Preserving genetics, making seeds

[Owl Mirror]

Hm, I was planning on allowing my plants to produce seeds but, I won't have more than 4-6 plants at any one time. Is my circumstance not worth pursuing a breeding program?

How would I know if the females and/or males I have growing are diamonds?
What I had planned was growing 2-3 plants each from my Ethiopian Highland, Nepali seed stock and simply allowing any male to open-pollinate the females.

I'll keep track of this ongoing, growing thread with interest.

 

[Owl Mirror]

I came across a very interesting thread: Breeders Choice Upcoming Releases ~ 03-31-2007

I thought it might add to this conversation

 

[PrinSeshJasmine]

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[Owl Mirror]

The only true way to know if they are indeed diamonds in to grow the resulting progeny (the new seeds). Not only is it about having each parent as a diamond, but also how they recombine their traits.

Some seeds are better than no seeds, so I say go for it! Open pollinating should give a healthy variety within your limits. Just in case seeds are much better than no seeds at all.

I suppose, as with most thing, time will tell if I'll be successful
After all a love affair begins with a kiss yet, absent patience you can end up saying:

So now I'm praying for the end of time
To hurry up and arrive
'Cause if I gotta spend another minute with you
I don't think that I can really survive

 

[Mr. Stinky]

You have 11 seeds. haha... you are not very likely to improve the seedline. In fact its more likely that youll further reduce the genetic diversity and create more inbred seeds which will have less vigor in any or all traits.
Preserving genetics is done by NOT eroding the gene pool.

^^^^^^ this!^^^^^

you wont accomplish anything great by bottlenecking the genepool like that. what you can do tho (and should do), is cross thise strains. even just run em all at once and mix all 3 strains together. forget about stupid names... mix em up and keep introducing good genetics when u get them. only breed with seeds from plants you really like. give the rest away to your buddies or sell em on seedbay as heinz-57 or something. these types of hybrids give the best of everything (as well as the worst). just keep working out the weak ones.

although, i also agree with greengenes. (hard to argue with the teacher of the class ur sitting in) as there are many ways to skin a cat. but for the small timer, i would suggest dropping the names and just breeding a bunch of good ones for the enjoyment of it. the same plant for 30 years probably wouldnt hold the interest of many potheads on this forum :smile: