MO_Grow
Underground Chucker
On the internet...so, must be true!?I guess there are a couple of reasons there is interest, or so I read. Part of it stems from the fact that they are supposedly higher in cannabinoids. If you’re using it for extracts, that might be a plus. Then there was the fact that those buds supposedly can’t be pollinated by diploid plants, perhaps allowing them to be run simultaneous.
This was all on the internet, so it must be true ?
watching yours with interest @MO_Grow
I'm not talking shit here either bud, not my intention at all, just carrying on the convo with my thoughts and understanding on the topic...
One thing about the term cannabinoids that we need to realize and understand, also, is that it's a pretty broad/vague term in the plant world. And higher percentages gets people's attention, and somewhat understandably, but only because that's all we've ever really been exposed to are the vague ass numbers that dispos and other vendors and peoples with special interests (whom wants our monies, and will do anything to get it) expose us to and reveal...and usually tend to give us either half truths or just straight up false information to win our vote to support them.
But it goes even deeper than that and I think that which specific ones (as there are hundreds we're currently aware of and possibly even thousands more that we have yet to identify and understand)...as well as the culmination and mixture of said cannabinoids makes a big difference in their importance and how they are used and how they affect us...and they also don't all affect us all the same either.
Another thing that comes to mind on cons for a valid polyploid argument is very basic in my eyes...if they can't be pollinated by a diploid (a regular m/f or x/y plant of the same species) that doesn't really seem very desirable either, not for me or our hobby's/passion's intents and purposes... to me anyway. In nature, those of the same kind/species are by design intended to mate and procreate to carry on life so the species can not only survive but to evolve, progress, and live on...hell, even though you can't really clone and hold a Ruderalis/Autoflower plant (which are still fairly new to most of us and still not met with much desirability... I don't speak for everyone, just a general observation) indefinitely you can still pollinate it and continue life with it's offspring the next season... As nature intended! If survivability is your main goal above all, sure ruderalis is a great candidate!
Trifoliates are just fine in my opinion and experience. I've had multiple over the years and never had issues I can recall other than it growing more limbs than I'm used to seeing at the same time at the same level of the plant...or simply, not symmetrical like a typical plant. In fact, I believe, 99.9% sure, the female I used to make the Slymeball F2s I just recently ran was a trifoliate and I loved everything about her! And the offspring I grew showed zero of those, or any undesirable traits for that matter, and were all fire!! I'm still puffing on and enjoying some of those fruits as we speak!
Ok...I was high when I started this comment... But, it's been taking me too long a while now, lol, and now I feel like I'm just rambling?
I'll go smoke some more and come back...
But not now though, later...Later, later ay!?