Lowryder 2 F2 traits?

I originally posted this in the seed and strain review section but didn't get any responses. Okay, I'm currently growing Lowryder 2 which is a F1 hybrid between Lowryder and Santa maria. As this is an auto flowering strain, it is impractical to clone so I want to breed them.

My question is, what characteristics would the F2 strain possess? Is the auto flowering gene dominant or recessive? Does it even follow simple Mendelian genetics or is the autoflowering characteristics a combination of a whole series of different genes? If my Mendelian genetics is correct; if it is dominant then there is a 75% chance of it retaining it's auto flowering and if recessive then 100%. Has anyone tried this cross? What were they like?

50% of the F2 generation would be only half as shitty as the original.

i understand f1 is a cross of 2 truebreeding parents,so,wouldnt you have to cross the f1 hybrid to a differnt true breeding parent to get a f2? otherwise wouldnt it be a inbred IBL?

As I understand it, the F1 is a hybrid between two true breeding parents, the F2 a breeding between two of the F1 siblings.

so if you got some seeds of the "same"strain from a different breeder and bred them to what you have,would that be a f1true breeding plant? im trying to figure out what is so "bad"about f2 plants seems to me thats how true beeding strains become"truebreeding",thru many generations of in breeding.what do you think?

theman139 said:

so if you got some seeds of the "same"strain from a different breeder and bred them to what you have,would that be a f1true breeding plant? im trying to figure out what is so "bad"about f2 plants seems to me thats how true beeding strains become"truebreeding",thru many generations of in breeding.what do you think?

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A true breeding line generally takes at least 10 generations of inbreeding until it reaches a certain level of homozygosity (about 90%)

The main disadvantage when homozygous F1 cultivars are used for the breeding of a new generation, their offspring (F2 generation) will be high in homozygous genes, as found in the weaker parental generation, and thus will have a depression in yield and lack the hybrid vigor. From the point of view of a commercial seed producer which does not wish its customers to produce their own seed, this is a desired characteristic.

Its so confusing!!!!

Well This is What I got this year,First Pic are 3 clones I took from a cross of a LR#2 Female X'd with a NLxBB male.They grew fast and flowered early and fast .2nd pic is a seed I got from the same plant the clone was taken from.I'm now growing the seeds from plant number 2,which where created without a male.Yeh she created her own little eggs,and shes not a hermie.I think I know What caused her to create her own seeds.But that secret is mine.

1kooguy said:

Well This is What I got this year,First Pic are 3 clones I took from a cross of a LR#2 Female X'd with a NLxBB male.They grew fast and flowered early and fast .2nd pic is a seed I got from the same plant the clone was taken from.I'm now growing the seeds from plant number 2,which where created without a male.Yeh she created her own little eggs,and shes not a hermie.I think I know What caused her to create her own seeds.But that secret is mine.

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NL*BB? I'm guessing BB=Blueberry but I cannot think what the NL is. It looks very bushy and healthy, kudos. Did they flower under 18/6 or was the autoflowering trait lost?

Nl=northern lights

Yeh they both flowered this summer,automatically.I just changed the nutrients.BB=bigbud.Oh I got some "hash" from these babes,and a couple more plants I did'nt take a pic from.So if you want to partake.Email me [email protected] .I'll give you the info there.First come, first serve basis.