I've been growing the same strain since the late 70s, which was supposedly Manatuska Thunder something or another, but I digress. Recently I was given several clones of Grandaddy Purple, Sour Diesel, and Durban Poison. I have these along with my original strain and the two look nothing like each other at all. My older strain, which I thought was mostly Indica, grows pretty straight forward with the main stem pinched. The others I was given are more like an Azelea shrub, with tons of growth but almost too much, since light has difficulty getting anywhere deeper than the outer perimeter. I know plants have evolved greatly over the years, but is this the new trend? I prefer the massive colas that I typically see, instead of the smaller buds which appear by the millions. I'm strictly old school with 2x 1000W MH, 5 gallons buckets, Promix and manure, and Peter's/Miracle grow as needed. I'm considering a HPS for flowering, but waiting on a Solis-Tek ballast to arrive.
A buddy of mine saw my old school plants and said he never saw anything like them before...have things changed this much since I last ventured out of the 'hollow?