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Hello,Can someone with some knowledge please explain the deal with trifoliates,and why they seem so valuable,thanks
Oh,that TFD twin just happens to be one,trifoliate that is 
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Hello,Can someone with some knowledge please explain the deal with trifoliates,and why they seem so valuable,thanks
Oh,that TFD twin just happens to be one,trifoliate that is 
Aquaman did a great post which included a full run down on Trifoliates.
I'm not that up on chromozone numbers and dangerous chemicals or how this molecule bonds with that, but here's what I've found.
Tri's are nice.
The branches tend to each have bi-foliar stems so the tri-nes doesnt run right through the plants I've had, and the spacing inbetween nodes tends to stretch more than bi-foliar plants. This gives more room for the light to hit each layer of buds but results in yields being roughly equal for the same height.
Aquaman's article says they should be stronger than normal plants, as in more potent, but I can't say I've noticed them being particularly stronger. There again they are competeing against plants with black dom in their genes so.
There are a few pics of a couple of generations of them in my thread if you can be bothered to wade through the rest of it.
I'm not that up on chromozone numbers and dangerous chemicals or how this molecule bonds with that, but here's what I've found.
Tri's are nice.
The branches tend to each have bi-foliar stems so the tri-nes doesnt run right through the plants I've had, and the spacing inbetween nodes tends to stretch more than bi-foliar plants. This gives more room for the light to hit each layer of buds but results in yields being roughly equal for the same height.
Aquaman's article says they should be stronger than normal plants, as in more potent, but I can't say I've noticed them being particularly stronger. There again they are competeing against plants with black dom in their genes so.
There are a few pics of a couple of generations of them in my thread if you can be bothered to wade through the rest of it.
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Hi red, trifoliates are not particularly valuable, but they can be particularly gorgeous:
This one is at 3 days
and here she is at 18 days:
I actually had the fortune of coming across a quad foliate in my last grow, a Maple Leaf Indica lady which started to put out 4 leaves at each node when she was at 3 nodes of height:
She lost the quad trait further on in flower, but to make up for it she split her stem and produced two main colas
This one is at 3 days
and here she is at 18 days:
I actually had the fortune of coming across a quad foliate in my last grow, a Maple Leaf Indica lady which started to put out 4 leaves at each node when she was at 3 nodes of height:
She lost the quad trait further on in flower, but to make up for it she split her stem and produced two main colas
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sweet i never seen one dem .but i do have a funny looking leaf hand myself
. that came after i cut the top outa a sf x bb , it was about 20 days into flower , i put it in the cloning machine , i thought it would die , from the hollow stalk . but it rooted in like 6 days and i put it back into flower and it never skipped a beat , but did make these funny looking sub leaves
. that came after i cut the top outa a sf x bb , it was about 20 days into flower , i put it in the cloning machine , i thought it would die , from the hollow stalk . but it rooted in like 6 days and i put it back into flower and it never skipped a beat , but did make these funny looking sub leaves
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Got some of those too Friend 
happened on every single one of my Master Kush plants (Dutch Passion)!
happened on every single one of my Master Kush plants (Dutch Passion)!
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GMT,XXBLUE and SIMULATOR,
Thank you all for the rapid response,I had read about tri's somewere and for the life of me couldnt find it again,thanks for setting me straight ,We will just have to wait and see,I had a TFD throw twins on me and the little sibling turned out a 3 leafer,it's special no matter how I look at it, 
Thank you all for the rapid response,I had read about tri's somewere and for the life of me couldnt find it again,thanks for setting me straight
,We will just have to wait and see,I had a TFD throw twins on me and the little sibling turned out a 3 leafer,it's special no matter how I look at it,
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yeah red, they are beautiful in veg. In flower one tends to stop looking at the leaves and start looking at the buds, so enjoy her while she's vegging :wink:
this is a trifoli from Soma... Amnesia Haze
this is a trifoli from Soma... Amnesia Haze
She's the mother in my soon to debut hybrid.... Amnesia Kush
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this is a trifoli from Soma... Amnesia Haze
She's the mother in my soon to debut hybrid.... Amnesia Kush
www.seedbay.com
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nice trifolites everyone
thats interesting zeplindood, did the offspring take on the trifolite characteristic?
