single seed, two roots/stems

missmeow · #1 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 06:02 AM

no problems, really.. this is more of a wow, what the hell?! type thing.

recently germinated several seeds. one had two roots pop; one larger than the other. now it's got two stems coming through the soil, one definitely larger.

excited to see what develops

any comments? anyone seen a twin plant like this before?

backwaterbobby · #2 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 06:24 AM

I have seen a few pictures of this. This season had a lion's tail (not cannabis) plant that did the same thing. I thought it might be bad for it crowding itself, but it has done surprisingly well and just made the plant bushier. I would expect good results from your plant.

Revolution · #3 (**permalink**) 06-06-2008, 06:35 AM

You should breed that plant and come up with some new strain of two stems.

backwaterbobby · #4 (**permalink**) 06-07-2008, 06:58 PM

I was actually thinking of telling them the same thing, but I think it would be a lot of hard work crossbreeding until the recessive gene was a dominant gene. Now if for some reason one "stalk" was male and the other was female, then it might simplify the process. Any way you slice it, the plant would have to be revegged after producing seed and then pollinated by it's own male offspring (if female) OR the pollen could be stored and used to keep pollinating offspring from whatever mix was originally developed ("twin" x whatever) x "twin" x "twin" x "twin" until you had a stable breed of the "twin". Another problem would be if the twin did tend to produce unstable offspring (mixed twins, hermies, significantly more males than females, etc.) which would then have to be continued to be bred out.

Having a "twin" strain developed would be pretty cool, but whether anybody would be really interested in it or not is beyond me.

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#1 (permalink) 06-06-2008, 06:02 AM
missmeow Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2	single seed, two roots/stems no problems, really.. this is more of a wow, what the hell?! type thing. recently germinated several seeds. one had two roots pop; one larger than the other. now it's got two stems coming through the soil, one definitely larger. excited to see what develops any comments? anyone seen a twin plant like this before? __________________ "Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control mans' appetite through legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not even crimes... A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our Government was founded." President Abraham Lincoln (December 1840)

#2 (permalink) 06-06-2008, 06:24 AM
backwaterbobby Backwater scientist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beyond Thunderdome Posts: 37	I have seen a few pictures of this. This season had a lion's tail (not cannabis) plant that did the same thing. I thought it might be bad for it crowding itself, but it has done surprisingly well and just made the plant bushier. I would expect good results from your plant. __________________ I don't know anything so don't listen to me.

#3 (permalink) 06-06-2008, 06:35 AM
Revolution 1-Up Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 2,057	You should breed that plant and come up with some new strain of two stems. __________________ I'm Taking Sig & Avatar Requests! Click Me.

#4 (permalink) 06-07-2008, 06:58 PM
backwaterbobby Backwater scientist Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Beyond Thunderdome Posts: 37	I was actually thinking of telling them the same thing, but I think it would be a lot of hard work crossbreeding until the recessive gene was a dominant gene. Now if for some reason one "stalk" was male and the other was female, then it might simplify the process. Any way you slice it, the plant would have to be revegged after producing seed and then pollinated by it's own male offspring (if female) OR the pollen could be stored and used to keep pollinating offspring from whatever mix was originally developed ("twin" x whatever) x "twin" x "twin" x "twin" until you had a stable breed of the "twin". Another problem would be if the twin did tend to produce unstable offspring (mixed twins, hermies, significantly more males than females, etc.) which would then have to be continued to be bred out. Having a "twin" strain developed would be pretty cool, but whether anybody would be really interested in it or not is beyond me. __________________ I don't know anything so don't listen to me.

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