UnrepentantRogue
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The local ditch weed that is descendedfrom hemp production has had a hundred generations to adapt to thelocal climate, soil and pests. Does that give it much advantage overa strain that a person grew locally from seed for two or threegenerations? If the answer is yes, I see three possibilities.
- Grafting You have the best possible rootstock from the native weed. But, as I understand it, cannabis being an annual, it's a one shot thing, and seeds from such a union would not inherit any genetic code from the rootstock.
- Cross your favorite strain with the local stuff, cross it back again with a good psychoactive strain and you've got fairly good weed that's highly suited to growing in your area.
- Wade into a patch of local ditch weed. Cull the males. Pollinate with a good sativa. There will be nothing worth harvesting. But seeds from this union carry some good genetics. If you repeat this process, then the third year there's bud that is two thirds good genetics. Yeah, it has seeds. In the old days all weed had seeds. One school of thought is that seeds don't hurt weed as bad as most people think. A lot of effort to get something that is only a little better than Mexican brick, you say? Well, it wasn't grown with any nasty chemicals. It hasn't been laced with pcp. It didn't come across the border in a fuel tank. And all the locals don't pay any attention to ditch weed because it grows everywhere. Neighbors, hunters, and cops see it all the time and never give it a second thought. It won't compare with the weed you grow, but it'll be there year after year and might see you through a time when you run out, have a crop failure, or a year when circumstances prevent you from making your usual grow.
