Quote Originally Posted by tahoe58
recalling genetics 101...stink's sure got it correct....though my question is what are the differences-benefits-problems for F1 vs F2 vs BX1 etc. or are there any?
F1- variation is limited to specific phenos based on parents
---Hybrid vigor would be most visible in this generation
F2- more variation in phenos, I'd personally only grow F2s to find one perfect mother to take clones from, or for inbreeding purposes, if at all; less vigor than F1s usually.
[F n- I believe this is the origin of some very localized strains. Began with bagseeds for all we know, but was inbred based on performance of F n offspring in very circumscribed conditions, using only acceptable F offspring for breeding.] This was the origin of my personal stock, and I never did any backcrosses, then I began outcrossing to Afghan males.
BX- This is the generation where you start stabilizing traits you like by going back to your original stock and testing for homozygous traits, and isolating which offspring of your F generations has them.
stinkyattic Reviewed by stinkyattic on . F2 Seeds .... Please explain .... Okay I've been trying to do a search on f2 seeds, but the stupid search engine won't accept F2 it thinks it's too small a word .... big help that is ... so if there is a thread out there on this sorry for the duplicate question. Let's pretend I'm a four year old and explain to me what f2 seeds are and how will they be different from f1 .... will the quality be effected. Will all the plants from that strain have the same charcaterists or will each plant vary? I've been doing some Rating: 5