Why is having a basic understanding of plant genetics so awful? It's mostly just a basis for discussion, common ground as it were, and why is that a bad thing considering the egos involved when talking about Cannabis growers / breeders?And this my fellow stoners is why anyone with a joint in their mouth and a Gregor Mendel book in their hand, telling you the only way to breed superior cannabis; is full of pure unadulterated bullshit, because all of the evidence is to the contrary.
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The one argument that floors this whole notion that breeding cannabis is best done by those versed in botanical genetics using a strict mathematical methodology is this:
The best dope that the world has ever seen was grown by farmers in places like Nong Khai, Santa Marta, Mazari, Mulanje, the Palni Hills and Oaxaca, and these farmers were completely ignorant of anything other than simple arithmetic, were completely ignorant of scientific methodology, were completely ignorant of anything pertaining to botany, chemistry or genetics; yet year in year out using nothing but simple traditional methods in disparate parts of the globe, they produced the best drug cannabis we've seen.
And it truly wasn't until the Americans and Western Europeans came along with their reductionist scientific world view that the Golden Age of drug cannabis came to an end.
And this my fellow stoners is why anyone with a joint in their mouth and a Gregor Mendel book in their hand, telling you the only way to breed superior cannabis; is full of pure unadulterated bullshit, because all of the evidence is to the contrary.
And all you lab coat wearing scientologists look like nothing so much as white missionaries brandishing the Bible saying - this is the only way!
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Why is having a basic understanding of plant genetics so awful? It's mostly just a basis for discussion, common ground as it were, and why is that a bad thing considering the egos involved when talking about Cannabis growers / breeders?
You'd also be surprised how closely those "traditional" methods correlated to a Mendel style breeding program, just over much longer periods of time with many more plants to work with, resulting in far superior results, Mendel isn't God, he didn't really discover anything, he just published the first book concerning the subject which had been discussed by farmers and gardeners for thousands of years before him.
thats pretty interesting. seems like you may have stumbled unto another variable. secondary branching as a trait that can be selected for.In all fairness it was only the clone I took from the main stem, the ones from the side branches were all normal
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The most peculiar thing of all is how people back in the dark ages would try and control their bloodlines, but really had no idea what they were doing and ended up degrading their own genetics.
No, the proper application of breeding technique is just that, nothing else. The technique of proper breeding only changes when science says so, what YOU are talking about is each breeder's individual taste, which is irrelevant to proper breeding technique. Do you understand the distinction now? The best method is always going to be the best method regardless of what grower A chooses to select for and what grower B chooses to select for. Stop saying ART over and over, you sound ridiculous. Art is a unique discovery made by an individual, something that nobody else can reproduce. This however has no impact on proper breeding techniqu
I? There aren't many places cannabis is accepted and most of the top breeders have known each other for a very long time. So no, you're wrong, there doesn't exist a large group of knowledgeable growers that nobody has ever seen, and nobody has ever met.
I mean seriously your lack of scope is really astounding
.Now you're saying all the BREEDING MASTERS, don't even mess with cannabis because of the legality? Out of all the college graduates in the world, how many are arts degrees versus science degrees? Now out of those science degrees how many are related to plants? Now out of those degrees how many pursue a postgraduate in the same field? How many receive doctorates in their field? There are no cannabis breeding masters in existence yet, all the brilliant minds of the world have been occupied with other ventures. Give it 50 years when cannabis has become a regular topic of conversation in the scientific community
The one argument that floors this whole notion that breeding cannabis is best done by those versed in botanical genetics using a strict mathematical methodology is this:
The best dope that the world has ever seen was grown by farmers in places like Nong Khai, Santa Marta, Mazari, Mulanje, the Palni Hills and Oaxaca, and these farmers were completely ignorant of anything other than simple arithmetic, were completely ignorant of scientific methodology, were completely ignorant of anything pertaining to botany, chemistry or genetics; yet year in year out using nothing but simple traditional methods in disparate parts of the globe, they produced the best drug cannabis we've seen.
And it truly wasn't until the Americans and Western Europeans came along with their reductionist scientific world view that the Golden Age of drug cannabis came to an end.
