nl#5bx?

bigbluegoo

bigbluegoo

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I just scored some free nl#5bx1 seeds from serenity. can somebody school me (in lamens terms)what exactly bx means. I have done some research and to be honest I don't understand any of it. lots of abbreviations and acronyms and I get lost.
I'm not a breeder (obviously) props to you guys who are. from what I've read it's Hella complicated. just want to know what can I expect from these seeds.
appreciate ya.
 
bigbluegoo

bigbluegoo

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Igotthe6 said:
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Backcrossing is a crossing of a hybrid with one of its parents or an individual genetically similar to its parent, in order to achieve offspring with a genetic identity which is closer to that of the parent. It is used in horticulture, animal breeding and in production of gene knockout organisms.
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cool thanks. so from what I've read (if I'm understanding this correctly) the breeder bred it back as close to the parent plant as he could, and I can expect very similar traits seed to seed. I'm way out of my realm here just trying to learn something new.
 
bf80255

bf80255

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bigbluegoo said:


cool thanks. so from what I've read (if I'm understanding this correctly) the breeder bred it back as close to the parent plant as he could, and I can expect very similar traits seed to seed. I'm way out of my realm here just trying to learn something new.
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yea if the breeder means NL#5 BC1 (not BX) then he crossed the NL#5 to something then took an F1 male from the cross and bred it back to the NL#5 mom to produce seeds with a higher likelihood of putting out plants similar to mom.
 
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SSHZ

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The breeder did mean bx1 which basically means back crossed to itself. An example might be, take a cutting of the mother and reverse it- then use that pollen to fertilize the mom. Or, take a male from the batch, if not feminized seeds, and pollinate a female with a male. There are numerous ways to accomplish it.......
 
bigbluegoo

bigbluegoo

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bf80255 said:
yea if the breeder means NL#5 BC1 (not BX) then he crossed the NL#5 to something then took an F1 male from the cross and bred it back to the NL#5 mom to produce seeds with a higher likelihood of putting out plants similar to mom.
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SSHZ said:
The breeder did mean bx1 which basically means back crossed to itself. An example might be, take a cutting of the mother and reverse it- then use that pollen to fertilize the mom. Or, take a male from the batch, if not feminized seeds, and pollinate a female with a male. There are numerous ways to accomplish it.......
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thanks guys. I think I have the concept. on the pack it does say bx1, must have left that out.
 
bf80255

bf80255

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SSHZ said:
The breeder did mean bx1 which basically means back crossed to itself. An example might be, take a cutting of the mother and reverse it- then use that pollen to fertilize the mom. Or, take a male from the batch, if not feminized seeds, and pollinate a female with a male. There are numerous ways to accomplish it.......
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actually, thats selfing not backcrossing.
and the second thing you mentioned is called a full sib cross aka inbreeding.
 
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