crossbreeding

leafy

Active Member
i have a few questions about how to successfully achieve the task in mind.
i have looked up a lot about genetic traits etc and backbreeding etc, but i still cant find what im looking for.

i am trying to acheive a realitivly 50/50 mix of genetics.

the question i cant find an answer for is witch way to pollinate :?: #1: use a sativa male + indica female, or #2 the other way round?

i also probly should explain the strains in question,

type A: the sativa, is Afgani of decent, and afik is a pure strain (or IBL over a very long time)
it is nothing like the so called 'afgani #1' or afgani indica's that i have seen on the internets,
the seeds are small to medium size, dark brown with black leopard spots,
the seedlings always have a pink/crimson color on the underside of the cotyledons,
the leaves are skinny and about meduim size, darker clorophyl green, but not a deep solid green.
it grows 6 - 8ft tall in a normal outdoor season, looks similar to big-bud, every branch usualy producing a large fluffy cola 10-15in+.

type B: the indica, we'll call it 'budX'...
its a little known strain that has been around for about 20yrs and is virtually extinct,
it would be on par with G13 for smell, flav0r & potency.
the seeds are all a consistent large size, they are tan with dust sized black specs.
the underside on the cotyledons one these ones are always purple/black(like an eggplant)
and the leaves are meduim size, noticably fatter than most and a pale green color that is hard to describe.
it grows about 5 - 6ft in a normal outdoor season, its internodes are spaced out almost identical to the sativa,
but has many less budsites and they are very small, and very hard and heavy, like a small stone/pebble.
some of them have a faint light blue tinge after curing. yeild's about 1oz per 1.5ft of plant height D: D: D:

at a guess, from what i can gather, the sativa would have receeding genetics,
and the indica would most likley have the more domanant genetics.

what would be the most likely result of #1, and what would happen doing it like #2?

if anyone could gimmie a bit of advice/insight it would be great. Leafy.
 

leafy

Active Member
any experienced breeders out there ?

im sure there would difference in seed from pollinating sativa male > indica female compared to indica male > sativa female,

i just cant find any info on it anywhere. any help appreciated. Leafy.
 

leafy

Active Member
k, last time im gunna bump this,

has no-one got the experience to speak on this matter? or am i just asking a dumb question and making myself looking stupid?
 

MisterNiceGuy

Well-Known Member
Give it some time, the breeders here will show their heads soon. I know some info but Am not a very experienced breeder. Your question is not stupid.
 

aerogrowerguy

Active Member
you really want to do it right get a male and female of A, male and a female of B. put the male A with female B in one room and vice versa in another room. Shake the males over the female in the late stage of veg and into budding, really get the pollen sacs over the females. You may not want to do both in the same time as you can bring pollen over in your clothes. You will have cross bred seeds in the female plants, grow those keeping them seperate and observe which traits carried through in which method, pick your favorite.
 
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