In all of the personal research that I’ve done, it seems that C. Indica, C. Sativa, and even C. Ruderalis have fairly distinctive leaf patterns. Indica’s typically are shorter, bushier with fatter leaves, Sativa’s should be taller, more airy node stacking, with skinny long style leaves, and finally Ruderalis tend to be smaller version of a happy medium of the two above…
…I’m currently growing 3 different types. Durban Poison which is my understanding to be 100% sativa, Zkittlez Glue 70% Indica, White Widow 60% Sativa, and one auto-flower that claims to be 70% indica. (side note: we did the auto-flower as an experiment and won’t be making the mistake of growing auto’s and photo’s at the same time again.) All of those percentages come from the breeders. The purpose for this thread comes from a foolish mistake of getting too excited and losing focus and forgetting to transfer the correct labels on our last two strains during their last transplant. It’s between Zkittlez Glue and Durban Poison so each should be at their own ends of the spectrum as far as how their leaves look…but they’re not really. They are way too indistinguishable at this point. I don’t really care about figuring it out this grow. I’ll be more careful next time. But it got me thinking…
…So begs the question: with all of the cross breeding that has gone on over the years, unless its a “landrace” strain how identifiable are the different mixes with their leaves? Do they tend to distinguish more as the life cycle of the plant goes on? Even if it is a hybrid, wouldn’t a 60%-70% indica lean more towards looking like classic indica’s? Or how about the really paranoid, glass-half-empty question…are my seeds that I picked out really what they’re supposed to be?