Chester
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OK, after wading through the "Clone of a clone of a clone....." thread, I encountered the "Epigenetics" post, and that got me thinking about an unusual clone growth pattern I get with a particular SSH.
One SSH mother will produce clones with a "fan" growth pattern. I'm using "fan growth" to describe a plant that only branches on 2 sides. A 2-dimensional plant if you will.
I think it may be the result of my technique, as not all clones from that mother produce fans. And I have some suspicions about what I'm doing that makes the "fans".
So far, other varieties and a sister SSH plant do not produce "fans" with the identical cloning technique. Though I'm now trying to intentionally duplicate the path to the "origin of that mother" it just to see if my theory is correct.
For some reason, the "fan" plants are much more productive than a "normal" cutting. (About a 25% improvement)
I've done some searching and have seen no mentions of "fan growth" patterns in clones (cuttings). Has anyone else ever encountered anything similar??
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One SSH mother will produce clones with a "fan" growth pattern. I'm using "fan growth" to describe a plant that only branches on 2 sides. A 2-dimensional plant if you will.
I think it may be the result of my technique, as not all clones from that mother produce fans. And I have some suspicions about what I'm doing that makes the "fans".
So far, other varieties and a sister SSH plant do not produce "fans" with the identical cloning technique. Though I'm now trying to intentionally duplicate the path to the "origin of that mother" it just to see if my theory is correct.
For some reason, the "fan" plants are much more productive than a "normal" cutting. (About a 25% improvement)
I've done some searching and have seen no mentions of "fan growth" patterns in clones (cuttings). Has anyone else ever encountered anything similar??
I found this information @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic_inheritance
Uhg, it is another wikipedia link
"The molecular basis of epigenetics is complex. It involves modifications of the activation of certain genes, but not the basic structure of DNA. Additionally, the chromatin proteins associated with DNA may be activated or silenced. This accounts for why the differentiated cells in a multi-cellular organism express only the genes that are necessary for their own activity. Epigenetic changes are preserved when cells divide. Most epigenetic changes only occur within the course of one individual organism's lifetime, but, if a mutation in the DNA has been caused in sperm or egg cell that results in fertilization, then some epigenetic changes are inherited from one generation to the next.[9] This raises the question of whether or not epigenetic changes in an organism can alter the basic structure of its DNA (see Evolution, below), a form of Lamarckism."
"Epigenetic changes are preserved when cells divide"
If epigenetic changes are preserved when cells divide, is it not plausible that a Cannabis plant could undergo an epigenetic change that would be passed on from cell to cell as the plant grew? Thus changing the cells of the limbs from which the cuttings are taken, therefor passing the change to the clone and that clone growing with each cell passing the epigenetic change carrying the change into the clone line?
"Most epigenetic changes only occur within the course of one individual organism's lifetime," If a plant from seed is cloned and that clone is cloned and this is done for 20 years, Is the 20 year old clone NOT the same plant as the first plant?
An epigenetic change could be viewed by us as positive or negative but a change none the less.
This is of course noting that no change in the DNA sequence ever took place as it would no longer be considered epigenetic.
Don't get me wrong I am just asking questions concerning what could happen and am not making claims I have observed it happen or am trying to use this info to explain why some people feel like they have observed clone degradation.
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