How to save a reg seed

2cent

2cent

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Heya I got 10! Banana zkittles bx regs like rare pack can’t get em again shit
How would I go about saving the strain without keeping a mom

I can grow out find males n females

collect all pollen for fridge
Self the female to get fem seeds

Without going into f2 which is apparently a giant game I wouldn’t have room for currently

how els can I save this strain without a mom for future?
I got another stable strain acid dawg from karma regs Who is a bx x bx I could cross to get seeds from would that be an f1 ? And then again fridge pollen and self a female ?
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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You could just open pollinate using all 10 seeds. That will give you a ton of seeds (if you end up with males and females, which you should), but you can select from them at your leisure in the future-f2s are great. You could also just select your favorite female and self it and just make a lot of seeds. When preserving a strain, the idea is to use as many males and females as you are able, it's really not about selection (some breeders don't even pull hermies in preservation runs). Good luck to you!
 
2cent

2cent

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Rurumo said:
You could just open pollinate using all 10 seeds. That will give you a ton of seeds (if you end up with males and females, which you should), but you can select from them at your leisure in the future-f2s are great. You could also just select your favorite female and self it and just make a lot of seeds. When preserving a strain, the idea is to use as many males and females as you are able, it's really not about selection (some breeders don't even pull hermies in preservation runs). Good luck to you!
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I know f2 unlocks the genotype variations and is responsible for the hundred new strains to be found
But doesn’t that make the growth of them seeds then very unpredictable ? Giv small yields long short plants etc ? And a lot of years to stabilise right ?
What’s the advantage of going f2 I will do fem selection and I will take f2 seeds for future once I understand them
 
blueberryrose

blueberryrose

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I can't find that thread where guys posted pictures of seeds they'd made -
how long can one realistically preserve seeds? Are any of you seed preservation junkies?
Is there a thread 'show us your vault' somewhere?
 
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Zett66

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blueberryrose said:
I can't find that thread where guys posted pictures of seeds they'd made -
how long can one realistically preserve seeds? Are any of you seed preservation junkies?
Is there a thread 'show us your vault' somewhere?
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You can safely store seeds in the fridge for 10 years, maybe longer. Freezer for even longer, but you cant unfreeze and then refreeze again. Once unfrozen you should germ quick as far as I know.

I also had luck with 10 year old seeds that were not stored in the fridge, but germ rates are in the 40%. Either way the longer the lower the germ rates.
 
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