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this may be a stupid question
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yerboyblue
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What frankenstein are you trying to create?
medman225
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Lol i dunno man jst was thinkin and the possibility for this crossed my mind.... not tryin to create anything really, i was just curious....
yerboyblue
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I personally want to cross a feral boar with a chinook salmon, that would be quite the fishing experience.
I'm sure Monsanto could come up with broccoli that put off trichs though.
I'm sure Monsanto could come up with broccoli that put off trichs though.
When scientists cross breed species, it is generally not on the level of which you are thinking but rather gene splicing. So, when they took spider genes and spliced them into goat genes, yes, it worked. Now they have goats which produce milk with spider silk in it. They can then use that milk to extract the 'silk' and have actually developed fibres stronger than "Kevlar" or "Spectra".
As to just take pollen from one species and then spray it around and see what happens....that happens in nature all the time when the wind blows and we do not end up with all sorts of genetic abnormalities.....99.9999% of the time anyway..
So the level of genetic manipulation you are talking about......well......you can try it but I wouldn't expect any outcomes..
As to just take pollen from one species and then spray it around and see what happens....that happens in nature all the time when the wind blows and we do not end up with all sorts of genetic abnormalities.....99.9999% of the time anyway..
So the level of genetic manipulation you are talking about......well......you can try it but I wouldn't expect any outcomes..
yerboyblue
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yuk, if he tries it a million times tho according to your estimate, he will make it happen!
no. not that i know of. i want a thc tomato
Cali MedPatient
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Or Potmato. Ever see the Tomacco episode of the Simpsons?
You would have to have another species with the same number of chromasomes. You would need something probably closely related. Bout the only thing TMK would be Hops. In the produce section you find Pluots, Nectarines, etc. that are crosses between closely related parents [Plum/apricot, Peach/plum]. Let me know if you have any luck. -granger
dizzlekush
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The nectarine being a cross is a very common myth. Its just a peach with a recessive trait that doesn't develop the characteristic peach fuzz.
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SeaMaiden
Many different species of plants can b crossbred and hybridized..... broccli is an example i believe.... my question is wuld pollen from a different species b able to pollenate a marijuana plant? Again sry if this is a stpid question.
A good example of this would be quinoa. You have to be sure not to grow it near other plants such as lamb's quarters or spinach specifically BECAUSE they can cross so easily.
That said, I only know of C. sativa crossing with other closely related Cannabis species, such as ruderalis. I am hardly knowledgeable on this particular subject, but I think a Google Scholar search could net you some good, citable work, or papers that have cited others that you may be able to research.
Grafting is quite a bit different than gene splicing. Just sayin.
I know many have grafted cannabis... I've been wanting to try it myself to create a multi-strain mother. Theres a thread on that somewhere.
But relating to what the OP asked... now this would be an interesting and likely a more easily answered question that im sure somebody here could give their input on.... and that would be would it be possible to GRAFT cannabis to a different species or vice versa...?
