Question about pollination

ddimebag

ddimebag

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Hey guys, this will probably seem like a no-brainer, and I suspect I already know the answer, but I wanted to make sure just in case I'm wrong.

So yeah, every time I select a female to pollinate (the most resinous looking plant of the bunch), at the end of flowering it turns out to be the LEAST resinous. Is this all because the plant invested its energy in seed development, rather than trichome production? Or do I just suck at picking good females? Will the offspring be as resinous as the mother plant would have been if it was not pollinated?

Thanks in advance!
 
bryleetch

bryleetch

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ddimebag said:
Hey guys, this will probably seem like a no-brainer, and I suspect I already know the answer, but I wanted to make sure just in case I'm wrong.

So yeah, every time I select a female to pollinate (the most resinous looking plant of the bunch), at the end of flowering it turns out to be the LEAST resinous. Is this all because the plant invested its energy in seed development, rather than trichome production? Or do I just suck at picking good females? Will the offspring be as resinous as the mother plant would have been if it was not pollinated?

Thanks in advance!
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Yes its becomes less resinous because it has been pollinated and here is why. The chemical process of the production of seeds becomes the primary metabolic pathway for a plant once it is pollinated because it is then essential to make seeds for the plants survival. The chemical process of the production of trichomes is considered a secondary metabolic pathway because it is intended for the defense of the plant, which is important but not essential for its survival so thus like you thought it is not going to invest all that energy into a process that is no longer the priority. The only way to know for sure how the offspring would produce is to grow them but according to simple genetics it would make sense for some of them to share that trait with their mother.

Hope this puts you at ease about your picking of females!
 
ddimebag

ddimebag

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bryleetch said:
Yes its becomes less resinous because it has been pollinated and here is why. The chemical process of the production of seeds becomes the primary metabolic pathway for a plant once it is pollinated because it is then essential to make seeds for the plants survival. The chemical process of the production of trichomes is considered a secondary metabolic pathway because it is intended for the defense of the plant, which is important but not essential for its survival so thus like you thought it is not going to invest all that energy into a process that is no longer the priority. The only way to know for sure how the offspring would produce is to grow them but according to simple genetics it would make sense for some of them to share that trait with their mother.

Hope this puts you at ease about your picking of females!
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Cool, thanks so much for the reply! Sounds like you know your biochemistry :D I'm studying that too at the moment, can't wait to be able to understand the metabolism of the cannabis plant on a molecular level!
 
Grandmah

Grandmah

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ddimebag said:
Cool, thanks so much for the reply! Sounds like you know your biochemistry :D I'm studying that too at the moment, can't wait to be able to understand the metabolism of the cannabis plant on a molecular level!
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bryleetch

bryleetch

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ddimebag said:
Cool, thanks so much for the reply! Sounds like you know your biochemistry :D I'm studying that too at the moment, can't wait to be able to understand the metabolism of the cannabis plant on a molecular level!
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Yea man correlating everything like that to cannabis is what keeps it interesting for me, such an herb nerd.
 
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