Originally Posted by
cryptolab
Sure, i'd be happy to explain more.
Selling _what_ is illegal in the UK ?
I've only suggested selling seeds, not cannabis.
Is selling seeds illegal in the UK ?
Longevity:
(1) There is some doubt about whether Ruderalis dies off due the harsh winter weather
or whether Ruderalis dies off because it's just 'programmed' to die after flowering.
(2) It's been suggested to me that Ruderalis will continue to flower during
an artificially extended summer. I suspect this is true.
(3) Occasionally you hear stories of strains that survive through multiple
winters either because they've been grown indoors or because they been
deliberately placed into a vegetative state using lights... or they've been
grown outdoors in temperate regions which experience mild winters...
(eg Jamaica, spain, north africa etc)
And let's not forget the evidence of the perpetual weed strains of the Island of Reunion.
Google: 'Perpetual weed Reunion', to find that story.
So ... the genes for multi-year longevity is already out there.
Potentially, those genes are already in our Auto plants.
Our ignorance on this issue persists because, growers routinely
kill cannabis plants during the harvest. So we never learn which
auto varieties, or which individual plants, have the perpetual flowering
capability... and which varieties, or individual plants, have multi-year
longevity.
If growers were to harvest only the bud and not the leaves, then the
plant will survive the first harvest and may send up new shoots for new flowers
... and provide a second harvest... and potentially a third harvest etc.
The plants that do this, are those from which, we should collect the seeds;
These plants will have a massive commercial value.
Also, harvesting the bud, and not the leaves, allowing the plant to survive the
first harvest, will give you the opportunity to figure how long this plant will live.
Will it live and give new flowers according to the photo period ?
Will it live to provide a second and third harvest and then die ?
Will it live 2 years, 3 years, 5 years, 10 years ?
I'm suggesting, it would be very profitable for growers/breeders to sell
the seeds of a long-lived and perpetually-flowering strain.
It would also be a huge benefit to the wider cannabis consuming community.
I hope that helps.
best wishes
cryptolab
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