That is subjective, but I would personally find a more standardized form to be preferable. Further, all the strains and breeds of Cannabis? I really hate to burst your bubble, but hybridization and selective breeding is actually pretty scientific undertaking. It requires a working knowledge of basic genetics and plant physiology. Hydroponic growth is similarly not as simple you might imagine it to be, in terms of actually figuring out what works in the first place. Working with it after is easy, discovering it, not so much.
Firstly, I wouldn't suggest getting into a debate with me about cannabis breeding/growing. I'd forgotten more about the subject before breakfast this morning than your lifetime's accumulated knowledge.
I work with plenty of medical patients and I have never run into someone who said "this one doesnt work at all, and this one ended all my suffering completely" ...and thats because there isnt that kind of chemical diversity in typical herbal drug cannabis to begin with, let alone being able to find an entire stable variety in the hackfest to discover one that would completely resolve one person's unique medical condition. You are asking for something first off, that just doesnt exist, so there is no answer other than...thats not even a realistic scenario. Its like wanting a dog that will chase a ball and believing that that there will only be one variety that will.....In reality, there are many dog breeds that have individuals that will chase balls without much work. There isnt just ONE, and you wouldn't expect to seek out just one. no.
See here is the problem, you need to become more informed... If you think there is still genes to explore in the drug gene pool, then youre a newb. I have seen almost all the circulating genetic diversity and most of the permutations that typically arise out of the circulating genetic diversity. The gene pool is finite. It is not HUGE AND IMMENSE, rather it is comparitively SMALL against the genetic diversity of many other species in this world. The reason you dont see genetic degredation in other plant species is because those species are not OVER-manipulated by stoners. It probably looks infinite to people who are commenting against genetic conservation here or saying they have just made their first seeds...but it is NOT. The gene pool is ALL IN and the only thing left is a slow process of gene losses....wow, this is like discussing American history at a daycare. Ok kids..remember the Mayflower? yes, good..it WAS a big boat..ok, end of lesson kids...lets go to recess. teacher needs a valium...lol
And yes, I have seen enough to know that there is not that much USEFUL DIVERSITY in the allele pool, and recombining these alleles at random does not make jack shit but random seedlings. This isnt breeding. Well it might be for you...
I understand gene dominance and phenotype just fine. Do you understand that the new phenotypes that arise in F2 did not arise because of NEW GENES? You are not producing new GENES; rather just re-shuffling the existing genes. So, you have produced NOTHING but re-shuffled genes and more than likely incited genetic erosion from small-scale breeding techniques at the same time. That is lame, but typical.
Modern breeders AS A WHOLE need to get over this idea that they CAN produce ACTUAL SEEDLINE IMPROVEMENTS with their poor methods when they simply cannot.
Basically, (again) What it comes down to is this: You dont have enough resources -in seed form and in legality-, nor the requisite breeding facilities open acreage, plus other
controlled environments) to even MAINTAIN germplasm properly, let alone improve it.
Amateurs have integrated nearly the entire globe's useful drug germplasm..- in SHORT ORDER too.
Look at all the land race seed now, that could have been held closer....now its being integrated by know-nothings who are only focused on hybridizing them to their other polyhybrids.
And I feel somewhat responsible for some of this.. You see, I have already gone down the road of EDUCATION of this community...MANY TIMES.... by way of "educating" them that the more genetic distance you have, the more successful you might be with your hybrids. Its exactly like the eXe/feminization..look at what happened from introducing that tool..more hacking; its exactly like The Backcrossing Method. Look what good came from that..more hacking; its like every thing that SHOULD be a carefully employed tool, but it CANT BE EMPLOYED IN THIS POLITICAL CLIMATE; so it becomes nothing more than another knife in the back of cannabis because they just dont have the freedom or the insight to employ these tools properly..... Like handing a 4 year old a loaded shotgun and telling them not to shoot anything with it. They will. You try and EDUCATE, to get them up to speed, and all that comes from it is more erosion. Thats why "education" is NOT key in this community. We need another avenue. Open Pollination only. Until its legal; Its simple enough of an idea for a '4 year olds mentality', and will preserve genetic resources.
I invite you or ANYONE to PROVE a GOOD drug canna seed production company in this world. Actually, you will not be able to do it. There are NO seed production facilities doing the work on a proper scale.
SHOW ME ONE, Rangrz. ONE. Dont TELL me about one.. SHOW ME . PROVE IT. You will learn an important lesson in the process of researching it. Do it!
I help people grow weed and have for many years. The real keepers are plants that have not had to undergo generations of amateur hackjobs...And thats a straight up fact.
Keeper plants(kept forever, put in use, passed along) are becoming fewer and farther in between, with every chip and nick the genetic capacity to be great performers(elites) is lost.
This is an observation from doing it hard and constant for 23 years.
Sure, breeding a high cbd and low thc strain has its specific medical purposes, and many people have tried to do it before. But to go from that to claiming that this breeding was actually inventing, and that it was done by
scientists instead of cannabis-growers, is a bit too much. They simply are some old heads that had the necessary networking to get the first permission to grow medical cannabis. So, no, not scientists, nor do they have hired scientists doing any obscure lab-work "inventing" plants, please.
The question I'd like answered is why aren't we scouring the rainforests, or what's left, for an actual new substance that could possibly cure cancer, or baldness (by default)...I have neither, but would seem just as worthwhile a pursuit.
This stuff may have it's place and may help specific ailments, but the fact is that there ARE medicinal properties in THC and they always have a need to be in medicines. No matter what, the hundreds of compounds in the cannabis plant and particular combinations of those compounds found within the plant can never be synthesized.
The irony of this thread fucking kills me. In essence many are saying "all the weeds that exist in the world are sooo potent we need scientists to work THC out of the gene pool". High grade sensi doesn't reflect the whole of the cannabis genetic pool nor does it reflect the historic use of indigenous cannabis by indigenous peoples. Cannabis has been aggressively bred for potency (among other variables) over the past few decades and this is 98% of what people experience in the medical market. If you've never grown from anything but a seed pack or a cut then perhaps you shouldn't be so quick to let "science" take ownership over what exists in nature.
Please do some research before falling for the hype.
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