^exactly right.

But didn't you draw a link between it being unnatural and Cannabis Physcosis?

I didnt realise this place was a gaggle of Stoners.

I did a year of Ecology then moved into more specialist studies to do with Habitat Dynamics,  Sustainable Forestry and Conservation.

I have a basic knowledge of Horticulture and Plant Biology. An even more basic knowledge of other fields of Biology and general interest in the natural world and natural succession and it's role in Habitat restoration (my job).

I did smoke but never every day. Maybe twice a week at most and I just drifted away from it. It never did a great deal for me.

That's my background in this discussion anyway.

In a separate discussion I had with Mr Bop recently he mentioned selective breeding, the limiting of genetic diversity and the link there not only to desirable characteristics but also susceptibility to certain conditions or diseases.

This is selective breeding too.

If you really wanted to produce super dope that got you super duper high and potentially give you super duper psychosis this is the style of selective breeding you would use.

You would select one plant with particular potency pollinate with another plant (probably from the same seed source) of high potency and grow the seeds produced. You would then select the 2 highest potency individuals from the next generation and carry on that same process indefinitely.

What you would see from that is gradual rise in potency from one generation to the next until you get your super duper dope.

This is not what they did with Skunk.

They chose a plant known to be potent and one known to be fast growing and cross pollinated the two. The result was a fast growing and potent crop.

But it was not any more potent than its parent plant.

At that point the selective breeding of new Skunk plant with genetically identical new Skunk plant started and carried on from there.

This second phase is what makes Skunk increasingly potent but the creation of Skunk itself is not. The increase in potency could have been achieved without the creation of the hybrid Skunk plant.

These are all natural processes and fit in with evolutionary theory perfectly.




One more question.  What is the test to determine if a selectively bred individual is natural?

Last edited by Yuca (2013-08-20 12:08:22)

^all absolutely bang on true and correct. Literally couldn't have said that better myself.

Yeah, I have a few of those friends too.

Actual real Environmentalism and Conservation is constantly being undermined by people who really don't understand the subject properly.