Crop

That sounds so cool!

This is only part of the story. Many great varieties have been born, which produce well in cool weather, confined spaces, that both flower quickly and all at once. However old school tropical sativa's can still hold their own when it comes to THC. Trich breeders can learn a lot from the industry. In the early days a lot of breeders where just breeding to sell seed or for the prestige of the cannabis cup. High THC was the buzz word, all the other great cannibinoids where all but ignored. Back when I was at uni I remember some of my instructors getting excited becauce several of the Pharma companies were offering big money to any one that could develop a commercial plant with high CBD. THC and CBD are proportional, high levels of one means low levels of the other. The industry had bred the CBD out of modern cannibis, despite the fact that CBD is the very substance that prevents psychosis in heavy, long term users. Breeders, in their greed, had literaly driven the industry crazy, not to mention nearly destroying a priceless resource. This time we where lucky. There are still several wild strains in places like the Himalaya. Pavarti is pretty much 50/50 with some individuals being much higher in one or the other. Sadly the wild plants are disappering. Each year you need to travel further and further up the valley to find large stands. One day they will be gone. This is what makes breeders and growers so important, that is so long as they don't forget what it is that makes these plants special in the first place.