atxbudgrower
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yea if you cross it once i think that makes it a f1 hybrid im not sure then you keep crossing them they go up the scale f2,f3,f4 etc etc
Yeah I have never been real sure about the whole F1, F2, etc. stuff either. Based on a recent reading, I think the F1 is technically the first "satabilized" batch of seeds. Then you breed the healthiest male & female from that batch, you have F2, and so forth. Not 100% sure though, anyone who knows for sure is more than welcome to chime in.yea if you cross it once i think that makes it a f1 hybrid im not sure then you keep crossing them they go up the scale f2,f3,f4 etc etc
Lets see if I remember this correctly, you breed the auto male to a female, in turn you have a F1 in your seeds. The F1 you then grow and breed back to the original auto to obtain the F2 and give more genes to to auto. The F3 is then grown and bred back to the original strain you are trying to make your new auto. This really should be done with several plants of each group in order to obtain the traits you are looking for. I have just started this process with lowryder #1 and a strain I have grown in the mountains for a few years. Hopes this helps and is what I remember from college biology and recent reading.Yeah I have never been real sure about the whole F1, F2, etc. stuff either. Based on a recent reading, I think the F1 is technically the first "satabilized" batch of seeds. Then you breed the healthiest male & female from that batch, you have F2, and so forth. Not 100% sure though, anyone who knows for sure is more than welcome to chime in.
KB
Very awesome man, glad to hear it. Make sure those little seedlings dont dry out or they will burn up. If the cup still feels like it doesnt need water but the top layer is bone dry, spray them a few times with a water bottle.checked my cups today and one seedling broke through the soil and 3 more are just about to poke their heads out one cup i cant see if its going to grow but 4 out of 5 for my first time i dont think is so bad lol
Great topic to bring up as there is all kinds of confusion on it.Yeah I have never been real sure about the whole F1, F2, etc. stuff either. Based on a recent reading, I think the F1 is technically the first "satabilized" batch of seeds. Then you breed the healthiest male & female from that batch, you have F2, and so forth. Not 100% sure though, anyone who knows for sure is more than welcome to chime in.
KB
yea im gonna keep a close eye on them i have them on a 18/6 light cycle should i change it to 24/0? or keep it the same?
Very good link, will have to keep that bookmarked for sure!i ran into this info awhile back thought it would be useful to anyone wanting to make seeds im sure it would work on autoflowering strains too
http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-faqs/34027-somas-version-making-feminized-seeds.html
Well, in short, the reason you cannot clone an autoflowering strain is because it knows how old it is. A normal strain can be fooled to grow for a LOOOONG time under 13+ hours of light a day in a vegetative state. Autofloweing plants do not have a vegetation stage so if you cut a 30 day old clone off an AF plant and planted it, it would still think it is 30 days old and would only live for about another month.I've got AK47xLowryder going right now...why is it that I cannot clone off them once mature enough? I haven't done much research, but this just seems unbelievable. Why is it that you can not clone off a female?
Also, edited to ask will I get the same results should I put them on 12/12 with the rest of my girls? I really have no other option...
Yeah i found some stuff on that too. I think that has more to do with light stress. it seems to happen a lot to people who veg indoors then plant outdoors too early or late. The sun doesn't give the right amount of light per day and they get locked in veg state, growing fan leaves with only 3 tips.i saw a thread on here where around 5 plants had a mutation where they grew 3 fan leaves instead on the normal 5 maybe this the same?
In the picture the seedling is 7 days old. One thing with seedlings, taller is not always better. If its too much taller than mine and around the same age it may be stretched. Stretched plants will require tie downs or steaks once buds begin to form as the stem will be too long & skinny to support them.hey KB how old is that seedling? mine just popped not to long ago and are waaaaay taller than that does that have to do with the mutation?