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time-consuming process but a straightforward one. He advises home growers to confine themselves to a single strain. Mr. XX used a Skunk#1 x Haze x Hawaiian Indica. He says to separate those plants from your main grow and stress them severely. Do this repeatedly with every new crop of seeds you get of that strain until you find the XX female. While this is time consuming it is by no means impossible.

    CONCLUDING THOUGHTS ON BREEDING
    Experimentation results in new hybrids. Stabilized hybrids result in new strains. It is far better to generate one excellent stable strain than to generate several unstable average ones. Breeding is a long-term commitment. Many breeders stop breeding after only a few years because of lack of time, space and money. Although they may have learned something about breeding in that short a time, they will not have had the opportunity to put it into practice. If you want to breed cannabis then be prepared to spend a few grows getting the basics right first.
     
    Breeding is all about recognizing which traits are worth continuing. Do not be afraid to admit that you do not have anything worth breeding. Some of the best breeders have gone through dozens of different populations before finding a plant that stands out from the rest.
     
    There are many reasons to breed your own strain of cannabis. Try to find an original idea for breeding your own cannabis strain. Original ideas always seem to work out best.

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    DONOR PARENTS, POLLINATION AND SEEDS

    USING PARENT PLANTS TO CREATE MORE THAN ONE STRAIN
    The previous chapters have helped us develop a notion of what breeding is all about and what principles are involved in breeding strains for traits that we want to see produced in a population of cannabis plants. A breeder only needs two parent plants to create the final produce.
     
    However you may find that a breeder uses a mother plant to produce several different products (strains/hybrids). Let’s imagine that a breeder sells the following items: Masterkush, Blueberry and Kushberry.
     
    You can probably guess that the breeder is using a similar template for each strain, although some breeders are clever and may give their strains different names to make it seem like these strains are all developed from different parents.
     
    Let’s say for a moment that each strain is known to be related to similar parent plants and it is our goal to figure out what those parents are.
     
    Masterkush is probably a true breeding strain for a large percentage of its traits. The same applies to Blueberry. By doing a little research and asking around we may find that the breeder released these strains first. These two strains are very different in their phenotypes so we can guess that the breeder has two parents for each strain. These are:
     
    Masterkush = Masterkush female parent #1 x Masterkush male parent #1. Through breeding both parents the breeder produces Masterkush seeds.
     
    Blueberry = Blueberry female parent #1 x Blueberry male parent #1. Through breeding both the parents the breeder produces Blueberry seeds.
     
    So for these two strains the breeder has four parent plants on the table as his main breeding stock.
     
    When we grow out a large population of Kushberry we may notice that the strain has some variations. If so, then we know that the Kushberry’s parents do NOT breed true for certain traits. This means that the Kushberry’s parents are probably:
Masterkush female parent #1 x Blueberry male parent #1
    or
Masterkush female parent #1 x Blueberry male #1.
    In this case we can guess that the breeder has only the four parent plants for their Masterkush, Blueberry and Kushberry strains. Only two of these strains are considered stable by definition—the Masterkush and the Blueberry.
     
    The Kushberry is an F1 hybrid!
     
    If we grow out a large population of Kushberry and notice that there are no variations in any of the traits then we know that the breeder has actually developed parents for the