New Wikipedia autoflowering cannabis page!

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Noobalicious

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Hey everyone,

there was very little mention of autoflowering cannabis on wikipedia so i went ahead and created some.

please feel free to make changes that contribute to the page. Also Make sure to point out any changes that need to be made if you dont feel like doing so. im thinking of adding a section to the autoflowering page about breeding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoflowering_cannabis
 
bkbbudz

bkbbudz

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Not too say I doubt your knowledge of auto-strains, I am sure it is vast. But if I were looking for definitive answers on anything to do with cannabis wiki is the last place I am likely too go. RIU has not let me down yet.
 
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Noobalicious

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Thats why i made sure to reference rollitup as well as another autoflower forum on the page. online communities are priceless. Regardless of weather Wikipedia is always reliable, a lot of people rely on for many things including (maybe unfortunately?) preliminary educational research.

one way to make it better is to do so yourself.
 
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Noobalicious

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i hate to bump my own thread, but im really hoping i can get some feedback from you guys on this article.

Again here is the wikipedia page. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoflowering_cannabis please let me know if you find any problems with it, have any ideas on how to improve it etc. I have great respect for this forum, and im not trying to make a replacment for it. However many people read wiki and if they cant find an article on wiki about a subject they will often not put the effort into further research on the topic.

thanks
 
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TheChodesman

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Maybe with a legit wikipedia page people won't find it necessary to ask "what kind of light and how long do I set the photoperiod for" questions that ten minutes of research could answer.
 
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Noobalicious

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hey man thanks! i have nothing against it being copied here, actually maybe ill go ahead and do so as soon as wiki is back up (SOPA and PIPA protest).

I do hope that this wiki page helps some people out and clearly points out that they can get more in depth help from this and other forums. you mentioned what lights can be used, i put up the possible photoperiods (briefly) but nothing about the exact lights (i think). ill go ahead and put a autoflower cultivation section up on the page tomorrow. cultivation info is very important, i cant believe i forgot it.

The section on the disadvantages of autoflowers is lacking because i really cant think of anything negative to say about them. here is a chance for all you autoflower haters to chime in if you would like to. i know there are plenty of people trolling out there, here is a chance to rant and be helpful!

I wrote this for several reason but one was to see what people thought of my writing style. Im in the middle of putting together a book called

"The Patients Photo Introduction to Growing Autoflowering Cannabis" i hope to use some of the input regarding this wiki article and apply it to my book. right now im editing and getting pictures together. i really cant wait for everyone to be growing autoflowers!
 
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TheChodesman

Active Member
Your writing style is better than a majority of the people on this site who cant spell "nutes" without spelling "nuts".

That SOPA blackout is pissing me off because I need to look up Plato's Symposium for a project, I don't feel like reading that gay shit anymore and need some cliff notes.

Keep it up sir.
 
ThatGuy113

ThatGuy113

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TheChodesman said:
Your writing style is better than a majority of the people on this site who cant spell "nutes" without spelling "nuts".

That SOPA blackout is pissing me off because I need to look up Plato's Symposium for a project, I don't feel like reading that gay shit anymore and need some cliff notes.

Keep it up sir.
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Noobalicious

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Autoflowering cannabis

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Autoflowering Ghaze x Diesel Ryder by Grower Dirt​

Autoflowering Cannabis strains automatically switch from vegetative growth to the flowering stage with age, as opposed to the ratio of light to dark hours required withphotoperiod dependent / short-day strains. Many autoflowers will be ready to harvest in less that 10 weeks from seed. Dwarf varieties can have incredibly short stature while still giving decent yield. Conversely "super autos" can take over 100 days to mature and can reach over 6 feet tall. Autoflowers are one of the fastest growing strain varieties for sale on the market today.
Autoflowe Orgins​

The true orgins of autoflowering cannabis are still somewhat debatable. The strain Lowryder by breed The Joint Doctor was the original large scale marketed autoflower. Lowryder contains Cannabis ruderalis genetics from a Mexican strain that was referred to as Mexican Rudy and is believe to be created from a cross between a Mexican sativa and a Russian ruderalis. Another theory is that the early genetics came from a Finland grown hemp strain called Finola, though the true orgins may never be agreed upon. These early hybrids with large amounts of C. ruderalis genes were lacking some of the finer qualities of high grade cannabis strains available. Further hybrids from these ruderalis dominant strains were created using some of the more popular and standard photoperiod sensitive strains including Williams Wonder and Northern Lights #2. Since the first marketable autoflower, Lowryder many large improvements have been made by very talented and devoted breeders such as Mossy, Lowlife, Flash Seeds and many more. The genetics behind these new autoflowering strains that breeders are producing are generally not shared or if so only in very vague terms. This secerecy is done to keep others from producing knock offs of the strains.
[edit]Autoflower Naming

