That's "inbreeding", not IBL.You can have inbreeding that does or does not produce an IBL. One is an occurrence, one is a possible result.
You have perfectly summarized the state of cannabis breeding in 2024. Thank you.embracing variability, fishing outliers and segregants
Having some uniformity can be very useful specially when growing outdoor, having some plants who will be ready at the same time can make a big difference between a sucessful harvest or losing some flowers to mold. Some traits need to be predictable to know what to choose for your environment so some worked lines are welcome for some situations, but I agree with you, there is something for everybody and almost every situations today.
I think it depends on why you grow, is it to fill your own jars or to produce massive amount of flowers, depending on the situation you'll need different plants or seeds. When growing for yourself only I understand the necessity of variations to have more chance to find an extraordinary plant. When you produce on a bigger scale, the name of the game is predictability to be able to plan your grows. The goal of the grow will dictate what you need to grow I think.
nobody uses seeds on a bigger scale, thats why you take cuttings. IBL produce pretty uniform plants but they are gonna be weak, i doubt a big scale producer would even think about growing from IBL seeds. They surely have their uses, but it seems like some people think that anything not taken to F9 (random example) is not good, which makes me think that many dont have a clue of what a gene pool is and why keeping it large is beneficial for the species. Im not bashing IBLs, they are great and are the result of hard work, you can use those strain and outcross them for breeding projects, but if the topic is about the state of the gene pool, who's got old landraces seeds around,is preserving those cultivars , or is outcrossing the current hybrids with them , which are inbred already (just not IBLs), is who's actually doing something to preserve the species, not someone seeking homozygosity or 40% thc
That's my experience as well.
Here's the strongest advantages I see to an IBL and it's why I'm almost certain Nevil worked so hard to homogenize and standardize his projects before releasing them. If you're going to sell seeds at $100 a pop, especially back in the '80s, your customers are going to want plants that look _exactly_ like the plant that's in the seed catalog.
Since I reversed engineered NL, I've got the advantages of having a heavy Type II/Indica stone, a more energetic Type I/Sativa buzz, or my absolute favorite... a mellow and productive high with a Type IV/Hybrid.:There were pictures circulating of a field with 300 000 plants all from fem seeds from Greenhouse, a lot of big scale grows use seeds as they are more vigorous and yield more than clones.
That's only if it's in the pheno you want to continue...you find a codominant with vigor...yay! But it tastes like hay.. the good one with the transgressive segregated double reccessive blueberry has no vigor...
