Understanding Plant Pedigree

by | Nov 16, 2022 | Cannabis Cultivation

Understanding Plant Pedigree

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…modern nomenclature dictates that we ALWAYS list the female first and the male secondly (if it is known).

For example… seeds produced by sprinkling male ‘afghan’ pollen on a female ‘haze’ plant would be listed as:

Haze x Afghan
(F)         (M)

…if you were to use a male (grown from these newly hybridized seeds) to pollinate your favorite blueberry female it would look like this ⤵️

blueberry x (haze x afghan)

In this example the parentheses are housing the hybrid male that was used to pollinate a female blueberry clone.

When making feminized seed I also list the pollen donor secondly to indicate which female plant was “reversed” into a “male”.  This is important for record keeping and also for observing how the “same” cross behaves when you inevitably make an inverse version of it.  For example (GSC x GG4) and (GG4 x GSC) might seem like “the same” cross (because similar ingredients are listed) but the seeds made using the GSC clone as a “male” have proven to be infinitely more vigorous/productive when tested 🤯

Hopefully this blog entry can serve as a baseline for deciphering listed lineages … feel free to email info@rootsellerseeds.com with any questions!

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