I am afraid we are gonna see more and more of this as autoflowering strains become more mainstream ... some breeders wont be able to resist using beautiful plants with autoflowering traits in their genes and before you know we will have 20% of the genepool of cannabis ''contaminated'' with auto flowering genes.
Another way they will pop and I have experienced it myself is some breeder will use the short cut of hemp to up the CBD of certain cultivar, they might end up with a nice seed line but try breeding with those plants and the autoflowering gene can pop back up. Some breeders or pollen chuckers might not notice until they are a couple generation down the line. Professional breeders will have to have the discipline to stay away from new ''hot'' clone only strains because you never know if they came from garden already ''contaminated'' with autoflowering gene.
Anyway, long story short, work with regular beans people.
Not really what I'm getting at. I grow autos and photos.
Don't worry. Reg seeds are not going to disappear.
Don't tell me its to make people to buy more seeds. A little cs or one male and.you have all the seeds you want.
I don't think its a case of contaminated gene pool. Hell ruderalis came from photo period plants. It adapted over time to live in the harsh conditions and long days up north.
At one point most cannabis was related.
If this seed in question is the Afghani it came from a reputable breeder. If it came from my mexi seeds then it is a southern Mexican strain.
I don't think we will see more and more of it. I think it is more just one of those random things that happen like a full on male like Dr who got from fem seeds or twins like he or I both had.
I think this is how auto flowers were discovered. A plant auto flowered and people started working it.
Either way I grow everything from regs to FEMS to autos.
I have plenty of reg seeds to breed back to.
