No, I never said that. I said that Auto flower plants are less potent. You are taking issue with a misrepresentation of what I said. Auto flower plants are less potent. They are less potent because they contain less THC and other cannabinoids are maturation.
And get strains that are CBD specific. Since the ruderalis plant ( by itself ) is low in THC naturally , its the photoperiod traits and growth size tgat are desired only. Most hybrids can still produce very large bushes ( beyond what the ruderalis was supposed to do ). I have 2 plants that were " supposed " to be around 3 foot are 4 foot plus. With the indy or sativa dominating crosses , you can have a very potent smoke from AUTOS. Your head and overall stone effect is still there. Everybody has got their own tolerance or sensitivity.
In the beginning yes, had some decent bud, but.... Mold, mold, freaking mold... Every time without fail! Haha
But you did:
I totally stand corrected. And you are right. And that is not what I meant to say earlier. To be honest, I'm not sure why I wrote it that way earlier, I know better.
It's all good man, its probably the superior photo weed lol.
There is definitely some truth to your statement.
I had a very similar experience. Sun is fierce here in Aug. the shade cloth does help.
I grew autos a few times in the past. Out of the 40 or so seeds I dropped (over a 3+ year period), I think maybe 5 plants turned out to be "smokeable", most everything else I had to bubble hash, and a few I simply tossed. I ran both soil and hydro environments, and I used super soil, and UC buckets respectively. I maintained consistent ph balance and my nute ppm runoff never went over 1000ppm.It's all good man, its probably the superior photo weed lol.
This thread has actually convinced me that photoperiod is where it's at and I will be making the switch to photoperiod on my next grow. The only thing that stopped me from doing it before was that my grow cab has rampant light leaks. I have been inspired to fix them though and use the Cheese Candy seeds I got as a freebie on my last order.
I mean, all this could change if my autos turn out like Farmer HatBeard's. Those are some beauties man! But with only three(ish) weeks left I don't see it happening.
So you have to continue to buy seeds over and over and start from seed over and over when you have no clue what you will get? Really doesn't sound like a smart way to increase yield, get plants dialed in and whatnot. These are really only for people that live in like Alaska that are growing outdoors, what is the point of these autos they have less thc and cbd than elite clones I can aquire locally here in Colorado, if I want a cbd cut a dispensary has a 7:1 CBD clones for sale for 12$ each , these seeds cost a fortune I can take that 12$ clone and make unlimited amounts of plants of it just by vegging it then cutting clones off it, can you do that with your autos or is each grow like taking a stab in the dark and hoping you can get something good, you don't even know if its high cbd or thc unless your testing every single auto plant why do that when the dispensary clones are already tested... the reasons will go on and on why not to grow autos. just not worth the time.
$12 bottle of CS and a 10 pack of some beans from a respectable breeder and you could easily have thousands of beans ...... the beans i have left from when i quit growing years from now i pop em no need for pheno hunting they are all good ...... if a auto doesnt yield , get you high , or finish in 75 - 80 days then you have shitty genetics its that simple or you cant grow...... same could be said for photo's
