Growing multiple individual plants from seed in challenging conditions to identify which phenotypes display natural genetic resistance to pests, diseases, or environmental stressors.
A secondary theme of the episode: the autoflower batch clearly showed individual-level variation in PM resistance even between neighboring plants in identical conditions. Yaya from Seed Stalkers reportedly told Dakota to 'throw it outside, throw rain on it, throw everything you can at it.'
Discussed in: Ep 003