Thanks to everyone that participated.
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GN is here to help provide the interface for information. Itās great to know where we all stand in this industry. Having you on for an AMA hels complete the picture, so again, a million thanks!
Thatās awesome. @Strainly will be here for next weekās AMA and will be able to chime in on this very topic.
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@reggie, thanks for soldiering through the jetlag you are undoubtedly experiencing after your long journey home from Africa to be here with our GN family. @reggie we really do appreciate the work you do for our collective cannabis community. Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who got in on this engaging and informative AMA!
Cheers 
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yes. but, maybe thatās a sign of how big this will really be. they throw everything at us, and yet, we still find ways to meet the burden. I think they are forcing the best of the best to rise up from within the industry, and then, it will be like the dam breaking and they wonāt be able to hold us back anymore.
itās an interesting world, and itās going to get even MORE interesting.
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@hoppiefrog asked another great question, but it was in an email.
How many generations back can recessive phenos surface
Iām a bit confused by the question, but i think this is what you are asking, and if not, please use this response to point the conversation in the right direction.
I think you are asking, if i have seeds from a cross, and see a recessive or undesirable pheno in the seeds, if i do a cross now, how long do i have to wait to make sure it will be bred out?
If that is the question, then it will depend on a number of things. If itās a single gene it will take less generations than if itās a multi-gene trait. And it will also depend on if you have genetic markers you can follow.
If you have genetic markers, the time frame is compressed and itās as fast as you can force flower, pollenate and get a few hundred seeds, plants have to be no more than a foot tall and the process takes a few months per cycle. and you can have it done in a couple of years, eventhough itās taken you 6or 8 generations.
If you donāt have that then it becomes anywhere from 2-4 generations for a single gene trait, depending on if you get lucky or not with the genetics you are dealing with. If they are both homozygous dominant, then within 2 generations of crosses, you know you have it locked, if you unlucky and canāt get 2 homozygous then you add a generation or 2 for identifying the homozygous donor that you didnāt have before and breed it back to the original homozygous dominant.
If its a multi gene trait then itās going to depend on the number of traits and the homozygousity of each trait. but you can see how the#'s get large quickly cause itās multiplied. if it take 2-4 generations for a single trait, each additional trait can add complication, unless you have markers you can use to follow genetically, as they assort independently and it requires more crosses.
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so much this 
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WOw, i missed a lot of questions.
So there are a lot of things we tend to ignore with respect to terpenes. Terpenes from Forests and Human Health
(PDF) Biosynthesis and Biological Functions of Terpenoids in Plants
https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007%2F978-3-642-22144-6_120
And some are already identified as potentially have benefits for alzheimerās. They are known to affect specific pathways and function like other drugs we take, such as AChE inhibitors, etc.
They have synergy with cannabinoids and so, itās 2 compounds working synergistically on the same system, for increase efficiacy.
Lots of good stuff to be found still
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This is incredibly valuable information, @reggie. We are currently exploring some cannabinoid/terpene treatments for a loved one battling early-onset Alzheimerās, so this is personal. Those are some awesome links you gave us! Thanks!
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