If you cross a pure Sativa fem with pure indica male is it 50/50?
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T macc
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You're right. There would be various phenotypes like a regular cross
Hugo Phurst
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A mix.
freewanderer04
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From what I've heard from breeders on the Potcast, the F1 generation will be fairly similar in structure with slight variation but the F2 generation opens a pandora's box of possibilities. After that, it's really about picking what you like and trying to stabilize.
GanjaJack
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What I want to know is if you can pollinate a single female with multiples of different males, so if I have a female 50/50 sativa indica cross, and breed with a 100% indica and a 100% sativa...
Would the resulting seeds be like the fathers and more distinguished between the two varieties? If this makes sense.......
Would the resulting seeds be like the fathers and more distinguished between the two varieties? If this makes sense.......
Budderton
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Yep. The seeds made by the sativa male would produce plants that are more sativa leaning and the seeds made by the indica male would produce Indica leaning plants.
xtsho
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It's being worked on. There are newer classifications of cannabis that go against the traditional sativa/indica mindset with what people refer to as sativa and indica belonging to the same genome group. And there are those doing DNA sequencing
With newer classification what many consider sativa is actually an indica "BLD" and what many consider an indica is afghanica "NLD".
I find this to be a more accurate way to separate cannabis into genome groups rather than some simplistic method based on the width of the leaves. It's not anything that will be adopted soon by the average cannabis grower but it's a step in the right direction in classifying the different cannabis varieties. I'm sure there will be those that say "What the hell are you talking about? Narrow leaves=sativa and wide leaves=indica.". But it's more complicated than that. Unfortunately correctly grouping cannabis based off this more accurate classification will be a hard sell in the cannabis world with all the non-scientific beliefs that are prevalent today.
(PDF) Cannabis Taxonomy: The "sativa" vs. "indica" debate
PDF | On Jan 30, 2018, Robert C. Clarke and Mark D. Merlin published Cannabis Taxonomy: The "sativa" vs. "indica" debate | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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freewanderer04
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That's called open pollination. Breeders encourage that for a first time cross. Find the some solid plants from the F1 generation and continue on as far as you like. I'd say try out as many seeds as you can from the initial F1 cross to see what you need to look for phenotypically.
GanjaJack
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Ahhhhhhhh, ok, I’ve been wondering this for years and years, as I have seen people claim skinny leaf sativas as Indicas, and they are just hybrid Mexicans bred with Afghans.It's being worked on. There are newer classifications of cannabis that go against the traditional sativa/indica mindset with what people refer to as sativa and indica belonging to the same genome group. And there are those doing DNA sequencing
With newer classification what many consider sativa is actually an indica "BLD" and what many consider an indica is afghanica "NLD".
I find this to be a more accurate way to separate cannabis into genome groups rather than some simplistic method based on the width of the leaves. It's not anything that will be adopted soon by the average cannabis grower but it's a step in the right direction in classifying the different cannabis varieties. I'm sure there will be those that say "What the hell are you talking about? Narrow leaves=sativa and wide leaves=indica.". But it's more complicated than that. Unfortunately correctly grouping cannabis based off this more accurate classification will be a hard sell in the cannabis world with all the non-scientific beliefs that are prevalent today.
(PDF) Cannabis Taxonomy: The "sativa" vs. "indica" debate
PDF | On Jan 30, 2018, Robert C. Clarke and Mark D. Merlin published Cannabis Taxonomy: The "sativa" vs. "indica" debate | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate