First time grower, pretty pictures included.. Help? :)

Ruderalis x something else? Flowering pretty early in the grow. She's tiny!





I'm thinking it's a Ruderalis hybrid because the bud that the seeds came from was extremely potent.
Ruderalis has low THC levels so I'm guessing this has been bred with an indica or something for the auto flowering trait?
Outdoor grow, no adjustments on lighting. No ferts.
I'm not concerned with the harvest amount. I just wana know what this is!





I haven't been on here in years.. Am I ok to post for help? People are too keen to release their anger online these days... anyone still a happy little soul who's happy to help an online stranger out?

Happy toking!

Photos can be sent to flower After 3 weeks a growth. Depending how much light she gets Outdoors could have sent her into flower. How old is she?

You're in Australia and your daylight hours are getting shorter. You're daylight hours are getting shorter which is why that plant is flowering.

xtsho said:

You're in Australia and your daylight hours are getting shorter. You're daylight hours are getting shorter which is why that plant is flowering.

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Yep, we're way passed the summer solstice now... I did initially think that's what has set off the early flowering on this young one.
But the mature leaves scream Ruderalis to me... Maximum of 5 tips on these leaves.

I wouldn't base the determination off of that illustration. The natural shortening of daylight hours are most likely what's triggered the flowering.

I concur with @xtsho

G.I.JOSE said:

I concur with @xtsho

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Sweet, thanks all

I've read all over that people don't recognize a third cannabis strain, Ruderalis... But this is where auto flowering plants came from?

xtsho said:

I wouldn't base the determination off of that illustration. The natural shortening of daylight hours are most likely what's triggered the flowering.

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Thanks! I'm much more inclined to follow people's experience rather than learnt information... But could you please elaborate on why the leaves here aren't a determining factor?

I've topped and removed alot of mature leaves over the weeks on this plant. There are like 20 bud sites that are swelling rapidly each day.

Lighting isn't really that natural because whenever I know there's rain approaching, I move it into a dark shed. Morning, midday, whenever... And it hasn't gotten confused about its sex like Sam Smith and hermed.

It seems it's following its own cycles, not dependent on conditions

Grind the entire plant up and sprinkle some sugar on it and sell it to a couple high school jocks. Then use that money to buy some better genetics. Just an idea ha

AUSman2 said:

Sweet, thanks all

I've read all over that people don't recognize a third cannabis strainRuderalis... But this is where auto flowering plants came from?

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Take a look at this link
Lots of good information on here

G.I.JOSE said:

Take a look at this link

What Is Cannabis Ruderalis?

Have you heard of cannabis ruderalis? We've put together a quick background on this lesser-known classification of cannabis strains.

www.leafly.com

Lots of good information on here

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Thanks! I read that article yesterday.

Is what I'm thinking, Ruderalis x something, hard to come by? I'm not in America, remember... All the dank stuff is pretty similar in sight and smell around here. I think someone's had success mixing the ease of a Ruderalis with the potency of something else.

Pleaseeeee go into detail

The first ones were made with a Mexican sativa with a Russian ruderalis. When you cross breed you can cross breed to any other cannabis plant with that ruderalis. "In theory"its Offspring will produce Auto seeds. The process is basically manipulating the genetics of your plants. For example your first mating of your plant like green crack and the ruderalis they produce some seeds. You grow those seeds into plants with buds and another with seeds. (That way if you like the out come of the bud you can reproduce at your pleasure) if you're wanting to add something else to it let's say a gorilla glue 4 , you would have the Green Crack hybrid mate with the Gorilla Glue 4. (Side note at this point there is the possibity you might lose the autoflowering part of the plant. That would depend on the genetics of the ruderalis.) Then repeat the process of growing a plant with bud and another with seed let's see if the plant Suits your needs. Please understand my hypothesis from research I've collected over the years. I would have loved to become a breeder, I just could not do it in my life situation. As far as having access to hey ruderalis, I do not know how rare or how hard it would be to acquire one. I do hope that this information does help in some way. Please let me know if it did or did not. Cheers! -G.I.JOSE

AUSman2 said:

Yep, we're way passed the summer solstice now... I did initially think that's what has set off the early flowering on this young one.
But the mature leaves scream Ruderalis to me... Maximum of 5 tips on these leaves.

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Maybe it is a ruderal.
If it's not consider that plant grown under optimum conditions will develop more blades than the same plant grown under less than optimum conditions.
Meaning plants that would normally develop 9 blade leaves in the hands of one grower might only develop 7 or 5 in the hands of another.