What is the difference with hybrid marijuana? What's better and what's worse about it?

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What is the difference with hybrid marijuana? What's better and what's worse about it?

Answer 1

"Hybrid" simply means the parents were of two different strains. Most cannabis seeds sold today are hybrid strains. There exists in some areas a few native strains, for instance, in Jamaica, the primary type is a sativa called "Haze." Kush comes from the mountains of the Hindu Kush.  

Sorry, Spirit, it's not engineered, and can be killed with herbicides, as can any other variety of cannabis. All types of cannabis can be cultivated year round in an indoor environment, not just hybrid strains. You're right about the complexity of the high and the taste, though.

It's also not only sativa/indica crosses, but can be two different strains of the same type. For instance, White Russian is a cross of White Widow (indica) and AK-47 (sativa), Crystal is a cross of White Widow (indica) & Northern lights (indica)

The advantages to hybrids are generally in size and the length of time to harvest. Indicas are generally smaller and finish earlier, so crosses are often made with Sativas in order to shorten both. The type of high is different between the types as well, so crosses are made to combine the best of both. User preferences also differ, and offspring of hybrid breedings are selected based on preference for further propagation.  

The disadvantages are that hybrid strains often do not breed "true" and results of a cross may be any number of different types (phenotypes) of plant from the same parents. It is for this reason that the seeds from the best plants resulting from a mixed breeding are often then grown out and bred to each other to produce a more stable strain that will breed truer over several generations.

Answer 2

Hybrid marijuana seeds are created by crossing a sativa female with an indica male or vice versa... The hybrid marijuana seeds tend to be more complex in their flavor and high because they mix the "up high" from the sativa and the "body buzz" from the indica.



Hybrid Marijuana Can Be Cultivated Year-Round and Cannot Be Killed with Herbicides

- It is genetically engineered

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