gunnaknow
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Hi, I have a few thoughts that I would like some feedback on. The idea I have is about breeding a strain that looks as little like cannabis as possible. One for the guerilla growers, where stealth is of critical importance. If such a strain could be bred, I bet it would sell like hot cakes.
For stealth, small autoflowering strains are the way to go because they are small enough to blend in with the weeds from a distance. So the base for designing an ultra-stealth strain has to come from an autoflowerer. It also happens to allow early harvesting, so there is less chance of them being discovered.
Now that plant size and time frame are taken care of, the next things to look at are the distinguishing features of cannabis that can give it's presence away. They are ofcourse sight and smell.
With regards to smell, perhaps there are already AF strains that are low odour. Maybe this can be improved upon in the future by breeding only the least smelly phenotypes with eachother.
With regards to sight, colas are a distinguishing feature of cannabis but it might be very difficult to alter cola formations without decreasing yield. Perhaps a more bushy phenotype that didn't form one main cola could be selected for. However, when the plants are extremely short, a central cola stands out much less than a central cola on a tall strain. I am not sure whether this trait would be worthwhile changing for a short autoflowering strain. Although it would definately be something to look at improving after the other distinguishing features have been taken care of.
The next and, in my opinion, most important visual traits to look at changing for ultra-stealth, are leaf shape and leaf size. I have seen pics of several autoflowering strains and most of them have large leaves that are a dead give-away because it helps advertise the unique shape of cannabis leaves. They stand out even from a distance. To change this trait, a strain with the smallest fan leaves possible needs to be selected and bred with something like lowryder. Selecting the offspring with the smallest leaves and imbreeding it until this trait, along with autoflowering becomes stabilized. Perhaps someone knows of a strain which has very small fan leaves?
After this, the strain could go onto the next stage of development. Changing the leaf shape. For this, a strain called Ducksfoot, created by Wally Duck could be bred with the developing AF strain. Ducksfoot has webbed leaf blades that look quite different from normal cannabis leaves. This trait could be bred into the developing AF strain and then stabilized with the other new traits.
Pics of Ducksfoot below.
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/73blades-med.jpg
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/7adleafs-med.jpg
I would really like some feedback on my ideas. Especially from guys like MDanzig. Maybe you should try developing an ultra-stealth strain yourself MDanzig. It would take several stages of development to breed each trait into the strain but I bet seeds from each stage of development would be very popular. I think there are alot of outdoor growers that are dieing for a strain that looks as little like cannabis as possible. Extremely small plants with uncharacteristicly shaped fan leaves of a very small size. With very low odour and (perhaps, not sure) a lack of a centralized bud formation.
Gunnaknow
For stealth, small autoflowering strains are the way to go because they are small enough to blend in with the weeds from a distance. So the base for designing an ultra-stealth strain has to come from an autoflowerer. It also happens to allow early harvesting, so there is less chance of them being discovered.
Now that plant size and time frame are taken care of, the next things to look at are the distinguishing features of cannabis that can give it's presence away. They are ofcourse sight and smell.
With regards to smell, perhaps there are already AF strains that are low odour. Maybe this can be improved upon in the future by breeding only the least smelly phenotypes with eachother.
With regards to sight, colas are a distinguishing feature of cannabis but it might be very difficult to alter cola formations without decreasing yield. Perhaps a more bushy phenotype that didn't form one main cola could be selected for. However, when the plants are extremely short, a central cola stands out much less than a central cola on a tall strain. I am not sure whether this trait would be worthwhile changing for a short autoflowering strain. Although it would definately be something to look at improving after the other distinguishing features have been taken care of.
The next and, in my opinion, most important visual traits to look at changing for ultra-stealth, are leaf shape and leaf size. I have seen pics of several autoflowering strains and most of them have large leaves that are a dead give-away because it helps advertise the unique shape of cannabis leaves. They stand out even from a distance. To change this trait, a strain with the smallest fan leaves possible needs to be selected and bred with something like lowryder. Selecting the offspring with the smallest leaves and imbreeding it until this trait, along with autoflowering becomes stabilized. Perhaps someone knows of a strain which has very small fan leaves?
After this, the strain could go onto the next stage of development. Changing the leaf shape. For this, a strain called Ducksfoot, created by Wally Duck could be bred with the developing AF strain. Ducksfoot has webbed leaf blades that look quite different from normal cannabis leaves. This trait could be bred into the developing AF strain and then stabilized with the other new traits.
Pics of Ducksfoot below.
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/73blades-med.jpg
http://www.icmag.com/gallery/data/500/7adleafs-med.jpg
I would really like some feedback on my ideas. Especially from guys like MDanzig. Maybe you should try developing an ultra-stealth strain yourself MDanzig. It would take several stages of development to breed each trait into the strain but I bet seeds from each stage of development would be very popular. I think there are alot of outdoor growers that are dieing for a strain that looks as little like cannabis as possible. Extremely small plants with uncharacteristicly shaped fan leaves of a very small size. With very low odour and (perhaps, not sure) a lack of a centralized bud formation.
Gunnaknow
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