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[MEGA] Strain Discussion- 3rd Backcross *ALL STRAIN TALK IN HERE*

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Hey, Ive been growing Northern Lights #5(indica), and I was wondering if I should cross it with Pure Power plant. (sativa)

I usually like strands that are more indica dominant, but I dont really know what to expect when I cross strains, I'm just getting started into the IDEA of crossing strains as chainer had brought it up to me, so , I just got interested ,

Is crossing two indica dominant strains worth while?
Or would I most likely just end up with what I started with (again, I apologize for my ignorance in this field I just started growing within the last 6-8 months, so I really just know the basics of soil growing.)

Was wondering what to expect when cross breeding, or if its just random like having babies, you never know what color eyes they will have or what ever etc.
 
Prelude2TragedyII said:
Hey, Ive been growing Northern Lights #5(indica), and I was wondering if I should cross it with Pure Power plant. (sativa)
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No, I would not bother doing this. NL#5 is an IBL iirc and Pure Power is an F1 hybrid iirc. Keep the NL#5 and cross it with another IBL such as Skunk #1 for example (an example of an IBL, I'm not saying to use this one necessarily).

Prelude2TragedyII said:
Was wondering what to expect when cross breeding, or if its just random like having babies, you never know what color eyes they will have or what ever etc.
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Random, non uniform plants all over the place is what to expect. Not worth the effort IMO (I don't mean to sound rude when I say this).

Btw, do you mean strain when you say strand?
 
If you cross two stable IBL plants (of different strains), you will produce uniform F1 hybrids. If you cross two F1s, or an F1 and an IBL, you will produce a disparate group of individuals, which is not what most growers are looking for. If you're breeding, it gives you a lot of diversity to choose from, but that's pretty advanced stuff.
 
hmm

maybe yall are saying this, heh, but if you cross NL#5 w/ S#1, you will begin back-crossing into Skunk#1

nl5= afghan x (hazexskunk1[ssh])
i believe

i am germing some Sweet Island Skunk, Fire&Ice, and 1 AK47 seed(clone massive) just dropped in my 'organic soil' mix with some light 'micro-blast' water in a dome in a tray.
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am smoking some straight PurpleKush, annnd i like it a lot, have been smoking the same for 10 days or so, and havent hit a ceiling with it. i was growing PKushxTWreck, and that was some amazing stuff, this is nothing to pass up either though - the PW was the kind of dense feeling bud that would stick together flat if allowed, a great percentage of it was resin.

this PK is chunky and dense, smells like sweet-bread and basil(i think), not sourdough/skuny-candy(yum) like the PurpWreck.

i also am finally having some WhiteRussian finally also, very airy, seems pulled with metal-halide(for color i assume):-\ i havent ever heard anything good about the stuff(whitewidowxAK47) and have been told to just leave the parent plants be growing or breeding honestly-this grow does seem to lean more towards the WW side.

i dont mind it though, i have hardly had much by its self but smells gnarly in the air, looks nice(copper calyxs, seafoam, purple) feels like a 70-30 but is effective medicinally for myself, seems it would have a ceiling honestly, and most sativa Dom. plants besides Haze or WhiteWidow dont do much for me as far as inflammation-general pain.
 
Vader said:
If you cross two stable IBL plants (of different strains), you will produce uniform F1 hybrids. If you cross two F1s, or an F1 and an IBL, you will produce a disparate group of individuals, which is not what most growers are looking for. If you're breeding, it gives you a lot of diversity to choose from, but that's pretty advanced stuff.
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This is sound science. However in reality unfortunately it's a bit more complicated, as any breeder can call their seeds F1s, IBLs, F2s etc. if they so wish. Since cultivating the plants in most places is illegal in the first place, lying about how they were bred is easier to do. In the legal tomato seed industry, there is more regulation and control over the market, with stealing other breeders work and labeling it as their own or something completely different being very uncommon. However for cannabis it is completely different.

So at the end of the day in reality it's very hard to know whether a strain is F1, IBL etc or not. Trust in the individual breeders and reliable feedback is therefore so important as there are so many unsrupulous people about. Breeders paying off forums or forum members to give false testimonials really does not help the problem. This issue is rife all throughout the cannabisness unfortunately, with the marketing of LED lights through word of mouth being a prime example.

It really pisses me off and makes me want to do something about it. I wish I could start my own business and become my own ethical, trustworthy breeder where people get what they pay for without being enticed with false advertising. Maybe one day this will happen...
 
i am germing some Sweet Island Skunk, Fire&Ice, and 1 AK47 seed(clone massive) just dropped in my 'organic soil' mix with some light 'micro-blast' water in a dome in a tray.
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4/7 ISS popped, and the only AK, id bet 1 of the ISS so far is a male that i see.
5/5 fire&ice are yet to show.


GO!
 
So i recently acquired a new strain called cheese, it has a very funny smell and is also really smooth. But it is not frosty like the strains i saw when i google image'd it. Has anyone had any experience with the cheese strain? I know people tend to go and give there bud any old name so im just curious if this is it.
cheers (:
 
ahkwa said:
So i recently acquired a new strain called cheese, it has a very funny smell and is also really smooth. But it is not frosty like the strains i saw when i google image'd it. Has anyone had any experience with the cheese strain? I know people tend to go and give there bud any old name so im just curious if this is it.
cheers (:
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I've smoked The Cheese before. It's a legitimate cultivar, one of many MMJ worthy strains out there.
 
So was what you had frothy white? i know its a legitimate name but i can take ditch and call it cheese if i want.
 
What I had was cannabis man. It was a nice green color with orange/yellow hairs and yes, nice and frosty. Now, I cannot tell you if you actually HAD The Cheese. But I CAN tell you The Cheese is a real strain.

EDIT: If the weed isn't grown well, it wont be frosty. It can still be whatever strain though.
 
UK cheese ftw. Fuck that Dutch shite. In an Amsterdam coffeeshop, the dealer tried to convince me that UK cheese is inferior. Twat.
 
Early 90's strain smelled like PEZ candy felt like opium, probably straight from the old sensi catalog. No anxiety, unbelievable pain relive. I never could figure out what it was?
 
^Green Crack is fantastic.


Just polished off the last of the Wicked I got last week. That's some excellent shit. Very mellow, stoney stuff.

Time to venture back to the land of Thunderfuck.
 
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