question for breeders or pollen chuckers

[PWF]

don't listen to your buddys bullshit.
when you put the letter f in labeling your crosses it just means "filial- in genetics pertaining to the sequence of generations following the parent generation, each generation being designated an F followed by a subscript number indicating its place in the sequence."
basically it is just a part of labeling/recordkeeping. if i get f6 seeds and make more of that type the next generation of seed will be f7 but in my records it will also be f2 AND inbred.
since you dont know of the work of the previous growers on your afghan you can only assume it is an inbred line. using f in the labeling also tends to be reserved for crosses using un-like or dissimilar parents as in a sativa to an indica.
it is the record keeping part of breeding and means nothing to the outcome of a cross without considering the traits of both parents FIRST.
i'm glad you are the type of person to question everything rather than proceed with bad advice.
thats good stuff that youre preserving those afghan genetics btw!
good luck!
peace,
pwf

basicly i was told by a grower friend that.. if i was to do this with any strain.. taking a female and a male and pollinating the resulting seed will open the gene pool up and ull end up with shit that the original breeders tried to breed out . basicly undoing all the work of the original breeder.

 

[Piff Rhys Jones]

using f in the labeling also tends to be reserved for crosses using un-like or dissimilar parents as in a sativa to an indica.
it is the record keeping part of breeding and means nothing to the outcome of a cross without considering the traits of both parents FIRST.

This ^

Peace

 

[Piff Rhys Jones]

You're probably better of working on one specific line or limiting yourself to a few projects, as opposed to trying to work on 21 lines simultaneously.

As far as selfing goes, I understand it's a bit hit and miss when trying to replicate the mother but can work effectively.

As others have mentioned, selection and backcrossing to the original mother for desirable traits is the way to go in my opinion.

With a large enough sample, ie germinating and selecting from 50+ seeds at a time from each generation, you should be able to work the line for traits you want to preserve.

Peace

 

[gloryoskie]

ok .. i have a quick question.. ok .. for example.. if u buy 2 ten packs of seeds.. For Example.. Afghan .. if u take the best male and female out of the pack.. and make seeds with them.. does this open up the entire gene pool of the strain.. or how does it work.. i just made some crosses with an afghan male.. and i hit a afghan female also.. from same seed stock.

so now i have Afghan Seeds.. are these considered F1s? or how does this entire thing work wen ur trying to make afghan seeds from a afghan male and afghan female?

This will be helpful:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=98526&highlight=white+widow