Breeding newb

Hey guys,
I have never bred before
I'm not looking to breed the new super skunk or put my seeds to sale, just want to breed some seeds for myself so I don't have to buy them and so that they become acclimatised to the area here.

What is my best course of action? just put down my seeds this year, and leave the best looking males in and leave them to pollinate the ladies?

rockethoe said:

Hey guys,
I have never bred before
I'm not looking to breed the new super skunk or put my seeds to sale, just want to breed some seeds for myself so I don't have to buy them and so that they become acclimatised to the area here.

What is my best course of action? just put down my seeds this year, and leave the best looking males in and leave them to pollinate the ladies?

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Yeah, pretty much. I'm also going to be venturing into this. The only bit of advice I can give you is to read as much as you can.

Deliberate observation is a virtue, lol.

The basics would be to at least know some rudimentary botany apllications, not necessary but helps when finding info and sharing info.
Things like backcrossing filial generations, line breeding and reciprocal crosses are all easy to use tools for actual breeding. How traits work, homozygous vs heterzygous.
Plant counts certainly help.
Knowing what your direction will be is the real art. The direction you go is the best because its your choice, dont forget this.....and the fun begins...

In terms of actual breeding if done thoroughly, it can be a real slog.....pop multiple beans, take cuttings of everything in sequence, then select based after harvesting for single male specimens onto ladies, trash most. Repeat with another brother male to keep identifying traits in line for instance...

Another kinda guideline when working with smaller populations, is too work on one trait at a time thru each generation. For instance, you find a keeper in your skunk for smell, but the growth or nug set isnt what you want....then lets say you stabilize [homozygos] the smell after a couple generations, then cross in another male skunk for height and growth.

If you are very deliberate with selecting traits and fuck up a future line and have to trash it, alot of times its easy to go back to deliberate source material and start a new fork.....rather than worry what phenos it will spit out at random...but this is really only one direction....

Some other random shit, since I cant edit my post, wtf.....lol

Breeding for stability and sameness, is at the expense of diversity. This narrows the genepool.
Vice versa breeding for diversity comes at the expense of homozygosity, this expands the gene pool.

Most OLD strains are mixes of techniques, they are usually fillial or line breed for a few generations , then backcrossed, then line breed again. Now days add in reversing and artificial rodelization [selfing S1s] for fem only.

Today, lot of people taking very popular cuts and making hybrids but a lack of selecting either in line breeding or backcrossing over a few generations, seems to require even more crazy hybrids for outbreeding fitness because of no stabalization....just imho

rockethoe said:

Hey guys,
I have never bred before
I'm not looking to breed the new super skunk or put my seeds to sale, just want to breed some seeds for myself so I don't have to buy them and so that they become acclimatised to the area here.

What is my best course of action? just put down my seeds this year, and leave the best looking males in and leave them to pollinate the ladies?

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There is a great thread here called chuckers paradise. Lots of good folks willing to help and share knowledge and experiences.

https://www.rollitup.org/t/chuckers-paradise.865617/

Cheers

This was posted by another user in another thread. It is a great read if you are interested in breeding. A bit more in depth very informative. I was up all night/morning reading it..lol

http://www.kindgreenbuds.com/marijuana-grow-guide/cannabis-breeding-and-genetics/

Start with some landrace sativa's and indica's and make your own hybrids. Or make your own sativa or indica blends. Lot's of stuff you can do.