We get this kind of incredulous statement often. The efforts of our little company appear superhuman and some people don’t believe we did it all ourselves. We started with 1:1 type II plants. Later, we played around with some type III lines (Ben Holmes’ Otto II and BaOx), but they play no role in our breeding program now. High content pure CBG plants didn’t exist in any form outside of GW Pharmaceuticals before us. We found a novel mutation and locked it in via targeted inbreeding. Our CBDV, CBCV, CBGV, and THCV lines are a combination of one OK propyl plant and thousands of seeds + inbreeding after finding trace amounts of propyl (you must have at least 2 independent propyl lines to make a CBD/V variety that will test legal post harvest on trimmed flowers (4 loci).
Yes, we all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, but, honestly, the work we do to create our own unique lines from scratch is unlike anything in the cannabis space right now and hasn’t been seen since Hortapharm (Dave Watson) created the base varieties that were sold to GW Pharma. Unlike them, we are not just making a clone for production, but actually creating field-ready, stabilized varieties to make farmers (not pharma) successful.
What would you say to reports of your genetics testing hot in Michigan at week 3 of flower? Just heresay, but I could find out the details and farm names.
I would say you may need to reassess how you count “weeks of flower”. Our varieties have never failed when tested 28 days before harvest (4 weeks into flower, first week of August in the lower 48 states).
Just to be clear, the other way to protect your novel invention from being patented against you, is to release the information for free into the public sphere
Hense, this forum.
Not that I think OCBD should have done this or not, just clarifying a point.
THCV is NOT counted towards total THC. Additional fun fact: CBDV is produced, on average, about 1.8 less than THCV in terms of pentyl to propyl ratios in any one plant. These type III plants we are creating now are equal CBD / CBDV, but have substantially more THCV than THC (i.e. 1.8x).
There is no such thing as a stable cross of two polyhybrids. All of the varieties you mentioned have had ZERO stabilization. Pollen chucking from year to year passes as “breeding”.
We grew Oregon Cherry last year which presents the same phenos across multiple fields. While it’s not stable from a big AG mono-cropping stand point, it’s stable enough for my purposes.
If I was a breeder and someone asked me which genetics I suggest that are stable. I would reccomend one of my stable genetics. Hats off to @seth for his willingness to always share information and help this community grow in a positive way without any negativity.
What advice would you give to small hemp farms (1-10 acres) for the 2020 season. It seems like hemp farming is at the go big or go home stage, especially with the smokeable market pretty much gone with new regs.
I do understand what your saying and get at this point it’s your work but I guess its nice the people who’s shoulders you stood on didnt have the same thought and attach NDA to all their work,.
