Diggining Deep into a Strains Genetics?

[TGT]

I was wondering if the following was possible: If you had two different IBL strains, a male and female and crossed them to make F1's, and then did a sibling cross with them to make F2's - would it be possible with enough work to get something almost exactly the same as the original plants you started with?

I hope that made sense. It seems logical that all the genetic info should be there to make something almost exactly like the originals, although I could be wrong. With the F2's there would be great genetic diversity, and combining them in an intelligent fashion should in my mind be able to recreate any strain that was ever made from these specific plants, be it a specimen from the F1's, f2's or the original clones that started it all.

I am finding it very hard to explain myself after smoking too much tonite, so I hope that made sense. Uf not i'll clear it up a bit in a while. Thanks in advance!

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[beancounter]

yes, you've essentialy described any good IBL breeding project..

once you get past the F1 generation you should be able to find males and females almost indentical to the original IBL parents, and then you'd work the line from there towards the traits you want..

Essentialy, starting with the F2 stock, u could use the same F2s as the start of 2 different stabilization projects.. One selected/bred for the IBL mother's traits, and one selected/bred for the IBL father's traits..


It really depends alot on your numbers u can run, yer selection abilities, luck of the draw and testing... But u could do it with the proper space and time..

 

[TGT]

Thanks for the reply Beancounter! In your opinion, what numbers would you have to be working with (aprox.) to pull off what I described above?

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[Fire]

here's some pics that may help






^ saved from og

 

[TGT]

Excellent pic's - thanks greatly! I have so much saved from OG on my old Mac hard drive. I'll have to get it out of storage and see what kind of stuff is on it, should be interesting. I'm glad you also thought of saving, comes in handy sometimes.

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[beancounter]

it depends on the lines you are working with on how many you'll need.

But for a serious project i would start with 100 of the F2s..

 

[TGT]

I just grew out six to see how viable the seeds were and all popped and are growing beautifully. The weird thing is all are extremely indica, while 1 is half sativa like and much lighter in colour. It's the only one that looks like the original clone mother, and smells and grows like her too! Could I have gotten lucky if it is a male?! May be a backcross to the original clone mother is in order. I hope it turns out the way it seems. With a lot of luck I can get to where I want to be faster than I thought possible - or not, we'll see. Anyways, thanks for the info!

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