dopefiend420ak
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read a post by another friend which claimed monsanto had genetically modified some cannabis for seed and that the company was confident in their strategy to enter the legalized marijuana market in the USA. One of their friends didn't believe the claim, saying that the source of information was a satire website so it was fake. Well I dug up another reference for these GMO seeds and this time they are directly from a distributor in canada! They do not however validate the backstory concerning monsonto involvement.
(GMO pot from BCseds):[http://bcseeds.com/genetically-modified-c-15.html
Why would anybody in their right mind GMO cannabis, the most versatile and productive plant on the planet, should be the last organism to be modified. This is not going to be good news for any farmers of ganja; I hope growers boycott the seeds and customers to the recreational shops turn down the product when offered, taking their business somewhere else.
Seriously, this plant needs no GMO and scientists need to study it more to prove beyond a doubt that special interests are the only reason marijuana is illegal.
I think that modifying it to be a perennial could be useful but that is honestly the only thing I would change about this plant; Its an annual so it dies unless you switch the lights to 24hr and specifically stimulate the plant to come back, and even that can be shotty. It would be interesting to splice a gene that jacks the size of the thing to a fucking tree like in pre-historic times.
To prevent cross-gene contamination, here is an idea! Change the number of chromosomes so the plant is not capable of mating with the indigenous cannabis population. That would at least keep the gene pool clear from laboratory monsters and mutants tainting our natural evolution of landraces. Give it like 2 extra chromosomes and make them for huge mammoth plants and plants that don't die no matter the mold, freezing cold, and extreme drought. That oughta make the plant a bit more versatile. What would we want to change about the plant and why? I would personally like more fins on each leaf by average (I like 7-leaves) and sturdier branches that could very well replace wood from trees in most every way. The modifications should not be from a drug standpoint, but adding the terpene profile from the related hops plant, or making trippy vine marijuanas; the strain should be developed primarily for hemp and soil reconditioning. I'm not quite sure all that could be done with it...
While I am against GMO of cannabis, there are so many things that can be done to it, namely crossing it with hops to make it a perennial and develop its properties for hemp related uses; what are your opinions and what do you think about the possibilities in altering the marijuana genome in some way?
(GMO pot from BCseds):[http://bcseeds.com/genetically-modified-c-15.html
Why would anybody in their right mind GMO cannabis, the most versatile and productive plant on the planet, should be the last organism to be modified. This is not going to be good news for any farmers of ganja; I hope growers boycott the seeds and customers to the recreational shops turn down the product when offered, taking their business somewhere else.
Seriously, this plant needs no GMO and scientists need to study it more to prove beyond a doubt that special interests are the only reason marijuana is illegal.
I think that modifying it to be a perennial could be useful but that is honestly the only thing I would change about this plant; Its an annual so it dies unless you switch the lights to 24hr and specifically stimulate the plant to come back, and even that can be shotty. It would be interesting to splice a gene that jacks the size of the thing to a fucking tree like in pre-historic times.
To prevent cross-gene contamination, here is an idea! Change the number of chromosomes so the plant is not capable of mating with the indigenous cannabis population. That would at least keep the gene pool clear from laboratory monsters and mutants tainting our natural evolution of landraces. Give it like 2 extra chromosomes and make them for huge mammoth plants and plants that don't die no matter the mold, freezing cold, and extreme drought. That oughta make the plant a bit more versatile. What would we want to change about the plant and why? I would personally like more fins on each leaf by average (I like 7-leaves) and sturdier branches that could very well replace wood from trees in most every way. The modifications should not be from a drug standpoint, but adding the terpene profile from the related hops plant, or making trippy vine marijuanas; the strain should be developed primarily for hemp and soil reconditioning. I'm not quite sure all that could be done with it...
While I am against GMO of cannabis, there are so many things that can be done to it, namely crossing it with hops to make it a perennial and develop its properties for hemp related uses; what are your opinions and what do you think about the possibilities in altering the marijuana genome in some way?
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