Does that have to do with it being an autoflower? Does an autoflower strain tend to be more prone to that? Is it because of sensitivity? My first grow has been with autoflowers. Took 5 seeds out of my order, dropped them in peat cubes, they all sprouted, shortly after I transplanted to Roots 707 3 gallon buckets.. I have been feeding and watering since, they have about 25 days left, and they are showing great budding. I am a total noob and I havent run into a problem..I think people dont like them for the fear of hermies...all i can think of.
Totally agree it's a drag that you can't clone them. -- But potency, I've been seeing that is improving lately.. you can find 15-18% thc pretty common.. no? Granted some dank nugs (non-auto) are 22-25%, but still...I think it's the lower potency of auto strains and the inability to clone that make them less desirable.
This is the reason. Plus you get less yields.I think it's the lower potency of auto strains and the inability to clone that make them less desirable.
Yea, that's another drag... lower yields.. I have 5 plants... 3 are AK, and I probably expect maybe 30 - 35 grams from each of those, and the other 2 are red dwarfs... maybe Ill get 15 - 25 grams each from those.. if Im lucky.. Im under 400 HPS @ 20/4 lights -- I suspect I will be lucky if I get .5g/watt, most likely it will be .4g/watt -- we shall see.. its my first grow..What do you think you will yeild per plant? Maybe its because of smaller yeilds...i have no evidence to back maybe its hermie. ...Just a theory
Shame you couldn't use those genetics to your advantage. :/Not sure about any autos that have come out since 2010 but prior to that I got sucked in by the hype. Read all the reviews and grow reports here and on some other boards along with the breeder info, and bought in hook line and sinker. Blew a bunch of money on Lr, Lr II, Auto AK, auto wr, and two others I can't recall right meow.
Grew them out, and it was SHIT! Looked great, smell were good (not the ak) and very solid bud, All just garbage smoke. the Auto AK folks were raving about and was supposedly the most potent auto at the time, but stunk like cat piss and was a weak short duration headachy high that did not last very long. like a solid 2.5 out of 10. just shitty smoke.
The next grow I ran SSAK 47 and a couple other regular strains, the smoke was 10x better, way more potent,far better yield, better taste, and was done almost as fast. The trim off my reg strains was more potent than the auto's I grew.
I still had a bunch of auto seeds in my collection up until about six months ago, tossed that shit right in the burn barrel with all my stems and root balls.
Things may have changed over the last few years, but I will never know. There are too many great regular strains out there to bother with searching for a ruderalis cross that doesn't suck.
Professionals run mh all the way threw, with the addition of the blues in flower.@mr sunshine says autos do best under full MH lighting
Yeah, the no cloning is reason enough for me to pass. Half the battle, especially for commercial growers like myself, is finding those magic phenos to propagate. Always planting from seed is just a crap shoot, from which you usually get crap...I think it's the lower potency of auto strains and the inability to clone that make them less desirable.
Hahaa the real shame is that I couldn't use the $800+ dollars I wasted to buy some better genetics. When I tried all those autos I was just getting into indoor growing and really didn't know any better.Shame you couldn't use those genetics to your advantage. :/