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Reading the cannabis genes |
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Picture 4 shows the 2 plants together, which fully exposes the differences between the indica species, and the sativa. In this shot its easy to tell which strain is which,
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Picture 5 shows (what I think) to be the prodigy of the initial breeding program - Critical Mass. It displays traits common in both phentotypes and is suffering the same early low humidity signs as the skunk, but not as advanced.
| The afghani pheno shows them too, but even less so than the critical mass pheno.
Shorter than the skunk, taller than the afghani with not so much going on in the smell department, if I was looking to use critical mass as part of a breeding program this is one of the plants I would use as the basis of my new line, and the rest? |  | Those which display characteristics from the parents would be binned, or flowered out and finished with.
Back-crossed with a similar plant the next generation of off-spring would show more of this Critical Mass pheno, and less of the original parents, as the strain establish's its own phenotypical characteristics.
Through a program of selective back-crossing, (if thats your thing) its possible to tailor the target phenotype to suit your taste, as well as your grow room.
Which meant I was already looking forward to almost 3 months, without any nasty surprises whatsoever.
Famous last words?
Join me next time, when we start with the wetting of the seeds, and I'll mention why germinating under HID lighting is possible, but far from ideal.
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