I recognize this as an ancient thread, but I have been fascinated with this for a long while now.

"Colchicine inhibits chromosome segregation to daughter cells and cell wall formation, resulting in larger than average daughter cells with multiple chromosome sets. The studies of H. E. Warmke et al. (1942-1944) seem to indicate that colchicine raised drug levels in Cannabis." -end quote

He germinated around 1000 seeds in a good bit of colchicine laced water and found that only a select few would sprout and grow... the other seeds became useless.

The seeds that sprouted and grew came to be known as polyploids... they have more than two sets of chromosomes. Theoretically you could make a blueberry-kush-skunk-haze plant if you could run the genetic line properly - that is my goal in the long run. In the end of the experiment, by the way, the plants were considered to be more potent than would have been if not treated.

The first generation of plants, though, were known to be toxic, but the second generation (not clones.... seeds) were okay to grow and consume. The difficulty of successfully growing multiple strains and generations of polyploid plants has kept it from becoming more mainstream.

Just my:twocents:

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Cool stuff, huh?