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Well first off I just gotta ask...Lol if you cant find seeds in weed bags that you buy or off line how the fuck would you know where to look for them? 2nd question is how do people come up with all these new types of weed like for instance the one in my topics title. How the hell do people get blueberry weed? it's pretty impressive if you ask me :stoned:.
Selective breeding of various types.
Herbus
Well as for getting seeds, variety of methods, a lot of people grow bag seeds (found in that 1/8th you buy), a lot of people get seeds from friends and family, some people go to the seed bank, and still yet others order online. Thats where I looked for them.Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
How do they come up with various types of pot, cross breeding. They will take a male plant of a strain and a female plant of a different strain and allow
the male to polinate the female, after that they have to grow a plant from the seeds that are produced, they now have a new strain. However, the strain still needs to be stabilized and then femenized and after all of that you will have your stable strain.
Ah, ok I understand now but...how the fuck do the buds end up being blue? XD
Ah, ok I understand now but...how the fuck do the buds n leaves end up being different colors? sorta like this one.
Somewhere, sometime, someone grew a plant that had a certain characteristic, (blueberry taste and smell in this instance), that made it unique and then kept breeding that plant. A lot of new traits are slight genetic variations that occur naturally in all organisms. I breed snakes and, although they aren't plants, the process is the same basically. That's why the market is flooded with a ton of weird looking snakes. i.e. albinos, dwarfs, etc.
As for the purple bud in your link, that's caused by a pigment caused anthocyanin. Not all pot plants are capable of making that pigment. Even the ones that are, don't always show it because the chlorophyll (green) covers all other pigments up. The best way to get the most purple out of your plants (if they're capable) is to keep the nightime temps below 70F.
Another, NON ADVISABLE, way to get some purple would be to starve the plants of phosphorus during flowering. :(
It's possible that the cooler temps could be interfering in the intake of phosphorus.
I just read an article in a mag about purple bud so thats why I'm the brain on purple right now. :D
One last tidbit for you all is that the pigment responsible for yellow, orange, red and brown is called carotenoid.
my brain hurts now so i'm gonna go self medicate myself. :rasta:
Laterz
Lol ok thanks alot man :).
Basically what they do is speed up evolution of the plants. Evolution is when a trait, should it be color, taste, smell, or anything else on a species is different accidentaly, but when that accident is a good thing, the breeders will rcognize that trait and try to keep it going by producing seeds. They then try to make sure every seed that comes out of it has that same trait (also known as stabalizing the strain). Once it's been stabalized and named, it is a new strain that might have characteristics that a lot of people would want (like blueberry). Hope this helps.
As if I didnt respect growers before, I respect them even more now lol. This stuff seems like it takes alot of work and dedication...and love lolz.
It's easy to grow your own bud...It's alot harder to grow your own good buds!