Idk how i missed those, they look pretty normal. Topping should do the trick. Were your plants close together/kinda crowded in veg or up till flower. Only reason I can think of that would cause a normal plant not to branch out other than plain ol genetics is crowding.
Strains without branches, how do you grow them
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Roger A. Shrubber
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if it keeps growing from the same growth tip, then yes, retop that tip, so the Auxins get redistributed to other growing tips. i find that it usually takes about a week to get results from topping, so each time you top will add about a week to your veg time, but it ought to be worth it in increased yield
Big Green Thumb
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Single cola plants are perfect for sog. Just sayin
Father Ramirez
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What a great thread. Thanks OP for starting what got a little off track, but it’s highly entertaining.
Monsanto is an evil firm. Up there with Disney.
And @Roger A. Shrubber also has a point about the genetics corruption, but it’s not as terminal as described, I believe.
When cannabis seeds were carried around the globe during the age of mass circumnavigation in the 1700s, strains from one continent were planted on another. The resulting crop evolved to be quite different than the one originally planted, and in a relatively short time. I don’t know if that’s five years or twenty five, but cannabis adapts quickly to new environments.
So while these Congo strains became mixed with whatever Franco gave these farmers, they wil re-adapt over only several generations and become yet a new ‘landrace’.
It always pissed off somebody when I say that, but the term landrace means precisely this - a strain not native to a region, which has adapted so completely that it makes itself ideal to grow in that region’s specific climate, soil, humidity, etc.
We commonly associate ‘landrace’ with the iconic strains from yesteryear, but all it means is cannabis that has relocalized and thrives wildly without human assistance.
We can fuck cannabis genetics up, but eventually she will fix herself if we just leave her alone.
Monsanto is an evil firm. Up there with Disney.
And @Roger A. Shrubber also has a point about the genetics corruption, but it’s not as terminal as described, I believe.
When cannabis seeds were carried around the globe during the age of mass circumnavigation in the 1700s, strains from one continent were planted on another. The resulting crop evolved to be quite different than the one originally planted, and in a relatively short time. I don’t know if that’s five years or twenty five, but cannabis adapts quickly to new environments.
So while these Congo strains became mixed with whatever Franco gave these farmers, they wil re-adapt over only several generations and become yet a new ‘landrace’.
It always pissed off somebody when I say that, but the term landrace means precisely this - a strain not native to a region, which has adapted so completely that it makes itself ideal to grow in that region’s specific climate, soil, humidity, etc.
We commonly associate ‘landrace’ with the iconic strains from yesteryear, but all it means is cannabis that has relocalized and thrives wildly without human assistance.
We can fuck cannabis genetics up, but eventually she will fix herself if we just leave her alone.
Mitchician
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I can only hope Father Ramirez is correct, as it would be such a shame to lose old varieties, even if they will eventually revert back.
I think it's pointless to stress over it because there are far too many people and far too many grains of pollen in the world to try stop this happening.
All we can do is try to find the genetics we want to preserve before they are lost, and trust in the guys (and girls) who have been doing this exact thing for the last 30-40 years to preserve them in the shadows for us.
I think it's pointless to stress over it because there are far too many people and far too many grains of pollen in the world to try stop this happening.
All we can do is try to find the genetics we want to preserve before they are lost, and trust in the guys (and girls) who have been doing this exact thing for the last 30-40 years to preserve them in the shadows for us.
Sublime4tna
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Good read here, but it would be my understanding that landrace strains would be the original strain that developed in that region over thousands of years as being isolated by oceans, mountains, etc.
Sublime4tna
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And if you can get these strains then cross them then you would only be strengthening the genetics as long as you bred them out and was selective in the process
Sublime4tna
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I believe these to be heirloom African sativa they are unlike anything I have ever grown or seen before, the buds will end up stacking until they’re almost the length of my arm and will end up be so light and fluffy with no foxtails
