Hybrids/cross-strains and Organics

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wakebase

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This is my first post/grow, but have been reading/learning for awhile. I wanted to get everyone's opinion on this topic:

After I have been looking through other's grow journals and seeing that when (a lot of the time, but not always) growing hybrids, people are having to supplement their soil with added nutes due to deficiencies on top of the microbial action already producing "plant food." This made me wonder if, by crossing different genos and hybridizing indica/sativa and forcing the plant to do something that it normally wouldn't (I am uninformed on if hybrids occur in the wild, how fast this process would take, etc.), is a strictly organic grow the way to go with these strains. Even if this does happen in the wild, I would think the plant would have more time to adapt to its surroundings or die off (due to natural selection) as opposed to man "forcing" his process faster than it normally would.

I am just spitting out some curious thoughts that I had and obviously open to any thoughts, corrections or information from anyone.
 
SoOLED

SoOLED

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bro, you are wayyyy over thinking this.

if this is your very first grow, get a clone, keep it alive till the end.

then, clean meticulously and do it again. correcting your mistakes.

I read this like three times, you referencing mycronice effects? each geno, has pheno's that may or may not have taken traits from said assumingly stable crosses to grow in a specific organic soil? so you can grow more easy?

..im too stupid to answer this
 
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wakebase

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hahaha... I know i know. I wasn't going to change what I am currently doing and I understand every strain is different making what i said a huge over generalization. Just very curious about learning, so thought i'd throw it out there. thanks man.
 
greasemonkeymann

greasemonkeymann

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wakebase said:
This is my first post/grow, but have been reading/learning for awhile. I wanted to get everyone's opinion on this topic:

After I have been looking through other's grow journals and seeing that when (a lot of the time, but not always) growing hybrids, people are having to supplement their soil with added nutes due to deficiencies on top of the microbial action already producing "plant food." This made me wonder if, by crossing different genos and hybridizing indica/sativa and forcing the plant to do something that it normally wouldn't (I am uninformed on if hybrids occur in the wild, how fast this process would take, etc.), is a strictly organic grow the way to go with these strains. Even if this does happen in the wild, I would think the plant would have more time to adapt to its surroundings or die off (due to natural selection) as opposed to man "forcing" his process faster than it normally would.

I am just spitting out some curious thoughts that I had and obviously open to any thoughts, corrections or information from anyone.
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I agree, over analyzing it completely.
A good analogy is to look at hybrids like dogs, different breeds, but for the most part they are identical in their biology.
typically hybrids don't require any additional technique/knowledge/nutrient regimen.
 
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wakebase

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thanks man... I guess another thing I didn't keep in mind is the fact that growing indoors is already "forcing" season changes, which also isn't natural. And, who knows what the mother plant was exposed to/fed (think that would play a part as well). I was just thinking that organic growing was trying to emulate nature to the fullest.
 
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