I have been growing for several years but last year I had a crop go to seed and ruined half of my harvest. During harvest alot of seed where falling out of the buds and where forgotten about. Well this spring to my surprise several plants popped up from the fallen seeds from last year and all of them seem to be female so far. The plant that started it all was a Blackberry kush it had seeds all through it from being moved and stressed out. my other plants where Afghani Kush, Girl scout, Big Bud, grand dad purp, Cadilac Purp, and ultimate. I can definitly see Big Bud traits in one of my new plants, it has a huge stalk and heavy branches. The black berry came out of the Lake county area and it can get 6 feet tall easily. So have I bred a new strain accidentally? It would be cool to know I found\created some new strain like Ultimate Blackberry or black cadilac berry.
Have I bred a new strain?
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dl290485
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Well you can't know anything for certain but here are some scenarios
The plant hermied and self pollinated. That would produce a plant very much like the mother and the seeds will be female.
The plant hermied and self pollinated AND another plant got it's pollen in to making it a mixed seed yield
The plant was pollinated by 1 other plant which was a hermie. The seeds would be a random hybrid of both and be female.
The plant was pollinated by 1 other plant which was straight female making a random hybrid
The plant was pollinated by multiple other plants giving a mixed bunch of mixed plants
Enjoy the randomness
The plant hermied and self pollinated. That would produce a plant very much like the mother and the seeds will be female.
The plant hermied and self pollinated AND another plant got it's pollen in to making it a mixed seed yield
The plant was pollinated by 1 other plant which was a hermie. The seeds would be a random hybrid of both and be female.
The plant was pollinated by 1 other plant which was straight female making a random hybrid
The plant was pollinated by multiple other plants giving a mixed bunch of mixed plants
Enjoy the randomness
blowincherrypie
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So accidental seeding = breeding?
Bigby
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Do it to a girl and then ask her father.
dl290485
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"Breeding" is just a word... just like "big"... for example: what is big? A beach ball? Your car? House? Earth? The sun? People add context and meaning to words as they use them.
No he didn't make a deliberate and informed effort to cross genetics to make a breed of seed
Yes one or more plants pollinated female flowers and bred an offspring
As far as seed companies go- people debate about who of them are breeders or not. Some people say it's not enough to get someone else's work on 2 strains and do 1 cross and call yourself a breeder. Critics of such practices call them "pollen chuckers" and not breeders.
No he didn't make a deliberate and informed effort to cross genetics to make a breed of seed
Yes one or more plants pollinated female flowers and bred an offspring
As far as seed companies go- people debate about who of them are breeders or not. Some people say it's not enough to get someone else's work on 2 strains and do 1 cross and call yourself a breeder. Critics of such practices call them "pollen chuckers" and not breeders.