duplicate what a plant would find outdoors. Seeds were saved from best buds (If you were lucky enough to get one or two) and plants were usually trained and split to try to keep them manageable.
Back to the TV show. Just about every grow showed a typical commercial grow setup with specialty plants that don't grow too tall and everything looking nice and efficient. The products look great, large, vibrant, and colorful. Like a Hot House Tomato.
Looking back, the plants have totally changed with most being much shorter and designed to have fast flowering, low stretch, and all of the other great things, but in the process, are we creating a Frankenbud? Truthfully, I don't see the big differences that growers claim. Everything seems to be either a slightly Indica or a slightly Sativa hybrid, but there are so many choices and hybrids of hybrids that plants are beginning to get almost too uniform.
I know that growers o this site like variety, but just about any of the dispensaries, at least in Pa, grow only the standards, with a full Sativa or a straight full blooded, non hybrid Indica bring something of legend, simply because they don't have the yields that seem to be developing the genetics as we progress. What are your thoughts? Are we heading for a great hothouse tomato that is uniform and the same everywhere, or ca n we keep the homegrown heritage varieties that are a little smaller, not as pretty, not as strong, but has a sweet and non overwhelming taste and smell? Are economics driving the old strains into oblivion?