Genetics, Temps, nutes or all of the above?

So, I'm really a fan of cannabis that is built like this strain Green Ribbon, I'm just using this as an example, and the Golden pineapple and extreme OG.

Sometimes I see strains grown from one person to the next and they look nothing alike. One person might have grown meds that look like what you're seeing in the youtube videos. Other times it looks super airy, loose larfy nugs.

So what factors will make for an example of what you see in the uploads? I realize genetics have a large part of what the end result will look like, but assuming you got great genetics to start with, what other factors make for cannabis like in these videos?

Genetics, environment, co2

researching said:

Genetics, environment, co2

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Lower temps during flower?

Entourageeffect said:

what other factors make for cannabis like in these videos?

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Experience and if no formal education in this subject, horticulture...... then at least some serious study

vostok said:

Experience and if no formal education in this subject, horticulture...... then at least some serious study

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Thats kinda the point of the post.

All of the above. Genetics, method of training, medium, nutes, lighting, spectrum, temp, rh, water quality, organics, synthetics, chems, co2 levels , etc... are all factors I have same strains that look different in structure almost each batch . But the flavor is essentially the same though. How pungent can vary though. The only thing I change is training method, pot size and lighting. I have different types of lighting.

Entourageeffect said:

Lower temps during flower?

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Lower temps help with density and color change/purpling.

I have to go with genetics and solid grow technique ..........of course a new grower can get lucky but it takes experience to produce good solid meds time after time ........as I've also seen the same strains exactly grown by two different people end up being worlds apart in density and finished product. There's no substitute for experience that's why I love this hobby Doesn't matter if your rich or poor cause money alone won't grow you a bomber crop

Are DE HID'S now the preferred light source? I've seen some LED grows that show higher production, not sure if it's cause the led's are closer or offer a better spectrum?

ALL OF THE ABOVE! And quite often people spend a bunch of money on all of the best equipment, nutes, genetics, etc, and they get all excited and get the grow going, but then they don't actually put the amount of time and energy into the grow throughout the whole grow that they must to ensure an amazing crop. I've seen people with some pretty awesome setups and great genetics to start, but they are just lazy and by the end their crop has suffered too many stresses to be great. SO DON'T BE LAZY!!! Be pro-active and think ahead! Spend as many hours with your plants as you possibly can so you are in tune with them.

Only by duplicating the environment that the breeder used in creating the variety are you going to get any kind of common uniformity. And thats only if the breeder created a stable true breeding variety to begin with. What i have found is cannabis adapts to us and what WE do with it not the other way around. Its pretty much impossible to have the same exact growroom everywhere. Even if we could smoking that stuff would get boring real fast. It IS impossible outdoors and greenhouses all over the world thats for sure. My uncle has been growing a mexican/s.american sativa variety up northern michigan way outdoors since the seventies. He uses seeds every year. Hes worked on this line and only this line since i was a kid. It looks NOTHING like the original plants he started with. It morphed more into a short bushy indica but still with sativa traits especially in the high. It actually funishes by end of season now too. If your in an indoor spot for some time and work a certain line (With seeds - not just cuttings) this will happen too. That variety will start to adapt to your indoor environment especially if you keep that environment stable and consistent no matter what its like outside. To truly do this is alot harder than you think.