Southside112
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Triple cotyledons on my odub from Greenpoint. Do triple cotyledons mean anything? Thanks and have a blessed day!
Triple cotyledons. Any implications?
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Triple cotyledons on my odub from Greenpoint. Do triple cotyledons mean anything? Thanks and have a blessed day!
Captain Sternn
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In my limited experience, it doesn't usually indicate full on triploid structure, most of them go to about the 4th node and it stops. Last year, I did have a plant that the trait sustained itself. It did not get to finish becasuse it was a male and I yanked it. It stayed short and with the extra branch at every node it looked kind of like a giant broccoli. The ratio between it's height and the thickness of the stem was remarkable, the stem was just stupid thick.
Southside112
Swisha House
So from what I've gathered its a genetic mutation. Triple cotyledons are different than plants with 3 leaf sets. The 3 leaf plants have the potential to yield higher. This mutation is not super rare but somewhat rare. I'll grow her out and see what happens.
Southside112
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Sounds like something was going on genetically. I assume that is how this phenomenon occurs.
In 2018 I had an Orange Blossom Special from GreenPoint grow out with 3 cotys, which remained into the node set. Like @Captain Sternn mentions, they usually grow out of it by the 4-5th nodes but this one remained true into flower. It actually put out an extra nug per node. The bud was totally normal, I just got 33% more bud on my plant lol
The thick stem reminds me of polyploidy/phyllotaxy. I had a few of those over the years and the main stalks were HUGE square stems that almost looked cartoonish they were so big. The buds was always super hashy and tasted like shit, and grew out like this:
Captain Sternn
Amicable Cannastronaut
I like to think of them as 3 legged super soldiers 
Southside112
Swisha House
Nice @HydroRed glad you confirmed what I heard. If there is a 3rd leaf set that means bigger yield assuming they don't grow out of it.
Southside112
Swisha House
I ain't never seen no shit like that. Lol. Pretty cool.
Ive only had it happen once, but I would believe that to be pretty accurate. Had that plant I pictured only produced the normal 2 branches per node I believe the main on it would have been nice, but not as nice as with the 3 it grew. The 3rd never seemed to take away from the rest of the plant either. The plant was able to easily accommodate the 3rd nug on every node without issue. That would be a pretty solid trait to lock in if one could do it. I pop a lot of beans and I could only hope to get that type of plant again to try to test/work with. Pretty rare, so I hope yours turn out to be in it for the long haul @Southside112 . Its a cool experience that doesnt happen very often at all. Tag me if you post. Keep us updated on that.
Agreenpassion
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You can also use Colchine to induce that trait.
Qhen I het a baby with that triploid mutation, I've noticed that sometimes the plants just 'grow out of it' producing the normal number of nodes.
Qhen I het a baby with that triploid mutation, I've noticed that sometimes the plants just 'grow out of it' producing the normal number of nodes.
Captain Sternn
Amicable Cannastronaut
@Cincimilla Genetics Rainbird may have a higher than avg. incidence of true triploidity, just last year I got the one I mentioned above and only popped like 3-5 beans. @WODAHS also got one and I think it made it to finish although he had a "life happens" event towards the end that interfered with things.
But that's 2 in just a relatively small number of Rainbird beans popped between 2 of us here. So it seems to me like the odds might be pretty decent. If you would like some shoot me a pm I can get you done, the gift I received was a generous one and left me room to spread the love.
But that's 2 in just a relatively small number of Rainbird beans popped between 2 of us here. So it seems to me like the odds might be pretty decent. If you would like some shoot me a pm I can get you done, the gift I received was a generous one and left me room to spread the love.
Cradle of Mirth
In Bloom
Good to know about the Rainbirds! @Cincimilla Genetics is extremely generous with the magic beans, sendin out Noahs Ark
Cincimilla Genetics
In Bloom
That’s great to hear, I am yet to purposefully breed or hunt triploids but very intrigued.
I’ve seen quite a few 3 leaf seedlings from that cross.
I appreciate you @Captain Sternn I have a boat load of Rainbird F5s and crosses to boot. Thanks for sharing!
I’m stoked for this upcoming season
Agreenpassion
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Oh yeah, OP.
I'll post this. You can open up that can of worms if you want. It just takes an easy web search.
Colchine is the chemical most used for the above process. It seems pretty cool. In a nerdy way.
-I am 62% sure (
) that Humboldt Seed Co. used the above process to create their triploid line. Of course it shows amazing yields if everything is correct...
My below pic is the natural Triploid I just popped off of the 'Peach Tree' fem. line by Perfect Tree. This is a natural mutation, though. Not one that was induced.
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I'll post this. You can open up that can of worms if you want. It just takes an easy web search.
Colchine is the chemical most used for the above process. It seems pretty cool. In a nerdy way.
-I am 62% sure (
) that Humboldt Seed Co. used the above process to create their triploid line. Of course it shows amazing yields if everything is correct...My below pic is the natural Triploid I just popped off of the 'Peach Tree' fem. line by Perfect Tree. This is a natural mutation, though. Not one that was induced.
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Cradle of Mirth
In Bloom
Here's a recent 3 Coty from @Schwaggy P 's Skunk#1 early veg 
I can't remember the more common plant that has it or something similar to that, there was a good podcast from 2020 i'll try finding, but glory lily and autumn crocus have it too and supposedly you can make tea's from them to influence triploids. Never tried it myself thoughOh yeah, OP.
I'll post this. You can open up that can of worms if you want. It just takes an easy web search.
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Colchine is the chemical most used for the above process. It seems pretty cool. In a nerdy way.
-I am 62% sure () that Humboldt Seed Co. used the above process to create their triploid line. Of course it shows amazing yields if everything is correct...
My below pic is the natural Triploid I just popped off of the 'Peach Tree' fem. line by Perfect Tree. This is a natural mutation, though. Not one that was induced.
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