Growver
Well-Known Member
I took some commercial seeds, a feminized high CBD autoflower Cheese strain from Crop King Seeds and bred one of those females with a male from one of my own strains, a regular Blueberry-Dutch Treat CBD, third generation Y3 offspring. I harvested many seeds, sprouted 10 and have been growing them outside.
My understanding, however misguided, is that the first generation of this new strain should have two particular traits I'm hunting for: high CBD (or high THC), and autoflower or regular. So I thought the odds were that 50% of the offspring will be male, and I'll cull those once they start showing. But here's the kicker. I also thought that 50% of the offspring should have the autoflower gene, whether they're male or female.
Planted these 10 beans outside over a month ago and they are huge but none have the autoflower trait, and I'm bummed about this.
It seems like autoflower is a recessive gene. I don't have a ruderalis to play with. And because of the above outcome, so far I have no autoflower and may need to breed the next generation to find it. The second generation should have wildly different offspring, right? Some closely representing the grandmother (high CBD autoflower), some representing the grandfather (high THC regular), and the rest somewhere in between. I must be wrong about something.
Appreciate some breeding advice, I am just an amateur breeder doing it for fun and to experiment with new and interesting strains.
My understanding, however misguided, is that the first generation of this new strain should have two particular traits I'm hunting for: high CBD (or high THC), and autoflower or regular. So I thought the odds were that 50% of the offspring will be male, and I'll cull those once they start showing. But here's the kicker. I also thought that 50% of the offspring should have the autoflower gene, whether they're male or female.
Planted these 10 beans outside over a month ago and they are huge but none have the autoflower trait, and I'm bummed about this.
It seems like autoflower is a recessive gene. I don't have a ruderalis to play with. And because of the above outcome, so far I have no autoflower and may need to breed the next generation to find it. The second generation should have wildly different offspring, right? Some closely representing the grandmother (high CBD autoflower), some representing the grandfather (high THC regular), and the rest somewhere in between. I must be wrong about something.
Appreciate some breeding advice, I am just an amateur breeder doing it for fun and to experiment with new and interesting strains.
