Seed Stabilization

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WeedWitchOR

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Not sure if this is right spot for this but hoping someone can point me. Any good sites/articles etc on process of seed stabilization? Did lots of searches but coming up dry on anything useful. Or someone willing to answer lots of process questions :)

Thanks
 
I would suggest searching for backcrossing. That might help you get on the right path. There is a lot of information, an amazing amount, you have to sift through it. Basically it requires a lot of time and patience.
 
Much better information about breeding on legal plants actual college level shit.

Best you are going to get on cannabis alone is Marijuana Botany, DJ Short's book and many have posted decent breeding information. All depends on the level of information you seek.

Certainly not the easiest plant to truly stablize (true breed) as it's a plant with a male and female. It certainly can be done but takes a lot of work and breeders in the cannabis industry really don't go to the lengths needed as it's truly not possible with the legality.

But we have still made pretty good achievements in the grey market breeding industry. But how I long for full legalization and true breeding to come along. I dream it will be like the dog breeding boom in 1800's Europe. :)
 
I'll definitely check it out. Love genetics. No idea how far down the rabbit hole I'll go yet. Right now looking to get as stable as possible genetics for personal use so I don't have to carry clones through the winter. Thankfully I live in OR so at least it's legal :)
 
For stable strains it is best to start with stabilized strains. Such as a IBL Northern Lights or Brothers Grimm C99 etc. Buying, using and breeding with poly hybrids equals poly results. Read as way to many phenos. Not stable at all. Learn how to select from what you grow and love and start a cubing process from there. After about the 3-4th gen of back cross you should have what you want to keep trait wise in seed form. It takes a long time and lots of selecting and working to fix traits or at least find and work with the dominate traits. Some strains will never be stable because its in their genes or recessive ones anyway. Other stabilize well. Look for IBLs to work with and go from there. Or take a chance and try to cube what you have a male and female from. Robert Connell Clarkes Marijuana Botany is really good though a bit dated. But for most also very technical. Spend lots of time reading all you can until you get the gist of how to do it. Mean while start with what you have.
 
Right now starting from scratch. Just looking to future. Finding a lot more useful info using backcross plus now have a list of books to explode my brain with :)
 
Mr. Ask said:
For stable strains it is best to start with stabilized strains. Such as a IBL Northern Lights or Brothers Grimm C99 etc. Buying, using and breeding with poly hybrids equals poly results. Read as way to many phenos. Not stable at all. Learn how to select from what you grow and love and start a cubing process from there. After about the 3-4th gen of back cross you should have what you want to keep trait wise in seed form. It takes a long time and lots of selecting and working to fix traits or at least find and work with the dominate traits. Some strains will never be stable because its in their genes or recessive ones anyway. Other stabilize well. Look for IBLs to work with and go from there. Or take a chance and try to cube what you have a male and female from. Robert Connell Clarkes Marijuana Botany is really good though a bit dated. But for most also very technical. Spend lots of time reading all you can until you get the gist of how to do it. Mean while start with what you have.
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At least 6 generations. F4 is still not really all the way where you want to be with an ibl.
 
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