Strange Mutation....

electricthot12

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I have stumbled on a couple of self-developed strains that seem to have a strange mutation--they skip the vegetative stage, or combine veg with flower stage, flowering by the 6th week. They have never had less than 16 hours of light, and have been on 18 hrs daily since week 4. At 5 1/2 weeks, I saw my first flowers yesterday, and this am a second plant is showing female pistils.
Over the last two years, I've grown around 75 of these plants, and they never vary in this early flowering trait.
The strains involved carry no Ruderalis genes. They are Colombian Gold landrace, Godfater OG, and Ice Cream Cake.
This is a genuine mutation. But there's a problem. The handfull of seeds I have left are dwindling, and I have yet to produce a male plant for pollen. But that shouldn't mean dead on arrival.....
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I've been growing these for two years--around 75 plants total. They never vary in early flowering, and have never been short on light. These plants are 5 1/2 weehs old.
 
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electricthot12

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Not going to lie that looks like a house fire waiting to happen. Pretty plant though! You probably don't have enough light if the plants are flipping to flower and don't have ruderalis in them. Look into DLI (Daily Light Integral).

I keep DLI over 40. Had to raise the COB light to reduce it to that. I use Photone app for DLI readings. There are 5 plants in there in a 30 gal grow bag.
 

electricthot12

Active Member
Fast flower strains happen - not a mutation - latent autoflower trait … This creates a strain that carries the autoflowering gene but is still light-dependent.

Something that was part of its original lineage.
Regardless - it can have some benefits.
No light dependency. I just harvested 7 plants that were on 18 hr light til 3 days before harvest.
 

conor c

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I have stumbled on a couple of self-developed strains that seem to have a strange mutation--they skip the vegetative stage, or combine veg with flower stage, flowering by the 6th week. They have never had less than 16 hours of light, and have been on 18 hrs daily since week 4. At 5 1/2 weeks, I saw my first flowers yesterday, and this am a second plant is showing female pistils.
Over the last two years, I've grown around 75 of these plants, and they never vary in this early flowering trait.
The strains involved carry no Ruderalis genes. They are Colombian Gold landrace, Godfater OG, and Ice Cream Cake.
This is a genuine mutation. But there's a problem. The handfull of seeds I have left are dwindling, and I have yet to produce a male plant for pollen. But that shouldn't mean dead on arrival.....
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I've been growing these for two years--around 75 plants total. They never vary in early flowering, and have never been short on light. These plants are 5 1/2 weehs old.
Sounds like it could be a semi auto pheno its really just an extremely light sensitive plant rather than a true auto also hows your roots looking ? Ive seen many plants flower early due to being rootbound i know its probably not that u proly checked it already i just like to eliminate stuff from the equation
 

electricthot12

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Sounds like it could be a semi auto pheno its really just an extremely light sensitive plant rather than a true auto also hows your roots looking ? Ive seen many plants flower early due to being rootbound i know its probably not that u proly checked it already i just like to eliminate stuff from the equation
I use grow bags with plenty of air space all around them.
 

conor c

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I use grow bags with plenty of air space all around them.
Ok well then sounds like you hit a semi auto pheno mate its not so much a mutation as an adaptation proly a recessive gene from way back strains like bedia morrocan Sinai from Egypt lebanese etc are all that way by default as are outdoor things like say guerillasgold erdpurt etc so its luck in your case i think i could be wrong but sounds like
 

ALPHA.GanjaGuy

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lol, awesome but that does not answer the question, do you mean the plants reach maturity or do buds actually start developing without changing to 12/12?
 
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