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largest seeds
- Thread starter ThaiPhoon
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What's up thaiphoon,
since your in the tropics check out Kumaoni from the real seed co. Himalayan chara strain/seed/fiber cultivator. It's got big seeds.
I may be mistaken but I thought I read somewhere people in Himalaya eat cannbis seeds as part of their regular diet.
Got a doubt now. Couple years ago I had a few seeds of an AlienKush x Nepal LR X growing both indoors and outdoors. They were average in size. I hit a lower branch from one indoor and one outdoor with the NepalLR male. The result from outdoor, seeds were huge, and the indoor ones were the same size on average as the originals (also noting the difference in seed size from the same plant)
My question: Do big outdoor plants produce bigger seeds than their clones in small pots? Shorter: Big plants, big seeds?
My question: Do big outdoor plants produce bigger seeds than their clones in small pots? Shorter: Big plants, big seeds?
Some Chinese varieties produce large seeds.They almost have the size of a pea.
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Big seeds
Big seeds
I collected these and grew them.
The big are are 12 to one gram from Yunnan China.
The small 800 to one gram are originally from the mountains around Pahalgam Kashmir India found over 9,000 feet.
For biggest or smallest, weight is the easiest way to measure size as long as the seed is mature.
You can also screen size them easily if you have a set of seed sizing sheet metal screens with round holes, big to small set of 10 screens.
-SamS
Big seeds
I collected these and grew them.
The big are are 12 to one gram from Yunnan China.
The small 800 to one gram are originally from the mountains around Pahalgam Kashmir India found over 9,000 feet.
For biggest or smallest, weight is the easiest way to measure size as long as the seed is mature.
You can also screen size them easily if you have a set of seed sizing sheet metal screens with round holes, big to small set of 10 screens.
-SamS
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Thanks for sharing, rad seed photos!
Sam those are some very contrasting-sized seeds!!! it makes me wonder... if such a tiny little seed is all that's needed, why are the large seeds so large? extra protection against say... dropping/fracturing or the cold or sun? extra nutrients or something so they last years longer? or simply... that's the genetic path they ended up travelling down!? or.....?? fascinating either way
Seeds have a genetic maximum size level , they can only get as big as the genetics dictate , how ever the way they are grown makes a big difference , high light levels make for bigger seeds
The largest seeds are bred for food. There's no other reason for selective pressure to produce larger seeds. Asian food varieties are easily the biggest.
Why if dog can be the size of a Chihuahua dog are there great danes?
Man has selected them both. The Danes, the Chihuahua, and the big Cannabis seeds.
Wild Cannabis without the hand of man is small to tiny, it is more efficient for the plant. Man wants big seeds for many reasons, the biggest Cannabis seeds have been selected by man for centuries to shell and eat like sunflower seeds. You cant do that with tiny Cannabis seeds.
-SamS
Man has selected them both. The Danes, the Chihuahua, and the big Cannabis seeds.
Wild Cannabis without the hand of man is small to tiny, it is more efficient for the plant. Man wants big seeds for many reasons, the biggest Cannabis seeds have been selected by man for centuries to shell and eat like sunflower seeds. You cant do that with tiny Cannabis seeds.
-SamS
Here's two pics from friends on the real seed company forum
one of them shows the jungli seeds ( wild plants propagated by birds probably )
and the other shows the Bama chinese hemp seed, big and juicy.
and the one with the red ruler is mine, all drug types, to the far right was a less potent plant used in cooking.
one of them shows the jungli seeds ( wild plants propagated by birds probably )
and the other shows the Bama chinese hemp seed, big and juicy.
and the one with the red ruler is mine, all drug types, to the far right was a less potent plant used in cooking.
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Exactly the same as bird seed sunflower compared to culinary seed sunflowers.
I still have seeds from Nepal, Pokhara which has the size almost of poppy seeds.
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I had to track down the post from 2008, but namkha says over 100 per gram..
I looked at your previous post which said 800 per gram for your small seeds, there might be a typo because they look about the same size or namkha didn't weigh them and just guesstimated.
