Thanks a lot for your thoughts, they are very useful to me !
Could you give more detail as to why go for those 3 strains specifically, please ? I'm very interested in knowing your thought process...
So in your mind, I'd have to chose an Afghan Haze male if I want to bring some haze qualities in my crosses ?
Why not a pure Neville's Haze male, then ?
Or is it because in an Afghan/Haze cross, the male would be easier to identify as haze or afghan leaning ?
One of the other reasons to not breed a pure sativa strain is that its very difficult. When breeding you should always pick strains that are more similar than they are different.
for example if you took a pure sativa and a pure indica you will get wild mix of traits in the offspring.. You get much better results when you breed together similar strains. e.g. mostly sativa with another mostly sativa or a mostly indica with a mostly indica... You will also get the most success if your starting out with an IBL line.. for example you see loads of strains over the past few years with tomhills DEEPCHUNK as its a true IBL line...
the more similar a strain is to another strain the better chances of having the dominat traits that your looking for passed on to the off spring . That means that if two plants have large wide leaf fingers such as indicas have then the off spring will have wide finger leafs. same goes for large colas or odour and taste.. your more likely to have the seeds inherit the positive traits of the parents... When you have a pure sativa crossed with a pure indica you will have tow plants that are very different and the ressessive traits are more likely to appear in the seeds offspring. ressessive traits are not usually what your looking for as they usually are not visible in the parent plants.
This all might sound a bit strange but just keep in mind that the more a plant is like its breeding partner , the better off your seeds will be as fare as stability. meaning your seeds will be more similar in form taste and other traits.
to learn more about breeding there is a book called
THE CANNABIS BREEDERS BIBLE, THE DEFINITIVE GUIDE TO MARIJUANA GENTICS.
its doesn't really tell you much about strains but it does teach you lots about XX AND XY chromosomes , repressive and dominant traits, breeding techniques and lots more...
its actually extremely difficult process when your see what is involved in making a world class strain...
I tip my hat to legends like SHANTIBABA, NEVILLE, AND EVERYONE AT MR.NICE.
What they are doing cant not be produced by any stroke of luck or chance. Its pure professionalism and knowledge.
Thank the gods for these cannabis creators....