First, I donāt think polyploids are for the casual breeder. Second, i am on a search for knowledge on this site, not to push or preach any falsehoods, but to find the truth. And there is no harm in the innocence of the search. The more I come to know, the more I realize I do not know. I hope you guys can take a step back and try to think of some possibilities even if just for fun before you go all naysayer. At least it led to someone āexcitedly postingā something on this site. Heaven forbid someone has some fun here. I bet shanti has nothing against that. You can look the info up yourself or I can tell you how to find it if youāre a fast reader. Disprove or prove everything I say by looking up some facts or posting something other than your own beliefs to help us find the road of true info faster. Just saying āno thatās not true, conclusion.ā seems a little dim. Like you dimmed the lights a little, put me in a mood. Do you guys have fun posting underhanded subtleties on other members threads publicly? Maybe thatās what shantibaba would like to promote here, I do not presume to know his thoughts, but I highly doubt it. Take some time to research and examine yours and my thoughts. If you have some bombshell information to contribute either to prove or disprove or to conjure any thoughts or possibilities on the subject, it would be welcome. Say it. It is public. You two have offered some opinions you believe in. I believe in kindness toward others and sharing some knowledge and good thoughts, as this herb promotes. I am talking of polyploidy, not of trifoliate leaf structures. It isnāt a shortcut to awesomeness, or a secret grail that someone is presently trying to cash in on, it is a powerful tool in the hands of a wise and experienced breeder. Look up the history of the Gravenstein Apple tree and you will see what I am talking about. Because of the amount of chromosomes it cannot easily be pollinated by other trees, clone only, I would like that in a huge field to avoid seeds if I didnāt want them. True sinsemillia. Seedless watermelons are grown through a similar process. Grows on every continent real good fruit, perfect branching, sterile. Clone only. I wasnāt there, but there is Sounds like NL5. The polyploid plants are out there. When you have the plant you have the plant. When you can make the new plant, that is something else. I see people argue on here over whoās got the real nl5. Who cares ?-when you can make it. But someone made that thing, they didnāt just come across it in a field. Or they did. Now look at some ABC cannabis from Australia, looks weird, and I will tell you what may be. Are there any Australians here that know the history of this plant? I have looked up some.
But trifoliate leaf structures, ducks foot and whorling MAY be a result of the polyploidy that shows up in future generations as a marker of past generations polyploids. But it is a mark of a genetic luck up. In plants, the unneeded,extra polyploidy chromosomes are slowly dropped off in subsequent generations, usually leaving little or no trace. Think in breeding and how it takes a couple generations to stabilize a line. And then thereās the Redwoods of Cali that are a whole race of polyploids themselves. It happens in nature. If you think you have a polyploid, you might be able to tell with your eyes, as is common in nature, maybe your good plant canāt get any seeds? just go to a university and look at some chromosomes in a microscope to verify, maybe it costs a lot, but if youāre breeding for a goal, then you can decide whatās it worth.