8ft Tall Cannabis Plant Smells of Grapes. 100% Sativa

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The process of selecting the best phenotype of a strain for mass production. When a female and male cannabis plant are bred to create a new strain, the female produces many seeds, all of which are phenotypes. Each phenotype will express a unique combination of traits from the parents, so cannabis breeders will grow several phenotypes and then select the most desirable one—this selection process is pheno-hunting.
What is pheno-hunting?
When two cannabis plants are bred to create a new strain, the female will produce seeds, which are all phenotypes. Phenotypes express physical traits of a cannabis strain, including smell, color, potency, resin production, height, etc., and each one will be slightly different.

When creating a new strain, cannabis breeders will grow several phenotypes of the same strain to determine which one is the best. This process takes months or even years, as phenotypes have to be grown from seed, harvested, and buds dried and cured to determine quality.

Once the best phenotype is selected, it will be cloned to get exact copies of it. Those clones will then be mass produced for sale.

The terpenes that make grapes and wine taste the way they do are also present in some marijuana strains. Linalool, Geraniol, and Nerol terpenes is the combination that creates a fruity smell of grape in cannabis. The same terpenes are found in grapes and create their unique taste.

Terpenes are a class of natural products consisting of compounds with the formula. Comprising more than 30,000 compounds, these unsaturated hydrocarbons are produced predominantly by plants, particularly conifers.

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