EdGreyfox
Well-Known Member
Jester,
Where do you get that cannabis was first found in China and the Himalayas and then carried everywhere else by humans? The oldest civilizations we know about were in the middle east and northeast Africa, and the evidence show they used cannabis (hemp) for rope and various other purposes, so what evidence is there that they had to learn about it from less advanced cultures to their East? And how did it get to the America's when there wasn't any human contact between the continents for gods knows how many 1000's of years? Let's face it, nobody can really say where a plant as common as cannabis originated, and it's far more likely that it spread through natural means (i.e. on the wind, got eaten and pooped by a bird, etc) then that it was spread around the planet by man. Heck, we can't even pin down where/when our own species really originated, so why believe we know where a plant (that probably predates us) comes from?
As to the main topic of the thread, i can see both sides. The land race strains need to be preserved in their "pure" form, and in numbers large enough to make them easily available to breeders that want to work with them. I also understand the desire to have lots of strains, and to crossbreed with the land race strains. After all, everyone that's into breeding wants to create their own personal strain that nobody else has, and they all want it to be "the best" (whatever that is). Frankly, we need both. The landrace strains have to be preserved for their genetics, even if their THC content isn't as high as some people would like. However, you can't really do much to improve them without crossbreeding, so we also need the hybrids. I agree that it's starting to get to the point that there are a ton of hybrids that have different names but virtually identical characteristics, and i'd like to see more focus on perfecting the best hybrid strains and less expended developing yet another purple this or lemon that. Seems to me that you would have a better chance of creating knock your socks off smoke by inbreeding/recrossing an existing hybrid line to reinforce the most desirable traits then you would by starting a brand new cross where the genetics would be totally unpredictable.
Where do you get that cannabis was first found in China and the Himalayas and then carried everywhere else by humans? The oldest civilizations we know about were in the middle east and northeast Africa, and the evidence show they used cannabis (hemp) for rope and various other purposes, so what evidence is there that they had to learn about it from less advanced cultures to their East? And how did it get to the America's when there wasn't any human contact between the continents for gods knows how many 1000's of years? Let's face it, nobody can really say where a plant as common as cannabis originated, and it's far more likely that it spread through natural means (i.e. on the wind, got eaten and pooped by a bird, etc) then that it was spread around the planet by man. Heck, we can't even pin down where/when our own species really originated, so why believe we know where a plant (that probably predates us) comes from?
As to the main topic of the thread, i can see both sides. The land race strains need to be preserved in their "pure" form, and in numbers large enough to make them easily available to breeders that want to work with them. I also understand the desire to have lots of strains, and to crossbreed with the land race strains. After all, everyone that's into breeding wants to create their own personal strain that nobody else has, and they all want it to be "the best" (whatever that is). Frankly, we need both. The landrace strains have to be preserved for their genetics, even if their THC content isn't as high as some people would like. However, you can't really do much to improve them without crossbreeding, so we also need the hybrids. I agree that it's starting to get to the point that there are a ton of hybrids that have different names but virtually identical characteristics, and i'd like to see more focus on perfecting the best hybrid strains and less expended developing yet another purple this or lemon that. Seems to me that you would have a better chance of creating knock your socks off smoke by inbreeding/recrossing an existing hybrid line to reinforce the most desirable traits then you would by starting a brand new cross where the genetics would be totally unpredictable.
)... the eqyptians adapted his method and became the best known manufactures.. thats why everyone thinks the egyptians invented it and not there papyrus...