F2 Seeds .... Please explain ....

[GrowRebel]

So since I have these F2 seeds .... if I have girls I have to find out which will be the best one because they will all vary ..... correct?

[stinkyattic]

Correct. The variations will be limited to what the genes in your pool are. Pick your favorite and clone a couple mothers off her.

[GrowRebel]

So in a nutshell if you have an F2 strain you can clone from the best mama and still have top quality smoke ..... just not good for breeding if that is your goal .... correct?

.... and can you say F2's are fine to use as long as your not working to create a better strain .... true?

If so then I get it on the level of a four year old. :stoned:

[stinkyattic]

So in a nutshell if you have an F2 strain you can clone from the best mama and still have top quality smoke :

Yes, no problem there!

..... just not good for breeding if that is your goal .... correct?:

They are only useful for breeding if you have something to backcross to IMO. It would save a LOT of time.
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... and can you say F2's are fine to use as long as your not working to create a better strain .... true?

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You can use them. They still contain useful genes, but if you're looking to just keep making the same seeds over and over for yourself it won't work the way you'd expect.

[krazyken]

F2 are fine if the cross was selective and not random! F3 the same thing but more even! Selective inbreeding IBL

Breeding is a chore that's for sure! Northern Lights is an IBL !!

Ken

[GrowRebel]

I'm pretty sure these were selected crosses .... they guy who gave them to me enjoys breeding ... strains and seeds.

What is IBL?
:stoned:

[krazyken]

I'm pretty sure these were selected crosses .... they guy who gave them to me enjoys breeding ... strains and seeds.

What is IBL?
:stoned:

IBL= Inbred Line

KK

[stinkyattic]

What is IBL? :
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Hey there's a IBL thread somewhere down strains and seeds with a list of stable strains that you can use to get just FINE high-F generation seeds off.

Things like Island Sweet Skunk, Skunk #1, LAndrace Afghans, etc.

They're completely stable so the F stuff doesn't apply so much anymore unless you make an outcross.