Acclimatization and IBL seed production

Hi guys, I've got some questions about a side project I want to run this year parallel to my normal grow.

I want to begin working on breeding a strain that will be matched well to my local enviroment and shows some select traits, that I would then like to grow as my signature product. Essentially I want a strain that maximizes its potential to that of which the enviroment will allow. I will have many questions throughout the process these are just some inital things I'd like to learn more about.

Sooooo...... First off I'd like to know to what extend a plant will be effected by one generation of acclimatization. I'm not sure if this is the correct term but I really mean will the plant grow anymore effciently after a season at a specific altitude, latitude... etc.

My second question is about basic seed production. I'm planning on buying 10 seeds of a number of different IBL stablized strains and leaving them in patches of like strain to produce seed so that I will have a good number of seeds to experiment with. I'm wondering if it will be effective to simply leaving all 10 together and collect the seeds at the end of the season or if I will need to select certain plants to produce seed with that reflect the best traits. Being IBL I believe the point is that these strains are very uniform and stable but is there any technique in inbreeding a strain.

Kinda had to write this quick so If you need me to clarify anything jsut ask

i think the best way to go would be to get a strain you like, but has some variation. the reason being is you will have a wider variety of pheno expression and that way you will have a better chance of adaptability and ensuring you find plants that grow well to suit your environment. if you start with a IBL with limited expression, you may find that the breeder stabilized the line to suit a particular environment but it doesn't grow well in yours.
so if you start with a line with variations you can select the plants that grow well that suit your environment your in and then you can begin to select for specific traits and work it into the direction of the goals you set out to achieve.

for your 2nd question, you could leave them together to open pollinate but if doing multiple strains, they should be seperated and kept very far from one another. pollen can travel pretty far so just keep that in mind. if you really plan on doing some breeding i would pick up the cannabis breeders bible. there's a wealth of knowledge in there and its not expensive at all. so what is it that you are trying to accomplish? are you trying to get a strain or strains acclimated to your outdoor environment?

farmerjoe420 said:

for your 2nd question, you could leave them together to open pollinate but if doing multiple strains, they should be seperated and kept very far from one another. pollen can travel pretty far so just keep that in mind. if you really plan on doing some breeding i would pick up the cannabis breeders bible. there's a wealth of knowledge in there and its not expensive at all. so what is it that you are trying to accomplish? are you trying to get a strain or strains acclimated to your outdoor environment?

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Thanks for the advice bud and I'm going to order the breeders bible I've heard good thing about it too.
As for my goals I'm not really sure of whats possible so Ill have to wait and see. Ideally I'd like to create a early purple strain, big top cola, nice relaxing high and just have something to call my own. I know it takes years of work to pull something like that off but I plan on growing for the foreseeable future so might aswell get learning.

there's nothing wrong with that. im a purple man myself and im kind of working on something similar. were making a green crack x black rose right now