Basics on Cannabis Cultivars

#Cannabis is something that’s valuable and is something that’s been #consumed and cultivated for #millennia, and it’s been used medically too. This is something that was a popular drug back in the day but was then outlawed due to propaganda from this.

 

But the #cannabis world is trying to end the stigma, and show that it’s good for recreational use, but also medical and spiritual reasons too, and with different strains all having different properties and makeup genetically with this, it’s something to look at.

 

With more and more places legalizing #weed, there is a lot to explore here and understanding strains that are different, it offers knowledge on cannabis , and also helps with the decisions that you’re making, and is something which can be beneficial for a variety of reasons.

 

Lineage and genetics

Cannabis comes in the variety of various #cultivars, each of which come with properties that are unique, and with different genetics used to produce various combinations that are categorized either by #indica, or by #sativa #strains, this is something that people use to classify the plants, since the term when used to describe the effects of cannabis is long since outdated.

 

Cultivars all have different appearance, s effects, and when you consume it, there’s a ton of #cannabinoids along with terpenes that you can use to determine some parts of the plant.

 

Those #plants that are Indica do look short, have stubby and wide leaves, and sativa ones have slender and long leaves that are thin, but they are also much taller too.

Some of these also have different #terpenes that come with this, and you can actually look at not just the #CBD and #THC content, but the terpenes too to look at the effects, and you’ll understand the qualities that go with this.

 

Why this is important?

 

Some people may want to make sure that they’re getting a product that has the lineage that they want. Some plants that have specific lineage do influence some factors that are related to the yield and the quality of the plant too. Those that have certain flower colors, flavors, or the high it creates for example are big parts.

 

Jack Herer for example, may give you some anxiety, and if you know that, then the sour options may not be good, or anything that has jack #Herer as the plant it combines with should be steered clear from. Grape ape for example is one that’s good for specific uses, since it helps with calming the body and the mind down, and that’s because of the type of cultivar that it is.

 

Genotypes and Phenotypes

 

The genotype of da cannabis plant is the genes that get sent from the parent to the child plant, but then phenotype is when the genes get expressed, and this is something that tells us of the way it looks, and the genotype

are the genes that are in there.

 

The thing with cannabis is that they’re diploid plants, which means that they have two sets of different #chromosomes, one from the mom, and one from the dad plant. The combinations of this do impact the expression of this. The gene expression is based on your #genotype, so the same kinds of genotypes can have some major differences in phenotype.

 

This is also due to the environment around it. Sometimes, the sunlight that’s there, and the amount of water goes into this. Finally humans along with selective breeding also play a huge role in the way the plants work, and it also plays a role in the way it’s expressed.

 

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