Hey all!
I’ve been listening to a bunch of podcasts recently where breeders talk about how they work lines to create “tools” that will be more likely to pass along those traits to progeny. Like DJ shorts blueberry, or Bodhi’s red bleeding trait.
Well, one thing I’ve always admired is the concept of open source technology. If you aren’t familiar, it’s pretty much a bunch of people who post their work online for others to use for free, and build upon it, and post that, so it becomes a living tool for the software developer community. Awesome.
Well, the older I get, the more I realize that weed should be free. And you know what else? Kick ass tools for those who want to breed their own weed for their needs/wants should be free too. At least in seed form.
So here is what I propose. Let’s try for one trait. Let’s create a breeding tool and make it available to everyone for free. Put a bunch of seeds in a bunch of peoples hands to ensure it stays free. And if it works, let’s do it again. Until there is a library of traits that anyone can access for the price of postage or nothing at all.
We’ll need some people willing to donate seeds that display and hopefully pass on strong traits.
We’ll also need gardeners to do open pollinations with the donated seeds. Then we can dispense the seeds from the open pollination and do a community-wide pheno hunt.
At this point, I would propose selfing (maybe multiple times) the winners and hopefully we’ve had some of the pheno-hunters keep some real strong, resinous males so we can do an open pollination to get regular seeds again for the open source seed bank.
Obviously it would take a lot of generosity from the community, but I think we could do a lot of good.
Now, here’s where I hope I don’t lose you… because you’ll see that I mean this is reaaal generosity.
I propose (as my username alludes to) that we choose the ceilingless/you can smoke it every day and never loses its luster or potency trait.
A powerful and fucking valuable one. And here’s why:
- If we want an open source bank to take off and have quality building blocks for breeders to access, it needs to be able to generate interest. What’s more interesting than a line that could bring the ultimate potential into your garden?
-It would benefit the medical users the most. They need something that has sticking power. And they need it every day. And sometimes they need it for weeks on end.
-If we got the trait available, everyone would have the chance of making their favorite strain ceilingless so you can really explore where it takes you.
-It makes clean, good quality homegrown far more accessible to veterans and novices alike and puts the power of the seed in the hands of the people. Not the corporations who have the most money.
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Think of what future breeders will be able to do with an indexed seed stock of quality breeding tools. They will be able to adapt with humanity as our lifestyles, environmental, and living conditions change.
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Best of all, you can still sell your hard work for $500/pack if you are good at marketing or breeding or both. The value of art and quality breeding will never depreciate. People who don’t know what they’re doing won’t consistently churn out good results.
Anyway. I’m happy to help organize, but I understand if the community has a more established and trusted person interested in doing so. I’m brand fucking new.
I really only created a profile because I felt this idea should be thrown out there with the seed of hope it would become something great someday.
I’d love to know everyone’s thoughts and if you’d be interested in donating/growing/both/etc…
-Ceilingless
