ok have not been on for a while, but thought I would res. the thread...
here are some pics of amnesia haze, white sirius, speedy G, and my auto russian jems...
I have never had a problem with Roots and it never smells bad, bet there shipment got soaking wet and spoiled being in the plastic bags not being able to breath/air out... as others have said you are getting ripped on the price too here its $18 a bag walk in price ($14 with my discount)
1st off I'm not a "breeder" per say, but I have been playing with it for years... and yes you breed 2 autos there offspring will be auto...you would have F1 Purple rider... that depends on a lot... several hundred for a full pollination to just a few if you like only did one bud...
yes about 5 years now with autos...yes they are 100% autoflowering... potency same on the RRF and the RJ is better then ether parent was... It is not hard but takes a good eye for detail and lots of record keeping and time...
well I have not posted in a while been hanging out at afn, so here are some RRF F5 and Russian Jems F7(RRF x Purple Jems green pheno) at day 40 from seed..
Now I'm 99.9% sure of the answer, but I just wanted to ask to verify...because on the attitude they had a tga strain under the auto section for a while... the question is, Do you have a autoflower strain in the works??? my guess is no... but some people are saying you do so figured I would ask...
well if you are talking apples to apples you would be comparing Clones to 2week old sexed Autos...not clones vs seed...
12/12 a rooted clone and it still takes 8-9weeks to finish a fast photo strain...
pre sexed autos are going to take 5-6 weeks for fast strains to finish...
those are RRF-F5's and RRF x Purple Jems F7's... and I start in 32oz plastic glasses and I use 2gal pots with supersoil to finish... average yield for mine is 1-1 1/2 oz a plant for single cola plants, little more for bush phenos...
ok I didnot read all the reply's but it's quite simple math... most autos take 2-3 weeks veg. then 5-6 weeks budding...that's 7-9 weeks so average 8 weeks or 6.5 harvest a year 12/12 from seed still takes 3-4 weeks veg before they start to bud and then 8-9 weeks to finish bud.. that's 11-13...
1st off you should not top autos (slows there growth down)... your 1st set of questions... cant help you with the nute questions as I grow with supersoil and only use plane water for mine... I can tell you, you are not in control of when a auto buds it buds when it buds and thats it, thats why...
wow I should not even answer this but... natural wild autoflowering plants breed over several generations to photo plants ect ect... even the wild auto plants gene is not dominate that's why breeders have to go through several generations before they get autoflowers as we know them...