And this my fellow stoners is why anyone with a joint in their mouth and a Gregor Mendel book in their hand, telling you the only way to breed superior cannabis; is full of pure unadulterated bullshit, because all of the evidence is to the contrary.
And all you lab coat wearing scientologists look like nothing so much as white missionaries brandishing the Bible saying - this is the only way!
Sure
The best dope that the world has ever seen was grown by farmers in places like Nong Khai, Santa Marta, Mazari, Mulanje, the Palni Hills and Oaxaca
Good Lord, where to start...
your objective has become a paradigm for the whole meaning of the word breeder and I absolutely disagree in this regard
There are universal definitions of words for a reason. Conversation would be difficult if everyone chose how they wanted to individually interpret words. It should be very clear that someone who crosses two plants and sells their seed, isn't a breeder.
once again ABSOLUTELY wrong. WHY?Yes, you directly disagreed with his definition of breeding in favor of a more lax definition so that pollen chuckers can call themselves informed breeders.
an·ec·dot·al (nk-dtl)Anecdotal evidence isn't logical. Anecdotal evidence never paints "enough" of a picture, why do you think empirical evidence is required by scientists to make claims on hypotheses?
interesting. So I don't understand cannabis line degradation? please show me where I even alluded to this. I would be interested to know because it never passed my lips.This statement immediately shows your lack of understanding of genetics. Real breeders are actually aware of the degradation of genetic lines of cannabis.
so people who find and reinvigorate genetics are REAL but people who create new ones through breeding are not?This is why REAL breeders seek out strains from around the world to reinvigorate the genetics.What people are doing now is actually what you're talking about, taking the same strains and making crosses over, and over. That isn't progressive for cannabis, those people don't understand plant biology or genetics.
I understand how genetics operate. But if your claiming expertise them you can qualify and quantify the loss of traits due to lack of selection, versus which ones are lost due to environmental influence.Again, you don't understand how genetics operate. Stabilized strains are better for breeding. This is because more traits have been locked down making it easier to isolate the traits of the plant you're crossing with your stabilized strain.
you might prefer stability because you need stability more than anything else. That is YOUR preference.of course stability trumps availability, was that a joke?
No I do understand diversity in a gene pool and I also understand the math, it is the inclusion of relativity and context that have you confusedYou don't understand the idea of diversity in a gene pool. Leave the math behind?
no it book of testimony of anecdotal evidence, the meaning of its contents would be lost on youGreat...should I break the bible out too?
Well if that is what you get from this, I argue you are the one who doesn't understandThen you just go completely off topic, nobody is talking about individual people's biochemistry. We're talking about being able to select plant traits over large populations.
do you know a serious botanist that will back your claim?Nobody is arguing that you can grow some crosses at your house and find some nice highs. However, calling yourself a breeder would be laughable to any serious botanist. Stop saying the word math, you don't know any mathematics.
i did more than research I bred my own meds years ago and still run them todayAgain, do some research into plant genetics. Trying to put the word "breeder" into the context of a thousand years ago makes absolutely no sense. We are in the year 2013, our understanding of plant biology isn't even comparable to a thousand years ago.
actually the act of breeding make me a breeder as defined in the dictionary and perhaps unbeknownst to you I have over 30 practical experience breeding both flora and faunaI think you just can't accept the fact that making crosses at your house and finding some nice highs doesn't make you a breeder. If anything that means YOUR ego is invested in this argument.
first there is no horticultural standards or standards commission for cannabis cultivationThis makes absolutely no sense, HIS methods? Yes, because HE designed all the standards of current horticulturists, botanists, and plant biologists around the world.
i understand enough that I had bred my own lines and ran them and still doYou have absolutely no understanding of genetics, at all, on any level. Please go Google plant biology, genetics, and gene mapping.
really? so they made all the strains i bred out from import land race and bag seed strains?What you also aren't mentioning is how everyone has been using those BIG BREEDERS gene lines to make all their crosses. Northern Lights anyone? Haze anyone?
why school obviously didn't teach you how to be self sufficient it taught you to be reliantI think you need to meet reality, and understand you haven't been to school in a long time. You lack a fundamental grasp of the argument being presented to you because you don't know enough about the topic to make an argument.