Mee too! That is one beautiful gooey lookin og, bro.
Here's the Platinum OG at 31 days. She has definitely gotten frostier since then, and I do think I'll pull more than an ounce per square foot. I did hit this crop with bushmaster, so if left alone she'd probably stretch out a little more. I tried some Platinum OG from SDDC and it was truly top shelf. I'm hoping its the same...
As an annual species cannabis always wishes to flower! Genetically this is what annual plants are programmed to do. Keeping annuals in perpetual vegetative stasis is accordingly an un-natural act,, before we even go on to discuss the stability in sexuality thereafter... please understand that a-sexual reproduction (cloning) in cannabis is not what cannabis plants do. Likewise feminized seeds are artificially produced.
Over time clones / mother plants become played-out... they may inherited pathogens or viruses or simply display signs of enhanced pre-flowering under vegetative cycles of growth.
Regarding abnormal patterns of sexuality,, we observe more hermaphroditic flowers with the age of a mother/clone,, than we do in mothers/clones that are still relatively young ,, resulting in S1 seed. The major exception being 'Cheese' (see below)
Sam's most consistent progeny and most famous clone ,, 'UK Cheese' / Skunk #1 ... is a rare exception,, coming from true breeding stock... this strain,, like many of the plants Sam works with is homogeneous in more than one trait.
Having worked exclusively with Jack Herer as a seed:mother:clone line for almost 5 years in the past,, then we could have only wish what you were saying was in the least but true. however we had to replenish our stock from seed on average every 18 months (at great expense) to ensure that the 'vigor' (very important word) was still passed from seeded mother to clone. Vigor is what makes a plant produce the minerals and played out clone lines simply don't cut it ,, in clone to rooting ratio or on the return (yield per sq. watever) !
The topic of this discussion here however,,, is about using modern (contemporary) feminized seed lines as a base of genetic stock when breeding today. Since modern feminized seed packs give several specimens as a result of slightly new methods of selection in fem. breeding,, it is this that interests us most
Please throw up any photos of any mature (over 2-3 years old) feminized clone lines that aren't deformed or mutated or spitting pollen in 12/12,, we'd love to see them !
Peace, n flowers,,
dL
The curly pistils & leaf yellowing ( in the earlier shot ) sure look familiarmadness close up pics galore. It just started week 5.
