autos are polluting the gene pool when grown outside
From a drug perspective, compared to the wild hemp that proliferates outside in most of the USA, autos are actually an improvement.
the only autos that should be grown outside are fem seeds, the threat of pollenating a real cannabis plant with shitty ruderalis genes are too great
See above.
Wild hemp plants are just as "real" as your drug strain, and from a survival/evolution standpoint its your low vigor, low disease resistance drug strain that's "polluting" the local landraces, not the other way around.
But more important, high quality autoflower drug strains contain virtually zero ruderalis genetics anyway, just the autoflower gene.
On fem plants, these don't fix your problem because they can. . .and do. . .still make pollen. So even growing only fem autos won't prevent outdoor open pollenization.
Bottom line is, if you grow outside, you take the chance of being pollinated. That comes with the territory.
and as far as rippers and cops go, around these parts cops are employed all year around and fly heicopters and drive cars and atv's,
Needless to say, not everyone lives in "these parts". Most of us live in the "real world".
In the "real world" cops may have ACCESS to helicopters, but most depts just don't have the funds to keep them in the air all year long looking for drugs. Consequently, there are very few jurisdictions in the USA where police actually run routine drug detection efforts from helicopters all year long. Where this sort of thing is done, its typically done in early fall when plants are biggest, most numerous, and easiest to find.
and rippers just need to know that YOU are growing outdoors and they will case your stash whether it is Auto or not.
And how are they going to "know" that?
While any clueless hack can pull down a cannabis plant they encounter, true rippers are looking for ripe plants, not seedlings or small veg plants.
Consequently, the rippers come out fall time, same as cops, same as harvesters. That's when the action happens.
The Rippers prolly see they are autos and leave them anyway.
Not exactly sure how they could tell the difference late in the season, but if this were true, that would be a reason to grow autos, no?
I can see the growing season thing but anyone who doesn't live in the fucking arctic circle shouldn't be growing autos, Just grow enough to last you a whole year and that way you won't have to worry about running out.
Not everyone has the space or resources to grow "trees" outdoors to last them all year long. Some people face quite real legal limits as to how many plants they can possess and how much weight they can have, and this may not be enough to last for a full year.
Lets say you live in an apartment and want to grow a small plant on your patio for a quick summer stash. You can do that with an auto but not a regular plant.
.... i want to no for my next grow so please help
