triploid cannabis

[Shovelhandle]

Any experience here with triploid cannabis specimens?
I grew one years ago and the mass was excellent but the potency could not be compared as it was the only specimen in the grow.
Two years abo I had a 6 gal bucket plant with a triploid doing very well when I killed it with deseased nutes.

I started a germ last Sat. and I have one triploid. It's a little crooked, but I think I it's good. I just wanted to know about the growing and smoking features of this genetic anomaly.


Shov
(Sorry I posted in the Grow Lounge. Y'all can delete that one)

[harris7]

I didn't know they could be produced naturally.
what characteristics identify them?

[Shovelhandle]

Someone here has an avatar of a triploid seedling. Three leaves opposing, later growing into three branches opposing.
Yes, they are rare in nature and can be mutated with chromosome damaging suppliments/chemicals.

Shov

[harris7]

yes i saw that picture. I thought it was just a photoshop

[diggiddanger]

Hi there, thought i would sighn up caus i have a triploid,

my friend give me 3 seeds from a load he got from some nice bud he had.
1 was a triploid, first i had ever seen, then today i go round his, and he planted about 10 more seeds and 4 of them are also triploids!! i thought they was rare ?

[Rusty Trichome]

Once they start to fully mature, they grow out of it. (with the switch to alternating nodes)

No better and no worse than any other strain. I stopped getting excited every time I'd find one in my garden, a long time ago. It does look cool, but no increased trichomes, no extra THC, doesn't do the dishes or vaccuum... (just like the rest of my kids)

[diggiddanger]

Hi again, thanks for ya response.

these 3 plants i have there is one very tall and well established one ( i think i fed it egg shell juice ) and 2 others the same size ( one being the triploid ) .

none have started flowering, i have them growing under uk daylight on my window seal.. hopefully they start flowering naturally soon, as autum is not far.. if not ill stick them in the cupboard for 12hrs dark a day.

the 2 smaller plants smell of high grade bud ( cheese or something ) the big one doesnt. do you think the big one is a male? and the 2 smaller ones are female or does it not work like that.. just wondering why 2 smell and one doesnt. . anyways thanks for ya time and reading my poor grammer.

will appreciate any comments on this..

[ForgetClassC]

Take a look at the bonsai plant in my sig. I started flowering it when it was a month old. I did not top it but once, and on a secondary node. It, by itself, produced 5 tops. Weird, huh........Its getting to be nice though, nice a thick nuggets.

[dillhole]

There's lots of good info on triploid/trifoliar plants over at icmag. Long read though.

3 plus 3=? - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums (http://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=53476)

Very interesting subject!

DH

[Rusty Trichome]

Good link, dill.
Although the plants look cool, I noticed a few of the posts through the pages mention that they 'almost got a normal yield', and that 'it didn't yield as much as I thought it would'... If anything I would have thoght the opposite. If more leaf area, more potential photosynthesis type of thing. But I personally have never noticed a difference.

I'm not sure playing with poisons and/or encouraging the plant's mutations is a great way to preserve the integrety of our seed stock long-term, and is a genetic influnce I'd rather avoid if possible. Cool experiment if it remains with the gardener, though. :thumbsup:

[dillhole]

Good link, dill.
Although the plants look cool, I noticed a few of the posts through the pages mention that they 'almost got a normal yield', and that 'it didn't yield as much as I thought it would'... If anything I would have thoght the opposite. If more leaf area, more potential photosynthesis type of thing. But I personally have never noticed a difference.

:thumbsup:
I think I read somewhere in that thread that his highest yielding plant was a tri or quad, but he also had low producers compared to normal plants. I think his intentions are to breed for the tri and quad traits only. If he successfully does this he will then start selecting for other traits, including yield.

Not to threadjack but I'm trying to stabilize a strain of white widow that tops itself and its growth shoots top themselves. Yields from these plants have been surprising, nearly double their normal siblings. Out of 10 first generation seeds, 3 have exhibited this trait. I'm hoping that this means it'll be easy to stabilize. Too early to tell. And this is my first stab in the dark at selective breeding so I know I'll be making lots of mistakes. :-)

I agree that using chemicals is bad juju, but much can be learned from experiments such as this. Just have to keep the experimental stuff separate from everything else.

DH

[djvirus]

I there.
I believe i have one triploid with 5 weeks.
Wonder if anyone can confirm this.
Will try to upload a pic.

[Shovelhandle]

This thread started in 2006. I later found out this feature is called whorled phyllotaxy. It is uncommon but we see plenty on the site from time to time. The ones I've grown out were nothing remarkable. Just another plant, really.
A true polyploid can be an amazing plant to behold. Tons of leaflets coming out in clusters, this seems to be truly rare.

[djvirus]

Ok thanks, i have no idea why it turned out like this
But i will keep the forum updated.
Do you think it may be worth to get some clones of it?
Also any advice?
Do i feed it as just regular plant?
Thanks. :)

[Shovelhandle]

Ok thanks, i have no idea why it turned out like this
But i will keep the forum updated.
Do you think it may be worth to get some clones of it?
Also any advice?
Do i feed it as just regular plant?
Thanks. :)

as far as feeding, there are no 'regular' plants. Different strains under different conditions require their own feeding requirements. I would not clone them myself. The medicine from the whorled phyollaxy isn't any better than a normal plant.

[djvirus]

After 6 weeks i notice that the mutation is only on main stern,
All nodes are now groing in pairs, so it wont even be possible to clone it to achieve the triploid mutation.
I thought it may carry on the abnormality all the way through the groing stage in every node, but aparently not
Only on main stern.
Well it still is a very nice plant, and this experience may share some light to others that
Will go through similar experience.
Thanks to everyone who shared advice with me :)