heres my ssh trifolite, took 14 weeks to flower but it was weeker than the other plants and grew slower
it didnt stretch to much though and had an amazing high
thats interesting zeplindood, did the offspring take on the trifolite characteristic?
heres my ssh trifolite, took 14 weeks to flower but it was weeker than the other plants and grew slower
it didnt stretch to much though and had an amazing high
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yea there weird aren't they .i think it came from being in the veg room while i cut the top after flowering was induced i think it tried to reveg just a bit . but cool to see ya call my name lol .you know what i mean lol. here is the top the leaves came fromxxbluevelvetxx said:Got some of those too Friend
happened on every single one of my Master Kush plants (Dutch Passion)!
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Tha special thing about a trifoliate is that you have an extra node , therfore bearing a third more in yeild . One of my BogBubbles was a tri but tha trait didn't carry on to it's clone daughters (or sister's , if you will).
man they do look good.. thats great red.. you got a trifoliate and a twin from a tfd.. thats wonderful... I do love the pics.. you are right blue they look good in veg.. I have to say tho zeps flowering trifoliates look great..I also read in Greenstreets thread his three of his blueberries are trifoliates.... seems pretty cool... they look all bushy and everything..thats wierd that the trait didnt carry..you think it might later on?
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Afropips that's very interesting. So the trifoliate characteristic is a normal genetic expression on that Mokele?
I had a Maple Leaf Indica present quadfoliate characteristics, the first time I've ever seen a quad. I know MLI is an IBL, but to my knowledge the quad reperesented in my garden was a fluke....I haven't heard of MLI being particularly prone to presenting tri or quad characteristics.
I had a Maple Leaf Indica present quadfoliate characteristics, the first time I've ever seen a quad. I know MLI is an IBL, but to my knowledge the quad reperesented in my garden was a fluke....I haven't heard of MLI being particularly prone to presenting tri or quad characteristics.
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Hi BV,
Mokele Mabombe is a Hybrid comprised of several strains.
This is the only one that has had the trifoliate characteristic
amongst the tests of the F1's.
I germed some old Columbian & West African seeds (1999)
They were few & mixed up.
I only had one plant succesfully germinate which was
a Quadrafoliate Christmas tree shaped Male apx 2 metres tall.
I am interested if there is any documented Info & if anyone can answer the question regards The Tri & Quadra foliate characteristics:-
Are these traits specific to certain strains &/or a rare recessive gene mutation common to cannabis in general?
Cool Runnings....
Mokele Mabombe is a Hybrid comprised of several strains.
This is the only one that has had the trifoliate characteristic
amongst the tests of the F1's.
I germed some old Columbian & West African seeds (1999)
They were few & mixed up.
I only had one plant succesfully germinate which was
a Quadrafoliate Christmas tree shaped Male apx 2 metres tall.
I am interested if there is any documented Info & if anyone can answer the question regards The Tri & Quadra foliate characteristics:-
Are these traits specific to certain strains &/or a rare recessive gene mutation common to cannabis in general?
Cool Runnings....
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In general and to my knowlegde the trifoliate and quadfoliate charactersitics are not specific to certain strains, though possibly expressed more often in some than others (Ex: BOG's BOGBubble I believe has a fairly high incidence of trifoliates). I believe it is a recessive gentic mutation common to cannabis in general. I am not a breeder however, nor an expert in mariujana botany, just a good grower who's been around some :wink:
afropips
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Thanks BV,
Come On you expert Botanists - Is there anyone of you out there?
Please point us to the more specific documented info?
I am not even sure if Tri & Quadra foliate is the correct term for these traits,
as it applies to the leaves in the definition, & its the branches we are referring too!
Cool Runnings...
Come On you expert Botanists - Is there anyone of you out there?
Please point us to the more specific documented info?
I am not even sure if Tri & Quadra foliate is the correct term for these traits,
as it applies to the leaves in the definition, & its the branches we are referring too!
Cool Runnings...
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afropips, you could probably get some very good answers to this if you start a thread in the breeders forum. I was always under the impression that this sort of genetic mutation (tri and quads) goes by the technical term "whirled phyllotaxy". Tried to get that one answered but to date nobody has confirmed or discredited completely.
Col runnings to you....
Col runnings to you....
