This f2 gen. we'll see if i get any "freaks" yet. Did a few odd ball AKR's but all BR's been exactly same so far (with same growing conditions). Thanks for useful info though.
No problem, man.
Here's a little more basic breeding info to get you on track in the right direction:
Given that a dominant gene is "A" and a recessive one is "a", the way it works, is that in the f1 generation, all of the dominant genes from each parent are expressed in the babies, and any recessive traits, get hidden as "Aa", where the dominant trait shows, but the plant is still a carrier of the recessive gene. When you breed two "Aa" f1's together, or self a single f1 plant, you can get those recessive genes recombining as "aa" for some of the offspring, which will mean the recessive gene is the one that is expressed. By then breeding those "aa" plants together, or selfing them, you will get offspring with the same "aa" recessive genes expressed. The other options for the genes recombining, are more "Aa" offspring, and some "AA" offspring, which should both show the same phenotype, despite only one being a carrier of the recessive trait.
Say you want a purple version of a plant with green buds. Since green is usually dominant over purple in these plants, G will be green, and g will be purple.
GG(green parent) x gg(purple parent)
f1: GG x gg = 100% Gg (green plant carrying recessive purple gene)
f2: Gg x Gg= 25% GG (green w/o purple gene), 50% Gg (green but carirer of purple gene), 25%gg (purple plant with no green gene)
f3: gg x gg = 100% gg (all purple offspring)
As you go down the line of generations, while only utilizing the obve technique of breeding the offspring with other offspring from the same generation as themselves, the rest of the plant's genetic traits stabilize more and more. Once you reach f7, there should almost no noticeable variety in the offspring, and the result is a new stable strain, instead of just an unstable cross.
Since there is no regulation for naming cannabis "strains", I believe that most of what is out there, aside from the small percent of strains that breeders took a lot of time stabilizing, are nothing more than unstable crosses between f1 and f4.
That's not to say that crosses are bad, because since all the dominant genes are expressed in the f1 generation, they tend to have what is called "hybrid vigor", and grow noticeably more vigorously than other plants. With further crossings, thishybrid vigor is lost, with the tradeoff of more genetic stability amongst the offspring.
I'm getting the same results. BR's are very stable so far. The AKRs seem to have a "freako" every once in a while. I have had nothing but fems.
I can deal with the occasional odd ball. I made it. If I don't like it, I can junk it. I have never tossed one though. It will always turn into something useful.
As long as the "oddball" isn't a hermie, I don't see it being much a problem either. Unless it is a good "oddball", I wouldn't use it as a parent for more breeding, but there is no need to get hasty and trash it. You never know what a certain phenotype is like until you try it.
Damn you.
