IllusionalFate
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I've been wondering about this for awhile as the same question applies to human heredity.
Say you buy White Widow seeds from a legit seedbank, say an online seedbank that carries Nirvana's variety of it (as an example). How do you, and the breeder, know that it is the actual strain of White Widow? This is different than say crosses, because if you do a cross between two different strains you can give it a new name as it is unique to other strains.
If this doesn't make any sense, let me phrase it how I would with human heredity, as it's the EXACT same principle. I don't believe that any human knows if they're Irish or German, because there is no way to tell who your ancestors are thousands upon thousands, or millions upon millions of years ago are. So how do you know how genuine or "pure" a person who says they're 100% Italian is just because you can observe Italian features? Appearance and observable traits doesn't actually tell you the exact genetics.
Do you see what I'm getting at?
Say you buy White Widow seeds from a legit seedbank, say an online seedbank that carries Nirvana's variety of it (as an example). How do you, and the breeder, know that it is the actual strain of White Widow? This is different than say crosses, because if you do a cross between two different strains you can give it a new name as it is unique to other strains.
If this doesn't make any sense, let me phrase it how I would with human heredity, as it's the EXACT same principle. I don't believe that any human knows if they're Irish or German, because there is no way to tell who your ancestors are thousands upon thousands, or millions upon millions of years ago are. So how do you know how genuine or "pure" a person who says they're 100% Italian is just because you can observe Italian features? Appearance and observable traits doesn't actually tell you the exact genetics.
Do you see what I'm getting at?