Landrace to me is like an open pollinated crop not untouched but unselected.
Heirloom is hand picked plants need based on a trait.
Does that make sense?
The Real Seed Company on the Growroom420 podcast - The Real Seed Company I think this is the one
Completely agree with this analogy?Landrace, to me means, it is what grows and reproduces naturally in the wild, in any given geological location (not unlike an OP). Creating more of a chuckers chance/roll of the dice, while containing much variety in it's offspring.
Heirlooms are a result of selective breeding and chasing/handing down desired (locked in) traits from generation to generation. More like a trademark or calling card. You can depend on that seed growing true to form...mostly uniform, but resulting fruits should be the same. As it's repeatedly described by breeder/grower accounts....
Cannabis, I feel, is far behind in this aspect of botany...so using tomatoes as an example. Brandy wine, Purple Cherokee, beefsteak, black krim, Hawaiian pineapple, among many many others, just to name a few... Can be and are referred to as heirlooms because they've been hand picked/selected for specific/desired traits...
Could be on F69 for all we or anyone knows, but wouldn't really matter much as they're supposed to produce constant traits and results...the whole point of 'true breeding' in it's core n essence...cause, I mean, that's the ultimate point of actual breeding, right?!
Cannabis seems different, for now at least, but I think mostly because of our lack of knowledge and experience but also because of the hate and resistance from bs propaganda that was engrained into many minds over the decades...I talk a lot sometimes, and I'm high as fuck already, I'm tapping out for now ?