I didn't mean to make it more complex than it had to be.
Here's a simple explanation.....a GENOTYPE is what you think of as "your genes". A bunch of nucleotide sequences strung together to make a "GENOME". Your genome is like your "hardware" in your computer. Under ordinary circumstances, it doesn't change alot (there are exceptions however).
A Phenotype is the way genes are expressed. It is not dissimilar from "software". Your hardware runs the software, and the software dictates what you see happen on the computer screen.
For the purposes of growing, let's say we have 10 of one kind of strain.....
we crack open all those beans and grow them out. We may have different expressions of the gene that result in different smells, tastes, highs, growth configuration, yield, etc.
People often say things like: "I've got the grapefruit phenotype" or "I've got the cherry phenotype". That simply means they've found a particular common established growth characteristic they were looking for. In this example, one particular strain can taste more like grapefruit or cherry depending on the phenotype you have. The more stabile a strain is, the more easily recognizeable and predictable their phenotypes are. Ideally, you'd like to see 1 phenotype that is dank and can express itself with regularity. This is very uncommon. Most strains have at least a few phenotypes that growers actively search for.
Hope that helps a bit.
Here's a simple explanation.....a GENOTYPE is what you think of as "your genes". A bunch of nucleotide sequences strung together to make a "GENOME". Your genome is like your "hardware" in your computer. Under ordinary circumstances, it doesn't change alot (there are exceptions however).
A Phenotype is the way genes are expressed. It is not dissimilar from "software". Your hardware runs the software, and the software dictates what you see happen on the computer screen.
For the purposes of growing, let's say we have 10 of one kind of strain.....
we crack open all those beans and grow them out. We may have different expressions of the gene that result in different smells, tastes, highs, growth configuration, yield, etc.
People often say things like: "I've got the grapefruit phenotype" or "I've got the cherry phenotype". That simply means they've found a particular common established growth characteristic they were looking for. In this example, one particular strain can taste more like grapefruit or cherry depending on the phenotype you have. The more stabile a strain is, the more easily recognizeable and predictable their phenotypes are. Ideally, you'd like to see 1 phenotype that is dank and can express itself with regularity. This is very uncommon. Most strains have at least a few phenotypes that growers actively search for.
Hope that helps a bit.
the last set is probably a page back for most of you guys
Hi BB. Glad to hear things are moving along here in the den. Lookin forward to pix 
you deserve it !!!
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