I’m curious about whether homogeneity is a valued trait in cannabis plants anymore. There was a time, when I first started growing anyway, when a lot of offerings were either inbred or were true F1 hybrids, and there was a consistency to the plants that sprouted from a batch of seeds. I then watched as time went by and the idea of “elite cuts” was invented, and people began shifting their focus to F2 generations where pheno hunting could be a thing. Then legal commercial cannabis became a thing and growers were primarily running clones and monocropping. That leads to today when the vast majority of offerings on the market are polyhybrids and pheno selection has almost become an expected prerequisite in every garden.
So I’m just curious, especially now that legalization has taken hold and there are thriving cannabis markets across the country and spreading outward, if there will be an attempt to homogenize genetics again so that large farms and production facilities could do runs from seed like more traditional agriculture?
As a home grower, not a commercial one, I would love to see the day when I can open a seed packet and I get ten seeds that are pretty much identical and match the description on the pack. I’m interested in hearing others’ thoughts on the matter.