Autoflowering Hindu Kush * AK47

[laughingwillow]

F-R-E-E
that spells "free"
marijuana clones
are not for me

I saw the ad
on pot TV
and spent my money
on the ruderalis beans

now instead of rolling fly
and smoking phat -
my auto-flower/reefer-tek
is bunk and getting laughed at....

[Amomynous]

zaka: Here's the beauty of the auto-flowering strains from a marketing stand point...

The plants can't be cloned.

That sounds like something Monsanto would have come up with!

Kind of random question, though: When I grow plants (vegetables and the like), I like to use true-breading, heirloom varieties. Now, I don't know much about cannabis cultivation, but it seems like everyone uses hybrid genetics (and as LW points out, using hybrid seeds is kind of like selling your soul to the seedmen -- you become beholden to them).

Are there folks who use non hybrids, or has the marketing of hybrid genetics been complete?

[laughingwillow]

There are non hybrids available. Land race genetics of pure indica and sativa have been maintained. (Mexican, Thai, Afghani, Nepali, Etc)

However there is nothing wrong with the current state of cannabis, imo. The only genetic manipulation I don't like is the introduction of the basically non-active ruderalis genes into the indica/sativa strains to produce auto-flowering plants.

Most genetics available (with the exception of feminized strains) can be propagated by seed. And the commercial strains developed tend to be potent and not prone to producing hermaphrodites due to years of painstaking research and development.

However, I do get the impression that some seed producers and vendors may have an interest in passing off feminized seeds in order limit the number of male plants. While many growers don't question their luck at having 10 out of 10 seeds turn out female, others dislike the practice due ot the inability to propigate the strain by seed.

lw

[jfurry]

oh come on... dont ya love it when they flower out knee high. :e_wink: