Yeah because it's working well there's elites all over the show isn't there? btw how did you evaluate that male? but by all means go for it.. not sure quite how that would work though.. presume from the 20 bags you're just inbreeding so why you'd just use 1:1 there I don't know... I mean I could take a shit and hope that gold drops out, it's unlikely but there ya go! I'd just sooner pay for some gold that I know is gold than go searching and hoping..
not at all, like mofeta put it's not where you find the gold... that said being able to replicate that gold is something many of you fail to be grasping imo....
since cannabis is illegal, the environment to play around looking for special specimens in a traditional selective breeding way is pretty limited.
this is mainly the reason why most of the commercial seed lines come from a time where regulations where less lax; lets take skunk No.1 as an example; that was selected out of tons of plants at a time when it was easier to have large grows, same goes for haze etc...
it's not because the potential to find gems out of a bunch of bagseeds is not there, rather, it is because of the potential of getting caught that many of us are discouraged to do so.
personally, I've found parents out of small numbers, 50 or so, in a backyard, said parents produced really good consistent offspring. did not keep at it because of security issues, and just kept on planting only for head stash.
to replicate 'gold', as you put it, all it takes is to use the same parents to produce seed, not much else.
again, the issue lies in keeping those parents safe, which is pretty complicated, considering safety and all.
those few who have all the conditions needed to keep parental stock for long periods of time, do so and have offered us their seeds, Tom included, before the whole high-tech issue was even a thing to consider.
high-tech itself won't produce so-called elites, it can only help us understand at a deeper level what makes an elite an elite, and provide certain pointers for future selections, with trial and error nonetheless, and risks to security as well.
having said that, if and when cannabis becomes free of its current unreasonable status, at such time, we can surely start to see many great selections becoming available, with and without the help of cutting edge technologies.
peace