As previously stated the strain Lowryder by breeder Joint Doctor is commonly referred to as the original marketable autoflower strain. This strain received a lot of interest and mixed reviews at best. Since the development of the Lowryder, various breeders have developed a large number of improved autoflowering strains. Online vendors have, as of January 2012, nearly 200 different autoflowering strains. Most of these autoflowering strains can be identified by the presence of ryder (such as Afghan Kush Ryder by breeder World of Seeds) or the word automatic (or auto such as with the Auto Ak47 from multiple breeders) in their names.
[edit]Autoflower Advantages

The newly produced strains of autoflowering cannabis have repetitively proven that they can produce quality medicine comparable with classical short-day strains. Breeders have reported THCTHC content in the low 20% in some newer varieties while many varieties also have high CBD content. The advantages that autoflower breeders report with their plants include:
  • Short Life span with many going from seed to harvest in under 13 weeks (some as short as 7 weeks)
  • Can be kept short in stature for "stealth" growing
  • The Cannabis ruderalis heritage causes flowering after 2-3 weeks from germination
  • No need for a separate vegetative and flowering environment (unlike with photoperiod dependent/ short-day strains)
  • Relatively simple seed production, one plant can produce several hundred seeds even at 1' tall
As autoflowers become exponentially more popular among home growers more information is appearing on the web concerning them. Several popular marijuana cultivation websites include new sections for autoflowers and others such as Autoflower.net which is the first site completely devoted to them.
[edit]Autoflower Disadvantages

There continues to be small population of short-day cannabis growers that insist that autoflowers are simply a fad and produce sub par medicine. The number one reason for these feelings are the understandable disappointment many had with the results of the first Lowryder. Also commonly argued is that when growing indoors growers already have the ability to initiate flowering with photoperiod/short-day plants at will by changing the lighting. Hormones such as BAP and paclobutrazol can also be used to completely arrest vertical growth in photoperiod plants. There are however concerns about the carcinogenicity of some of these growth regulators. When growing outdoors, initiation of flowering in short-day plants is significantly more difficult to control than with autoflowers. Another concern is the overall yield of autoflowering plants which with some dwarf strains can be a half oz per plant. "Super autos" as well as growing these plants in higher volume and tall pots allows one to easily overcome this drawback and grow a comparable yield. The last concern with autoflowering cannabis is the chance of buying genetics that do not actually automatically flower regardless of photoperiod. Thankfully as autoflowers become more popular and individual strains are tested and reported on, the market is becoming more predictable.
[edit]Well Tested Autoflowering Strains

Online seed vendors and (though rarely) medical cannabis dispensaries carry hundreds of varieties of autoflowering strains. One problem (which is becoming a rarity) that has been encountered by various growers are strains that are poorly bred, sold as autoflowers and yet do not automatically flower with age. Autoflower.net has an active list of quality tested autoflowers which can be found here: Tested Autoflower Strains
[edit]Super or Amazonian Autos

Super autos were created in order to satisfy those growers looking for larger plants with a more photoperiod / short-day feel to them. A super auto (sometimes referred to as amazonian autos) starts flowering automatically only after a much longer vegetative period. Just like other autoflowers changing the lighting schedule does not effect the flowering cycle of these strains. It is not unusual for super autos to get over five feet tall with some becoming huge 8 foot bushes. The average life span of a super auto is 100 to 120 days from seed as opposed to the shorter 55-85 days with most common autoflowers. The added advantage of the longer life span is that slow maturing sativa phenotype have more time to develop and larger yields can be obtained.
[edit]Breeding Autoflowers

Creating true autoflowering seed from two quality, true breeding autoflowering parent plants is easy for most. Breeding new autoflowering strains becomes more difficult when one attempts to make a hybrid with a non-autoflowering strain. Some photoperiod / short-day cannabis strains are heterogeneous - containing the recessive day-neutral or autoflowering genetics along with the dominant short-day genetics. However a proper list of such strains is not yet available so most breeders treat all short- day plants as homozygous dominant. A true autoflower is homozygous recessive for the day neutral genetics. Therefore most crosses between classical photoperiod / short-day strains and autoflowers produce few or no autoflower progeny in the F1 generation. Regardless of whether the F1 generation produces autoflowering plants, the higher performing and similar plants need to be recrossed. This F2 generation will contain approximately 25% of homozygous recessive plants which are autoflowering. Still the few autoflowers produced are not always stable and may require further stabilization. Further complexities with stabilizing autoflowers has previously led to non autoflowering and low quality strains making it into the market.
[edit]References

[edit]See Also

Cannabis ruderalis
Marijuana strains
Cannabis cultivation
Photoperiodism

 
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