yes, in a sense that clones from clones from clones will somehow contribute to the degradation of present DNA. I don't personally support that theory.
A couple shots of some GG4 thats been in jars for 2-3 weeks
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Going to run some more GG4 bubble tonight as well so ill get some shots of that if I ever get around to it
the DNA of a clone isn't going to change regardless of how old it it...cellular mitosis people...it's how plants grow...it starts with one cell that has a specific set of genes, that cell splits, then those cells split, and so on and so forth...the cells at the apical meristem are just clones of the same cells that made up the cotyledons of the seedling no matter how long ago that cultivar was a seedling. phenotypical(making words up here, merriem-webster might want to look into adding this one! hahah)expression will change based on many factors such as environment, light spectrum etc. so although the plant may exhibit differences from room to room or from run to run the DNA makeup of that plant has not changed one bit. hence, why I personally believe genetic drift is a myth/excuse.
http://elev8seeds.com/strains/gorilla-glue-4/
Found these guys off an ad through Craigslist, supposedly they have the gg4 at bx3.
Cells are fundamentally the same. DNA codes them for a specific purpose. Without trying to sound snobby it's just a different level of understanding biology. You've gotta put in the time reading.
Gotcha. Makes sense. I havent seen genetic drift myself but stories like Skunk#1 and RKS and the like, and how they arent as good as it used to be and yadda yadda, lead me to believe that overtime a strain, especially a clone only, would loose something like vigor. Or maybe even change terps like todays Skunks are sweeter rather than skunky. Im by no means an expert in this area so I guess the post was almost a question.
"Could you really patent genetic markers in a strain and have it be the same 30 years from now?"
That was just a thought I had.
yeah i think you may be right.I'm on my 2nd run and I am already noticing changes. .................All this could be because of the change in nutes, lights, temp and so on. .
I'm on my 2nd run and I am already noticing changes. All the plants I have in flower came from 5 moms. None of the moms had over a 5 finger leaf. Most of the plants in flower have 7 fingers. I am also noticing the stretch is half and the nodes are much closer than what it was the first run but that could be the lights I am using now. The buds are forming faster and I am already getting frost on the leaves. All this could be because of the change in nutes, lights, temp and so on. I know they couldn't be happier. A little less than 3 weeks now at 12/12.
I got most of the glue trimmed had to stop my back/Shoulder are killing me.
Who has reveged a big plant??.. If I leave the bottom 2 branches you guys think that's enough to reveg or should I leave more?? She is about 6' the bottom 2 are at about 4'