Researching for a fast finishing outdoor strain

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Randm

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Howdy good RIU growers. I am in the central Nor Cal area ( 40degN. ) and am trying to find a quality early finishing strain for my next years outdoor grow. Several strains have come too my attention that I would like a few opinions on. I would welcome any and all suggestions. My criteria is as follows:
Must be a quick finisher ( Mid Oct. at the latest )
Mold resistant if possible
Deliver a decent yeild
NO AUTOS's

Strains I am looking at so far:
Blue Widow from Sea of Seeds
Critical from Royal Queen
Blueberry from ?

Any and all suggestions for other strains appreciated. Has anybody grown the above mentioned strains and how would you rate them?

Thanks in advance
 
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furrycoat

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Hi I am also a norcal grower. I will be planting for my first time next year in a guerilla grow. I was also looking for a fast finishing strain, and that was mold resistent. After a lot of research i chose Swiss Cheese from John Do seeds. Just yesterday they came in the mail cant wait to get my grow started!
 
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ExtremeMetal43

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after doing my first outdoor run id look for strains that go into flower early like before the middle of august. Flowering times arent accurate descriptions i had a 12 week indoor stain start flowering for a buddy outside in the middle of august and finish by the end of september. But getting it to flower early like before mid august will help you out. I havent searched too much strains for next year but id be looking into canadian and amsterdam growers a lot of the BC stuff is for early outdoor and amsterdam has their early strains.
 
newbie9

newbie9

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Pissinyourtropicana said:
autos are a waste of time and energy its hemp period.
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dont mislead bro. Have you ever grown the new autos. do some research befor you hate. Ive grown autos that compare to my usual widow. I have auto white widow that will blow your mind. I also have auto blue widow. You probably heard about low ryder 1 and just assume all are the same. Now a days 15-18% thc isnt un common. Good try though.
 
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newbie9

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The newly produced strains of autoflowering cannabis have repetitively proven that they can produce quality medicine comparable with classical short-day strains. Breeders have reported THC content in the low 20% in some newer varieties while many varieties also have high CBD content. The advantages that autoflower breeders report with their plants include:Short Life span with many going from seed to harvest in under 13 weeks (some as short as 7 weeks)Can be kept short in stature for "stealth" growingThe Cannabis ruderalis heritage causes flowering after 2–3 weeks from germinationNo need for a separate vegetative and flowering environment (unlike with photoperiod dependent/ short-day strains)Relatively simple seed production, one plant can produce several hundred seeds even at 1' tallAs autoflowers become exponentially more popular among home growers more information is appearing on the web concerning them. Several popular marijuana cultivation websites include new sections for autoflowers and others such as Autoflower.net which is the first site completely devoted to them.
 
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newbie9

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Go for pure indicas or as close as you can with hybrids. Or some new super autos. I always get my autos from DinaFem the past few years they have a really good selection.
 
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newbie9

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Super autos are usualy strong sativas. They get bigger flower for about 10 weeks but if you start in march you can still get a bunch of harvests throughout the season
 
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newbie9

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Just google fast finishing strains though for regular or fem seeds. also use seedfinder. But another factor is where you live. The more north you live it seems the less light you get earlier in the year. Just my opinion though. Look for outdoor strains that say 8 weeks. It will be more like 10 though but its a start.
 
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Randm

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I had considered doing autos as well as regulars to attain multiple harvests. I've never had experience with autos befor. I may still do that.
What I have so far in my lineup:
Headband - from clones I obtained locally
Critical - from freebie that I got with a seed order from Royal Queen Seeds, sprouted two and am cloning them now.
Afghan Kush - from World of Seeds, running some indoors now and will clone more.
Cronic - from local clones
Skywalker Kush - From Reserva Pravada seeds
OG # 18 - from Reserva Pravada Seeds

I have space in my garden for 30 to 40 plants in smartpots ( 45 gal ) and in the ground.

I had considered also doing some Autos and sowing them around early March to attain a harvest in early may but I am totally ignorant on what varieties to use and do not want them to take up space that will be used by regulars. Do they really finish out in the time advertized or do some take much longer? It would be a bummer to want to plant my regulars just to have an auto not finishing out like planned and taking up the space. Also, would the autos have sufficiant light that early in the year to produce a good yield??? I usually put my regulars in the ground between may 15 and june 1 so the autos would have to be done by then. I will be checking out some of the sites mentioned and be doing a bit of research on the subject.
Thanks for any suggestions and help in this matter :)
 
Rizzo00

Rizzo00

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I have a couple semi-automatic grapefruit seeds for next years outdoor season. They are NOT autos even tho they are posted under autoflowering on the Attitude website. They say they finish after 7 weeks of flowering. If you ask me that is awesome!!! Especially for some grapefruit. Oh yeah they are by Female Seeds. Good Luck!
 
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Randm

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Yeah, I have heard of seeds advertized as autos not being real autos. Another reason why I shy away from them. I am thinking that the only economical way to do autos is if I could produce my own seeds, but it seems that most of the top rated autos are fem only. I mean 2 or 3 oz per seed on autos compared with 2 lb. per seed ( or clone) per regular just does not make sence to me so far. Plus I do not have the space to grow males for the purpose of fertilizing females and producing my own seeds. I can just imagine what my crop would turn out like if I grew a few male autos for propagation and the breeze carried the pollen to my regular crop. Not worth the risk.
 
newbie9

newbie9

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Real autos will have ruderails. Part autos will be like the sativas that still take a long time to finish but are still crossed with ruderails most of the time. Usualy either way theyll flower under more light hours. Ive done that grapefruit as well under 18hrs of light and came out so sweet. About 9 weeks from seed.
 
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