this may be a stupid question

SeaMaiden said:

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.

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SCF said:

Or, if Marijuana Pollen, can Pollinate any other plants... Possibilities are endless.. I know that Cat Nip is a Actual Relative of Cannabis Sativa. I have grown it. I wonder if similiar Genetic Plants. may be able to Cross Polenate, and maybe we just have yet to see it, because we are not looking for it? ive grown a lot of things around Female plants, but never male...

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sso said:

now, when i said it aint possible.

well, everything is possibly possible, there might be a plant out there that would crosspollinate with cannabis.

but would there be any benefits and are you ready to perhaps spending your life, growing out thousands of plants of varying species and then trying to pollinate?

probably would have to spend all that time with your nose up one book or another too.

and here is the kicker.

even if you found a plant that was able to crosspollinate with cannabis, would you receive Any benefits from that crossing?

probably not.

but no dream should be squashed totally, no interest either.

if you really want , by all means go ahead, im just saying what i think you would be getting yourself into.

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Originally Posted by sso
now, when i said it aint possible.

well, everything is possibly possible, there might be a plant out there that would crosspollinate with cannabis.

but would there be any benefits and are you ready to perhaps spending your life, growing out thousands of plants of varying species and then trying to pollinate?

probably would have to spend all that time with your nose up one book or another too.

and here is the kicker.

even if you found a plant that was able to crosspollinate with cannabis, would you receive Any benefits from that crossing?

probably not.

but no dream should be squashed totally, no interest either.



if you really want , by all means go ahead, im just saying what i think you would be getting yourself into.

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Catnip is a mint-family herb native to Europe that can be purchased or grown in many countries. The chemical compound nepetalactone found in catnip triggers the neurological response in the cat when smelled through the nose. It is not restricted to sex; male and female cats can react to the herb even though some cats may not respond at all.

There’s a theory that catnip (Nepeta cataria) is more closely related to marijuana because of their similar biochemical qualities Catnip is a close relative to marijuana, which has roots in the same family as catnip.

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yerboyblue said:

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.

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sso said:

now, when i said it aint possible.

well, everything is possibly possible, there might be a plant out there that would crosspollinate with cannabis.

but would there be any benefits and are you ready to perhaps spending your life, growing out thousands of plants of varying species and then trying to pollinate?

probably would have to spend all that time with your nose up one book or another too.

and here is the kicker.

even if you found a plant that was able to crosspollinate with cannabis, would you receive Any benefits from that crossing?

probably not.

but no dream should be squashed totally, no interest either.

if you really want , by all means go ahead, im just saying what i think you would be getting yourself into.

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SCF said:

And there are never stupid questions, just stupid answers. keep on inquiring my friend.

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Granger2 said:

Dizzle,
I checked what you said at Clemson U. I stand corrected on the Nectarine. Pluots are a cross. -granger

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Interspecific hybrids

Interspecific hybrids are bred by mating two species, normally from within the same genus. The offspring display traits and characteristics of both parents. The offspring of an interspecific cross are very often sterile; thus, hybrid sterility prevents the movement of genes from one species to the other, keeping both species distinct.[10] Sterility is often attributed to the different number of chromosomes the two species have, for example donkeys have 62 chromosomes, while horses have 64 chromosomes, and mules and hinnies have 63 chromosomes. Mules, hinnies, and other normally sterile interspecific hybrids cannot produce viable gametes, because differences in chromosome structure prevent appropriate pairing and segregation during meiosis, meiosis is disrupted, and viable sperm and eggs are not formed. However, fertility in female mules has been reported with a donkey as the father.[11]
Most often other processes occurring in plants and animals keep gametic isolation and species distinction. Species often have different mating or courtship patterns or behaviors, the breeding seasons may be distinct and even if mating does occur antigenic reactions to the sperm of other species prevent fertilization or embryo development. Hybridisation is much more common among organisms that spawn indiscriminately, like soft corals and among plants.
While it is possible to predict the genetic composition of a backcross on average, it is not possible to accurately predict the composition of a particular backcrossed individual, due to random segregation of chromosomes. In a species with two pairs of chromosomes, a twice backcrossed individual would be predicted to contain 12.5% of one species' genome (say, species A). However, it may, in fact, still be a 50% hybrid if the chromosomes from species A were lucky in two successive segregations, and meiotic crossovers happened near the telomeres. The chance of this is fairly high: (where the "two times two" comes about from two rounds of meiosis with two chromosomes); however, this probability declines markedly with chromosome number and so the actual composition of a hybrid will be increasingly closer to the predicted composition.
Hybrids are often named by the portmanteau method, combining the names of the two parent species. For example, a zeedonk is a cross between a zebra and a donkey. Since the traits of hybrid offspring often vary depending on which species was mother and which was father, it is traditional to use the father's species as the first half of the portmanteau. For example, a liger is a cross between a male lion and a female tiger, while a tiglon is a cross between a male tiger and a female lion.

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