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Originally Posted by Schmidty
The problem, if you want to call it that, is that when you cross two strains (BB and Haze Mist for example) you end up with a mix-matched set of phenotypes within each seed. You may have a handful of seeds, but you wont know if you're getting a sativa or indica dominant plant... Or possibly one seed will grow to be completely packed with crystals and dark green leaves and the one right next to it will be the exact opposite... This is why it takes so many years of back breeding to weed out all of the genes that growers dont want.  Its why it takes so long to create any really solid new strain.
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This is a very accurate post! one worthy of REP. you need to read and understand how to select the traits you want then test a few mothers. then while keeping the males and females alive you need to grow and develope the off spring.
to really put it in perspective you could have 3 - 4 gens of inbreeding alive at one time to really make a home run.
Mom
Dad
Next
mom dad and 5 kids
from those best 2 girls
with dad. this will show you more traits your male has.
So we have
mom dad
2 new girls
they will make
5 each you take the best 2
and a boy.
mom dad
2 older girls
2 newer girls
and a new boy.
at this point you should have some stabilty. so germ a batch of 50
if your stain is stable they will have the traits you have selected and bred in.
Otherwise its a pot shot in the dark
2 great plants sometimes makes SHIT.... more often than not!