Why choose autoflowering cannabis strains
Unlike photoperiod cannabis, autoflowering cannabis blooms a few weeks after germination and is independent of daylight hours. It became possible to create varieties with this property thanks to ruderalis. This is a type of cannabis found in Siberia with a minimum level of THC. Through experimentation, the breeders created the first commercial autoflowering strain, Lowryder. It, along with ruderalis, is now being added to strain genetics, giving them autoflowering properties. Autoflowering is a key feature of these strains, but not the only one.
Brief description of autoflowering varieties
Plants go through a complete life cycle in about ten weeks (a little over two months). In some strains, the period is reduced to seven or eight, some, as a rule, sativa hybrids, require more time. In comparison, photoperiod marijuana goes the same way in four to six months.
Bushes are smaller. Height up to a meter becomes average. Indic plants usually grow up to seventy centimeters, sativa - up to one and a half meters.
Plants have increased immunity. They better tolerate temperature changes, lack of microelements and, in principle, are more unpretentious in care.
Of the minuses, lovers of photoperiod varieties call the average or low level of THC, as well as not too high yield. It is true that not all autoflowering cannabis strains can fully compete in terms of productivity with photoperiods, but the breeders of the top seed banks are working on this problem and there are already good results.
When to Choose Autoflowering Varieties Over Photoperiod Varieties
There are only a few months of good weather in a year. Low temperatures and prolonged heavy rains are bad for cannabis, so it makes sense to choose strains that can flower in such a short period of time.
There is a desire to collect several crops a year. Due to the short life cycle, in the presence of favorable growing conditions, it is possible to harvest from three harvests per year.
We need to disguise the plantation in the auditorium. Due to their small size, cannabis bushes can easily "hide" in an ordinary garden bed or in a garden among vegetable crops.
A novice grower needs to gain experience or, conversely, they need something easy that a beginner can handle. Growing greatly facilitates the absence of the need to build daylight hours depending on the stage of development of the plant. Working with autoflowering, you can set twenty-hour daylight hours, counting on a high yield. Helps beginners and increased vitality of plants.
Taste and aroma qualities of modern autoflowers are not much different from photoperiod ones. The difference between the intensity of the effects is also smoothed out. Even the prices for autoflowering strains are no longer as high as they were when they were introduced.
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