Yes. Only, it is not really the cost that I am concerned about.
For full disclosure, some people have done lots and lots of research, and yet they still see the world as being a wee bit unstable, and they are concerned about food and medicine security in a world trending toward the WEF UN Agenda 2030 "there will be global communism coordinated by the government, and you will own nothing, and you will be happy about it."
Some people have had dealings with the government, and while they USED to trust the government with their very lives, AFTER those dealings, they don't trust the government too much.
For example, I do not trust the government to properly diagnose my autism or any other medical conditions (some of which they caused), and absolutely I do not trust them to issue the appropriate medicines (which they keep criminalized at the federal level). (And I also do not trust the ultra-rich <1% who basically own the government, and all of its decisions).
Without respect to security classifications, or what was seen, as a result of my experiences with the government, I want the ability to guarantee my own food and medicine security, WITHOUT having to ask Big Brother for permission to eat, or to get my medicine.
(Sorry if that seems tin foil, but without respect to "what has been seen", I like my position, and have no plans to change it.)
I'm very much with you on this. Yes, seeds are a good thing. The more we can be successful at producing our own seed, the better.
I understand.
But some people (and most ancient and natural medicinal systems) think that the seeds are the best and most nutritious part of the plant, both physically and spiritually (if you follow that kind of thing).
(I am sure not everyone agrees.)
Cannabis seeds are specifically named in Classical Chinese Medicine as having certain religious and spiritual values.
It's really a strange dilemma. The seeds and the oil are awesome nutrition, but to get enough, you need acres of hemp plants. Those are typically male/female, or hermie. The pollen is going everywhere for miles.
Then we have us medicinal cannabis growers, and we don't want random (hemp) pollen pollinating our females.
How to resolve?
Hm. Well, maybe there is something I am not getting?
With tomatoes, you plant them, and then you take seeds from the best looking plants and the best looking fruits, and then over generations you end up with tomatoes that grow better in your area.
Is it wrong to think that this works the same way with cannabis?
Good question. I'm not familiar with tomatoes this way, but after some very brief googling, I see that heirloom tomatoes are open pollinated, whereas other ones are self-pollinating. So, I'll guess that you could select for best looking plants and fruits by growing open-pollinated heirlooms and collecting and planting their seeds. They are getting cross-pollinated from other plants in the area.
Cannabis is also open pollinated; however, with all the specific traits that we are looking for in the "fruits," it doesn't make much sense to rely on whatever pollen drifts in on the wind. All the different chemotypes of cannabis can cross-pollinate. You wouldn't want "hemp" pollen pollinating your THC/CBD buds. And you wouldn't want any other random pollen either, really.
Here, in this warmer time of year, the daily high is around 71-73F.
Six months from now the daily high will be like 66-67F (and in the low 50's at night).
So I am accepting the fact that the girls will have to be started inside, and then moved outdoors.
It is now about 71-73F for us here.
In six (more like 3 months), it will be maybe 67-68F daily highs.
I'd say that's on the cool side, year round, for cannabis. Which means growing indoors or in a greenhouse that will add some heat. Indicas are more adapted to cold climates. I'd say autos as well, maybe, because the wild ruderalis comes from cold climates.
The idea idea was simply to adapt the tomatoes and cannabis to the climate...
Open pollinated heirloom tomatoes, I think, yes, if there's pollen coming in from surrounding adapted tomatoes. Otherwise, best to get your hands on some local tomato seeds. Adapting cannabis... much more complicated. For autos, even more complicated. The direct route is to get either regular or feminized photos, grow them out, select the best phenos, and clone. Beyond that, collect pollen from your males and pollinate the females (regular or feminized females). Etc.
I would say it's best to look for regular seed of strains that are already adapted to colder climates.
And you do not see sativas as being more mold resistant, because of the airiness of the bud structure?
(Are you suggesting that sativa or indica makes no difference--but what matters is the terpenes?)
I'm saying that sativas are often known for being mold resistant, and the reason is the terpene profiles. Specifically, it looks like terpinolene dominant strains offer the best natural resistance to bud rot. Those strains tend to be high in the "pine terpenes," as opposed to the non-pine terpenes. Another factor is the overall amount of terpenes in the flower, meaning high resin production correlates to fungus/mold resistance. That's what I'm seeing.
I'm also seeing that the distinction between indica and sativa also correlates directly to the terpene profiles. In other words, the indica and sativa effects (on the mind/body) are the result of the terpenes. A THC indica will effect you differently than a THC sativa, and there's no mysterious, hidden ingredient there that's causing that – it's the terpenes. Some people will claim that sativa doesn't give them stimulating effects, but I think what's going on is that they are growing a plant labeled as a sativa when in fact, the pheno they grew was indica (i.e. indica leaning or indica dominant). This is quite common. As I've said, the majority of popular strains have at least two predictable phenos, and the phenos can have very different terpene profiles. Those phenos will often be labelled as "indica pheno" or "sativa pheno"... from the same strain.
I just wrote them to inquire, and they said that they are still shut down [Dinafem].
I wonder if the seed is available from other sellers. I haven't checked.
One afterthought... according to my research, it would be difficult to find indicas that are bud rot and leaf mold resistant, because indicas typically don't have terpinolene dominant and high pine terpenes (that's typically a sativa thing). Indicas are high in the non-pine terpenes... myrcene, limonene, beta-caryophyllene, and humulene.
Check my Lucky 13...
Next up, bringing my terp thresholds down a bit... Agent Orange (50/50 hybrid) 3.24% total terpenes So I just found out that the Holy Grail here involves large amounts of alpha-pinene. If I search for significantly less alpha pinene, then a whole lot more results show up. Very interesting...
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