Basic breeding question

That Canadian

That Canadian

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Hey all, I have an extra pack of reg. Hindu kush from sensi seeds kicking around. What would happen if I grew out 10 and crossed my favorite male to a nice female? Would the results be fucked up f2s? Or would they be the same as the seeds I purchased?

Also, I'm curious about Doctor Greenthumb and his genetics. What would happen if you hermi'd his g13 for seeds? Or what would occur if I took my hindu kush male pollen and pollinated a fem g13? Is it bad to breed into an all fem strain?

I asked a lot of questions here but I would really appreciate some answers to satisfy my curiousity! Thanks!
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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breeding with sensi's hindu kush would be a great choice for breeding stock as it's a very stable strain that has been around for ever, so if you were to cross the offspring, you'd end up with a pretty stable f2 strain, yes..
and as far as crossing and doing any kind of breeding using fem seeds, most breeders tend to stay away from doing this as fem seeds are made from a hermied plant, whether it be from stress or from chemicals, some one got a female plant to go hermie on them in order to make the fem seeds..
and the hermie trait is a very dominant trait rather than recessive, so any offspring made using a hermie plant will have a greater tendency to want to go hermy at some point in their lives.. this is the main reason breeders like to use regular, non fem'ed beans to do any sort of breeding work with..
 
That Canadian

That Canadian

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Thanks alot for the quick reply! In response to what you said about sensi's Hindu, did you mean that by crossing the hindu with itself it would still be stable?
 
racerboy71

racerboy71

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That Canadian said:
Thanks alot for the quick reply! In response to what you said about sensi's Hindu, did you mean that by crossing the hindu with itself it would still be stable?
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yes, crossing two hindus together would net you a pretty stable strain... it's when you start to cross to very unstable hybrids that you get unstable plants as a result of the cross.. some breeders will simply just through together two nice plants and hope to get a killer plant .. sometimes this works wonders, sometimes you can simply end up with the worst of both parents.. this is where a good breeder is worth his or her weight in gold.. they take the time to run through enough plants and beans to be able to pull the best of each out of many many many plants and seeds, and use only the best as their breeding stock..the more plants and seeds that a breeder is able to run, the better the chances that their end result is going to be more stable.. breeding really is all about numbers..
but also, if someone were to start off with two much more stable strains, like your hindu kush, and cross them even with another, different stable strain, for instance, northern lights, you're going to have much more stability in the offspring.. plants are no different than humans when it comes to breeding honestly.. ever see some nutter who has a kid?? what are the chances that that kid is going to be a nutter as well?? i'm not joking around here, think about people you know in your real life.. i always liked the saying the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as it holds very true in a lot of things, not just apples and trees, lol..
but yes, the more stable the parents are. whether you're using the same strain, or two different stable parents, the more stable the offspring will be.. the less stable the parents, the less stable the offspring..
there's good reasons why some strains are the backbone of pretty much every strain out there today.. northern lights, hindu kush, tom hill's deep chunk, skunk number 1, and pretty much any landrace are where its at to start a good breeding program..
 
That Canadian

That Canadian

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racerboy71 said:
yes, crossing two hindus together would net you a pretty stable strain... it's when you start to cross to very unstable hybrids that you get unstable plants as a result of the cross.. some breeders will simply just through together two nice plants and hope to get a killer plant .. sometimes this works wonders, sometimes you can simply end up with the worst of both parents.. this is where a good breeder is worth his or her weight in gold.. they take the time to run through enough plants and beans to be able to pull the best of each out of many many many plants and seeds, and use only the best as their breeding stock..the more plants and seeds that a breeder is able to run, the better the chances that their end result is going to be more stable.. breeding really is all about numbers..
but also, if someone were to start off with two much more stable strains, like your hindu kush, and cross them even with another, different stable strain, for instance, northern lights, you're going to have much more stability in the offspring.. plants are no different than humans when it comes to breeding honestly.. ever see some nutter who has a kid?? what are the chances that that kid is going to be a nutter as well?? i'm not joking around here, think about people you know in your real life.. i always liked the saying the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, as it holds very true in a lot of things, not just apples and trees, lol..
but yes, the more stable the parents are. whether you're using the same strain, or two different stable parents, the more stable the offspring will be.. the less stable the parents, the less stable the offspring..
there's good reasons why some strains are the backbone of pretty much every strain out there today.. northern lights, hindu kush, tom hill's deep chunk, skunk number 1, and pretty much any landrace are where its at to start a good breeding program..
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Very informative post! Thanks alot for that Racer. Now you've got me really thinking about starting a basic breeding program. I'm definetly going to cross hindu with itself, but I also have some FEM PURPLE KUSH seeds, would it be a bad thing to cross a stable strain such as hindu kush with a feminised strain such as purple kush?
 
King Blunt

King Blunt

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Hell, I'd do it. The only thing to fret about is the tendency for the offspring to herm. With a VERY stable parent and another fem parent, I think youd be ok. But Racer has totally got that spot on. Its your call TC, IMO I would. Peace and bonghits
 
That Canadian

That Canadian

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King Blunt said:
Hell, I'd do it. The only thing to fret about is the tendency for the offspring to herm. With a VERY stable parent and another fem parent, I think youd be ok. But Racer has totally got that spot on. Its your call TC, IMO I would. Peace and bonghits
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Thanks for the advice, happy bonghits to you sir
 
Lucky88

Lucky88

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King Blunt said:
Hell, I'd do it. The only thing to fret about is the tendency for the offspring to herm. With a VERY stable parent and another fem parent, I think youd be ok. But Racer has totally got that spot on. Its your call TC, IMO I would. Peace and bonghits
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Hey guys don't know if this thread is active anymore but what happens if you were to breed a non fem plant from seed and a fem plant from seed, collect seeds and pollen then grow out a couple seeds find one that doesn't herm then cross that plant with the male pollen from your non fem plant you collected earlier and the father of this plant would that make those seeds of those offspring be more stable and get rid of the hermie traits?
 
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